Born on December 1

December 1 zodiac sign

If you were born on December 1, your Sun sign is Sagittarius.

The archer, aiming past the darkest days toward the light.

FireMutableJupiter

On December 1 the Sun stands between 7° and 10° Sagittarius, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 1, 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

Antares

The day after your birthday, December 2, is when the Sun meets Antares each year. The red heart of the Scorpion, whose name means rival of Mars. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the West. A star of passion and fearless courage.

Antares sits at 10° Sagittarius.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On December 1 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, even though the sign is Sagittarius. 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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December 1 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Sagittarius on December 1, 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
1940CapricornScorpioScorpio
1941TaurusScorpioCapricorn
1942VirgoSagittariusSagittarius
1943Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:02SagittariusLibra
1944Gemini, then Cancer from 15:17SagittariusCapricorn
1945Libra, then Scorpio from 04:43Sagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
1946Aquarius, then Pisces from 04:30ScorpioScorpio
1947CancerScorpioCapricorn
1948SagittariusSagittariusScorpio
1949AriesSagittariusCapricorn
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Leo, then Virgo from 21:54SagittariusSagittarius
1951CapricornSagittariusLibra
1952GeminiSagittarius, retrogradeCapricorn
1953LibraScorpioScorpio
1954AquariusScorpioScorpio
1955Gemini, then Cancer from 05:47SagittariusCapricorn
1956Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 12:59SagittariusScorpio
1957Pisces, then Aries from 05:57SagittariusCapricorn
1958LeoSagittarius, retrogradeSagittarius
1959Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 20:11Scorpio, retrogradeLibra
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960TaurusScorpioCapricorn
1961VirgoSagittariusScorpio
1962Capricorn, then Aquarius from 14:26SagittariusScorpio
1963GeminiSagittariusCapricorn
1964ScorpioCapricornScorpio
1965PiscesSagittarius, retrogradeCapricorn
1966CancerScorpioSagittarius
1967Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 02:10ScorpioLibra
1968Aries, then Taurus from 08:58SagittariusCapricorn
1969Leo, then Virgo from 08:14SagittariusScorpio
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970CapricornSagittariusScorpio
1971Taurus, then Gemini from 16:26SagittariusCapricorn
1972LibraScorpio, retrogradeScorpio
1973AquariusScorpioCapricorn
1974Gemini, then Cancer from 06:22ScorpioSagittarius
1975ScorpioSagittariusLibra
1976AriesSagittariusCapricorn
1977LeoCapricornScorpio
1978Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 20:44Sagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
1979TaurusScorpioCapricorn
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Virgo, then Libra from 07:14ScorpioScorpio
1981Capricorn, then Aquarius from 07:09SagittariusCapricorn
1982GeminiSagittariusSagittarius
1983Libra, then Scorpio from 09:41SagittariusLibra
1984PiscesSagittariusCapricorn
1985CancerSagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
1986Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 02:09ScorpioScorpio
1987AriesScorpioCapricorn
1988VirgoSagittariusScorpio
1989CapricornSagittariusCapricorn
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Taurus, then Gemini from 16:23SagittariusSagittarius
1991LibraSagittarius, retrogradeLibra
1992Aquarius, then Pisces from 09:24ScorpioCapricorn
1993Gemini, then Cancer from 02:17ScorpioScorpio
1994ScorpioSagittariusScorpio
1995Pisces, then Aries from 00:51SagittariusCapricorn
1996LeoSagittariusScorpio
1997Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 18:39CapricornCapricorn
1998TaurusSagittarius, retrogradeSagittarius
1999Virgo, then Libra from 17:30ScorpioLibra
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000AquariusScorpioCapricorn
2001GeminiSagittariusScorpio
2002Libra, then Scorpio from 11:16SagittariusScorpio
2003PiscesSagittariusCapricorn
2004Cancer, then Leo from 10:50Sagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
2005SagittariusScorpio, retrogradeCapricorn
2006AriesScorpioSagittarius
2007VirgoScorpioLibra
2008CapricornSagittariusCapricorn
2009Taurus, then Gemini from 14:24SagittariusScorpio
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010LibraCapricornScorpio
2011Aquarius, then Pisces from 14:46Sagittarius, retrogradeCapricorn
2012CancerScorpioScorpio
2013ScorpioScorpioCapricorn
2014Pisces, then Aries from 01:14SagittariusSagittarius
2015LeoSagittariusLibra
2016Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 08:53SagittariusCapricorn
2017TaurusSagittariusSagittarius
2018Virgo, then Libra from 14:49Scorpio, retrogradeLibra
2019AquariusScorpioCapricorn
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020GeminiScorpioScorpio
2021Libra, then Scorpio from 11:56SagittariusCapricorn
2022PiscesSagittariusSagittarius
2023Cancer, then Leo from 16:01SagittariusLibra
2024SagittariusSagittarius, retrogradeCapricorn
2025AriesScorpioSagittarius

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

How common is a December 1 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,251 babies were born on December 1 each year. That makes it number 137 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% more than an average day.

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The Sagittarius in you

Your gift

Faith in life, even when life is hard.

Your growing edge

Staying. The next horizon always calls, and sometimes the treasure is right where you are.

Your decan, the first part of Sagittarius

Ruled by Jupiter

Jupiter keeps the first decan for itself, so the archer's appetite comes in extra large. Generous, wise and restless, you grow by exploring, and you take others with you.

Read about the first decan of Sagittarius

Questions about December 1

What zodiac sign is December 1?

If you were born on December 1, your Sun sign is Sagittarius.

Is December 1 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Sagittarius all day on December 1 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Sagittarius.

What is the birthday star for December 1?

The day after your birthday, December 2, is when the Sun meets Antares each year. The red heart of the Scorpion, whose name means rival of Mars. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the West. A star of passion and fearless courage.

What was the Moon sign on December 1?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On December 1 2025 the Moon was in Aries, and on December 1 2024 it was in Sagittarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on December 1?

On December 1 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, even though the sign is Sagittarius. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

Everything about SagittariusExact Sagittarius dates every yearAll birthdays

Your Sun sign is one star in a whole sky. Your Moon and rising sign tell the rest of your story.

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