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Near a boundary · day 2 of 30 in the sign
December 23 zodiac sign: Capricorn
The December 23 zodiac sign is Capricorn at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 20 of those 100 years a birth at the start of the day, in time zones well ahead of Greenwich, had the Sun still in Sagittarius.
- Sun sign
- Capricorn at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,367 #353 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 357th 358th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 1°39′ of Capricorn
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 23 among the 366 days
December 23 averages 10,367 births a day in the US — the 14th least common of the 366 dates, 8.6% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Capricorn this falls
December 23 falls on day 2 of the Jupiter decan (21–December 31, 2026).
Jupiter-ruled decan of Capricorn
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Saturn
Sun at noon, 2026
1°39′
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 23 birthday personality
People born on December 23 are Capricorn, 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 23rd reduces to 5 and joins 2 (empathy) with 3 (expression). Numerologists read it as freedom with a strong social sense: those born on this day love variety, travel and change, but they also read people well and communicate easily. Birthday number 23 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 23. 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 | Capricorn 0.95° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 0.7° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 1.48° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1933 | Capricorn 1.23° | 6 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1934 | Capricorn 0.98° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1935 | Capricorn 0.74° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 1.51° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 1.26° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 1.01° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Capricorn 0.76° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1940 | Capricorn 1.53° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Capricorn 1.29° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 1.03° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 0.79° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 1.56° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 1.31° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 1.07° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 0.82° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 1.59° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 1.34° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1950 | Capricorn 1.09° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1951 | Capricorn 0.85° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 1.63° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Capricorn 1.38° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 1.13° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 0.88° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 1.66° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1957 | Capricorn 1.41° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 1.16° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1959 | Capricorn 0.91° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 1.68° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Capricorn 1.43° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1962 | Capricorn 1.18° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 0.93° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1964 | Capricorn 1.7° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1965 | Capricorn 1.46° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 1.21° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 0.96° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 1.74° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1969 | Capricorn 1.5° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Capricorn 1.25° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Capricorn 1° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 1.77° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 1.52° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 1.28° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 1.03° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 1.8° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 1.55° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 1.3° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1979 | Capricorn 1.05° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1980 | Capricorn 1.83° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1981 | Capricorn 1.58° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 1.33° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1983 | Capricorn 1.08° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 1.85° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 1.61° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 1.36° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 1.11° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 1.89° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Capricorn 1.64° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 1.4° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 1.15° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1992 | Capricorn 1.92° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mars |
| 1993 | Capricorn 1.68° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1994 | Capricorn 1.43° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 1.18° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1996 | Capricorn 1.95° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1997 | Capricorn 1.69° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 1.45° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Capricorn 1.2° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 2000 | Capricorn 1.97° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 1.72° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 1.47° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 1.23° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 2.01° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 1.76° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 1.51° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 1.27° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 2.03° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 2009 | Capricorn 1.79° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 2010 | Capricorn 1.54° | 11 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Capricorn 1.29° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Capricorn 2.07° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Capricorn 1.82° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 1.57° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 1.32° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2016 | Capricorn 2.09° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Capricorn 1.85° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 1.6° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 1.34° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 2.12° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 1.87° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Venus |
| 2022 | Capricorn 1.62° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mars |
| 2023 | Capricorn 1.38° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Capricorn 2.15° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Capricorn 1.91° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 1.66° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 1.41° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Capricorn 2.19° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Capricorn 1.94° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 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 23
Day of the year
358 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1942, 1950, 1969, 1988, 1999, 2007, 2018, 2026
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for December 23 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 7
2007
Capricorn
life path 8
2008
Capricorn
life path 9
2009
Capricorn
life path 1
2010
Capricorn
life path 11
2011
Capricorn
life path 3
2012
Capricorn
life path 4
2013
Capricorn
life path 5
2014
Capricorn
life path 6
2015
Capricorn
life path 7
2016
Capricorn
life path 8
2017
Capricorn
life path 9
2018
Capricorn
life path 1
2019
Capricorn
life path 11
2020
Capricorn
life path 3
2021
Capricorn
life path 4
2022
Capricorn
life path 5
2023
Capricorn
life path 6
2024
Capricorn
life path 7
2025
Capricorn
life path 8
2026
Capricorn
life path 9
2027
Capricorn
life path 1
2028
Capricorn
life path 11
2029
Capricorn
life path 3
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
12 years · 12%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 3 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 →
Why the answer almost always holds
December 23 sits 1 day past the start of Capricorn and reached 1°39′ this year — close enough to the start of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 20 of those 100 years a birth at the start of the day, in time zones well ahead of Greenwich, had the Sun still in Sagittarius. At midday it is Capricorn in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about December 23 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 23?
Capricorn at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 20 of those 100 years a birth at the start of the day, in time zones well ahead of Greenwich, had the Sun still in Sagittarius.
What life path numbers does December 23 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 23?
The 1st decan of Capricorn, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can December 23 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019 and 2028.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 23 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, but the Hour Can Matter.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-23/
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