In love
Needs room and honesty. Reads possessiveness as a threat rather than devotion.
Settled date · day 12 of 30 in the sign
December 3 zodiac sign: Sagittarius
The December 3 zodiac sign is Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 11°19′ into the sign, 11 days past its start and 18 days before Capricorn begins.
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,406 #166 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 337th 338th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 11°19′ of Sagittarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
December 3 among the 366 days
December 3 averages 11,406 births a day in the US — the 166th most common of the 366 dates, 0.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Sagittarius this falls
December 3 falls on day 2 of the Moon decan (2–December 12, 2026).
Moon-ruled decan of Sagittarius
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Jupiter
Sun at noon, 2026
11°19′
The Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The middle ten degrees are Sagittarius at full strength: past the entry from Scorpio, not yet leaning toward Capricorn.
Personality
December 3 birthday personality
People born on December 3 are Sagittarius, and the sign is read as expansion, honesty and appetite for the unfamiliar. Genuinely open-minded and hard to discourage. Says the thing nobody else will.
Born on the 3rd, the reading centers on expression. The talent is turning thoughts and feelings into something other people can enjoy — a story, a joke, a sketch, a well-timed toast. Birthday number 3 in full →
At work
Good with big-picture strategy, teaching and anything international. Bored by detail.
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 3. 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 10.61° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1931 | Sagittarius 10.36° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1932 | Sagittarius 11.14° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Sagittarius 10.89° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1934 | Sagittarius 10.64° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1935 | Sagittarius 10.4° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1936 | Sagittarius 11.16° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1937 | Sagittarius 10.92° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1938 | Sagittarius 10.67° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1939 | Sagittarius 10.42° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1940 | Sagittarius 11.19° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Sagittarius 10.94° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1942 | Sagittarius 10.69° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Sagittarius 10.45° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1944 | Sagittarius 11.22° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1945 | Sagittarius 10.98° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1946 | Sagittarius 10.73° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1947 | Sagittarius 10.48° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1948 | Sagittarius 11.25° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1949 | Sagittarius 11° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1950 | Sagittarius 10.75° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1951 | Sagittarius 10.52° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1952 | Sagittarius 11.28° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1953 | Sagittarius 11.04° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Sagittarius 10.79° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1955 | Sagittarius 10.54° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1956 | Sagittarius 11.32° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1957 | Sagittarius 11.07° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1958 | Sagittarius 10.82° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1959 | Sagittarius 10.57° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1960 | Sagittarius 11.34° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mars |
| 1961 | Sagittarius 11.09° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1962 | Sagittarius 10.84° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1963 | Sagittarius 10.59° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter |
| 1964 | Sagittarius 11.37° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1965 | Sagittarius 11.12° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1966 | Sagittarius 10.87° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Sagittarius 10.63° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Sagittarius 11.4° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Sagittarius 11.16° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Sagittarius 10.91° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Sagittarius 10.66° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Sagittarius 11.43° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1973 | Sagittarius 11.19° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Sagittarius 10.94° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1975 | Sagittarius 10.7° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1976 | Sagittarius 11.46° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1977 | Sagittarius 11.21° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1978 | Sagittarius 10.97° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1979 | Sagittarius 10.72° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1980 | Sagittarius 11.49° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1981 | Sagittarius 11.24° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1982 | Sagittarius 10.99° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1983 | Sagittarius 10.75° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1984 | Sagittarius 11.51° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1985 | Sagittarius 11.27° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury |
| 1986 | Sagittarius 11.02° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1987 | Sagittarius 10.78° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Sagittarius 11.55° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1989 | Sagittarius 11.31° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Sagittarius 11.06° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1991 | Sagittarius 10.82° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Sagittarius 11.59° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mars |
| 1993 | Sagittarius 11.34° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1994 | Sagittarius 11.09° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1995 | Sagittarius 10.84° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1996 | Sagittarius 11.61° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1997 | Sagittarius 11.36° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1998 | Sagittarius 11.11° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1999 | Sagittarius 10.86° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Sagittarius 11.63° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2001 | Sagittarius 11.39° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Sagittarius 11.14° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 2003 | Sagittarius 10.9° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 2004 | Sagittarius 11.67° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2005 | Sagittarius 11.42° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2006 | Sagittarius 11.18° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2007 | Sagittarius 10.93° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 2008 | Sagittarius 11.7° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2009 | Sagittarius 11.45° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2010 | Sagittarius 11.21° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2011 | Sagittarius 10.96° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2012 | Sagittarius 11.73° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2013 | Sagittarius 11.48° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Sagittarius 11.24° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2015 | Sagittarius 10.99° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2016 | Sagittarius 11.76° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2017 | Sagittarius 11.51° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Sagittarius 11.26° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 2019 | Sagittarius 11.01° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2020 | Sagittarius 11.78° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2021 | Sagittarius 11.53° | 11 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2022 | Sagittarius 11.29° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mars |
| 2023 | Sagittarius 11.04° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2024 | Sagittarius 11.82° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2025 | Sagittarius 11.57° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 2026 | Sagittarius 11.33° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Sagittarius 11.08° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Sagittarius 11.85° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Sagittarius 11.61° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | 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 3
Day of the year
338 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2004, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1941, 1960, 1979, 1998, 2017
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 21 years
Counted for December 3 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Sagittarius
life path 5
2007
Sagittarius
life path 6
2008
Sagittarius
life path 7
2009
Sagittarius
life path 8
2010
Sagittarius
life path 9
2011
Sagittarius
life path 1
2012
Sagittarius
life path 11
2013
Sagittarius
life path 3
2014
Sagittarius
life path 4
2015
Sagittarius
life path 5
2016
Sagittarius
life path 6
2017
Sagittarius
life path 7
2018
Sagittarius
life path 8
2019
Sagittarius
life path 9
2020
Sagittarius
life path 1
2021
Sagittarius
life path 11
2022
Sagittarius
life path 3
2023
Sagittarius
life path 4
2024
Sagittarius
life path 5
2025
Sagittarius
life path 6
2026
Sagittarius
life path 7
2027
Sagittarius
life path 8
2028
Sagittarius
life path 9
2029
Sagittarius
life path 1
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
1
12 years · 12%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 1 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 →
Questions about December 3 birthdays
What zodiac sign is December 3?
Sagittarius in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 11°19′ Sagittarius on December 3, 11 days after the sign begins and 18 before Capricorn takes over.
What life path numbers does December 3 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 1 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is December 3?
The 2nd decan of Sagittarius, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can December 3 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1931, 1940, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2012 and 2021.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “December 3 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius in Every Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/december-3/
For Wikipedia
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