In love
Shows love through practical help. Criticism is often affection badly aimed.
Settled date · day 29 of 31 in the sign
September 20 zodiac sign: Virgo
The September 20 zodiac sign is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 27°33′ into the sign, 28 days past its start and 2 days before Libra begins.
- Sun sign
- Virgo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,542 #3 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 263rd 264th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 27°33′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
September 20 among the 366 days
September 20 averages 12,542 births a day in the US — the 3rd most common of the 366 dates, 10.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Virgo this falls
September 20 falls on day 8 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
27°33′
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 20 birthday personality
People born on September 20 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 20th reduces to 2, and numerologists read the zero as amplifying the 2's sensitivity and cooperative instinct. Those born on this day are described as exceptionally attuned to other people — gifted at teamwork, peacemaking and understanding needs nobody has put into words. Birthday number 20 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 20. 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 26.79° | 6 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 1931 | Virgo 26.56° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 27.3° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 27.06° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 26.83° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 26.59° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 27.33° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 27.1° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 26.86° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 26.62° | 33 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 27.36° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 27.12° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1942 | Virgo 26.89° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 26.65° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 27.39° | 2 | Libra | Swati 1 | — |
| 1945 | Virgo 27.15° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 26.91° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 26.68° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 27.42° | 33 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 27.18° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1950 | Virgo 26.95° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 26.71° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 27.46° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Virgo 27.23° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 26.99° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 26.75° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 27.49° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 27.25° | 33 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1958 | Virgo 27.02° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1959 | Virgo 26.78° | 8 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus |
| 1960 | Virgo 27.51° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1961 | Virgo 27.28° | 1 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 27.04° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 26.8° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 27.54° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 27.3° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 27.08° | 33 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 26.84° | 7 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 27.58° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 27.35° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 27.11° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Virgo 26.87° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Virgo 27.61° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 27.38° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 27.15° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 26.91° | 33 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 27.64° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1977 | Virgo 27.41° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1978 | Virgo 27.17° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 26.93° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 27.67° | 2 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 27.43° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 27.2° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury |
| 1983 | Virgo 26.96° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Virgo 27.69° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1985 | Virgo 27.47° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 27.23° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 26.99° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 27.74° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mars |
| 1989 | Virgo 27.5° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Virgo 27.27° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 27.03° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 27.77° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 27.54° | 33 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 27.3° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 27.06° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 27.8° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 27.56° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 27.33° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 27.09° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Virgo 27.82° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Virgo 27.59° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 27.36° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Virgo 27.12° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 27.86° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2005 | Virgo 27.62° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 27.39° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 27.15° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 2008 | Virgo 27.89° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2009 | Virgo 27.66° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 27.43° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 27.19° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Virgo 27.93° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 27.69° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 27.45° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 27.22° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 2016 | Virgo 27.95° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Virgo 27.72° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2018 | Virgo 27.48° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 2019 | Virgo 27.24° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2020 | Virgo 27.98° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 27.75° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 27.51° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 27.28° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 28.02° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 27.79° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 27.55° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 27.31° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 28.05° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 27.82° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | 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 20
Day of the year
264 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
21 of 100 years
(21%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2009, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2028, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1937, 1956, 1975, 1994, 2002, 2021
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for September 20 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 1
2007
Virgo
life path 2
2008
Virgo
life path 3
2009
Virgo
life path 22
2010
Virgo
life path 5
2011
Virgo
life path 6
2012
Virgo
life path 7
2013
Virgo
life path 8
2014
Virgo
life path 9
2015
Virgo
life path 1
2016
Virgo
life path 2
2017
Virgo
life path 3
2018
Virgo
life path 22
2019
Virgo
life path 5
2020
Virgo
life path 6
2021
Virgo
life path 7
2022
Virgo
life path 8
2023
Virgo
life path 9
2024
Virgo
life path 1
2025
Virgo
life path 2
2026
Virgo
life path 3
2027
Virgo
life path 22
2028
Virgo
life path 5
2029
Virgo
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 September 20 birthdays
What zodiac sign is September 20?
Virgo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 27°33′ Virgo on September 20, 28 days after the sign begins and 2 before Libra takes over.
What life path numbers does September 20 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 September 20?
The 3rd decan of Virgo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can September 20 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. “September 20 Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/september-20/
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