January 3 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
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- Date
- January 3
- Sun sign
- Capricorn
- Usual range
- December 22 to January 19
- Place in sign
- middle, decan 2
- Sub-ruler
- Venus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Changeover
- No
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
January 3 is Capricorn. At noon UTC, the Sun was in Capricorn in every year of the 41 years from 1992 to 2032. Anyone born on January 3 has Capricorn as a Sun sign.
Capricorn dates are December 22 to January 19. January 3 falls in the middle part of Capricorn. It is an earth sign, cardinal, ruled by Saturn. Patient, ambitious, serious about the long game.
In 2024 at noon UTC, the Sun on January 3 is in the second decan of Capricorn, the middle 10 degrees of the sign. The triplicity sub-ruler of that slice is Venus.
The constellation behind the Sun on January 3 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: Capricorn. Check this birthday in the zodiac calculator.
Questions
What zodiac sign is January 3?
January 3 is Capricorn. 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 Capricorn. Use a birth time in the calculator if you were born near a nearby changeover.
Is January 3 a cusp birthday?
No. Noon UTC on January 3 stays in Capricorn for every year from 1992 to 2032. A cusp in this system is a day when the Sun actually changes sign, which this date does not. Edge days of December 22 to January 19 are the ones that still need a year and a clock.
What is the January 3 star sign?
People searching for the January 3 star sign usually mean the Sun sign. On this page that is Capricorn, an earth sign, cardinal, ruled by Saturn, in the middle decan with Venus as the triplicity sub-ruler. Capricorn dates are December 22 to January 19. The constellation behind the Sun is a separate fact.