2014 · sign changed at 03:49 UTC on this day
Born before 03:49 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 49 switches since 1930
20 January — Capricorn or Aquarius?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Capricorn in 53% of years and Aquarius in 47%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 09:38 UTC on this day
Born before 09:38 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016 · sign changed at 15:28 UTC on this day
Born before 15:28 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2017
Aquarius all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2018 · sign changed at 03:08 UTC on this day
Born before 03:08 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019 · sign changed at 08:57 UTC on this day
Born before 08:57 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020 · sign changed at 14:46 UTC on this day
Born before 14:46 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2021
Aquarius all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2022 · sign changed at 02:25 UTC on this day
Born before 02:25 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023 · sign changed at 08:15 UTC on this day
Born before 08:15 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024 · sign changed at 14:04 UTC on this day
Born before 14:04 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2025
Aquarius all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2026 · sign changed at 01:43 UTC on this day
Born before 01:43 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027 · sign changed at 07:33 UTC on this day
Born before 07:33 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028 · sign changed at 13:23 UTC on this day
Born before 13:23 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2029
Aquarius all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2030 · sign changed at 01:02 UTC on this day
Born before 01:02 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2031 · sign changed at 06:51 UTC on this day
Born before 06:51 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032 · sign changed at 12:41 UTC on this day
Born before 12:41 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2033
Aquarius all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2034 · sign changed at 00:20 UTC on this day
Born before 00:20 → Capricorn. Born after → Aquarius. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 20 January. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 49 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Venus-ruled decan of Capricorn
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Venus
Sign ruler
Saturn
Sun on this date
0.44°
Venus softens the sign toward attachment and taste; the same drives, aimed at being liked. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 20 January. 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 29.72° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 29.48° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 29.23° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Aquarius 0° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Capricorn 29.75° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Venus |
| 1935 | Capricorn 29.51° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 29.26° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1937 | Aquarius 0.03° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 29.78° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 29.54° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 29.29° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1941 | Aquarius 0.06° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1942 | Capricorn 29.81° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 29.57° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 29.32° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Aquarius 0.09° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 29.84° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 29.6° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 29.35° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Aquarius 0.12° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 29.87° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 29.63° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Capricorn 29.38° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1953 | Aquarius 0.15° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1954 | Capricorn 29.9° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 29.66° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 29.41° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1957 | Aquarius 0.18° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1958 | Capricorn 29.93° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus |
| 1959 | Capricorn 29.68° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 29.44° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1961 | Aquarius 0.21° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 29.96° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 29.71° | 4 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 29.47° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1965 | Aquarius 0.24° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1966 | Capricorn 29.99° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 29.74° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 29.5° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aquarius 0.27° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury |
| 1970 | Aquarius 0.02° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Capricorn 29.77° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1972 | Capricorn 29.53° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Aquarius 0.3° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Aquarius 0.05° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 29.8° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 29.56° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Aquarius 0.33° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1978 | Aquarius 0.08° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 29.83° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 29.59° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aquarius 0.36° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1982 | Aquarius 0.11° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 29.86° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 29.62° | 7 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1985 | Aquarius 0.39° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1986 | Aquarius 0.14° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 29.89° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 29.65° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1989 | Aquarius 0.42° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Aquarius 0.17° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 29.92° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 29.67° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aquarius 0.45° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mars |
| 1994 | Aquarius 0.2° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 29.95° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 29.7° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Aquarius 0.48° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1998 | Aquarius 0.23° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 29.98° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 29.73° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2001 | Aquarius 0.5° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Aquarius 0.26° | 7 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Aquarius 0.01° | 8 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 29.76° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Aquarius 0.53° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Aquarius 0.29° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Aquarius 0.04° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 29.79° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Aquarius 0.56° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Aquarius 0.32° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Aquarius 0.07° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 29.82° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 2013 | Aquarius 0.59° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Aquarius 0.35° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Aquarius 0.1° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 29.85° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2017 | Aquarius 0.62° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2018 | Aquarius 0.38° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2019 | Aquarius 0.13° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 29.88° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aquarius 0.65° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2022 | Aquarius 0.41° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 2023 | Aquarius 0.16° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2024 | Capricorn 29.91° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 2025 | Aquarius 0.68° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Aquarius 0.44° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Aquarius 0.19° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 29.94° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aquarius 0.71° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | 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 20 January
Day of the year
20 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Most recent of those
2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1962, 1981, 1992, 2011, 2019
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Every figure here is specific to 20 January: 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 11
2007
Aquarius
life path 3
2008
Capricorn
life path 4
2009
Aquarius
life path 5
2010
Aquarius
life path 6
2011
Aquarius
life path 7
2012
Capricorn
life path 8
2013
Aquarius
life path 9
2014
Aquarius
life path 1
2015
Aquarius
life path 11
2016
Capricorn
life path 3
2017
Aquarius
life path 4
2018
Aquarius
life path 5
2019
Aquarius
life path 6
2020
Capricorn
life path 7
2021
Aquarius
life path 8
2022
Aquarius
life path 9
2023
Aquarius
life path 1
2024
Capricorn
life path 11
2025
Aquarius
life path 3
2026
Aquarius
life path 4
2027
Aquarius
life path 5
2028
Capricorn
life path 6
2029
Aquarius
life path 7
Notice the sign column changing — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; the scarcest is 6 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 moves
There is no third sign and no blend — at your moment of birth the Sun was one side of the boundary or the other. For 20 January that came out Capricorn in 53% of years and Aquarius in 47%, switching 49 times since 1930. Most recently in 2025, 2028, 2029.