In love
Pursues openly and dislikes ambiguity. Wants a partner who can hold their own ground rather than yield.
Settled date · day 29 of 31 in the sign
April 18 zodiac sign: Aries
The April 18 zodiac sign is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 28°28′ into the sign, 28 days past its start and 2 days before Taurus begins.
- Sun sign
- Aries at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,358 #178 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 108th 109th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 28°28′ of Aries
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 18 among the 366 days
April 18 averages 11,358 births a day in the US — the 178th most common of the 366 dates, 0.1% above 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
28°28′
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 18 birthday personality
People born on April 18 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 18th reduces to 9 and is made of 1 (leadership) and 8 (organization). Numerologists read it as humanitarian ambition: those born on this day want to make a real difference and are capable of organizing people and resources to do it. Birthday number 18 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 18. 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 27.72° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1931 | Aries 27.49° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1932 | Aries 28.23° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Aries 27.99° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aries 27.76° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aries 27.53° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Aries 28.27° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Aries 28.03° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Aries 27.79° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Aries 27.56° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1940 | Aries 28.3° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1941 | Aries 28.05° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aries 27.82° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1943 | Aries 27.58° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1944 | Aries 28.32° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1945 | Aries 28.08° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Aries 27.84° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Aries 27.61° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Aries 28.36° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Aries 28.12° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aries 27.88° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aries 27.65° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Aries 28.39° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Aries 28.15° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Aries 27.91° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Aries 27.68° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Aries 28.42° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Aries 28.18° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Aries 27.95° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Aries 27.71° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Aries 28.45° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1961 | Aries 28.21° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Venus |
| 1962 | Aries 27.97° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1963 | Aries 27.74° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1964 | Aries 28.48° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Aries 28.23° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1966 | Aries 28° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1967 | Aries 27.77° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Aries 28.51° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aries 28.27° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aries 28.04° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Aries 27.81° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Aries 28.55° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1973 | Aries 28.31° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1974 | Aries 28.07° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1975 | Aries 27.84° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 28.57° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1977 | Aries 28.33° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Venus |
| 1978 | Aries 28.09° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Aries 27.86° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 28.6° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aries 28.36° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aries 28.12° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Aries 27.89° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 28.63° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Aries 28.39° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Aries 28.16° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Aries 27.93° | 2 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Aries 28.67° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Aries 28.43° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1990 | Aries 28.19° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1991 | Aries 27.96° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Aries 28.7° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aries 28.46° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aries 28.23° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Aries 27.99° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Aries 28.73° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1997 | Aries 28.49° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1998 | Aries 28.25° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1999 | Aries 28.01° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 28.75° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2001 | Aries 28.51° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Venus |
| 2002 | Aries 28.28° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2003 | Aries 28.04° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2004 | Aries 28.79° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Aries 28.55° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Aries 28.31° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Aries 28.08° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 28.83° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 28.59° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Aries 28.35° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Aries 28.12° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 28.85° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 28.61° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Aries 28.38° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Aries 28.14° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 28.88° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Aries 28.64° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Aries 28.4° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Aries 28.17° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Aries 28.91° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 28.67° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2022 | Aries 28.44° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2023 | Aries 28.2° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 28.94° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Aries 28.7° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2026 | Aries 28.47° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2027 | Aries 28.24° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2028 | Aries 28.98° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 28.74° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 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 18
Day of the year
109 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1935, 1954, 1973, 1981, 2000, 2011
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for April 18 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 3
2007
Aries
life path 22
2008
Aries
life path 5
2009
Aries
life path 6
2010
Aries
life path 7
2011
Aries
life path 8
2012
Aries
life path 9
2013
Aries
life path 1
2014
Aries
life path 2
2015
Aries
life path 3
2016
Aries
life path 22
2017
Aries
life path 5
2018
Aries
life path 6
2019
Aries
life path 7
2020
Aries
life path 8
2021
Aries
life path 9
2022
Aries
life path 1
2023
Aries
life path 2
2024
Aries
life path 3
2025
Aries
life path 22
2026
Aries
life path 5
2027
Aries
life path 6
2028
Aries
life path 7
2029
Aries
life path 8
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about April 18 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 18?
Aries in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 28°28′ Aries on April 18, 28 days after the sign begins and 2 before Taurus takes over.
What life path numbers does April 18 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 18?
The 3rd decan of Aries, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Can April 18 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 18 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-18/
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