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Boundary date · 2 switches since 1930
September 22 zodiac sign: Virgo or Libra?
The September 22 zodiac sign is Virgo in 99% of years from 1930 to 2029 and Libra in 1% — the date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year.
- Sun sign
- Virgo 99% of years · Libra 1%
- US births a day
- 11,989 #50 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 265th 266th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 29°30′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
September 22 among the 366 days
September 22 averages 11,989 births a day in the US — the 50th most common of the 366 dates, 5.6% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Which sign, by birth year
- Virgo at midday UTC
- Libra at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Virgo at midday UTC in 99 years and Libra in 1: 2028. In 25 of the years — dotted — the Sun entered Libra during September 22 itself, so a birth that day can be either sign depending on the hour.
- Virgo
- Libra
- 2026
The bar is the whole of September 22 in UTC; where its color changes, the Sun crossed into Libra, so a birth after that minute is Libra. The time on the right is that minute.
- 12 of these 21 years had the change inside September 22 itself, so the hour of birth decides — from as early as 11:11 AM UTC in 2032 to as late as 11:27 PM in 2030.
- In 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026, 2027 and 2031 the whole day was still Virgo: the Sun reached Libra only on September 23.
- Two sites can give two different signs for September 22 because both print a fixed range, and no fixed range is right in every year — the noon sign here flipped 2 times between 1930 and 2029.
Mercury-ruled decan of Virgo
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
29°30′
September 22 closes Virgo in 2026, inside the Mercury decan — the Sun moves on to Libra at 12:05 AM UTC on September 23.
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 22 birthday personality
People born on September 22 are Virgo in most years, 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 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 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 22. 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 28.75° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1931 | Virgo 28.52° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1932 | Virgo 29.26° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 29.02° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 28.79° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 28.55° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 29.29° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 29.05° | 33 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 28.82° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 28.58° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 29.32° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 29.08° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1942 | Virgo 28.85° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 28.61° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 29.35° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1945 | Virgo 29.11° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 28.87° | 33 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 28.63° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 29.37° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 29.14° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1950 | Virgo 28.91° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 28.67° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 29.41° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Virgo 29.18° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 28.94° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 28.71° | 33 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 29.45° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 29.21° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1958 | Virgo 28.97° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1959 | Virgo 28.73° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Venus |
| 1960 | Virgo 29.47° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1961 | Virgo 29.24° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 29° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 28.76° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 29.5° | 33 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 29.26° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 29.03° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 28.79° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 29.53° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 29.3° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 29.06° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Virgo 28.83° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Virgo 29.57° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 29.33° | 33 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 29.1° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 28.86° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 29.6° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1977 | Virgo 29.37° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1978 | Virgo 29.13° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 28.89° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 29.63° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 29.38° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 29.15° | 33 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1983 | Virgo 28.91° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Virgo 29.65° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1985 | Virgo 29.42° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 29.19° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 28.95° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 29.7° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mars |
| 1989 | Virgo 29.46° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Virgo 29.23° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 28.99° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 29.73° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 29.5° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 29.25° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 29.01° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 29.76° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 29.51° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 29.28° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 29.04° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Virgo 29.78° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Virgo 29.55° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 29.31° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Virgo 29.07° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 29.82° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2005 | Virgo 29.58° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 29.35° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 29.11° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2008 | Virgo 29.85° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2009 | Virgo 29.62° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 29.38° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 29.14° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Virgo 29.89° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 29.64° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 29.41° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 29.17° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 2016 | Virgo 29.9° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2017 | Virgo 29.67° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2018 | Virgo 29.43° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2019 | Virgo 29.19° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2020 | Virgo 29.94° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 29.7° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 29.47° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 29.23° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 29.97° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 29.74° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 29.51° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 29.27° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Libra 0.01° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 29.77° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 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 22
Day of the year
266 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
21 of 100 years
(21%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2028, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
9 years — 1934, 1945, 1953, 1964, 1972, 1983, 2002, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for September 22 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 3
2007
Virgo
life path 4
2008
Virgo
life path 5
2009
Virgo
life path 6
2010
Virgo
life path 7
2011
Virgo
life path 8
2012
Virgo
life path 9
2013
Virgo
life path 1
2014
Virgo
life path 11
2015
Virgo
life path 3
2016
Virgo
life path 4
2017
Virgo
life path 5
2018
Virgo
life path 6
2019
Virgo
life path 7
2020
Virgo
life path 8
2021
Virgo
life path 9
2022
Virgo
life path 1
2023
Virgo
life path 11
2024
Virgo
life path 3
2025
Virgo
life path 4
2026
Virgo
life path 5
2027
Virgo
life path 6
2028
Libra
life path 7
2029
Virgo
life path 8
The sign changes from one year to the next in some of these tiles — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
33
8 years · 8%
6
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 6 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 8 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. 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 September 22 that came out Virgo in 99% of years and Libra in 1%. The noon sign switched 2 times between 1930 and 2029; the last three switches fall in 2028 and 2029.
Questions about September 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is September 22?
Usually Virgo: 99% of years from 1930 to 2029. In the other 1% of years (the last of them 2028) the Sun had already reached Libra by midday UTC, and in 25 of the 100 years it changed sign during the day itself, so the birth hour decides.
What life path numbers does September 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); the rarest is 6 (3).
Which decan is September 22?
In 2026, the 3rd decan of Virgo, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can September 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1933, 1942, 1951, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2014 and 2023; 33, in 8 of the 100 years: 1937, 1946, 1955, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “September 22 Zodiac Sign: Virgo or Libra? By Birth Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/september-22/
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