In love
Pursues openly and dislikes ambiguity. Wants a partner who can hold their own ground rather than yield.
Settled date · day 19 of 31 in the sign
April 8 zodiac sign: Aries
The April 8 zodiac sign is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 18°39′ into the sign, 18 days past its start and 12 days before Taurus begins.
- Sun sign
- Aries at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,872 #321 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 98th 99th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 18°39′ of Aries
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 8 among the 366 days
April 8 averages 10,872 births a day in the US — the 46th least common of the 366 dates, 4.2% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Sun-ruled decan of Aries
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Sun
Sign ruler
Mars
Sun at noon, 2026
18°39′
The Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. The middle ten degrees are Aries at full strength: past the entry from Pisces, not yet leaning toward Taurus.
Personality
April 8 birthday personality
People born on April 8 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 8th is read as a birthday for authority and results. The gift is practical judgment about money, people and power: seeing how an organization ought to run, sizing up character quickly and turning goals into measurable outcomes. Birthday number 8 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 8. 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 17.92° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1931 | Aries 17.69° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1932 | Aries 18.44° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1933 | Aries 18.2° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aries 17.96° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aries 17.73° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Aries 18.48° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1937 | Aries 18.24° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Venus |
| 1938 | Aries 18° | 6 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1939 | Aries 17.76° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 1940 | Aries 18.5° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1941 | Aries 18.26° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aries 18.02° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Aries 17.78° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1944 | Aries 18.53° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1945 | Aries 18.28° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Aries 18.05° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1947 | Aries 17.81° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Aries 18.56° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Aries 18.32° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aries 18.08° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aries 17.85° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Aries 18.59° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Aries 18.35° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Aries 18.12° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Aries 17.88° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Aries 18.63° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Aries 18.39° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Aries 18.15° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Aries 17.91° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1960 | Aries 18.66° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1961 | Aries 18.41° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus |
| 1962 | Aries 18.17° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1963 | Aries 17.94° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1964 | Aries 18.68° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1965 | Aries 18.44° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1966 | Aries 18.2° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1967 | Aries 17.96° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Aries 18.71° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aries 18.47° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aries 18.24° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Aries 18.01° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Aries 18.75° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 1973 | Aries 18.52° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1974 | Aries 18.27° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1975 | Aries 18.03° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 18.78° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1977 | Aries 18.53° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1978 | Aries 18.29° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Aries 18.06° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 18.8° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aries 18.56° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aries 18.32° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Aries 18.09° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 18.84° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Aries 18.6° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Aries 18.36° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Aries 18.13° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Aries 18.87° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1989 | Aries 18.63° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1990 | Aries 18.39° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1991 | Aries 18.15° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Aries 18.9° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aries 18.66° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aries 18.42° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Aries 18.19° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Aries 18.93° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1997 | Aries 18.69° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mars |
| 1998 | Aries 18.45° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1999 | Aries 18.21° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 18.96° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2001 | Aries 18.71° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Venus |
| 2002 | Aries 18.47° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2003 | Aries 18.24° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2004 | Aries 18.99° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Aries 18.75° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2006 | Aries 18.52° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Aries 18.28° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 19.03° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 18.79° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Aries 18.55° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Aries 18.31° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 19.05° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 18.81° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Aries 18.58° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Aries 18.33° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 19.08° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Aries 18.84° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Aries 18.6° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2019 | Aries 18.37° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2020 | Aries 19.11° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 18.87° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2022 | Aries 18.64° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2023 | Aries 18.39° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 19.14° | 2 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Aries 18.9° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Venus |
| 2026 | Aries 18.66° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2027 | Aries 18.43° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 2028 | Aries 19.18° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 18.94° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 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 8
Day of the year
99 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1944, 1963, 1982, 2001, 2020
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 21 years
Counted for April 8 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 8 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 8?
Aries in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 18°39′ Aries on April 8, 18 days after the sign begins and 12 before Taurus takes over.
What life path numbers does April 8 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 8?
The 2nd decan of Aries, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by the Sun in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 8 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-8/
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