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Settled date · day 27 of 30 in the sign
March 17 zodiac sign: Pisces
The March 17 zodiac sign is Pisces in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 26°53′ into the sign, 26 days past its start and 3 days before Aries begins.
- Sun sign
- Pisces at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,174 #235 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 76th 77th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 26°53′ of Pisces
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
March 17 among the 366 days
March 17 averages 11,174 births a day in the US — the 132nd least common of the 366 dates, 1.5% 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
26°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 17 birthday personality
People born on March 17 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 17th reduces to 8 and blends 1 (initiative) with 7 (analysis). Numerologists read it as ambition backed by research: those born on this day tend to study a field thoroughly, plan carefully and then act with real decisiveness. Birthday number 17 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 17. 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 26.17° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1931 | Pisces 25.94° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1932 | Pisces 26.69° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Pisces 26.45° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Pisces 26.21° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1935 | Pisces 25.97° | 2 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Pisces 26.73° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1937 | Pisces 26.49° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1938 | Pisces 26.24° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1939 | Pisces 26° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1940 | Pisces 26.75° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Pisces 26.51° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1942 | Pisces 26.26° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1943 | Pisces 26.02° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1944 | Pisces 26.78° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1945 | Pisces 26.54° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Pisces 26.29° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1947 | Pisces 26.06° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1948 | Pisces 26.81° | 33 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Pisces 26.57° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Pisces 26.33° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Pisces 26.09° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Pisces 26.84° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1953 | Pisces 26.6° | 2 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1954 | Pisces 26.36° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Pisces 26.12° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Pisces 26.88° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Pisces 26.64° | 33 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1958 | Pisces 26.39° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1959 | Pisces 26.15° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1960 | Pisces 26.91° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury |
| 1961 | Pisces 26.66° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1962 | Pisces 26.42° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1963 | Pisces 26.17° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1964 | Pisces 26.93° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1965 | Pisces 26.68° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mars |
| 1966 | Pisces 26.44° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 1967 | Pisces 26.2° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1968 | Pisces 26.96° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Pisces 26.72° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1970 | Pisces 26.48° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Pisces 26.25° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1972 | Pisces 27° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1973 | Pisces 26.76° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 1974 | Pisces 26.51° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1975 | Pisces 26.27° | 33 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1976 | Pisces 27.03° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1977 | Pisces 26.78° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1978 | Pisces 26.54° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1979 | Pisces 26.3° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Pisces 27.05° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Pisces 26.81° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Pisces 26.56° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Pisces 26.33° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1984 | Pisces 27.09° | 33 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1985 | Pisces 26.84° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Pisces 26.6° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury |
| 1987 | Pisces 26.36° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1988 | Pisces 27.11° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1989 | Pisces 26.87° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1990 | Pisces 26.63° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1991 | Pisces 26.39° | 4 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Pisces 27.15° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1993 | Pisces 26.91° | 33 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Pisces 26.67° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Pisces 26.43° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 1996 | Pisces 27.18° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1997 | Pisces 26.94° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mars |
| 1998 | Pisces 26.69° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1999 | Pisces 26.44° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Pisces 27.2° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 2001 | Pisces 26.95° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Venus |
| 2002 | Pisces 26.72° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2003 | Pisces 26.48° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2004 | Pisces 27.23° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 2005 | Pisces 26.99° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2006 | Pisces 26.75° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2007 | Pisces 26.51° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Pisces 27.27° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Pisces 27.03° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Pisces 26.79° | 5 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Pisces 26.55° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Pisces 27.3° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Pisces 27.06° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2014 | Pisces 26.81° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Pisces 26.57° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2016 | Pisces 27.33° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 2017 | Pisces 27.08° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2018 | Pisces 26.84° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 2019 | Pisces 26.6° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 2020 | Pisces 27.36° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2021 | Pisces 27.11° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2022 | Pisces 26.87° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2023 | Pisces 26.62° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2024 | Pisces 27.39° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2025 | Pisces 27.14° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 2026 | Pisces 26.9° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Pisces 26.67° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Pisces 27.42° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Pisces 27.18° | 6 | Aries | Revati 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 17
Day of the year
77 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
22 of 100 years
(22%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1946, 1965, 1984, 1995, 2014, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for March 17 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 1
2007
Pisces
life path 2
2008
Pisces
life path 3
2009
Pisces
life path 22
2010
Pisces
life path 5
2011
Pisces
life path 6
2012
Pisces
life path 7
2013
Pisces
life path 8
2014
Pisces
life path 9
2015
Pisces
life path 1
2016
Pisces
life path 2
2017
Pisces
life path 3
2018
Pisces
life path 22
2019
Pisces
life path 5
2020
Pisces
life path 6
2021
Pisces
life path 7
2022
Pisces
life path 8
2023
Pisces
life path 9
2024
Pisces
life path 1
2025
Pisces
life path 2
2026
Pisces
life path 3
2027
Pisces
life path 22
2028
Pisces
life path 5
2029
Pisces
life path 6
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
4
8 years · 8%
33
7 years · 7%
6
5 years · 5%
22
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 7 with 11 years, tied with 6 other numbers; the scarcest is 22 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 3 of those years, 33 in 7 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about March 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is March 17?
Pisces in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 26°53′ Pisces on March 17, 26 days after the sign begins and 3 before Aries takes over.
What life path numbers does March 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (11 years, tied with 6 other numbers); the rarest is 22 (3).
Which decan is March 17?
The 3rd decan of Pisces, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can March 17 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 3 of the 100 years: 2009, 2018 and 2027; 33, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “March 17 Zodiac Sign: Pisces, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/march-17/
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