Western tropical zodiac
The twelve zodiac signs
The zodiac is the band of sky the Sun appears to travel through over a year, divided into twelve equal signs. Your Sun sign is the one the Sun was in on the day you were born. Each sign has an element, a modality and a ruling planet, and those three facts explain most of what astrology says about it. Pick a sign to read what it is like — or find your Moon and rising signs, which are often different, with the free natal chart calculator.
March 21 – April 19
Aries
Cardinal fire · ruled by Mars
The sign that starts things — often before anyone else has noticed a start was needed.
April 20 – May 20
Taurus
Fixed earth · ruled by Venus
The sign that would rather build something slowly than win something fast.
May 21 – June 20
Gemini
Mutable air · ruled by Mercury
The sign that would rather understand three things lightly than one thing heavily.
June 21 – July 22
Cancer
Cardinal water · ruled by Moon
The sign that remembers everything and guards what it has decided to love.
July 23 – August 22
Leo
Fixed fire · ruled by Sun
The sign that treats its own life as something worth doing well, out loud.
August 23 – September 22
Virgo
Mutable earth · ruled by Mercury
The sign that notices the detail everyone else is going to regret missing.
September 23 – October 22
Libra
Cardinal air · ruled by Venus
The sign that can see every side, and pays for it every time it has to choose.
October 23 – November 21
Scorpio
Fixed water · ruled by Pluto
The sign that would rather know the truth than be comfortable — and usually does.
November 22 – December 21
Sagittarius
Mutable fire · ruled by Jupiter
The sign that is already halfway to the horizon while you are still explaining the map.
December 22 – January 19
Capricorn
Cardinal earth · ruled by Saturn
The sign that is playing a longer game than anyone else in the room.
January 20 – February 18
Aquarius
Fixed air · ruled by Uranus
The sign that stands a little outside the group in order to see what the group needs.
February 19 – March 20
Pisces
Mutable water · ruled by Neptune
The sign with the thinnest walls between itself and everything else.
Go deeper than the Sun sign
Astrology is a lens for reflection, not a guarantee of outcomes — use it for insight into yourself, not as a substitute for professional advice.