April 15 zodiac sign: Aries, third decan
If you were born on April 15, your sign is Aries, the fire sign ruled by Mars: the Sun is in Aries on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 25° into Aries on this date, in the third decan, where Aries's core takes on a Venus flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Aries
The first sign of the zodiac — initiator, fighter, and patron of fresh starts.
If your Sun is in Aries, your core identity is built around action. You feel most yourself when you're starting something — a project, a fight, a workout, a brand-new chapter. You hate stagnation more than you hate failure. The slow consensus-building meetings and the relationships that need careful tending? That's not where you shine. You shine in the opening move, the new venture, the moment someone needs to just decide already.
- ElementFire
- ModalityCardinal
- RulerMars
- SeasonMarch 21 – April 19
The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Aries born April 15 in the small hours has Aquarius rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Aries Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Aries dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Aries birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 10,872 babies were born on each April 15, rank 320 of 366 dates; Aries is number 8 of 12 signs (8.14%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on April 15, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on April 15 was most often in Taurus, Libra, and Pisces (6 years each) and least often in Aries, Gemini, Cancer, Scorpio, and Sagittarius (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On April 15, 2026, the Moon moves from Pisces into Aries at 14:04 UTC.
- 1980 Aries → Taurus 11:11
- 1981 Virgo
- 1982 Capricorn
- 1983 Taurus
- 1984 Libra
- 1985 Aquarius → Pisces 04:30
- 1986 Gemini → Cancer 04:42
- 1987 Scorpio
- 1988 Aries
- 1989 Leo → Virgo 23:39
- 1990 Sagittarius
- 1991 Aries → Taurus 05:06
- 1992 Virgo → Libra 06:10
- 1993 Aquarius
- 1994 Gemini
- 1995 Libra → Scorpio 20:13
- 1996 Pisces → Aries 20:42
- 1997 Cancer → Leo 03:22
- 1998 Scorpio → Sagittarius 02:52
- 1999 Aries
- 2000 Virgo
- 2001 Capricorn
- 2002 Taurus → Gemini 20:56
- 2003 Virgo → Libra 01:42
- 2004 Pisces
- 2005 Cancer
- 2006 Scorpio
- 2007 Pisces → Aries 16:47
- 2008 Leo → Virgo 13:07
- 2009 Sagittarius → Capricorn 05:27
- 2010 Taurus
- 2011 Virgo
- 2012 Aquarius
- 2013 Gemini
- 2014 Libra → Scorpio 16:20
- 2015 Pisces
- 2016 Leo
- 2017 Sagittarius
- 2018 Aries
- 2019 Leo → Virgo 10:14
- 2020 Capricorn → Aquarius 07:37
- 2021 Taurus → Gemini 06:35
- 2022 Libra
- 2023 Aquarius → Pisces 22:57
- 2024 Cancer
- 2025 Scorpio
- 2026 Pisces → Aries 14:04
- 2027 Leo
- 2028 Capricorn
- 2029 Taurus
- 2030 Virgo
In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during April 15 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on April 15 in 1984, 1995, and 2014, and new in 1980.
Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.
Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.
April 2026: full moon April 2, 2026, Libra · new moon April 17, 2026, Aries.
Your decan: the third decan of Aries
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 20–30 of Aries belong to Venus: how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. Read it as Aries with a Venus accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Four of Wands
Celebration · Homecoming · Harmony. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.
Read the Four of Wands in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for April 15: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →
What the date can't tell you
The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Aries born on April 15 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.
Born April 15? Add your year, time and place
Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.
Your big three
- Sun
- Moon
- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Aries Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for an April 15 birthday
By sun sign, Aries pairs most easily with Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, Aquarius. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is April 15?
April 15 is Aries, the cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars. The Sun sits at roughly 25° Aries on this date, in the third decan.
What decan is April 15?
The third decan of Aries (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Venus. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value.
What tarot card is April 15?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Aries it is the Four of Wands (celebration, homecoming, harmony). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
What Moon sign is someone born on April 15?
It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Aries or Taurus; in 1990, Sagittarius; in 2000, Virgo; in 2010, Taurus; in 2020, Capricorn or Aquarius. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on April 15 was most often in Taurus, Libra, and Pisces. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on April 15 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Aries, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born April 15 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.