In love
Pursues openly and dislikes ambiguity. Wants a partner who can hold their own ground rather than yield.
Settled date · day 27 of 31 in the sign
April 16 zodiac sign: Aries
The April 16 zodiac sign is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 26°30′ into the sign, 26 days past its start and 4 days before Taurus begins.
- Sun sign
- Aries at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,118 #256 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 106th 107th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 26°30′ of Aries
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 16 among the 366 days
April 16 averages 11,118 births a day in the US — the 111th least common of the 366 dates, 2.0% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Venus-ruled decan of Aries
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Venus
Sign ruler
Mars
Sun at noon, 2026
26°30′
Venus softens the sign toward attachment and taste, aiming the same drives at being liked. The last ten degrees of Aries already turn toward Taurus, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
April 16 birthday personality
People born on April 16 are Aries, and the sign is read as initiative, appetite and the willingness to go first. Starts things other people are still discussing. Recovers from setbacks faster than almost any other sign.
The 16th reduces to 7 and is a karmic debt number. The traditional reading is about humility and rebuilding: plans and self-images built on pride tend to be tested, and the 16th-born grows through setbacks that force an honest look inward. Birthday number 16 in full →
At work
Best at launching. Loses interest in maintenance, so pairs well with a sign that finishes things.
Stone and flower
The April birthstone is diamond (colorless), and the month's flowers are the daisy and sweet pea.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for April 16. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Aries 25.76° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1931 | Aries 25.53° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1932 | Aries 26.28° | 8 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Aries 26.04° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aries 25.81° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aries 25.57° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Aries 26.32° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Aries 26.08° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Aries 25.84° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Aries 25.61° | 33 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1940 | Aries 26.34° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1941 | Aries 26.1° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aries 25.86° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1943 | Aries 25.62° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1944 | Aries 26.37° | 2 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1945 | Aries 26.13° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Aries 25.89° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Aries 25.66° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Aries 26.4° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1949 | Aries 26.16° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aries 25.93° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aries 25.69° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Aries 26.43° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Aries 26.2° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Aries 25.96° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Aries 25.73° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Aries 26.47° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Aries 26.23° | 33 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Aries 25.99° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Aries 25.76° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter |
| 1960 | Aries 26.5° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1961 | Aries 26.26° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Venus |
| 1962 | Aries 26.02° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1963 | Aries 25.78° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1964 | Aries 26.52° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1965 | Aries 26.28° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1966 | Aries 26.04° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1967 | Aries 25.81° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Aries 26.55° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aries 26.32° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aries 26.08° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Aries 25.85° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Aries 26.59° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1973 | Aries 26.36° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1974 | Aries 26.12° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1975 | Aries 25.88° | 33 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 26.62° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1977 | Aries 26.38° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Venus |
| 1978 | Aries 26.14° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Aries 25.9° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 26.65° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aries 26.41° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aries 26.17° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Aries 25.93° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 26.68° | 33 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Aries 26.44° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Aries 26.2° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Aries 25.97° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Aries 26.71° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Aries 26.47° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1990 | Aries 26.24° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1991 | Aries 26° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Aries 26.75° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aries 26.5° | 33 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aries 26.27° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Aries 26.04° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Aries 26.78° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1997 | Aries 26.54° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1998 | Aries 26.3° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 1999 | Aries 26.06° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 26.8° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2001 | Aries 26.55° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus |
| 2002 | Aries 26.32° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2003 | Aries 26.09° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2004 | Aries 26.83° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Aries 26.6° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Aries 26.36° | 1 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Aries 26.12° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 26.87° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 26.63° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Aries 26.39° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Aries 26.16° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 26.9° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 26.66° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Aries 26.42° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Aries 26.18° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 26.93° | 2 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Aries 26.68° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Aries 26.45° | 22 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 2019 | Aries 26.22° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Aries 26.95° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 26.72° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 2022 | Aries 26.48° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2023 | Aries 26.24° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 26.99° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Aries 26.74° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2026 | Aries 26.51° | 3 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2027 | Aries 26.28° | 22 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2028 | Aries 27.02° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 26.78° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mars Jupiter |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of April 16
Day of the year
107 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1946, 1965, 1984, 1992, 2003, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 19 years
Counted for April 16 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Aries
life path 1
2007
Aries
life path 2
2008
Aries
life path 3
2009
Aries
life path 22
2010
Aries
life path 5
2011
Aries
life path 6
2012
Aries
life path 7
2013
Aries
life path 8
2014
Aries
life path 9
2015
Aries
life path 1
2016
Aries
life path 2
2017
Aries
life path 3
2018
Aries
life path 22
2019
Aries
life path 5
2020
Aries
life path 6
2021
Aries
life path 7
2022
Aries
life path 8
2023
Aries
life path 9
2024
Aries
life path 1
2025
Aries
life path 2
2026
Aries
life path 3
2027
Aries
life path 22
2028
Aries
life path 5
2029
Aries
life path 6
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
4
8 years · 8%
33
7 years · 7%
6
5 years · 5%
22
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 7 with 11 years, tied with 6 other numbers; the scarcest is 22 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 3 of those years, 33 in 7 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about April 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 16?
Aries in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 26°30′ Aries on April 16, 26 days after the sign begins and 4 before Taurus takes over.
What life path numbers does April 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (11 years, tied with 6 other numbers); the rarest is 22 (3).
Which decan is April 16?
The 3rd decan of Aries, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Can April 16 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 3 of the 100 years: 2009, 2018 and 2027; 33, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 16 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-16/
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