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December 29 zodiac sign: Capricorn
The December 29 zodiac sign is Capricorn in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 7°46′ into the sign, 7 days past its start and 22 days before Aquarius begins.
- Sun sign
- Capricorn at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,068 #36 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 363rd 364th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 7°46′ of Capricorn
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 29 among the 366 days
December 29 averages 12,068 births a day in the US — the 36th most common of the 366 dates, 6.3% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Capricorn this falls
December 29 falls on day 8 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
7°46′
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 29 birthday personality
People born on December 29 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 29th reduces to 11, a master number, before becoming 2. Numerologists read it as the intuition and emotional depth of the 11 combined with the humanitarian breadth of the 9. Birthday number 29 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 29. 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 7.06° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 6.81° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 7.59° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1933 | Capricorn 7.35° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1934 | Capricorn 7.1° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1935 | Capricorn 6.86° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 7.62° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 7.37° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 7.13° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 6.87° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 7.65° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Capricorn 7.4° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 7.15° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 6.9° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 7.67° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 7.43° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 7.18° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 6.93° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 7.71° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 7.46° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1950 | Capricorn 7.21° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Capricorn 6.97° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1952 | Capricorn 7.74° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Capricorn 7.49° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 7.25° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 7° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 7.77° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1957 | Capricorn 7.52° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 7.27° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1959 | Capricorn 7.03° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 7.79° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mars |
| 1961 | Capricorn 7.54° | 22 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1962 | Capricorn 7.29° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars |
| 1963 | Capricorn 7.04° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Capricorn 7.82° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1965 | Capricorn 7.57° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 7.32° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 1 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 7.08° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 7.86° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1969 | Capricorn 7.61° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Capricorn 7.36° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Capricorn 7.12° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 7.89° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 7.64° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 7.39° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 7.14° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 7.92° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 7.67° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 7.42° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 7.17° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1980 | Capricorn 7.94° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1981 | Capricorn 7.69° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 7.44° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1983 | Capricorn 7.2° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 7.97° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1985 | Capricorn 7.72° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 7.47° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 7.23° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 8° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Capricorn 7.76° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 7.51° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 7.26° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1992 | Capricorn 8.04° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars |
| 1993 | Capricorn 7.79° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1994 | Capricorn 7.54° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 7.29° | 2 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1996 | Capricorn 8.06° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Capricorn 7.81° | 22 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus |
| 1998 | Capricorn 7.56° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 1999 | Capricorn 7.31° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 2000 | Capricorn 8.08° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 7.84° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 7.59° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 7.34° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 8.12° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 7.87° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 7.63° | 22 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 7.38° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 8.15° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2009 | Capricorn 7.9° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 2010 | Capricorn 7.65° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 2011 | Capricorn 7.41° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 8.18° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Capricorn 7.93° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 7.68° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 7.43° | 22 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2016 | Capricorn 8.21° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Capricorn 7.96° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 7.71° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 7.46° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 8.23° | 9 | Cancer | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 7.98° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Venus |
| 2022 | Capricorn 7.74° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 2023 | Capricorn 7.49° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2024 | Capricorn 8.26° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2025 | Capricorn 8.02° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 7.77° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 7.53° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2028 | Capricorn 8.31° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Capricorn 8.05° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 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 29
Day of the year
364 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2009, 2010, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1944, 1955, 1974, 1993, 2012, 2020
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 21 years
Counted for December 29 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 22
2007
Capricorn
life path 5
2008
Capricorn
life path 6
2009
Capricorn
life path 7
2010
Capricorn
life path 8
2011
Capricorn
life path 9
2012
Capricorn
life path 1
2013
Capricorn
life path 2
2014
Capricorn
life path 3
2015
Capricorn
life path 22
2016
Capricorn
life path 5
2017
Capricorn
life path 6
2018
Capricorn
life path 7
2019
Capricorn
life path 8
2020
Capricorn
life path 9
2021
Capricorn
life path 1
2022
Capricorn
life path 2
2023
Capricorn
life path 3
2024
Capricorn
life path 22
2025
Capricorn
life path 5
2026
Capricorn
life path 6
2027
Capricorn
life path 7
2028
Capricorn
life path 8
2029
Capricorn
life path 9
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
9
12 years · 12%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 9 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about December 29 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 29?
Capricorn in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 7°46′ Capricorn on December 29, 7 days after the sign begins and 22 before Aquarius takes over.
What life path numbers does December 29 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 9 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 29?
The 1st decan of Capricorn, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can December 29 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1934, 1943, 1952, 1961, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2015 and 2024.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 29 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-29/
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