February 23 zodiac sign: Pisces, first decan
If you were born on February 23, your sign is Pisces, the water sign ruled by Neptune: the Sun is in Pisces on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 4° into Pisces on this date, in the first decan, where Pisces's core takes on a Saturn flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Pisces
The mutable water sign that dissolves boundaries and feels what others don't even notice.
A Pisces Sun is built around empathy and imagination. You feel things that haven't been said. You read the room, the energy, the unspoken — and you're often right. This intuition is real, and it makes you formidable in any creative or healing field that rewards seeing what's beneath the surface.
- ElementWater
- ModalityMutable
- RulerNeptune
- SeasonFebruary 19 – March 20
The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Pisces born February 23 around sunset has Virgo rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Pisces Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Pisces dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Pisces birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 10,996 babies were born on each February 23, rank 288 of 366 dates; Pisces is number 9 of 12 signs (8.04%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on February 23, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on February 23 was most often in Gemini and Libra (6 years each) and least often in Virgo (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On February 23, 2026, the Moon stays in Taurus the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Gemini
- 1981 Libra → Scorpio 19:54
- 1982 Aquarius → Pisces 12:09
- 1983 Cancer
- 1984 Scorpio → Sagittarius 09:22
- 1985 Aries
- 1986 Leo
- 1987 Sagittarius → Capricorn 07:57
- 1988 Taurus
- 1989 Virgo → Libra 00:05
- 1990 Aquarius
- 1991 Gemini → Cancer 20:56
- 1992 Scorpio
- 1993 Pisces → Aries 19:50
- 1994 Cancer → Leo 10:48
- 1995 Sagittarius
- 1996 Aries → Taurus 07:08
- 1997 Virgo
- 1998 Capricorn
- 1999 Gemini
- 2000 Libra
- 2001 Pisces
- 2002 Cancer
- 2003 Scorpio → Sagittarius 08:46
- 2004 Aries
- 2005 Leo → Virgo 17:44
- 2006 Sagittarius → Capricorn 08:16
- 2007 Taurus → Gemini 22:42
- 2008 Virgo → Libra 07:45
- 2009 Aquarius
- 2010 Gemini → Cancer 23:29
- 2011 Scorpio
- 2012 Pisces
- 2013 Leo
- 2014 Sagittarius
- 2015 Aries → Taurus 00:28
- 2016 Virgo
- 2017 Capricorn → Aquarius 17:17
- 2018 Taurus → Gemini 00:07
- 2019 Libra → Scorpio 15:56
- 2020 Aquarius → Pisces 06:37
- 2021 Cancer
- 2022 Scorpio → Sagittarius 13:29
- 2023 Aries
- 2024 Leo
- 2025 Capricorn
- 2026 Taurus
- 2027 Libra
- 2028 Aquarius
- 2029 Gemini → Cancer 17:53
- 2030 Scorpio
In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during February 23 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 new on February 23 in 1982, 2001, and 2020; it was never full on this date between 1980 and 2030.
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 first decan of Pisces
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 Pisces belong to Saturn: where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery. Read it as Pisces with a Saturn accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Eight of Cups
Walking away · Seeking depth · Withdrawal. 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 Cups in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for February 23: 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 Pisceans born on February 23 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.
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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
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Pisces Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a February 23 birthday
By sun sign, Pisces pairs most easily with Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus, Capricorn. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is February 23?
February 23 is Pisces, the mutable water sign ruled by Neptune. The Sun sits at roughly 4° Pisces on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is February 23?
The first decan of Pisces (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Saturn. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery.
What tarot card is February 23?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Pisces it is the Eight of Cups (walking away, seeking depth, withdrawal). 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 23?
It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Gemini; in 1990, Aquarius; in 2000, Libra; in 2010, Gemini or Cancer; in 2020, Aquarius or Pisces. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on February 23 was most often in Gemini and Libra. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on February 23 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in 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 23 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.