♈︎ Sun at ~2° Aries · first decan · Mars

March 23 zodiac sign: Aries, not Pisces

If you were born on March 23, your sign is Aries, not Pisces: from 1980 to 2030 the Sun always enters Aries on March 20 or 21, so this date is Aries at any hour. The Sun sits about 2° into Aries on this date, in the first decan, where Aries's core takes on a Mars flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.

Your sign: Aries

The first sign of the zodiac — initiator, fighter, and patron of fresh starts.

If your Sun is in Aries, your core identity is built around action. You feel most yourself when you're starting something — a project, a fight, a workout, a brand-new chapter. You hate stagnation more than you hate failure. The slow consensus-building meetings and the relationships that need careful tending? That's not where you shine. You shine in the opening move, the new venture, the moment someone needs to just decide already.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Aries born March 23 with the Moon in Leo runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Aries: see Aries Sun, Leo Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Aries Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Aries dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Aries birth chart looks like →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 10,939 babies were born on each March 23, rank 303 of 366 dates; Aries is number 8 of 12 signs (8.14%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on March 23, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on March 23 was most often in Cancer (7 years) and least often in Taurus, Leo, Virgo, and Aquarius (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On March 23, 2026, the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini at 08:19 UTC.

In 26 of those 51 years (51%) the Moon changed sign during March 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 full on March 23 in 2016, and new in 1993.

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.

March 2026: full moon March 3, 2026, Virgo · new moon March 19, 2026, Pisces.

Your decan: the first decan of Aries

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 Aries belong to Mars: your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for. Read it as Aries with a Mars accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Two of Wands

Planning · Decisions · Discovery. 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 Wands in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for March 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 Aries born on March 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.

Born March 23? 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: Aries Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a March 23 birthday

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

Common questions

What zodiac sign is March 23?

March 23 is Aries, the cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars. The Sun sits at roughly 2° Aries on this date, in the first decan.

What decan is March 23?

The first decan of Aries (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Mars. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for.

What tarot card is March 23?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Aries it is the Two of Wands (planning, decisions, discovery). 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 March 23?

It depends on the year, and in 51% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Gemini or Cancer; in 1990, Aquarius; in 2000, Scorpio; in 2010, Gemini or Cancer; in 2020, Pisces. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on March 23 was most often in Cancer. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on March 23 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Aries, 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 March 23 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.