In love
Devoted and idealizing. Prone to loving a version of someone rather than the person.
Settled date · day 26 of 30 in the sign
March 16 zodiac sign: Pisces
The March 16 zodiac sign is Pisces in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 25°53′ into the sign, 25 days past its start and 4 days before Aries begins.
- Sun sign
- Pisces at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,935 #304 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 75th 76th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 25°53′ of Pisces
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
March 16 among the 366 days
March 16 averages 10,935 births a day in the US — the 63rd least common of the 366 dates, 3.6% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mars-ruled decan of Pisces
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Neptune (traditionally Jupiter)
Sun at noon, 2026
25°53′
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The last ten degrees of Pisces already turn toward Aries, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
March 16 birthday personality
People born on March 16 are Pisces, and the sign is read as empathy, imagination and porous boundaries. Feels what other people feel, often before they do. Creative without forcing it.
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
Excels in creative and caring work. Needs structure supplied by someone else.
Stone and flower
The March birthstone is aquamarine (pale blue to sea green), and the month's flowers are the daffodil and jonquil.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for March 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 | Pisces 25.18° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1931 | Pisces 24.94° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1932 | Pisces 25.7° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Pisces 25.46° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Pisces 25.22° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1935 | Pisces 24.98° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Pisces 25.73° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1937 | Pisces 25.5° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1938 | Pisces 25.25° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1939 | Pisces 25.01° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1940 | Pisces 25.76° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Pisces 25.51° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1942 | Pisces 25.27° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1943 | Pisces 25.03° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1944 | Pisces 25.78° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1945 | Pisces 25.54° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Pisces 25.3° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1947 | Pisces 25.06° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1948 | Pisces 25.82° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Pisces 25.58° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Pisces 25.33° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Pisces 25.09° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Pisces 25.85° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1953 | Pisces 25.61° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1954 | Pisces 25.37° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Pisces 25.13° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1956 | Pisces 25.88° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Pisces 25.64° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1958 | Pisces 25.4° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter |
| 1959 | Pisces 25.16° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1960 | Pisces 25.91° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury |
| 1961 | Pisces 25.67° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1962 | Pisces 25.42° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1963 | Pisces 25.18° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars |
| 1964 | Pisces 25.93° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1965 | Pisces 25.69° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mars |
| 1966 | Pisces 25.45° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury |
| 1967 | Pisces 25.21° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1968 | Pisces 25.97° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Pisces 25.73° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1970 | Pisces 25.49° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Pisces 25.25° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1972 | Pisces 26.01° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1973 | Pisces 25.77° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 1974 | Pisces 25.52° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1975 | Pisces 25.28° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1976 | Pisces 26.03° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1977 | Pisces 25.78° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1978 | Pisces 25.54° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1979 | Pisces 25.3° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Pisces 26.06° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Pisces 25.81° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Pisces 25.57° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Pisces 25.33° | 4 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1984 | Pisces 26.09° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1985 | Pisces 25.85° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Pisces 25.61° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 1987 | Pisces 25.36° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1988 | Pisces 26.12° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1989 | Pisces 25.88° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1990 | Pisces 25.64° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1991 | Pisces 25.4° | 3 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Pisces 26.16° | 4 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Pisces 25.91° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Pisces 25.67° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Pisces 25.43° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 1996 | Pisces 26.18° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1997 | Pisces 25.94° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mars |
| 1998 | Pisces 25.69° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1999 | Pisces 25.45° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Pisces 26.21° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2001 | Pisces 25.96° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Venus |
| 2002 | Pisces 25.72° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2003 | Pisces 25.48° | 6 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2004 | Pisces 26.24° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2005 | Pisces 26° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2006 | Pisces 25.76° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2007 | Pisces 25.52° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Pisces 26.28° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Pisces 26.03° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Pisces 25.79° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Pisces 25.55° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Pisces 26.3° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Pisces 26.06° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2014 | Pisces 25.82° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Pisces 25.57° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2016 | Pisces 26.33° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter |
| 2017 | Pisces 26.09° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2018 | Pisces 25.84° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2019 | Pisces 25.61° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury |
| 2020 | Pisces 26.36° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2021 | Pisces 26.12° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2022 | Pisces 25.87° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 2023 | Pisces 25.63° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2024 | Pisces 26.39° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2025 | Pisces 26.15° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 2026 | Pisces 25.9° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Pisces 25.67° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Pisces 26.42° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Pisces 26.18° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | 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 March 16
Day of the year
76 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1938, 1957, 1976, 1987, 1995, 2014
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for March 16 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Pisces
life path 9
2007
Pisces
life path 1
2008
Pisces
life path 11
2009
Pisces
life path 3
2010
Pisces
life path 4
2011
Pisces
life path 5
2012
Pisces
life path 6
2013
Pisces
life path 7
2014
Pisces
life path 8
2015
Pisces
life path 9
2016
Pisces
life path 1
2017
Pisces
life path 11
2018
Pisces
life path 3
2019
Pisces
life path 4
2020
Pisces
life path 5
2021
Pisces
life path 6
2022
Pisces
life path 7
2023
Pisces
life path 8
2024
Pisces
life path 9
2025
Pisces
life path 1
2026
Pisces
life path 11
2027
Pisces
life path 3
2028
Pisces
life path 4
2029
Pisces
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 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 March 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is March 16?
Pisces in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 25°53′ Pisces on March 16, 25 days after the sign begins and 4 before Aries takes over.
What life path numbers does March 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is March 16?
The 3rd decan of Pisces, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can March 16 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “March 16 Zodiac Sign: Pisces, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/march-16/
For Wikipedia
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