In love
Needs room and honesty. Reads possessiveness as a threat rather than devotion.
Settled date · day 21 of 30 in the sign
December 12 zodiac sign: Sagittarius
The December 12 zodiac sign is Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 20°28′ into the sign, 20 days past its start and 9 days before Capricorn begins.
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,970 #54 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 346th 347th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 20°28′ of Sagittarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 12 among the 366 days
December 12 averages 11,970 births a day in the US — the 54th most common of the 366 dates, 5.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Sagittarius this falls
December 12 falls on day 1 of the Saturn decan (12–December 21, 2026).
Saturn-ruled decan of Sagittarius
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Saturn
Sign ruler
Jupiter
Sun at noon, 2026
20°28′
Saturn narrows and hardens the sign, making it slower to commit and more durable once it has. The last ten degrees of Sagittarius already turn toward Capricorn, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
December 12 birthday personality
People born on December 12 are Sagittarius, and the sign is read as expansion, honesty and appetite for the unfamiliar. Genuinely open-minded and hard to discourage. Says the thing nobody else will.
The 12th reduces to 3 and is built from a 1 and a 2 — independence and cooperation. Numerologists read the combination as creative expression with a strong sense of audience: someone who can generate original ideas and then present them in a way others accept. Birthday number 12 in full →
At work
Good with big-picture strategy, teaching and anything international. Bored by detail.
Stone and flower
The December birthstones are turquoise, zircon and tanzanite (blue to blue-violet), and the month's flowers are the narcissus and holly.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for December 12. 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 | Sagittarius 19.75° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1931 | Sagittarius 19.5° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Sagittarius 20.28° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Sagittarius 20.03° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 19.79° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 19.54° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1936 | Sagittarius 20.31° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1937 | Sagittarius 20.06° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1938 | Sagittarius 19.81° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1939 | Sagittarius 19.56° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1940 | Sagittarius 20.34° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Sagittarius 20.08° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Sagittarius 19.84° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Sagittarius 19.59° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1944 | Sagittarius 20.36° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Sagittarius 20.12° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Sagittarius 19.87° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Sagittarius 19.62° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Sagittarius 20.39° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1949 | Sagittarius 20.14° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1950 | Sagittarius 19.9° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 19.65° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Sagittarius 20.42° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Sagittarius 20.18° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Sagittarius 19.93° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 19.69° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Sagittarius 20.46° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1957 | Sagittarius 20.21° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1958 | Sagittarius 19.96° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1959 | Sagittarius 19.72° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1960 | Sagittarius 20.48° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Sagittarius 20.23° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1962 | Sagittarius 19.98° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 19.73° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1964 | Sagittarius 20.51° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1965 | Sagittarius 20.26° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1966 | Sagittarius 20.01° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 19.77° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1968 | Sagittarius 20.54° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Sagittarius 20.3° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Sagittarius 20.05° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Sagittarius 19.8° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Sagittarius 20.58° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Sagittarius 20.33° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Sagittarius 20.08° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Sagittarius 19.84° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Sagittarius 20.6° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Sagittarius 20.36° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Sagittarius 20.11° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1979 | Sagittarius 19.86° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1980 | Sagittarius 20.63° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1981 | Sagittarius 20.38° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1982 | Sagittarius 20.13° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1983 | Sagittarius 19.89° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1984 | Sagittarius 20.65° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Sagittarius 20.41° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1986 | Sagittarius 20.16° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1987 | Sagittarius 19.92° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Sagittarius 20.69° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Sagittarius 20.45° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Sagittarius 20.2° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Sagittarius 19.96° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Sagittarius 20.73° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mars |
| 1993 | Sagittarius 20.48° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1994 | Sagittarius 20.23° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1995 | Sagittarius 19.98° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1996 | Sagittarius 20.75° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1997 | Sagittarius 20.5° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1998 | Sagittarius 20.25° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Sagittarius 20.01° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Sagittarius 20.77° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Sagittarius 20.53° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Sagittarius 20.28° | 1 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Sagittarius 20.03° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Sagittarius 20.81° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2005 | Sagittarius 20.56° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Sagittarius 20.31° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Sagittarius 20.07° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mars |
| 2008 | Sagittarius 20.84° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2009 | Sagittarius 20.59° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2010 | Sagittarius 20.35° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Sagittarius 20.1° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2012 | Sagittarius 20.87° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Sagittarius 20.62° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Sagittarius 20.37° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Sagittarius 20.13° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2016 | Sagittarius 20.9° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 2017 | Sagittarius 20.65° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Sagittarius 20.4° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 2019 | Sagittarius 20.15° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2020 | Sagittarius 20.92° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2021 | Sagittarius 20.68° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2022 | Sagittarius 20.43° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mars |
| 2023 | Sagittarius 20.18° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2024 | Sagittarius 20.96° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Sagittarius 20.71° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Sagittarius 20.47° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2027 | Sagittarius 20.22° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Sagittarius 20.99° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Sagittarius 20.75° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
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 December 12
Day of the year
347 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1932, 1943, 1951, 1970, 1989, 2008, 2019
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for December 12 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Sagittarius
life path 5
2007
Sagittarius
life path 6
2008
Sagittarius
life path 7
2009
Sagittarius
life path 8
2010
Sagittarius
life path 9
2011
Sagittarius
life path 1
2012
Sagittarius
life path 11
2013
Sagittarius
life path 3
2014
Sagittarius
life path 4
2015
Sagittarius
life path 5
2016
Sagittarius
life path 6
2017
Sagittarius
life path 7
2018
Sagittarius
life path 8
2019
Sagittarius
life path 9
2020
Sagittarius
life path 1
2021
Sagittarius
life path 11
2022
Sagittarius
life path 3
2023
Sagittarius
life path 4
2024
Sagittarius
life path 5
2025
Sagittarius
life path 6
2026
Sagittarius
life path 7
2027
Sagittarius
life path 8
2028
Sagittarius
life path 9
2029
Sagittarius
life path 1
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
1
12 years · 12%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 1 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about December 12 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 12?
Sagittarius in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 20°28′ Sagittarius on December 12, 20 days after the sign begins and 9 before Capricorn takes over.
What life path numbers does December 12 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 1 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 12?
The 3rd decan of Sagittarius, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can December 12 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1931, 1940, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2012 and 2021.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 12 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius in Every Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-12/
For Wikipedia
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