January 27 zodiac sign: Aquarius, first decan
If you were born on January 27, 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 7° into Aquarius on this date, in the first decan, where Aquarius's core takes on a Venus 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 January 27 with the Moon in Libra runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Aquarius: see Aquarius Sun, Libra 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 10,840 babies were born on each January 27, rank 328 of 366 dates; Aquarius is number 11 of 12 signs (7.93%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on January 27, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on January 27 was most often in Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Pisces (5 years each) and least often in Aries and Virgo (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On January 27, 2026, the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini at 20:55 UTC.
- 1980 Gemini
- 1981 Libra → Scorpio 11:49
- 1982 Aquarius → Pisces 04:49
- 1983 Cancer
- 1984 Scorpio → Sagittarius 03:12
- 1985 Aries
- 1986 Leo → Virgo 20:51
- 1987 Capricorn
- 1988 Taurus → Gemini 20:02
- 1989 Libra
- 1990 Aquarius
- 1991 Gemini → Cancer 13:23
- 1992 Scorpio
- 1993 Pisces → Aries 13:28
- 1994 Cancer → Leo 00:38
- 1995 Sagittarius
- 1996 Taurus
- 1997 Virgo
- 1998 Capricorn → Aquarius 16:27
- 1999 Gemini
- 2000 Libra → Scorpio 17:01
- 2001 Pisces
- 2002 Cancer
- 2003 Scorpio → Sagittarius 03:26
- 2004 Aries
- 2005 Leo → Virgo 11:24
- 2006 Capricorn
- 2007 Taurus → Gemini 17:10
- 2008 Libra
- 2009 Aquarius
- 2010 Gemini → Cancer 14:01
- 2011 Scorpio
- 2012 Pisces → Aries 18:28
- 2013 Leo
- 2014 Sagittarius
- 2015 Taurus
- 2016 Virgo
- 2017 Capricorn → Aquarius 08:37
- 2018 Gemini
- 2019 Libra → Scorpio 07:31
- 2020 Pisces
- 2021 Cancer
- 2022 Scorpio → Sagittarius 07:34
- 2023 Aries → Taurus 23:42
- 2024 Leo → Virgo 19:11
- 2025 Capricorn
- 2026 Taurus → Gemini 20:55
- 2027 Libra
- 2028 Aquarius
- 2029 Gemini → Cancer 08:05
- 2030 Scorpio
In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during January 27 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 January 27 in 1994 and 2013; it was never new 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.
January 2026: full moon January 3, 2026, Cancer · new moon January 18, 2026, Capricorn.
Your decan: the first 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 0–10 of Aquarius belong to Venus: how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. Read it as Aquarius with a Venus accent — the air core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Five of Swords
Conflict · Hollow victory · Ego. 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 Five of Swords in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for January 27: 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 January 27 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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- 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 January 27 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 January 27?
January 27 is Aquarius, the fixed air sign ruled by Uranus. The Sun sits at roughly 7° Aquarius on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is January 27?
The first decan of Aquarius (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Venus. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value.
What tarot card is January 27?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Aquarius it is the Five of Swords (conflict, hollow victory, ego). 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 January 27?
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 or Scorpio; in 2010, Gemini or Cancer; in 2020, Pisces. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on January 27 was most often in Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Pisces. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on January 27 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 January 27 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.