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February 18 zodiac sign: Aquarius or Pisces?

If you were born on February 18, you're Aquarius or Pisces depending on the time: Aquarius before the Sun enters Pisces, Pisces after. The Sun crosses from one sign to the other on this date in 30 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, and the minute shifts from year to year (2026: February 18, 15:51 UTC). At noon UTC it's Aquarius in 92% of years; the exact minute of the change for every year is below.

Aquarius or Pisces? Check your year

The Sun's entry into Pisces 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 Aquarius; after it, Pisces. Years missing from the list had the crossing on a neighbouring day (the Sun was in one sign for the whole of February 18).

1981 17:51 UTC1982 23:46 UTC1985 17:07 UTC1986 22:57 UTC1989 16:20 UTC1990 22:13 UTC1993 15:35 UTC1994 21:21 UTC1997 14:51 UTC1998 20:54 UTC2001 14:27 UTC2002 20:13 UTC2005 13:32 UTC2006 19:25 UTC2009 12:46 UTC2010 18:35 UTC2013 12:01 UTC2014 17:59 UTC2015 23:49 UTC2017 11:31 UTC2018 17:18 UTC2019 23:03 UTC2021 10:44 UTC2022 16:42 UTC2023 22:34 UTC2025 10:06 UTC2026 15:51 UTC2027 21:33 UTC2029 09:07 UTC2030 14:59 UTC

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

Your sign: Aquarius (or Pisces)

The fixed air sign that thinks in systems and refuses to inherit its opinions.

An Aquarius Sun is built around originality and systemic thinking. You don't take "this is how it's done" as a sufficient reason for anything. You ask why, and if the answer is just tradition, you're free to do something different. This makes you a natural innovator, an effective dissident, and an occasional pain in the ass to people who like consensus.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Aquarius born February 18 with the Moon in Leo runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Aquarius: see Aquarius Sun, Leo Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Aquarius Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Aquarius dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Aquarius birth chart looks like → · Pisces dates and traits →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,136 babies were born on each February 18, rank 251 of 366 dates; Aquarius is number 11 of 12 signs (7.93%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on February 18, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on February 18 was most often in Virgo and Pisces (6 years each) and least often in Aries and Scorpio (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On February 18, 2026, the Moon stays in Pisces the whole UTC day.

In 24 of those 51 years (47%) the Moon changed sign during February 18 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 February 18 in 1981, 1992, 2011, and 2030, and new in 1996 and 2015.

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.

February 2026: full moon February 1, 2026, Leo · new moon February 17, 2026, Aquarius.

Your decan: the third decan of Aquarius

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 Aquarius belong to Moon: your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved. Read it as Aquarius with a Moon accent — the air core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Seven of Swords

Strategy · Stealth · Evasion. 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 Seven of Swords in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for February 18: 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 Aquarians born on February 18 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 February 18? 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: Aquarius Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a February 18 birthday

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

Common questions

Is February 18 Aquarius or Pisces?

Both are possible. On February 18 the Sun moves from Aquarius into Pisces in most years, at a time that ranges from 09:07 UTC to 23:49 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 Aquarius, after it Pisces.

What zodiac sign is February 18?

February 18 is a cusp day between Aquarius and Pisces; at noon UTC it falls in Aquarius in 92% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is February 18?

The third decan of Aquarius (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Moon. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved.

What tarot card is February 18?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Aquarius it is the Seven of Swords (strategy, stealth, evasion). 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 February 18?

It depends on the year, and in 47% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Pisces or Aries; in 1990, Sagittarius; in 2000, Leo; in 2010, Aries; in 2020, Sagittarius or Capricorn. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on February 18 was most often in Virgo and Pisces. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on February 18 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Aquarius or Pisces, 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 February 18 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.