2014 · sign changed at 16:51 UTC on this day
Born before 16:51 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 27 switches since 1930
20 March — Pisces or Aries?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Pisces in 80% of years and Aries in 20%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 22:40 UTC on this day
Born before 22:40 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016 · sign changed at 04:28 UTC on this day
Born before 04:28 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2017 · sign changed at 10:17 UTC on this day
Born before 10:17 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2018 · sign changed at 16:07 UTC on this day
Born before 16:07 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019 · sign changed at 21:55 UTC on this day
Born before 21:55 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020 · sign changed at 03:44 UTC on this day
Born before 03:44 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2021 · sign changed at 09:33 UTC on this day
Born before 09:33 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2022 · sign changed at 15:22 UTC on this day
Born before 15:22 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023 · sign changed at 21:11 UTC on this day
Born before 21:11 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024 · sign changed at 03:00 UTC on this day
Born before 03:00 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2025 · sign changed at 08:49 UTC on this day
Born before 08:49 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2026 · sign changed at 14:38 UTC on this day
Born before 14:38 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027 · sign changed at 20:27 UTC on this day
Born before 20:27 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028 · sign changed at 02:16 UTC on this day
Born before 02:16 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2029 · sign changed at 08:04 UTC on this day
Born before 08:04 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2030 · sign changed at 13:54 UTC on this day
Born before 13:54 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2031 · sign changed at 19:42 UTC on this day
Born before 19:42 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032 · sign changed at 01:31 UTC on this day
Born before 01:31 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2033 · sign changed at 07:21 UTC on this day
Born before 07:21 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2034 · sign changed at 13:09 UTC on this day
Born before 13:09 → Pisces. Born after → Aries. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 20 March. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 27 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Mars-ruled decan of Pisces
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Neptune (traditionally Jupiter)
Sun on this date
29.89°
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 20 March. 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 29.16° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1931 | Pisces 28.92° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1932 | Pisces 29.67° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Pisces 29.43° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Pisces 29.19° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Pisces 28.95° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Pisces 29.7° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1937 | Pisces 29.46° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1938 | Pisces 29.22° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1939 | Pisces 28.98° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1940 | Pisces 29.73° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Pisces 29.49° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1942 | Pisces 29.25° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1943 | Pisces 29.01° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1944 | Pisces 29.76° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 1945 | Pisces 29.52° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Pisces 29.28° | 7 | Libra | Swati 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1947 | Pisces 29.04° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1948 | Pisces 29.79° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Pisces 29.55° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Pisces 29.31° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Pisces 29.07° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Pisces 29.82° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1953 | Pisces 29.58° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1954 | Pisces 29.34° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Pisces 29.1° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Pisces 29.85° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Pisces 29.61° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1958 | Pisces 29.37° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1959 | Pisces 29.13° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1960 | Pisces 29.88° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 1961 | Pisces 29.64° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1962 | Pisces 29.4° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1963 | Pisces 29.16° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1964 | Pisces 29.91° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1965 | Pisces 29.67° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mars |
| 1966 | Pisces 29.43° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury |
| 1967 | Pisces 29.19° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1968 | Pisces 29.94° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Pisces 29.7° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Pisces 29.46° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Pisces 29.22° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1972 | Pisces 29.98° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1973 | Pisces 29.73° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury |
| 1974 | Pisces 29.49° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1975 | Pisces 29.25° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 0.01° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1977 | Pisces 29.76° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1978 | Pisces 29.52° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1979 | Pisces 29.28° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 0.04° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Pisces 29.8° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Pisces 29.55° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Pisces 29.31° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 0.07° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1985 | Pisces 29.83° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Pisces 29.59° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1987 | Pisces 29.34° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1988 | Aries 0.1° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1989 | Pisces 29.86° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1990 | Pisces 29.62° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1991 | Pisces 29.38° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Aries 0.13° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1993 | Pisces 29.89° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Pisces 29.65° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Pisces 29.41° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars |
| 1996 | Aries 0.16° | 3 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1997 | Pisces 29.92° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars |
| 1998 | Pisces 29.68° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1999 | Pisces 29.44° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 0.19° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2001 | Pisces 29.95° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Venus |
| 2002 | Pisces 29.71° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2003 | Pisces 29.47° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 2004 | Aries 0.22° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 2005 | Pisces 29.98° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2006 | Pisces 29.74° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2007 | Pisces 29.5° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 0.25° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 0.01° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Pisces 29.77° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Pisces 29.53° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 0.28° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 0.04° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Pisces 29.8° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Pisces 29.56° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 0.31° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2017 | Aries 0.07° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2018 | Pisces 29.83° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 2019 | Pisces 29.59° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2020 | Aries 0.34° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 0.1° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2022 | Pisces 29.86° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 2023 | Pisces 29.62° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 0.37° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2025 | Aries 0.13° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 2026 | Pisces 29.89° | 6 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Pisces 29.65° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Aries 0.4° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 0.16° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | 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 20 March
Day of the year
80 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Most recent of those
2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1962, 1981, 2000, 2011, 2019
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Every figure here is specific to 20 March: 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
Pisces
life path 4
2007
Pisces
life path 5
2008
Aries
life path 6
2009
Aries
life path 7
2010
Pisces
life path 8
2011
Pisces
life path 9
2012
Aries
life path 1
2013
Aries
life path 11
2014
Pisces
life path 3
2015
Pisces
life path 4
2016
Aries
life path 5
2017
Aries
life path 6
2018
Pisces
life path 7
2019
Pisces
life path 8
2020
Aries
life path 9
2021
Aries
life path 1
2022
Pisces
life path 11
2023
Pisces
life path 3
2024
Aries
life path 4
2025
Aries
life path 5
2026
Pisces
life path 6
2027
Pisces
life path 7
2028
Aries
life path 8
2029
Aries
life path 9
Notice the sign column changing — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
9
12 years · 12%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 9 with 12 years; the scarcest is 8 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 March that came out Pisces in 80% of years and Aries in 20%, switching 27 times since 1930. Most recently in 2024, 2026, 2028.