Settled date · day 18 of 30 in the sign

6 February — Aquarius

Aquarius in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Aquarius this falls

Sun's degree on this date 17.71° of Aquarius
Day within the sign 18 of 30
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Mercury-ruled decan of Aquarius

Decan 2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler Mercury
Sign ruler Uranus (traditionally Saturn)
Sun on this date 17.71°

Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 6 February. 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 16.99° 3 Taurus Bharani 3
1931 Aquarius 16.74° 4 Libra Hasta 1 Mars Jupiter
1932 Aquarius 16.5° 5 Aquarius Shravana 4 Jupiter
1933 Aquarius 17.27° 6 Cancer Ardra 1 Mars Jupiter
1934 Aquarius 17.02° 7 Scorpio Swati 2 Venus
1935 Aquarius 16.77° 8 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1
1936 Aquarius 16.53° 9 Leo Pushya 3 Mercury
1937 Aquarius 17.3° 1 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4
1938 Aquarius 17.05° 11 Aries Ashwini 2
1939 Aquarius 16.8° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4
1940 Aquarius 16.56° 4 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2
1941 Aquarius 17.33° 5 Gemini Rohini 2
1942 Aquarius 17.08° 6 Libra Chitra 1 Mercury Venus
1943 Aquarius 16.83° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Jupiter
1944 Aquarius 16.59° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Jupiter Saturn
1945 Aquarius 17.36° 9 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1946 Aquarius 17.11° 1 Aries Revati 1 Mars Saturn
1947 Aquarius 16.86° 11 Leo Magha 2 Saturn
1948 Aquarius 16.62° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Mars Saturn
1949 Aquarius 17.39° 4 Taurus Bharani 4 Mercury Saturn
1950 Aquarius 17.14° 5 Libra Hasta 1 Venus Saturn
1951 Aquarius 16.89° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 1 Saturn
1952 Aquarius 16.65° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 4 Saturn
1953 Aquarius 17.41° 8 Scorpio Swati 3 Saturn
1954 Aquarius 17.17° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Jupiter
1955 Aquarius 16.92° 1 Leo Pushya 4 Mercury Jupiter
1956 Aquarius 16.68° 11 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Mercury Jupiter
1957 Aquarius 17.44° 3 Taurus Ashwini 3 Jupiter
1958 Aquarius 17.2° 4 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Venus
1959 Aquarius 16.95° 5 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4
1960 Aquarius 16.71° 6 Gemini Rohini 2
1961 Aquarius 17.47° 7 Libra Chitra 2
1962 Aquarius 17.23° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Mercury
1963 Aquarius 16.98° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mars
1964 Aquarius 16.74° 1 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1965 Aquarius 17.5° 11 Aries Revati 1 Mars
1966 Aquarius 17.26° 3 Leo Magha 2 Venus Jupiter
1967 Aquarius 17.01° 4 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Jupiter
1968 Aquarius 16.77° 5 Taurus Bharani 3 Jupiter
1969 Aquarius 17.53° 6 Libra Hasta 1 Mercury Jupiter
1970 Aquarius 17.29° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
1971 Aquarius 17.04° 8 Cancer Ardra 2
1972 Aquarius 16.8° 9 Scorpio Swati 2
1973 Aquarius 17.56° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
1974 Aquarius 17.32° 11 Leo Ashlesha 1 Venus Saturn
1975 Aquarius 17.07° 3 Sagittarius Mula 1 Mercury Saturn
1976 Aquarius 16.83° 4 Aries Ashwini 1 Saturn
1977 Aquarius 17.59° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Saturn
1978 Aquarius 17.35° 6 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1979 Aquarius 17.1° 7 Gemini Rohini 4 Jupiter Saturn
1980 Aquarius 16.86° 8 Libra Hasta 4 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1981 Aquarius 17.62° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Jupiter Saturn
1982 Aquarius 17.38° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury Venus Saturn
1983 Aquarius 17.13° 11 Sagittarius Anuradha 3
1984 Aquarius 16.89° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3
