2014
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
Boundary date · 21 switches since 1930
22 December — Capricorn or Sagittarius?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Capricorn in 86% of years and Sagittarius in 14%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 04:49 UTC on this day
Born before 04:49 → Sagittarius. Born after → Capricorn. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2017
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2018
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2019 · sign changed at 04:07 UTC on this day
Born before 04:07 → Sagittarius. Born after → Capricorn. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2021
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2022
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2023 · sign changed at 03:25 UTC on this day
Born before 03:25 → Sagittarius. Born after → Capricorn. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2025
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2026
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2027 · sign changed at 02:43 UTC on this day
Born before 02:43 → Sagittarius. Born after → Capricorn. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2029
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2030
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2031 · sign changed at 02:01 UTC on this day
Born before 02:01 → Sagittarius. Born after → Capricorn. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2033
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2034
Capricorn all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 22 December. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 21 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Jupiter-ruled decan of Capricorn
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Saturn
Sun on this date
0.64°
Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 22 December. 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 29.93° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1931 | Sagittarius 29.68° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 0.45° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1933 | Capricorn 0.21° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 29.96° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 29.71° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 0.48° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 0.24° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Sagittarius 29.99° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Sagittarius 29.74° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1940 | Capricorn 0.51° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Capricorn 0.27° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 0.02° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Sagittarius 29.77° | 33 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 0.54° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 0.3° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 0.05° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Sagittarius 29.8° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 0.57° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 0.33° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1950 | Capricorn 0.08° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 29.83° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 0.6° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Capricorn 0.36° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 0.11° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 29.86° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 0.63° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1957 | Capricorn 0.38° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 0.14° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1959 | Sagittarius 29.89° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 0.66° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Capricorn 0.41° | 33 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1962 | Capricorn 0.17° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 29.92° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1964 | Capricorn 0.69° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1965 | Capricorn 0.44° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 0.2° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 29.95° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 0.72° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1969 | Capricorn 0.47° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Capricorn 0.23° | 33 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Sagittarius 29.98° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 0.75° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 0.5° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 0.26° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 0.01° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 0.78° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 0.53° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 0.29° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1979 | Capricorn 0.04° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1980 | Capricorn 0.81° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1981 | Capricorn 0.56° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 0.32° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1983 | Capricorn 0.07° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 0.84° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 0.59° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 0.34° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 0.1° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 0.87° | 33 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Capricorn 0.62° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 0.37° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 0.13° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1992 | Capricorn 0.9° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mars |
| 1993 | Capricorn 0.65° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1994 | Capricorn 0.4° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 0.16° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1996 | Capricorn 0.93° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1997 | Capricorn 0.68° | 33 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 0.43° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Capricorn 0.19° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 2000 | Capricorn 0.96° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 0.71° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 0.46° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 0.22° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 0.99° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 0.74° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 0.49° | 33 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 0.25° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 1.02° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2009 | Capricorn 0.77° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mars |
| 2010 | Capricorn 0.52° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Capricorn 0.28° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Capricorn 1.05° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Capricorn 0.8° | 4 | Leo | Magha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 0.55° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 0.3° | 33 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2016 | Capricorn 1.08° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Capricorn 0.83° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Capricorn 0.58° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 0.33° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 1.11° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 0.86° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Venus |
| 2022 | Capricorn 0.61° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars |
| 2023 | Capricorn 0.36° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Capricorn 1.14° | 33 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Capricorn 0.89° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 0.64° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 0.39° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Capricorn 1.16° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Capricorn 0.92° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Venus 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 22 December
Day of the year
357 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Most recent of those
2003, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1942, 1961, 1980, 1999, 2018
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Every figure here is specific to 22 December: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
Year by year
2006
Capricorn
life path 33
2007
Capricorn
life path 7
2008
Capricorn
life path 8
2009
Capricorn
life path 9
2010
Capricorn
life path 1
2011
Capricorn
life path 11
2012
Capricorn
life path 3
2013
Capricorn
life path 4
2014
Capricorn
life path 5
2015
Capricorn
life path 33
2016
Capricorn
life path 7
2017
Capricorn
life path 8
2018
Capricorn
life path 9
2019
Capricorn
life path 1
2020
Capricorn
life path 11
2021
Capricorn
life path 3
2022
Capricorn
life path 4
2023
Capricorn
life path 5
2024
Capricorn
life path 33
2025
Capricorn
life path 7
2026
Capricorn
life path 8
2027
Capricorn
life path 9
2028
Capricorn
life path 1
2029
Capricorn
life path 11
Notice the sign column changing — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
11
12 years · 12%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
33
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 11 with 12 years; the scarcest is 1 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer moves
There is no third sign and no blend — at your moment of birth the Sun was one side of the boundary or the other. For 22 December that came out Capricorn in 86% of years and Sagittarius in 14%, switching 21 times since 1930. Most recently in 1968, 1971, 1972.