In love
Values friendship inside a relationship above romance. Needs autonomy preserved.
Settled date · day 28 of 30 in the sign
February 16 zodiac sign: Aquarius
The February 16 zodiac sign is Aquarius in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 27°49′ into the sign, 27 days past its start and 2 days before Pisces begins.
- Sun sign
- Aquarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,012 #285 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 47th in every year
- Sun at noon 2026
- 27°49′ of Aquarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
February 16 among the 366 days
February 16 averages 11,012 births a day in the US — the 82nd least common of the 366 dates, 3.0% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Aquarius this falls
February 16 falls on day 8 of the Moon decan (8–February 18, 2026).
Moon-ruled decan of Aquarius
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Uranus (traditionally Saturn)
Sun at noon, 2026
27°49′
The Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The last ten degrees of Aquarius already turn toward Pisces, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
February 16 birthday personality
People born on February 16 are Aquarius, and the sign is read as independence, principle and distance from the herd. Thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
The 16th reduces to 7 and is a karmic debt number. The traditional reading is about humility and rebuilding: plans and self-images built on pride tend to be tested, and the 16th-born grows through setbacks that force an honest look inward. Birthday number 16 in full →
At work
Strong on innovation and systems thinking. Resists hierarchy on principle.
Stone and flower
The February birthstone is amethyst (purple), and the month's flowers are the violet and primrose.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for February 16. 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 | Aquarius 27.1° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1931 | Aquarius 26.86° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Aquarius 26.62° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Aquarius 27.38° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aquarius 27.14° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aquarius 26.9° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 1936 | Aquarius 26.66° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1937 | Aquarius 27.42° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1938 | Aquarius 27.17° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1939 | Aquarius 26.92° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1940 | Aquarius 26.68° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1941 | Aquarius 27.44° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1942 | Aquarius 27.19° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 1943 | Aquarius 26.95° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter |
| 1944 | Aquarius 26.7° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Aquarius 27.47° | 1 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Aquarius 27.22° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1947 | Aquarius 26.98° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Aquarius 26.74° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Aquarius 27.5° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aquarius 27.25° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Venus Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aquarius 27.01° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Aquarius 26.77° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1953 | Aquarius 27.53° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Aquarius 27.29° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1955 | Aquarius 27.04° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1956 | Aquarius 26.8° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Aquarius 27.56° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1958 | Aquarius 27.32° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1959 | Aquarius 27.07° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1960 | Aquarius 26.83° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1961 | Aquarius 27.59° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 1962 | Aquarius 27.34° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 1963 | Aquarius 27.09° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mars |
| 1964 | Aquarius 26.85° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1965 | Aquarius 27.61° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mars |
| 1966 | Aquarius 27.37° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1967 | Aquarius 27.12° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Aquarius 26.88° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aquarius 27.65° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aquarius 27.41° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1971 | Aquarius 27.16° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1972 | Aquarius 26.92° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1973 | Aquarius 27.69° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1974 | Aquarius 27.44° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1975 | Aquarius 27.19° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1976 | Aquarius 26.95° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1977 | Aquarius 27.71° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1978 | Aquarius 27.46° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Aquarius 27.22° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Aquarius 26.97° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aquarius 27.74° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aquarius 27.49° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1983 | Aquarius 27.25° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1984 | Aquarius 27° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1985 | Aquarius 27.77° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1986 | Aquarius 27.52° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1987 | Aquarius 27.27° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1988 | Aquarius 27.03° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 1989 | Aquarius 27.8° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1990 | Aquarius 27.55° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1991 | Aquarius 27.31° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Aquarius 27.07° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aquarius 27.83° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aquarius 27.59° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury |
| 1995 | Aquarius 27.34° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mars |
| 1996 | Aquarius 27.1° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1997 | Aquarius 27.86° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mars |
| 1998 | Aquarius 27.61° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1999 | Aquarius 27.36° | 1 | Pisces | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2000 | Aquarius 27.12° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2001 | Aquarius 27.88° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 2002 | Aquarius 27.64° | 4 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2003 | Aquarius 27.39° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Aquarius 27.15° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Aquarius 27.92° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2006 | Aquarius 27.67° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Aquarius 27.43° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2008 | Aquarius 27.19° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2009 | Aquarius 27.95° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Aquarius 27.7° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Aquarius 27.46° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Aquarius 27.21° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Aquarius 27.98° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2014 | Aquarius 27.73° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2015 | Aquarius 27.48° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Aquarius 27.24° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter |
| 2017 | Aquarius 28° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2018 | Aquarius 27.76° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2019 | Aquarius 27.52° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2020 | Aquarius 27.27° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aquarius 28.03° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 2022 | Aquarius 27.78° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2023 | Aquarius 27.54° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 2024 | Aquarius 27.3° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2025 | Aquarius 28.06° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mars |
| 2026 | Aquarius 27.82° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Aquarius 27.58° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Aquarius 27.33° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aquarius 28.1° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars Jupiter |
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 February 16
Day of the year
47 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2001, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2021, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1946, 1965, 1973, 1976, 1984, 1995, 2003, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for February 16 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Aquarius
life path 8
2007
Aquarius
life path 9
2008
Aquarius
life path 1
2009
Aquarius
life path 2
2010
Aquarius
life path 3
2011
Aquarius
life path 4
2012
Aquarius
life path 5
2013
Aquarius
life path 6
2014
Aquarius
life path 7
2015
Aquarius
life path 8
2016
Aquarius
life path 9
2017
Aquarius
life path 1
2018
Aquarius
life path 2
2019
Aquarius
life path 3
2020
Aquarius
life path 4
2021
Aquarius
life path 5
2022
Aquarius
life path 6
2023
Aquarius
life path 7
2024
Aquarius
life path 8
2025
Aquarius
life path 9
2026
Aquarius
life path 1
2027
Aquarius
life path 2
2028
Aquarius
life path 3
2029
Aquarius
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 February 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is February 16?
Aquarius in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 27°49′ Aquarius on February 16, 27 days after the sign begins and 2 before Pisces takes over.
What life path numbers does February 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); the rarest is 2 (3).
Which decan is February 16?
The 3rd decan of Aquarius, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can February 16 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. “February 16 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/february-16/
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