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December 22 zodiac sign: Sagittarius or Capricorn?

If you were born on December 22, you're Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the time: Sagittarius before the Sun enters Capricorn, Capricorn after. The Sun crosses from one sign to the other on this date in 19 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, and the minute shifts from year to year (2026: December 21, 20:50 UTC). At noon UTC it's Capricorn in 100% of years; the exact minute of the change for every year is below.

Sagittarius or Capricorn? Check your year

The Sun's entry into Capricorn shifts by a few hours from year to year. Find your birth year, convert your birth time to UTC, and compare: born before the time shown, you're Sagittarius; after it, Capricorn. Years missing from the list had the crossing on a neighbouring day (the Sun was in one sign for the whole of December 22).

1982 04:37 UTC1983 10:29 UTC1986 04:01 UTC1987 09:46 UTC1990 03:06 UTC1991 08:53 UTC1994 02:22 UTC1995 08:16 UTC1998 01:56 UTC1999 07:44 UTC2002 01:14 UTC2003 07:03 UTC2006 00:21 UTC2007 06:07 UTC2011 05:30 UTC2015 04:48 UTC2019 04:19 UTC2023 03:27 UTC2027 02:42 UTC

Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign. Or read the Sagittarius–Capricorn cusp: which are you?

Your sign: Capricorn (or Sagittarius)

The cardinal earth sign that plays the long game and refuses to be flashy about it.

A Capricorn Sun is built around discipline and long-term thinking. You're the friend who actually executed on the plan everyone else was just talking about. You don't need praise for doing what you said you'd do — that's just baseline integrity to you. People often underestimate Capricorns at twenty-five and overestimate everyone else; by forty, the curve catches up, and the people who took you for slow find out you were just consistent.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Capricorn born December 22 with the Moon in Pisces runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Capricorn: see Capricorn Sun, Pisces Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Capricorn Sun combinations show what each one changes.

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

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,477 babies were born on each December 22, rank 141 of 366 dates; Capricorn is number 12 of 12 signs (7.63%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on December 22, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on December 22 was most often in Gemini, Scorpio, and Capricorn (6 years each) and least often in Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Aquarius (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On December 22, 2026, the Moon stays in Gemini the whole UTC day.

In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during December 22 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 22 in 1999 and 2018, and new in 1984, 1995, and 2014.

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 Capricorn

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 Capricorn belong to Jupiter: where you grow, where you find meaning, and where life tends to be generous to you. Read it as Capricorn with a Jupiter accent — the earth core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Two of Pentacles

Balance · Adaptability · Juggling. 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 Two of Pentacles in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for December 22: 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 Capricorns born on December 22 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 22? 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: Capricorn Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a December 22 birthday

By sun sign, Capricorn pairs most easily with Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, Pisces. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

Is December 22 Sagittarius or Capricorn?

Both are possible. On December 22 the Sun moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn in most years, at a time that ranges from 00:21 UTC to 10:29 UTC UTC across 1980–2030 (in some years the crossing falls on the neighbouring day). Convert your birth time to UTC and compare it with the crossing for your year in the table above — before it you're Sagittarius, after it Capricorn.

What zodiac sign is December 22?

December 22 is a cusp day between Sagittarius and Capricorn; at noon UTC it falls in Capricorn in 100% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is December 22?

The first decan of Capricorn (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Jupiter. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you grow, where you find meaning, and where life tends to be generous to you.

What tarot card is December 22?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Capricorn it is the Two of Pentacles (balance, adaptability, juggling). 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 22?

It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Cancer; in 1990, Aquarius or Pisces; in 2000, Scorpio or Sagittarius; in 2010, Cancer; in 2020, Aries. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on December 22 was most often in Gemini, Scorpio, and Capricorn. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on December 22 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Capricorn or 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 22 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.