In love
Undemonstrative but dependable. Commitment is shown by showing up, not by saying so.
Settled date · day 25 of 30 in the sign
January 15 zodiac sign: Capricorn
The January 15 zodiac sign is Capricorn in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 25°20′ into the sign, 24 days past its start and 5 days before Aquarius begins.
- Sun sign
- Capricorn at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,753 #340 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 15th in every year
- Sun at noon 2026
- 25°20′ of Capricorn
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
January 15 among the 366 days
January 15 averages 10,753 births a day in the US — the 27th least common of the 366 dates, 5.2% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Capricorn this falls
January 15 falls on day 6 of the Sun decan (10–January 20, 2026).
Sun-ruled decan of Capricorn
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Sun
Sign ruler
Saturn
Sun at noon, 2026
25°20′
The Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. The last ten degrees of Capricorn already turn toward Aquarius, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
January 15 birthday personality
People born on January 15 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 15th reduces to 6 and combines 1 (independence) with 5 (freedom). Numerologists read it as a caring birthday with unusual magnetism: people are drawn to a 15th-born, and the 15th-born tends to take responsibility for them. Birthday number 15 in full →
At work
Built for institutions and long climbs. Impatient with people who need motivating.
Stone and flower
The January birthstone is garnet (deep red), and the month's flowers are the carnation and snowdrop.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for January 15. 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 24.63° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 24.39° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 24.14° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Capricorn 24.92° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Capricorn 24.67° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Venus |
| 1935 | Capricorn 24.42° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 24.18° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 24.95° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 24.7° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 24.45° | 11 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 24.2° | 3 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1941 | Capricorn 24.97° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1942 | Capricorn 24.72° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 24.47° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 24.23° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 25° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 24.75° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 24.5° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 24.26° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 25.03° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 24.78° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 24.53° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Capricorn 24.29° | 6 | Leo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1953 | Capricorn 25.06° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1954 | Capricorn 24.82° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 24.57° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 24.32° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Capricorn 25.1° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 24.85° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Venus |
| 1959 | Capricorn 24.6° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 24.35° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1961 | Capricorn 25.12° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 24.87° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 24.62° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 24.37° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1965 | Capricorn 25.15° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1966 | Capricorn 24.89° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 24.65° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 24.41° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Capricorn 25.18° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1970 | Capricorn 24.94° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Capricorn 24.69° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 24.44° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 25.22° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 24.96° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 24.71° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 24.47° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 25.24° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 24.99° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 24.74° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 24.49° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Capricorn 25.27° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 25.01° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 24.77° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 24.53° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1985 | Capricorn 25.29° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 25.05° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 24.8° | 5 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 24.55° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1989 | Capricorn 25.33° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 25.08° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 24.83° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 24.59° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Capricorn 25.36° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mars |
| 1994 | Capricorn 25.12° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 24.87° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 24.61° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Capricorn 25.39° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1998 | Capricorn 25.13° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 24.88° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 24.64° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2001 | Capricorn 25.41° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 25.16° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 24.92° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 24.67° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 25.45° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 25.2° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 24.95° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 24.71° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Capricorn 25.47° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Capricorn 25.23° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Capricorn 24.98° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 24.73° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2013 | Capricorn 25.51° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 25.26° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 25° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 24.76° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2017 | Capricorn 25.53° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 25.28° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 25.04° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 24.78° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 25.56° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2022 | Capricorn 25.31° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 2023 | Capricorn 25.06° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Capricorn 24.82° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2025 | Capricorn 25.59° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 25.34° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 25.1° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 24.85° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Capricorn 25.63° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
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 January 15
Day of the year
15 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
8 years — 1930, 1938, 1949, 1957, 1968, 1987, 2006, 2014
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for January 15 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 6
2007
Capricorn
life path 7
2008
Capricorn
life path 8
2009
Capricorn
life path 9
2010
Capricorn
life path 1
2011
Capricorn
life path 11
2012
Capricorn
life path 3
2013
Capricorn
life path 4
2014
Capricorn
life path 5
2015
Capricorn
life path 6
2016
Capricorn
life path 7
2017
Capricorn
life path 8
2018
Capricorn
life path 9
2019
Capricorn
life path 1
2020
Capricorn
life path 11
2021
Capricorn
life path 3
2022
Capricorn
life path 4
2023
Capricorn
life path 5
2024
Capricorn
life path 6
2025
Capricorn
life path 7
2026
Capricorn
life path 8
2027
Capricorn
life path 9
2028
Capricorn
life path 1
2029
Capricorn
life path 11
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
11
12 years · 12%
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%
1
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 11 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about January 15 birthdays
What zodiac sign is January 15?
Capricorn in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 25°20′ Capricorn on January 15, 24 days after the sign begins and 5 before Aquarius takes over.
What life path numbers does January 15 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 11 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is January 15?
The 3rd decan of Capricorn, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Sun in the Chaldean order.
Can January 15 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 12 of the 100 years: 1930, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “January 15 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/january-15/
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