♐︎ Sun at ~9° Sagittarius · first decan · Mercury

December 1 zodiac sign: Sagittarius, first decan

If you were born on December 1, your sign is Sagittarius, the fire sign ruled by Jupiter: the Sun is in Sagittarius on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 9° into Sagittarius on this date, in the first decan, where Sagittarius's core takes on a Mercury flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.

Your sign: Sagittarius

The mutable fire sign that aims at the bigger picture and refuses to be domesticated.

A Sagittarius Sun is built around expansion and meaning. You're the friend who has lived in three countries, who keeps reading philosophy at 2am, who wants to know what people actually think rather than what they're supposed to say. Your optimism is real — not the brittle "everything happens for a reason" kind, but a genuine sense that life is interesting and worth showing up for.

The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Sagittarius born December 1 around sunrise has Sagittarius rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Sagittarius Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Sagittarius dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Sagittarius birth chart looks like →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,350 babies were born on each December 1, rank 180 of 366 dates; Sagittarius is number 10 of 12 signs (7.95%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on December 1, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on December 1 was most often in Aries, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces (5 years each) and least often in Leo (3 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On December 1, 2026, the Moon stays in Virgo the whole UTC day.

In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during December 1 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 December 1 in 1982, and new in 1986, 2005, and 2024.

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.

December 2026: full moon December 24, 2026, Cancer · new moon December 9, 2026, Sagittarius.

Your decan: the first decan of Sagittarius

Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Sagittarius belong to Mercury: how you think, learn, communicate, and process information. Read it as Sagittarius with a Mercury accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

December 1 sits on a decan boundary: in 14 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the second decan of Sagittarius (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Moon. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Eight of Wands

Speed · Movement · News. 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 Eight of Wands in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for December 1: 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 Sagittarians born on December 1 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 December 1? 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.

Or browse the twelve possibilities: Sagittarius Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a December 1 birthday

By sun sign, Sagittarius pairs most easily with Aries, Leo, Libra, Aquarius. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

What zodiac sign is December 1?

December 1 is Sagittarius, the mutable fire sign ruled by Jupiter. The Sun sits at roughly 9° Sagittarius on this date, in the first decan.

What decan is December 1?

The first decan of Sagittarius (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Mercury. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here how you think, learn, communicate, and process information. December 1 sits on a decan boundary: in 14 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the second decan of Sagittarius (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Moon. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.

What tarot card is December 1?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Sagittarius it is the Eight of Wands (speed, movement, news). 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 December 1?

It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Virgo or Libra; in 1990, Taurus or Gemini; in 2000, Aquarius; in 2010, Libra; in 2020, Gemini. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on December 1 was most often in Aries, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on December 1 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Sagittarius, 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 December 1 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.