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December 22 zodiac sign: Capricorn or Sagittarius?
The December 22 zodiac sign is Capricorn in 86% of years from 1930 to 2029 and Sagittarius in 14% — the date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year.
- Sun sign
- Capricorn 86% of years · Sagittarius 14%
- US births a day
- 11,477 #141 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 356th 357th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 0°38′ of Capricorn
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 22 among the 366 days
December 22 averages 11,477 births a day in the US — the 141st most common of the 366 dates, 1.1% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Which sign, by birth year
- Capricorn at midday UTC
- Sagittarius at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Capricorn at midday UTC in 86 years and Sagittarius in 14: 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935 … 1963, 1967, 1971. In 58 of the years — dotted — the Sun entered Capricorn during December 22 itself, so a birth that day can be either sign depending on the hour.
- Capricorn
- Sagittarius
- 2026
The bar is the whole of December 22 in UTC; where its color changes, the Sun crossed into Capricorn, so a birth after that minute is Capricorn. The time on the right is that minute.
- 5 of these 21 years had the change inside December 22 itself, so the hour of birth decides — from as early as 1:56 AM UTC in 2031 to as late as 4:48 AM in 2015.
- In 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2033 and 2034 the whole day was already Capricorn: the crossing came on December 21.
- Two sites can give two different signs for December 22 because both print a fixed range, and no fixed range is right in every year — the noon sign here flipped 21 times between 1930 and 2029.
Jupiter-ruled decan of Capricorn
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Saturn
Sun at noon, 2026
0°38′
December 22 is the first full day of Capricorn in 2026 — the Sun crossed in at 8:50 PM UTC on December 21 — and the Jupiter decan runs on until December 31.
Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. In its first ten degrees Capricorn shows in its rawest form: Sagittarius has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
December 22 birthday personality
People born on December 22 are Capricorn in most years, and the sign is read as ambition, structure and playing the long game. Plans in decades and executes without needing encouragement along the way.
The 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 in full →
At work
Built for institutions and long climbs. Impatient with people who need motivating.
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 22. 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 0.46° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1933 | Capricorn 0.21° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 29.97° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 29.72° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 0.49° | 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 0.01° | 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 0.29° | 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 0.32° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1950 | Capricorn 0.08° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 29.83° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 0.61° | 33 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Capricorn 0.36° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 0.11° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 29.87° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 0.64° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1957 | Capricorn 0.39° | 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 0.16° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 29.91° | 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 0.19° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 29.95° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 0.72° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1969 | Capricorn 0.48° | 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 0.54° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 0.28° | 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 0.31° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1983 | Capricorn 0.06° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 0.83° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 0.59° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 0.34° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 0.09° | 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 0.38° | 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 0.66° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1994 | Capricorn 0.41° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 0.16° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1996 | Capricorn 0.93° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1997 | Capricorn 0.67° | 33 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 0.43° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Capricorn 0.18° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 2000 | Capricorn 0.95° | 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 0.21° | 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 | Scorpio | 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 0.31° | 33 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2016 | Capricorn 1.07° | 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 1.1° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 0.85° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Venus |
| 2022 | Capricorn 0.6° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars |
| 2023 | Capricorn 0.36° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Capricorn 1.13° | 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 1.17° | 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 December 22
Day of the year
357 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2003, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1942, 1961, 1980, 1988, 1999, 2018
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 21 years
Counted for December 22 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
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
The sign changes from one year to the next in some of these tiles — 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; every other number, 33 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. 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 December 22 that came out Capricorn in 86% of years and Sagittarius in 14%. The noon sign switched 21 times between 1930 and 2029; the last three switches fall in 1968, 1971 and 1972.
Questions about December 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 22?
Usually Capricorn: 86% of years from 1930 to 2029. In the other 14% of years (the last of them 1971) the Sun was still in Sagittarius at midday UTC, and in 58 of the 100 years it changed sign during the day itself, so the birth hour decides.
What life path numbers does December 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 11 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 22?
In 2026, the 1st decan of Capricorn, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can December 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 12 of the 100 years: 1930, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029; 33, in 11 of the 100 years: 1934, 1943, 1952, 1961, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2015 and 2024.
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