In love
Undemonstrative but dependable. Commitment is shown by showing up, not by saying so.
Settled date · day 3 of 30 in the sign
December 24 zodiac sign: Capricorn
The December 24 zodiac sign is Capricorn in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 2°40′ into the sign, 2 days past its start and 27 days before Aquarius begins.
- Sun sign
- Capricorn at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 8,034 #364 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 358th 359th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 2°40′ of Capricorn
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 24 among the 366 days
December 24 averages 8,034 births a day in the US — the 3rd least common of the 366 dates, 29.2% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Capricorn this falls
December 24 falls on day 3 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
2°40′
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 24 birthday personality
People born on December 24 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 24th reduces to 6 and combines 2 (partnership) with 4 (stability). Numerologists read it as a birthday of devoted, practical love: those born on this day are loyal to family and friends and willing to work hard to make home life secure. Birthday number 24 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 24. 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 1.97° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 1.72° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 2.5° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1933 | Capricorn 2.25° | 7 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1934 | Capricorn 2° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1935 | Capricorn 1.76° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 2.53° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 2.28° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 2.03° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 1.78° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1940 | Capricorn 2.55° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Capricorn 2.3° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 2.05° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 1.81° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 2.58° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 2.33° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 2.09° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 1.84° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 2.61° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 2.36° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1950 | Capricorn 2.11° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Capricorn 1.87° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 2.64° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Capricorn 2.4° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 2.15° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 1.9° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 2.67° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1957 | Capricorn 2.43° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 2.18° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1959 | Capricorn 1.93° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 2.7° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Capricorn 2.45° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1962 | Capricorn 2.2° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 1.95° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1964 | Capricorn 2.72° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1965 | Capricorn 2.48° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 2.23° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 1.98° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 2.76° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1969 | Capricorn 2.51° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Capricorn 2.27° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Capricorn 2.02° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 2.79° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 2.54° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 2.29° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 2.05° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 2.82° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 2.57° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 2.32° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter |
| 1979 | Capricorn 2.07° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1980 | Capricorn 2.85° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1981 | Capricorn 2.6° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 2.35° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1983 | Capricorn 2.1° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 2.87° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 2.63° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 2.38° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 2.13° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 2.91° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Capricorn 2.66° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 2.41° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 2.17° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1992 | Capricorn 2.94° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mars |
| 1993 | Capricorn 2.7° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1994 | Capricorn 2.45° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 2.2° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1996 | Capricorn 2.97° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Capricorn 2.71° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 2.46° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Capricorn 2.22° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 2000 | Capricorn 2.99° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 2.74° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 2.49° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 2.25° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 3.03° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 2.78° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 2.53° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 2.29° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 3.05° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2009 | Capricorn 2.81° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mars |
| 2010 | Capricorn 2.56° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Capricorn 2.31° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Capricorn 3.09° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Capricorn 2.84° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 2.59° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 2.34° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2016 | Capricorn 3.11° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Capricorn 2.87° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 2.61° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 2.36° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 3.14° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 2.89° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Venus |
| 2022 | Capricorn 2.64° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mars |
| 2023 | Capricorn 2.4° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Capricorn 3.17° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Capricorn 2.93° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 2.68° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 2.43° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2028 | Capricorn 3.21° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Capricorn 2.96° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | 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 24
Day of the year
359 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1931, 1950, 1969, 1977, 1996, 2007, 2026
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for December 24 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 8
2007
Capricorn
life path 9
2008
Capricorn
life path 1
2009
Capricorn
life path 2
2010
Capricorn
life path 3
2011
Capricorn
life path 4
2012
Capricorn
life path 5
2013
Capricorn
life path 6
2014
Capricorn
life path 7
2015
Capricorn
life path 8
2016
Capricorn
life path 9
2017
Capricorn
life path 1
2018
Capricorn
life path 2
2019
Capricorn
life path 3
2020
Capricorn
life path 4
2021
Capricorn
life path 5
2022
Capricorn
life path 6
2023
Capricorn
life path 7
2024
Capricorn
life path 8
2025
Capricorn
life path 9
2026
Capricorn
life path 1
2027
Capricorn
life path 2
2028
Capricorn
life path 3
2029
Capricorn
life path 4
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
4
12 years · 12%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
11
8 years · 8%
2
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 8 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about December 24 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 24?
Capricorn in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 2°40′ Capricorn on December 24, 2 days after the sign begins and 27 before Aquarius takes over.
What life path numbers does December 24 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); the rarest is 2 (3).
Which decan is December 24?
The 1st decan of Capricorn, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can December 24 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 8 of the 100 years: 1937, 1946, 1955, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 24 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-24/
For Wikipedia
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