In love
Shows love through practical help. Criticism is often affection badly aimed.
Settled date · day 26 of 31 in the sign
September 17 zodiac sign: Virgo
The September 17 zodiac sign is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°37′ into the sign, 25 days past its start and 5 days before Libra begins.
- Sun sign
- Virgo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,386 #10 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 260th 261st in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°37′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
September 17 among the 366 days
September 17 averages 12,386 births a day in the US — the 10th most common of the 366 dates, 9.1% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Virgo this falls
September 17 falls on day 5 of the Mercury decan (12–September 23, 2026).
Mercury-ruled decan of Virgo
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
24°37′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The last ten degrees of Virgo already turn toward Libra, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
September 17 birthday personality
People born on September 17 are Virgo, and the sign is read as precision, usefulness and noticing what is off. Spots the flaw everyone else missed, and fixes it rather than pointing at 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
Exceptional where accuracy matters. Struggles to delegate and to stop editing.
Stone and flower
The September birthstone is sapphire (deep blue), and the month's flowers are the aster and morning glory.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for September 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 | Virgo 23.86° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 1931 | Virgo 23.63° | 22 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 24.37° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 24.13° | 6 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 23.9° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 23.66° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 24.4° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 24.17° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 23.93° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 23.69° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 24.43° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 24.19° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1942 | Virgo 23.96° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 23.72° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 24.46° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1945 | Virgo 24.22° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 23.98° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 23.75° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 24.49° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 24.25° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Virgo 24.02° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 23.79° | 6 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 24.52° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Virgo 24.3° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 24.06° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 23.82° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 24.56° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 24.32° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Virgo 24.09° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1959 | Virgo 23.85° | 5 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Venus |
| 1960 | Virgo 24.58° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1961 | Virgo 24.35° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 24.11° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 23.87° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 24.61° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 24.37° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 24.15° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 23.91° | 22 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 24.64° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 24.42° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 24.18° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Virgo 23.94° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1972 | Virgo 24.68° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 24.45° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 24.22° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 23.98° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 24.71° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Virgo 24.48° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1978 | Virgo 24.24° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 24° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 24.74° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 24.5° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 24.27° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 24.03° | 2 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Virgo 24.76° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1985 | Virgo 24.54° | 22 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 24.3° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 24.06° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 24.81° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mars |
| 1989 | Virgo 24.57° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Virgo 24.34° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 24.11° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 24.84° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 24.61° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 24.37° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 24.13° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 24.87° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 24.63° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 24.4° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 24.16° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Virgo 24.89° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Virgo 24.66° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 24.43° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Virgo 24.19° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 24.93° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 2005 | Virgo 24.69° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 24.46° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 24.23° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2008 | Virgo 24.96° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2009 | Virgo 24.73° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 24.5° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 24.26° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Virgo 25° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 24.76° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 24.52° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 24.29° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2016 | Virgo 25.02° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Virgo 24.79° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2018 | Virgo 24.55° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 2 | — |
| 2019 | Virgo 24.31° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 25.05° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 24.82° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 24.58° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 24.35° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 25.09° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 24.86° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 24.62° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 24.38° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 25.12° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 24.89° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury 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 September 17
Day of the year
261 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
9 years — 1940, 1948, 1959, 1978, 1986, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2024
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 21 years
Counted for September 17 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Virgo
life path 7
2007
Virgo
life path 8
2008
Virgo
life path 9
2009
Virgo
life path 1
2010
Virgo
life path 2
2011
Virgo
life path 3
2012
Virgo
life path 22
2013
Virgo
life path 5
2014
Virgo
life path 6
2015
Virgo
life path 7
2016
Virgo
life path 8
2017
Virgo
life path 9
2018
Virgo
life path 1
2019
Virgo
life path 2
2020
Virgo
life path 3
2021
Virgo
life path 22
2022
Virgo
life path 5
2023
Virgo
life path 6
2024
Virgo
life path 7
2025
Virgo
life path 8
2026
Virgo
life path 9
2027
Virgo
life path 1
2028
Virgo
life path 2
2029
Virgo
life path 3
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
12 years · 12%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about September 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is September 17?
Virgo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°37′ Virgo on September 17, 25 days after the sign begins and 5 before Libra takes over.
What life path numbers does September 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is September 17?
The 3rd decan of Virgo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can September 17 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1931, 1940, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2012 and 2021.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “September 17 Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/september-17/
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