📅 What Month Is Leo? The Quick Answer
Leo covers the second half of July and most of August. The standard Leo zodiac dates are July 23 to August 22. If you were born in that window, your Sun is in Leo — the fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun and symbolized by the Lion.
There is a small catch worth knowing: those dates can shift by a day in either direction depending on the year, because the Sun does not cross into a new sign at the same clock time every year. If your birthday lands on the very edge, read on — and to be completely certain, generate your free birth chart.
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Leo season is the roughly four-week stretch when the Sun travels through Leo each year. It opens around July 23 and closes around August 22, landing at the peak of summer in the Northern Hemisphere — fitting for the sign of the Sun, warmth, and full-bloom confidence.
| Leo dates | July 23 – August 22 |
| Leo season starts | ~July 23 (Sun enters Leo) |
| Leo season ends | ~August 22 (Sun enters Virgo) |
| Sign before Leo | Cancer (ends ~July 22) |
| Sign after Leo | Virgo (begins ~August 23) |
For the bigger picture on what that fire-sign Sun actually means, see Is Leo a Fire Sign? and the overview in What Is a Leo?
🌕 The Cusp Days: Born on the Edge
The Cancer–Leo cusp (around July 22–23)
If your birthday is July 22 or 23, you may have been born right as the Sun crossed from Cancer into Leo. There is no such thing as being “half Cancer, half Leo” — your Sun is in one sign or the other — but on these dates the only way to know for sure is an exact chart, because the crossing happens at a specific hour that changes yearly.
The Leo–Virgo cusp (around August 22–23)
Late-August birthdays can fall on either side of the Leo–Virgo boundary. August 22 is usually still Leo; August 23 usually begins Virgo. Again, a birthday on the line calls for a real chart rather than a fixed calendar.
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❓ Why Do Leo’s Dates Change Slightly?
The zodiac is tied to the Sun’s apparent path, not to a fixed calendar. Our calendar year (365 days) does not divide evenly into the Sun’s cycle, and leap years nudge things further. So the moment the Sun enters Leo drifts by a few hours each year, which occasionally pushes the boundary onto the previous or next day. That is why reputable sources list Leo as “about” July 23 to August 22 rather than a rigid rule.
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