Born on April 4

April 4 zodiac sign

If you were born on April 4, your Sun sign is Aries.

The first spark of the zodiac, born as the year begins again.

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On April 4 the Sun stands between 13° and 15° Aries, in the 2nd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 4, wherever in the world you were born.

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Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

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Your birthday star

Alpheratz

Each year the Sun meets Alpheratz on your birthday. The star where the winged horse touches Andromeda, the chained princess. Its old gift is freedom, and a love of the open road.

Alpheratz sits at 14° Aries.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On April 4 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Pisces, the fishes, even though the sign is Aries. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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April 4 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Aries on April 4, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940PiscesPiscesTaurus
1941CancerPiscesAries
1942Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:05PiscesAquarius
1943AriesAriesTaurus
1944Leo, then Virgo from 15:49TaurusPisces
1945Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 13:52Aries, retrogradeTaurus
1946TaurusPisces, retrogradeAries
1947Virgo, then Libra from 12:40PiscesPisces
1948AquariusPiscesTaurus
1949GeminiAriesAries
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Libra, then Scorpio from 00:36AriesAquarius
1951PiscesTaurusTaurus
1952LeoAries, retrogradePisces
1953SagittariusPiscesAries
1954Aries, then Taurus from 14:43PiscesTaurus
1955VirgoPiscesPisces
1956Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:25AriesGemini
1957Taurus, then Gemini from 07:31AriesAries
1958LibraTaurusAquarius
1959Aquarius, then Pisces from 06:23Aries, retrogradeTaurus
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960CancerPiscesPisces
1961Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:34PiscesAries
1962AriesAriesTaurus
1963LeoAriesPisces
1964CapricornTaurusGemini
1965TaurusAries, retrogradeAries
1966Virgo, then Libra from 10:40PiscesAquarius
1967AquariusPiscesTaurus
1968Gemini, then Cancer from 19:13PiscesPisces
1969Libra, then Scorpio from 00:23AriesAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970PiscesAriesTaurus
1971Cancer, then Leo from 02:06TaurusPisces
1972SagittariusAries, retrogradeGemini
1973Aries, then Taurus from 14:59PiscesAries
1974VirgoPiscesAquarius
1975Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:45PiscesTaurus
1976GeminiAriesPisces
1977LibraTaurusAries
1978Aquarius, then Pisces from 03:21Aries, retrogradeTaurus
1979CancerPisces, retrogradePisces
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 16:35PiscesGemini
1981AriesPiscesAries
1982Leo, then Virgo from 18:19AriesAquarius
1983Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 02:30AriesTaurus
1984TaurusTaurusPisces
1985Virgo, then Libra from 10:54Aries, retrogradeAries
1986AquariusPiscesTaurus
1987Gemini, then Cancer from 23:34PiscesPisces
1988ScorpioPiscesGemini
1989PiscesAriesAries
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990LeoTaurusAquarius
1991SagittariusAriesTaurus
1992Aries, then Taurus from 11:18Pisces, retrogradePisces
1993VirgoPiscesAries
1994Capricorn, then Aquarius from 09:46PiscesTaurus
1995Taurus, then Gemini from 04:50AriesPisces
1996LibraAriesGemini
1997Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:43TaurusAries
1998CancerAries, retrogradeAquarius
1999ScorpioPiscesTaurus
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000AriesPiscesPisces
2001Leo, then Virgo from 19:47PiscesAries
2002CapricornAriesTaurus
2003TaurusAriesPisces
2004Virgo, then Libra from 07:53TaurusGemini
2005AquariusAries, retrogradeAries
2006Gemini, then Cancer from 06:15PiscesAquarius
2007Libra, then Scorpio from 04:36PiscesTaurus
2008PiscesAriesPisces
2009LeoAriesAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010SagittariusTaurusTaurus
2011Aries, then Taurus from 23:46Aries, retrogradePisces
2012VirgoPiscesGemini
2013Capricorn, then Aquarius from 08:42PiscesAries
2014GeminiPiscesAquarius
2015LibraAriesTaurus
2016Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:46AriesPisces
2017Cancer, then Leo from 22:14TaurusPisces
2018Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:55Aries, retrogradeTaurus
2019Pisces, then Aries from 02:57PiscesPisces
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Leo, then Virgo from 21:19PiscesGemini
2021CapricornAriesAries
2022TaurusAriesAquarius
2023Virgo, then Libra from 21:52TaurusTaurus
2024AquariusAries, retrogradePisces
2025CancerPisces, retrogradePisces

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

Eclipses on April 4

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on April 4, Greenwich time.

  • 1958, penumbral lunar eclipse at 03:59
  • 1977, partial lunar eclipse at 04:18
  • 1996, total lunar eclipse at 00:09
  • 2015, total lunar eclipse at 12:00

How common is a April 4 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,219 babies were born on April 4 each year. That makes it number 144 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% more than an average day.

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The Aries in you

Your gift

Courage. Stand next to you for five minutes and people find they are braver too.

Your growing edge

Patience. The fire that starts everything can burn out before the finish, so your work is learning to stay.

Your decan, the second part of Aries

Ruled by the Sun

Here the Sun lends Aries its warmth and a love of the spotlight. Your courage wants an audience, and a cause worth being brave for.

Read about the second decan of Aries

Questions about April 4

What zodiac sign is April 4?

If you were born on April 4, your Sun sign is Aries.

Is April 4 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Aries all day on April 4 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is an Aries.

What is the birthday star for April 4?

Each year the Sun meets Alpheratz on your birthday. The star where the winged horse touches Andromeda, the chained princess. Its old gift is freedom, and a love of the open road.

What was the Moon sign on April 4?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On April 4 2025 the Moon was in Cancer, and on April 4 2024 it was in Aquarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on April 4?

On April 4 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Pisces, the fishes, even though the sign is Aries. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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