February 4 zodiac sign: Aquarius, second decan
If you were born on February 4, your sign is Aquarius, the air sign ruled by Uranus: the Sun is in Aquarius on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 15° into Aquarius on this date, in the second decan, where Aquarius's core takes on a Mercury flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Aquarius
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.
- ElementAir
- ModalityFixed
- RulerUranus
- SeasonJanuary 20 – February 18
The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Aquarius born February 4 with the Moon in Gemini runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Aquarius: see Aquarius Sun, Gemini 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 →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,111 babies were born on each February 4, rank 262 of 366 dates; Aquarius is number 11 of 12 signs (7.93%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on February 4, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on February 4 was most often in Taurus (6 years) and least often in Aries (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On February 4, 2026, the Moon stays in Virgo the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Virgo
- 1981 Aquarius
- 1982 Gemini → Cancer 22:18
- 1983 Scorpio
- 1984 Pisces
- 1985 Cancer → Leo 11:02
- 1986 Sagittarius
- 1987 Aries → Taurus 08:53
- 1988 Leo → Virgo 06:54
- 1989 Capricorn
- 1990 Gemini
- 1991 Libra
- 1992 Aquarius
- 1993 Cancer
- 1994 Scorpio → Sagittarius 11:14
- 1995 Aries
- 1996 Leo
- 1997 Sagittarius → Capricorn 08:44
- 1998 Taurus
- 1999 Virgo → Libra 09:56
- 2000 Capricorn → Aquarius 05:31
- 2001 Gemini
- 2002 Scorpio
- 2003 Pisces
- 2004 Cancer
- 2005 Sagittarius
- 2006 Aries → Taurus 01:31
- 2007 Virgo
- 2008 Capricorn
- 2009 Taurus → Gemini 02:14
- 2010 Libra → Scorpio 16:55
- 2011 Aquarius → Pisces 10:24
- 2012 Gemini → Cancer 06:04
- 2013 Scorpio → Sagittarius 15:45
- 2014 Aries
- 2015 Leo
- 2016 Sagittarius
- 2017 Taurus
- 2018 Libra
- 2019 Aquarius
- 2020 Gemini
- 2021 Scorpio
- 2022 Pisces → Aries 14:56
- 2023 Cancer → Leo 08:48
- 2024 Scorpio → Sagittarius 06:28
- 2025 Aries → Taurus 03:33
- 2026 Virgo
- 2027 Capricorn
- 2028 Taurus → Gemini 23:46
- 2029 Libra → Scorpio 16:15
- 2030 Pisces
In 20 of those 51 years (39%) the Moon changed sign during February 4 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 4 in 1996, and new in 1981 and 2019.
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 second 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 10–20 of Aquarius belong to Mercury: how you think, learn, communicate, and process information. Read it as Aquarius with a Mercury accent — the air core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Six of Swords
Transition · Passage · Moving on. 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 Six of Swords in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for February 4: 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 4 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 4? 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: Aquarius Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a February 4 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
What zodiac sign is February 4?
February 4 is Aquarius, the fixed air sign ruled by Uranus. The Sun sits at roughly 15° Aquarius on this date, in the second decan.
What decan is February 4?
The second decan of Aquarius (10°–20°), 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.
What tarot card is February 4?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the second decan of Aquarius it is the Six of Swords (transition, passage, moving on). 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 4?
It depends on the year, and in 39% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Virgo; in 1990, Gemini; in 2000, Capricorn or Aquarius; in 2010, Libra or Scorpio; in 2020, Gemini. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on February 4 was most often in Taurus. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on February 4 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Aquarius, 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 4 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.