Settled date · day 30 of 31 in the sign

22 October — Libra

Libra in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Libra this falls

Sun's degree on this date 29.1° of Libra
Day within the sign 30 of 31
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Jupiter-ruled decan of Libra

Decan 3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler Jupiter
Sign ruler Venus
Sun on this date 29.1°

Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 22 October. 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 Libra 28.36° 9 Scorpio Swati 2
1931 Libra 28.12° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1
1932 Libra 28.88° 11 Cancer Pushya 1
1933 Libra 28.64° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1
1934 Libra 28.4° 4 Aries Ashwini 2 Saturn
1935 Libra 28.15° 5 Virgo Magha 4 Mercury Saturn
1936 Libra 28.91° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Saturn
1937 Libra 28.67° 7 Gemini Rohini 1 Saturn
1938 Libra 28.43° 8 Libra Chitra 1 Saturn
1939 Libra 28.18° 9 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Jupiter Saturn
1940 Libra 28.94° 1 Cancer Ardra 3 Jupiter Saturn
1941 Libra 28.7° 11 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
1942 Libra 28.46° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
1943 Libra 28.21° 4 Leo Ashlesha 2 Saturn
1944 Libra 28.97° 5 Sagittarius Mula 2
1945 Libra 28.73° 6 Taurus Bharani 4
1946 Libra 28.49° 7 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3
1947 Libra 28.25° 8 Aquarius Shravana 1
1948 Libra 29° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Mercury
1949 Libra 28.76° 1 Scorpio Swati 3
1950 Libra 28.52° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Jupiter
1951 Libra 28.28° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Jupiter
1952 Libra 29.03° 4 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Jupiter
1953 Libra 28.79° 5 Aries Ashwini 2 Jupiter
1954 Libra 28.55° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Mercury
1955 Libra 28.31° 7 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Mercury
1956 Libra 29.06° 8 Gemini Rohini 1
1957 Libra 28.82° 9 Libra Chitra 1
1958 Libra 28.58° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Mars
1959 Libra 28.34° 11 Cancer Ardra 1
1960 Libra 29.09° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 4
1961 Libra 28.85° 4 Aries Revati 1 Mercury
1962 Libra 28.61° 5 Leo Ashlesha 4 Jupiter
1963 Libra 28.37° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Jupiter
1964 Libra 29.12° 7 Taurus Bharani 3 Jupiter Saturn
1965 Libra 28.88° 8 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Jupiter Saturn
1966 Libra 28.64° 9 Aquarius Shravana 3 Saturn
1967 Libra 28.4° 1 Gemini Rohini 3 Mercury Saturn
1968 Libra 29.15° 11 Scorpio Swati 3 Mercury Saturn
1969 Libra 28.91° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
1970 Libra 28.67° 4 Leo Pushya 2 Venus Saturn
1971 Libra 28.43° 5 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Saturn
1972 Libra 29.18° 6 Aries Ashwini 2 Saturn
1973 Libra 28.94° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Mars Saturn
1974 Libra 28.7° 8 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Mercury Jupiter
1975 Libra 28.46° 9 Taurus Krittika 2 Jupiter
1976 Libra 29.21° 1 Libra Chitra 1 Jupiter
1977 Libra 28.97° 11 Pisces Shatabhisha 2
1978 Libra 28.73° 3 Cancer Ardra 4 Venus
1979 Libra 28.49° 4 Scorpio Vishakha 1
1980 Libra 29.24° 5 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4
1981 Libra 29° 6 Leo Magha 2 Mercury
1982 Libra 28.76° 7 Capricorn Mula 3
1983 Libra 28.52° 8 Taurus Ashwini 4
1984 Libra 29.27° 9 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4
1985 Libra 29.03° 1 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
1986 Libra 28.79° 11 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Venus Jupiter
1987 Libra 28.55° 3 Libra Chitra 3 Mercury Jupiter
1988 Libra 29.3° 4 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mars Jupiter
1989 Libra 29.06° 5 Leo Pushya 4
1990 Libra 28.82° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mars
1991 Libra 28.58° 7 Aries Revati 2
1992 Libra 29.33° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2
1993 Libra 29.09° 9 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Saturn
1994 Libra 28.85° 1 Gemini Krittika 4 Mercury Venus Saturn
1995 Libra 28.61° 11 Libra Hasta 1 Saturn
1996 Libra 29.37° 3 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Saturn
1997 Libra 29.12° 4 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Saturn
1998 Libra 28.88° 5 Scorpio Vishakha 3 Jupiter Saturn
1999 Libra 28.64° 6 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4 Jupiter Saturn
2000 Libra 29.4° 7 Leo Magha 2 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2001 Libra 29.15° 8 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Mercury Saturn
2002 Libra 28.91° 9 Taurus Bharani 2 Venus Saturn
2003 Libra 28.67° 1 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3
2004 Libra 29.43° 11 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
2005 Libra 29.18° 3 Cancer Ardra 1 Mars
2006 Libra 28.94° 4 Scorpio Swati 1
2007 Libra 28.7° 5 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Mercury
2008 Libra 29.46° 6 Leo Ashlesha 1
2009 Libra 29.22° 7 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3
2010 Libra 28.97° 8 Aries Revati 4 Venus Jupiter
2011 Libra 28.73° 9 Leo Magha 2 Jupiter
2012 Libra 29.49° 1 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Jupiter
2013 Libra 29.25° 11 Gemini Rohini 2 Mercury
2014 Libra 29° 3 Libra Hasta 3 Mercury
2015 Libra 28.76° 4 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
2016 Libra 29.52° 5 Cancer Punarvasu 4
2017 Libra 29.28° 6 Sagittarius Anuradha 1
2018 Libra 29.04° 7 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Venus
2019 Libra 28.79° 8 Leo Ashlesha 1
2020 Libra 29.55° 9 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Mercury Mars
2021 Libra 29.31° 1 Taurus Bharani 4
2022 Libra 29.07° 11 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Jupiter Saturn
2023 Libra 28.82° 3 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Jupiter Saturn
2024 Libra 29.58° 4 Cancer Ardra 2 Jupiter Saturn
2025 Libra 29.34° 5 Scorpio Swati 3 Saturn
2026 Libra 29.1° 6 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Venus Saturn
2027 Libra 28.86° 7 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mercury Saturn
2028 Libra 29.61° 8 Sagittarius Mula 2 Saturn
2029 Libra 29.37° 9 Taurus Ashwini 2 Saturn

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 22 October

Day of the year 296 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in 9 years — 1983, 1991, 2002, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase Waxing Crescent · 18 years

Every figure here is specific to 22 October: 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 Libra life path 4
2007 Libra life path 5
2008 Libra life path 6
2009 Libra life path 7
2010 Libra life path 8
2011 Libra life path 9
2012 Libra life path 1
2013 Libra life path 11
2014 Libra life path 3
2015 Libra life path 4
2016 Libra life path 5
2017 Libra life path 6
2018 Libra life path 7
2019 Libra life path 8
2020 Libra life path 9
2021 Libra life path 1
2022 Libra life path 11
2023 Libra life path 3
2024 Libra life path 4
2025 Libra life path 5
2026 Libra life path 6
2027 Libra life path 7
2028 Libra life path 8
2029 Libra life path 9

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

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 holds

22 October sits 29 days past the start of Libra and reached 29.1° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.