2014 · sign changed at 02:34 UTC on this day
Born before 02:34 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 33 switches since 1930
23 September — Libra or Virgo?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Libra in 73% of years and Virgo in 27%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 08:23 UTC on this day
Born before 08:23 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2017
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2018 · sign changed at 01:48 UTC on this day
Born before 01:48 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019 · sign changed at 07:36 UTC on this day
Born before 07:36 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2021
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2022 · sign changed at 01:02 UTC on this day
Born before 01:02 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023 · sign changed at 06:50 UTC on this day
Born before 06:50 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2025
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2026 · sign changed at 00:16 UTC on this day
Born before 00:16 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027 · sign changed at 06:05 UTC on this day
Born before 06:05 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2029
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2030
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2031 · sign changed at 05:19 UTC on this day
Born before 05:19 → Virgo. Born after → Libra. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2033
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2034
Libra all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 23 September. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 33 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Moon-ruled decan of Libra
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun on this date
0.48°
Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 23 September. 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 29.73° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 1931 | Virgo 29.49° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1932 | Libra 0.24° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 30° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 29.76° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 29.53° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Libra 0.27° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1937 | Libra 0.03° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 29.79° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 29.56° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Libra 0.3° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Libra 0.06° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1942 | Virgo 29.82° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 29.59° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 1944 | Libra 0.33° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1945 | Libra 0.09° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 29.86° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 29.62° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1948 | Libra 0.36° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1949 | Libra 0.12° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 1950 | Virgo 29.89° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 29.65° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Libra 0.39° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1953 | Libra 0.15° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 29.92° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 29.68° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 1956 | Libra 0.42° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1957 | Libra 0.19° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1958 | Virgo 29.95° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1959 | Virgo 29.71° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1960 | Libra 0.45° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1961 | Libra 0.22° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 29.98° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 29.74° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Libra 0.49° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1965 | Libra 0.25° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Libra 0.01° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 29.77° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1968 | Libra 0.52° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Libra 0.28° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1970 | Libra 0.04° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Virgo 29.81° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Libra 0.55° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1973 | Libra 0.31° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1974 | Libra 0.07° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 29.84° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1976 | Libra 0.58° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1977 | Libra 0.34° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1978 | Libra 0.1° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 29.87° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1980 | Libra 0.61° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1981 | Libra 0.37° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1982 | Libra 0.14° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 1983 | Virgo 29.9° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Libra 0.64° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1985 | Libra 0.4° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Libra 0.17° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 29.93° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Libra 0.67° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars |
| 1989 | Libra 0.43° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Libra 0.2° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1991 | Virgo 29.96° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Libra 0.7° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Libra 0.47° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Libra 0.23° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 29.99° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1996 | Libra 0.73° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1997 | Libra 0.5° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Libra 0.26° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Libra 0.02° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Libra 0.77° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Libra 0.53° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2002 | Libra 0.29° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Libra 0.05° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mars |
| 2004 | Libra 0.8° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2005 | Libra 0.56° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2006 | Libra 0.32° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2007 | Libra 0.09° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2008 | Libra 0.83° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2009 | Libra 0.59° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2010 | Libra 0.35° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Libra 0.12° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Libra 0.86° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2013 | Libra 0.62° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2014 | Libra 0.38° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2015 | Libra 0.15° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 2016 | Libra 0.89° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2017 | Libra 0.65° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2018 | Libra 0.42° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 2019 | Libra 0.18° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2020 | Libra 0.92° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2021 | Libra 0.68° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Libra 0.45° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Libra 0.21° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Libra 0.95° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Libra 0.71° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Libra 0.48° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Libra 0.24° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Libra 0.98° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2029 | Libra 0.75° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | 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 23 September
Day of the year
267 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
21 of 100 years
(21%)
Most recent of those
2002, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2028, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1953, 1972, 1991, 2010, 2029
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 18 years
Every figure here is specific to 23 September: 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 22
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 2
2014
Libra
life path 3
2015
Libra
life path 22
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 2
2023
Libra
life path 3
2024
Libra
life path 22
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
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%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
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: 22 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 23 September that came out Libra in 73% of years and Virgo in 27%, switching 33 times since 1930. Most recently in 1992, 1995, 1996.