In love
Pursues openly and dislikes ambiguity. Wants a partner who can hold their own ground rather than yield.
Settled date · day 28 of 31 in the sign
April 17 zodiac sign: Aries
The April 17 zodiac sign is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 27°29′ into the sign, 27 days past its start and 3 days before Taurus begins.
- Sun sign
- Aries at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,168 #239 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 107th 108th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 27°29′ of Aries
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 17 among the 366 days
April 17 averages 11,168 births a day in the US — the 128th least common of the 366 dates, 1.6% 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
27°29′
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 17 birthday personality
People born on April 17 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 17th reduces to 8 and blends 1 (initiative) with 7 (analysis). Numerologists read it as ambition backed by research: those born on this day tend to study a field thoroughly, plan carefully and then act with real decisiveness. Birthday number 17 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 17. 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 26.74° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1931 | Aries 26.51° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1932 | Aries 27.26° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Aries 27.02° | 1 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aries 26.78° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aries 26.55° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Aries 27.29° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Aries 27.06° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Aries 26.82° | 6 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Aries 26.58° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1940 | Aries 27.32° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1941 | Aries 27.08° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aries 26.84° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1943 | Aries 26.6° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1944 | Aries 27.34° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1945 | Aries 27.11° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Aries 26.87° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Aries 26.63° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Aries 27.38° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Aries 27.14° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aries 26.91° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aries 26.67° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Aries 27.41° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Aries 27.17° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Aries 26.94° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Aries 26.7° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Aries 27.45° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Aries 27.21° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Aries 26.97° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Aries 26.73° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Aries 27.47° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1961 | Aries 27.24° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Venus |
| 1962 | Aries 27° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1963 | Aries 26.76° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1964 | Aries 27.5° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Aries 27.26° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1966 | Aries 27.02° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1967 | Aries 26.79° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Aries 27.53° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aries 27.29° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aries 27.06° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Aries 26.83° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Aries 27.57° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1973 | Aries 27.33° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1974 | Aries 27.1° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1975 | Aries 26.86° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 27.6° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1977 | Aries 27.36° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus |
| 1978 | Aries 27.12° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Aries 26.88° | 2 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 27.62° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aries 27.38° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aries 27.14° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Aries 26.91° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 27.65° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Aries 27.42° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Aries 27.18° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Aries 26.95° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Aries 27.69° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Aries 27.45° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1990 | Aries 27.21° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1991 | Aries 26.98° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Aries 27.72° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aries 27.48° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aries 27.25° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Aries 27.01° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Aries 27.75° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1997 | Aries 27.52° | 2 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1998 | Aries 27.27° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1999 | Aries 27.04° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 27.78° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2001 | Aries 27.53° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Venus |
| 2002 | Aries 27.3° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2003 | Aries 27.07° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2004 | Aries 27.81° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Aries 27.57° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Aries 27.34° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Aries 27.1° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 27.85° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 27.61° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Aries 27.37° | 6 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Aries 27.14° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 27.87° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 27.64° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Aries 27.4° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Aries 27.16° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 27.9° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Aries 27.66° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Aries 27.43° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 2019 | Aries 27.19° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Aries 27.93° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 27.7° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 2022 | Aries 27.46° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2023 | Aries 27.22° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 27.96° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Aries 27.72° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 2026 | Aries 27.49° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2027 | Aries 27.26° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2028 | Aries 28° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 27.76° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | 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 17
Day of the year
108 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1946, 1954, 1973, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for April 17 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 2
2007
Aries
life path 3
2008
Aries
life path 4
2009
Aries
life path 5
2010
Aries
life path 6
2011
Aries
life path 7
2012
Aries
life path 8
2013
Aries
life path 9
2014
Aries
life path 1
2015
Aries
life path 2
2016
Aries
life path 3
2017
Aries
life path 4
2018
Aries
life path 5
2019
Aries
life path 6
2020
Aries
life path 7
2021
Aries
life path 8
2022
Aries
life path 9
2023
Aries
life path 1
2024
Aries
life path 2
2025
Aries
life path 3
2026
Aries
life path 4
2027
Aries
life path 5
2028
Aries
life path 6
2029
Aries
life path 7
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. No master number is possible on this date: every year from 1930 to 2029 reduces to a single digit.
Questions about April 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 17?
Aries in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 27°29′ Aries on April 17, 27 days after the sign begins and 3 before Taurus takes over.
What life path numbers does April 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 17?
The 3rd decan of Aries, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 17 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-17/
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