1985 Aquarius 17.65° 4 Leo Magha 2
1986 Aquarius 17.41° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
1987 Aquarius 17.16° 6 Taurus Krittika 2
1988 Aquarius 16.92° 7 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Mercury
1989 Aquarius 17.68° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
1990 Aquarius 17.44° 9 Cancer Ardra 2 Venus Jupiter
1991 Aquarius 17.19° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Jupiter
1992 Aquarius 16.95° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1 Jupiter
1993 Aquarius 17.71° 3 Leo Ashlesha 1 Mars Jupiter
1994 Aquarius 17.47° 4 Sagittarius Mula 2
1995 Aquarius 17.22° 5 Taurus Ashwini 4 Mercury Mars
1996 Aquarius 16.98° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1
1997 Aquarius 17.74° 7 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Mars
1998 Aquarius 17.5° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 1
1999 Aquarius 17.25° 9 Libra Chitra 3
2000 Aquarius 17° 1 Aquarius Dhanishta 4
2001 Aquarius 17.77° 11 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury
2002 Aquarius 17.53° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2003 Aquarius 17.28° 4 Aries Revati 2 Jupiter Saturn
2004 Aquarius 17.03° 5 Leo Ashlesha 3 Jupiter Saturn
2005 Aquarius 17.8° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Jupiter Saturn
2006 Aquarius 17.56° 7 Gemini Krittika 4 Saturn
2007 Aquarius 17.31° 8 Libra Hasta 1 Saturn
2008 Aquarius 17.06° 9 Aquarius Shravana 2 Mercury Saturn
2009 Aquarius 17.83° 1 Cancer Ardra 2 Saturn
2010 Aquarius 17.59° 11 Scorpio Vishakha 3 Mars Saturn
2011 Aquarius 17.34° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
2012 Aquarius 17.09° 4 Cancer Pushya 1 Mars
2013 Aquarius 17.86° 5 Sagittarius Mula 1
2014 Aquarius 17.62° 6 Taurus Bharani 3 Jupiter
2015 Aquarius 17.37° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Mercury Jupiter
2016 Aquarius 17.12° 8 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Jupiter
2017 Aquarius 17.89° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Jupiter
2018 Aquarius 17.65° 1 Scorpio Swati 2
2019 Aquarius 17.4° 11 Pisces Shatabhisha 2
2020 Aquarius 17.15° 3 Cancer Ardra 3
2021 Aquarius 17.92° 4 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury
2022 Aquarius 17.68° 5 Aries Ashwini 1
2023 Aquarius 17.43° 6 Leo Magha 1
2024 Aquarius 17.18° 7 Sagittarius Mula 2
2025 Aquarius 17.95° 8 Gemini Krittika 4 Mars
2026 Aquarius 17.71° 9 Libra Hasta 3 Jupiter
2027 Aquarius 17.46° 1 Aquarius Shravana 4 Mars Jupiter
2028 Aquarius 17.21° 11 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Mercury Jupiter
2029 Aquarius 17.98° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 4

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 6 February

Day of the year 37 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 17 of 100 years (17%)
Most recent of those 2001, 2002, 2008, 2015, 2021, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1966, 1974, 1993, 2004, 2023
Most frequent moon phase Waxing Gibbous · 19 years

Every figure here is specific to 6 February: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →

Year by year

2006 Aquarius life path 7
2007 Aquarius life path 8
2008 Aquarius life path 9
2009 Aquarius life path 1
2010 Aquarius life path 11
2011 Aquarius life path 3
2012 Aquarius life path 4
2013 Aquarius life path 5
2014 Aquarius life path 6
2015 Aquarius life path 7
2016 Aquarius life path 8
2017 Aquarius life path 9
2018 Aquarius life path 1
2019 Aquarius life path 11
2020 Aquarius life path 3
2021 Aquarius life path 4
2022 Aquarius life path 5
2023 Aquarius life path 6
2024 Aquarius life path 7
2025 Aquarius life path 8
2026 Aquarius life path 9
2027 Aquarius life path 1
2028 Aquarius life path 11
2029 Aquarius life path 3

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; the scarcest is 11 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

6 February sits 17 days past the start of Aquarius and reached 17.71° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.