366 days of the year · Swiss Ephemeris
Born on August 4: Leo
Quick facts
- Sign
- ♌︎ Leo
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Sun
- Decan
- Decan 2 · Jupiter
- Sun degree
- 11° Leo (noon, averaged over the years)
- Birthday number
- 4
- Day 216 of the year
Leo, decan 2
Sub-ruler: Jupiter
Jupiter adds reach and big-heartedness to Leo pride. You dream in wide screen, believe in people and hand out second chances freely. Your enthusiasm is contagious, which makes you a natural teacher, host or team captain, and when a plan collapses you already see the next one. Excess is the hazard: promising more than a week can hold, or spending to match the mood. Check the budget before the grand gesture. The partner who suits you shares your appetite for life and is willing to tell you, gently, when enough is enough.
Birthday number 4
Reliability is the quiet superpower here. You like a plan, a list and a clear sense of what happens next, and people lean on you because you actually do what you said. Building things that last, whether a business, a home or a long friendship, gives you deep satisfaction. Hard work doesn’t scare you. What can trip you up is rigidity: when the plan changes, you may dig in instead of adapting. Leave a little slack in the schedule and treat surprises as information rather than threats.
Born in August
August is ripe and golden, the part of summer when everything has grown as far as it will. Confidence tends to come naturally to its people. Leo rules through the 22nd or so, bringing warmth, pride and a love of celebration; Virgo follows and adds precision, modesty and an eye for what could be done better. Peridot, the olive-green birthstone, was once carried as a charm for good sleep and is now simply a stone of brightness and good cheer. The gladiolus, the sword-shaped birth flower, symbolizes strength of character. Many August people combine big-heartedness with a surprisingly careful streak.
Famous people born on August 4
- Barack Obama (1961)44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)Spanish politician
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981)member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
Source: Wikidata (CC0); ranked by the number of Wikipedia languages.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is August 4?
People born on August 4 are Leo (July 23 – August 22). Element: Fire; ruling planet: Sun.
What are people born on August 4 like?
They are born in decan 2 of Leo, sub-ruled by Jupiter. Jupiter adds reach and big-heartedness to Leo pride. You dream in wide screen, believe in people and hand out second chances freely. Your enthusiasm is contagious, which makes you a natural teacher, host or team captain, and when a plan collapses you already see the next one. Excess is the hazard: promising more than a week can hold, or spending to match the mood. Check the budget before the grand gesture. The partner who suits you shares your appetite for life and is willing to tell you, gently, when enough is enough.
Which famous people were born on August 4?
Well-known people born on August 4 include Barack Obama, Louis Armstrong, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Knut Hamsun, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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The sign is computed from the Sun's position at noon (UTC) for the years 1940–2030; on cusp dates the exact sign depends on the birth time. Decan and numerology readings are traditional symbolic descriptions.