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September 3 zodiac sign: Virgo, second decan

If you were born on September 3, your sign is Virgo, the earth sign ruled by Mercury: the Sun is in Virgo on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 10° into Virgo on this date, in the second decan, where Virgo's core takes on a Venus flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.

Your sign: Virgo

The mutable earth sign that notices everything and refines until it works.

A Virgo Sun has an analytical mind paired with a service orientation — a rare combination. You're the person who actually reads the manual, who notices what's off in the system, who stays late to make sure the thing works the way it's supposed to. You're not loud about it. You just do the work.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Virgo born September 3 with the Moon in Virgo runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Virgo: see Virgo Sun, Virgo Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Virgo Sun combinations show what each one changes.

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

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,155 babies were born on each September 3, rank 241 of 366 dates; Virgo is number 2 of 12 signs (8.94%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on September 3, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on September 3 was most often in Cancer (7 years) and least often in Leo (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On September 3, 2026, the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini at 11:47 UTC.

In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during September 3 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 September 3 in 1982 and 2028, and new in 2005 and 2024.

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.

September 2026: full moon September 26, 2026, Aries · new moon September 11, 2026, Virgo.

Your decan: the second decan of Virgo

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 Virgo belong to Venus: how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. Read it as Virgo with a Venus accent — the earth core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

September 3 sits on a decan boundary: in 2 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the first decan of Virgo (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Sun. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Nine of Pentacles

Independence · Refinement · Self-sufficiency. 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 Nine of Pentacles in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for September 3: 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 Virgos born on September 3 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 September 3? 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: Virgo Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a September 3 birthday

By sun sign, Virgo pairs most easily with Taurus, Capricorn, Cancer, Scorpio. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

What zodiac sign is September 3?

September 3 is Virgo, the mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. The Sun sits at roughly 10° Virgo on this date, in the second decan.

What decan is September 3?

The second decan of Virgo (10°–20°), 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. September 3 sits on a decan boundary: in 2 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030 the Sun spends part or all of the day (UTC) in the first decan of Virgo (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Sun. Which one is yours depends on your birth year and time; a birth chart gives the exact degree.

What tarot card is September 3?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the second decan of Virgo it is the Nine of Pentacles (independence, refinement, self-sufficiency). 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 September 3?

It depends on the year, and in 43% 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 or Aries. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on September 3 was most often in Cancer. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on September 3 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Virgo, 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 September 3 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.