In love
Shows love through practical help. Criticism is often affection badly aimed.
Settled date · day 14 of 31 in the sign
September 5 zodiac sign: Virgo
The September 5 zodiac sign is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 12°56′ into the sign, 13 days past its start and 17 days before Libra begins.
- Sun sign
- Virgo at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,922 #61 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 248th 249th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 12°56′ of Virgo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
September 5 among the 366 days
September 5 averages 11,922 births a day in the US — the 61st most common of the 366 dates, 5.1% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Virgo this falls
September 5 falls on day 4 of the Venus decan (2–September 12, 2026).
Venus-ruled decan of Virgo
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Venus
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
12°56′
Venus softens the sign toward attachment and taste, aiming the same drives at being liked. The middle ten degrees are Virgo at full strength: past the entry from Leo, not yet leaning toward Libra.
Personality
September 5 birthday personality
People born on September 5 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 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 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 5. 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 12.19° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Virgo 11.96° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 12.69° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 12.45° | 3 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 12.23° | 22 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 11.99° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 12.72° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 12.49° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 12.26° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 12.02° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 12.76° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1941 | Virgo 12.52° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1942 | Virgo 12.29° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 12.05° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 12.78° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Virgo 12.55° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1946 | Virgo 12.31° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 12.08° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 12.81° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 12.58° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Virgo 12.35° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 12.12° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 12.85° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1953 | Virgo 12.62° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 12.39° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 12.15° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 12.88° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 12.65° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Virgo 12.41° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1959 | Virgo 12.18° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Venus |
| 1960 | Virgo 12.91° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Virgo 12.67° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 12.44° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 12.2° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 12.94° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 12.7° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 12.47° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 12.24° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 12.97° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 12.74° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 12.51° | 22 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1971 | Virgo 12.27° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1972 | Virgo 13.01° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 12.78° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 12.54° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 12.31° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 13.04° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1977 | Virgo 12.81° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Virgo 12.57° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1979 | Virgo 12.33° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 13.06° | 5 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 12.83° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 12.59° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 12.36° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 13.09° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Virgo 12.86° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 12.63° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 12.4° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 13.13° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mars |
| 1989 | Virgo 12.9° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Virgo 12.67° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 12.43° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 13.17° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 12.93° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 12.7° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 12.46° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 13.19° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 12.96° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 12.73° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 12.49° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2000 | Virgo 13.22° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2001 | Virgo 12.99° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 12.75° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2003 | Virgo 12.52° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 13.25° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 2005 | Virgo 13.02° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 12.79° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 12.55° | 5 | Cancer | Mrigashira 4 | Venus |
| 2008 | Virgo 13.29° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Virgo 13.06° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 12.83° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 12.59° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Virgo 13.32° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 13.09° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 12.86° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 12.62° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 13.35° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Virgo 13.12° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2018 | Virgo 12.88° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 12.64° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 13.38° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 13.14° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 12.92° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 12.68° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 13.42° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 13.19° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 12.95° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 12.72° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 13.45° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 13.21° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury |
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 5
Day of the year
249 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1941, 1960, 1971, 1990, 2009, 2017
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for September 5 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 22
2007
Virgo
life path 5
2008
Virgo
life path 6
2009
Virgo
life path 7
2010
Virgo
life path 8
2011
Virgo
life path 9
2012
Virgo
life path 1
2013
Virgo
life path 2
2014
Virgo
life path 3
2015
Virgo
life path 22
2016
Virgo
life path 5
2017
Virgo
life path 6
2018
Virgo
life path 7
2019
Virgo
life path 8
2020
Virgo
life path 9
2021
Virgo
life path 1
2022
Virgo
life path 2
2023
Virgo
life path 3
2024
Virgo
life path 22
2025
Virgo
life path 5
2026
Virgo
life path 6
2027
Virgo
life path 7
2028
Virgo
life path 8
2029
Virgo
life path 9
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
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; 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 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is September 5?
Virgo in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 12°56′ Virgo on September 5, 13 days after the sign begins and 17 before Libra takes over.
What life path numbers does September 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 9 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is September 5?
The 2nd decan of Virgo, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Can September 5 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1934, 1943, 1952, 1961, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2015 and 2024.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “September 5 Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/september-5/
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