Sagittarius Zodiac Sign: Dates, Traits and Ruling Planet
- Usual dates
- November 22 to December 21
- Element
- Fire
- Mode
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
Dates and the edge days
Sagittarius dates are November 22 to December 21. November 22 and December 21 are the edge days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun on either side of the change. The calculator checks that moment instead of trusting the printed range.
Element, mode, and ruler
Sagittarius is a fire sign, and it is mutable. Sagittarius is mutable fire and closes the northern autumn. Mutable signs are the ones the tradition describes as looking past the season they are ending. Restless, frank, drawn to a bigger horizon.
Jupiter is the traditional ruler. Textbooks use Jupiter for wideness: travel, belief, and a blunt kind of optimism. It is a symbol attached to the sign, not a planet you need to see to have this Sun sign. Sagittarius is the archer, half human and half horse in the old drawings. The inherited meaning is frank speech, a pull toward far places, and a dislike of small limits. Fire supplies the heat in this system, and the mutable quality supplies the restlessness. None of that is a forecast for a trip.
Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon is described as feelings that lift when there is a horizon, a joke, or a reason to leave the usual room. The tradition says a closed plan makes this Moon impatient. Calculate the Moon separately if you want the placement rather than the story.
Sagittarius rising
Sagittarius rising is the textbook first impression of an open stride and a direct remark. The ascendant is local. Two cities on the same clock can disagree, which is why the calculator asks for the birth place.
Sign and constellation
The constellation Sagittarius sits toward the center of the Milky Way. A familiar part of it is the Teapot, a small pattern of bright stars. The sign ends around the December solstice.
Calculators
For the Sun sign, use the zodiac calculator. The Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars calculators answer a different question, and the Sagittarius horoscope is a separate daily note on the same sign.
Zodiac sign calculator · Moon · Rising · Sagittarius horoscope
Dates usually counted as Sagittarius
November 22 · November 23 · November 24 · November 25 · November 26 · November 27 · November 28 · November 29 · November 30 · December 1 · December 2 · December 3 · December 4 · December 5 · December 6 · December 7 · December 8 · December 9 · December 10 · December 11 · December 12 · December 13 · December 14 · December 15 · December 16 · December 17 · December 18 · December 19 · December 20 · December 21
Questions
What are Sagittarius dates?
Sagittarius dates are November 22 to December 21 in the usual tropical calendar. Those two edges are changeover days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun in Sagittarius or in the neighboring sign. Each date page below uses noon UTC, the same engine as the zodiac calculator, so you can see whether that birthday stays in Sagittarius.
What month is Sagittarius?
Sagittarius season sits in November and December. It does not fill either month on its own. November 22 is the usual start, and December 21 is the usual last day, with a clock time that shifts a little each year. Use the date list on this page, or the November and December birthday hubs.
When does Sagittarius season start?
Sagittarius season usually starts on November 22. That is the calendar day when the Sun is treated as entering Sagittarius, but the exact minute depends on the year. The zodiac calculator uses the same tropical longitude as these pages. If the birthday is November 22 or December 21, check the year rather than the printed range.