In love
Needs room and honesty. Reads possessiveness as a threat rather than devotion.
Settled date · day 25 of 30 in the sign
December 16 zodiac sign: Sagittarius
The December 16 zodiac sign is Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°32′ into the sign, 24 days past its start and 5 days before Capricorn begins.
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,350 #181 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 350th 351st in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°32′ of Sagittarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 16 among the 366 days
December 16 averages 11,350 births a day in the US — the 181st most common of the 366 dates, 0.0% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Sagittarius this falls
December 16 falls on day 5 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
24°32′
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 16 birthday personality
People born on December 16 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 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
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 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 | Sagittarius 23.82° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1931 | Sagittarius 23.57° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Sagittarius 24.35° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1933 | Sagittarius 24.1° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 23.86° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 23.61° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1936 | Sagittarius 24.38° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1937 | Sagittarius 24.13° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1938 | Sagittarius 23.88° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Sagittarius 23.63° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1940 | Sagittarius 24.4° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Sagittarius 24.15° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Sagittarius 23.91° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Sagittarius 23.66° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Sagittarius 24.43° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1945 | Sagittarius 24.19° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Sagittarius 23.94° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Sagittarius 23.69° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Sagittarius 24.46° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1949 | Sagittarius 24.21° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1950 | Sagittarius 23.97° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 23.72° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Sagittarius 24.49° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Sagittarius 24.25° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Sagittarius 24° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 23.76° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1956 | Sagittarius 24.53° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1957 | Sagittarius 24.28° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Sagittarius 24.03° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1959 | Sagittarius 23.78° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1960 | Sagittarius 24.55° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mars |
| 1961 | Sagittarius 24.3° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1962 | Sagittarius 24.05° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 23.8° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1964 | Sagittarius 24.58° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1965 | Sagittarius 24.33° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Sagittarius 24.08° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 23.84° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1968 | Sagittarius 24.61° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Sagittarius 24.37° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Sagittarius 24.12° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Sagittarius 23.87° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Sagittarius 24.65° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Sagittarius 24.39° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Sagittarius 24.15° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Sagittarius 23.9° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Sagittarius 24.67° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Sagittarius 24.43° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Sagittarius 24.17° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter |
| 1979 | Sagittarius 23.92° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1980 | Sagittarius 24.7° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1981 | Sagittarius 24.45° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1982 | Sagittarius 24.2° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1983 | Sagittarius 23.96° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1984 | Sagittarius 24.72° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Sagittarius 24.48° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1986 | Sagittarius 24.23° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1987 | Sagittarius 23.98° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1988 | Sagittarius 24.76° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Sagittarius 24.51° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Sagittarius 24.27° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Sagittarius 24.03° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Sagittarius 24.79° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars |
| 1993 | Sagittarius 24.55° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1994 | Sagittarius 24.3° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1995 | Sagittarius 24.05° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1996 | Sagittarius 24.82° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1997 | Sagittarius 24.57° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Sagittarius 24.32° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Sagittarius 24.07° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Sagittarius 24.84° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Sagittarius 24.6° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Sagittarius 24.35° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Sagittarius 24.1° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Sagittarius 24.88° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2005 | Sagittarius 24.63° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Sagittarius 24.38° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Sagittarius 24.14° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mars |
| 2008 | Sagittarius 24.91° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2009 | Sagittarius 24.66° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2010 | Sagittarius 24.42° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Sagittarius 24.17° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Sagittarius 24.94° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Sagittarius 24.69° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Sagittarius 24.44° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Sagittarius 24.2° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2016 | Sagittarius 24.96° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2017 | Sagittarius 24.72° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Sagittarius 24.47° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2019 | Sagittarius 24.22° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2020 | Sagittarius 24.99° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2021 | Sagittarius 24.74° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2022 | Sagittarius 24.49° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mars |
| 2023 | Sagittarius 24.25° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Sagittarius 25.02° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Sagittarius 24.78° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Sagittarius 24.54° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Sagittarius 24.29° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Sagittarius 25.06° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Sagittarius 24.82° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | 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 16
Day of the year
351 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1991, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2023
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1948, 1967, 1986, 2005, 2013
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for December 16 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 9
2007
Sagittarius
life path 1
2008
Sagittarius
life path 11
2009
Sagittarius
life path 3
2010
Sagittarius
life path 4
2011
Sagittarius
life path 5
2012
Sagittarius
life path 6
2013
Sagittarius
life path 7
2014
Sagittarius
life path 8
2015
Sagittarius
life path 9
2016
Sagittarius
life path 1
2017
Sagittarius
life path 11
2018
Sagittarius
life path 3
2019
Sagittarius
life path 4
2020
Sagittarius
life path 5
2021
Sagittarius
life path 6
2022
Sagittarius
life path 7
2023
Sagittarius
life path 8
2024
Sagittarius
life path 9
2025
Sagittarius
life path 1
2026
Sagittarius
life path 11
2027
Sagittarius
life path 3
2028
Sagittarius
life path 4
2029
Sagittarius
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 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 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 16?
Sagittarius in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°32′ Sagittarius on December 16, 24 days after the sign begins and 5 before Capricorn takes over.
What life path numbers does December 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 16?
The 3rd decan of Sagittarius, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can December 16 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 16 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius in Every Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-16/
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