December 20 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
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- Date
- December 20
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius
- Usual range
- November 22 to December 21
- Place in sign
- late, decan 3
- Sub-ruler
- Sun
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Changeover
- No
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
December 20 is Sagittarius. At noon UTC, the Sun was in Sagittarius in every year of the 41 years from 1992 to 2032. Anyone born on December 20 has Sagittarius as a Sun sign.
Sagittarius dates are November 22 to December 21. December 20 falls in the late part of Sagittarius. It is a fire sign, mutable, ruled by Jupiter. Restless, frank, drawn to a bigger horizon.
December 20 sits within two days of a sign change on December 21 and December 22. If the birth was late on this date, check the year in the calculator rather than the printed range.
In 2024 at noon UTC, the Sun on December 20 is in the third decan of Sagittarius, the late 10 degrees of the sign. The triplicity sub-ruler of that slice is Sun.
The constellation behind the Sun on December 20 is Sagittarius. That is the true place of the Sun in the stars, and it is a separate fact from the astrological sign.
Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars still need a birth time and place. This page only settles the Sun sign.
Sign page: Sagittarius. Check this birthday in the zodiac calculator.
Questions
What zodiac sign is December 20?
December 20 is Sagittarius. These pages read the Sun at noon UTC, which is the same tropical sign the zodiac calculator reports for a birth at 12:00 UTC. From 1992 to 2032 that noon figure stays in Sagittarius. Use a birth time in the calculator if you were born near a nearby changeover.
Is December 20 a cusp birthday?
No. Noon UTC on December 20 stays in Sagittarius for every year checked. A sign change still sits nearby, on December 21 and December 22, so a late birth on this date can be worth a calculator check. The first and last days of November 22 to December 21 are the usual edge.
What is the December 20 star sign?
People searching for the December 20 star sign usually mean the Sun sign. On this page that is Sagittarius, a fire sign, mutable, ruled by Jupiter, in the late decan with Sun as the triplicity sub-ruler. Sagittarius dates are November 22 to December 21. The constellation behind the Sun is a separate fact.