Born on December 22

December 22 zodiac sign

If you were born on December 22, your Sun sign is Sagittarius or Capricorn. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

Born at the turning of the light, climbing toward the coming spring.

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On December 22 the Sun is crossing the last degree of Sagittarius into the first degree of Capricorn.

In 88% of years the Sun had already reached Capricorn by midday on December 22 in Greenwich. Your exact birth year, time and place decide which side you were born on.

Find your exact Sun degree

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

Kaus Australis

Kaus Australis gets its yearly visit from the Sun on December 27, 5 days after your birthday. The bow of the Archer, drawn back toward the heart of our galaxy. A star of aim and focus, for people who know exactly what they want.

Kaus Australis sits at 5° Capricorn.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On December 22 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Sagittarius, the archer, even though the sign is Capricorn. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

See the real sky behind your whole chart

December 22 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving too. 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
1940Virgo, then Libra from 01:37SagittariusSagittarius
1941Aquarius, then Pisces from 20:33CapricornAquarius
1942Gemini, then Cancer from 14:46CapricornCapricorn
1943Libra, then Scorpio from 11:46CapricornScorpio
1944Pisces, then Aries from 14:43Capricorn, retrogradeAquarius
1945LeoSagittariusSagittarius
1946SagittariusSagittariusScorpio
1947AriesSagittariusCapricorn
1948VirgoCapricornSagittarius
1949Capricorn, then Aquarius from 02:25CapricornAquarius
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950GeminiCapricornCapricorn
1951LibraSagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
1952PiscesSagittariusAquarius
1953Cancer, then Leo from 20:23SagittariusSagittarius
1954Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:35SagittariusScorpio
1955Pisces, then Aries from 10:06CapricornCapricorn
1956Leo, then Virgo from 02:56CapricornSagittarius
1957CapricornCapricorn, retrogradeAquarius
1958TaurusSagittariusCapricorn
1959VirgoSagittariusScorpio
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Aquarius, then Pisces from 16:48SagittariusAquarius
1961Gemini, then Cancer from 00:50CapricornSagittarius
1962ScorpioCapricornScorpio
1963PiscesCapricornCapricorn
1964LeoSagittarius, retrogradeSagittarius
1965Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 19:27SagittariusAquarius
1966Aries, then Taurus from 15:08SagittariusCapricorn
1967Leo, then Virgo from 02:21SagittariusScorpio
1968AquariusCapricornAquarius
1969GeminiCapricornSagittarius
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970LibraCapricorn, retrogradeScorpio
1971Aquarius, then Pisces from 17:10Sagittarius, retrogradeCapricorn
1972Cancer, then Leo from 12:34SagittariusSagittarius
1973SagittariusSagittariusAquarius
1974AriesCapricornCapricorn
1975LeoCapricornScorpio
1976CapricornCapricornAquarius
1977Taurus, then Gemini from 16:52Sagittarius, retrogradeSagittarius
1978Virgo, then Libra from 16:40SagittariusScorpio
1979AquariusSagittariusCapricorn
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980CancerSagittariusSagittarius
1981ScorpioCapricornAquarius
1982PiscesCapricornCapricorn
1983Cancer, then Leo from 07:44Capricorn, retrogradeScorpio
1984Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 10:21Sagittarius, retrogradeAquarius
1985TaurusSagittariusSagittarius
1986VirgoSagittariusScorpio
1987Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:20SagittariusAquarius
1988GeminiCapricornSagittarius
1989Libra, then Scorpio from 16:19CapricornAquarius
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Aquarius, then Pisces from 13:48Capricorn, retrogradeCapricorn
1991CancerSagittariusScorpio
1992SagittariusSagittariusAquarius
1993AriesSagittariusSagittarius
1994LeoCapricornScorpio
1995Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 02:46CapricornAquarius
1996Taurus, then Gemini from 05:18CapricornSagittarius
1997LibraSagittarius, retrogradeAquarius
1998AquariusSagittariusCapricorn
1999Gemini, then Cancer from 16:53SagittariusScorpio
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:58SagittariusAquarius
2001Pisces, then Aries from 18:46CapricornSagittarius
2002Cancer, then Leo from 06:49CapricornScorpio
2003SagittariusCapricorn, retrogradeAquarius
2004TaurusSagittariusSagittarius
2005VirgoSagittariusAquarius
2006Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:49SagittariusCapricorn
2007GeminiCapricornScorpio
2008ScorpioCapricornAquarius
2009PiscesCapricornSagittarius
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010CancerSagittarius, retrogradeScorpio
2011Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 12:03SagittariusAquarius
2012Aries, then Taurus from 18:26SagittariusSagittarius
2013Leo, then Virgo from 19:19SagittariusCapricorn
2014Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:26CapricornCapricorn
2015TaurusCapricornScorpio
2016LibraCapricorn, retrogradeAquarius
2017AquariusSagittarius, retrogradeSagittarius
2018Gemini, then Cancer from 16:28SagittariusScorpio
2019ScorpioSagittariusAquarius
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020AriesCapricornSagittarius
2021LeoCapricornCapricorn
2022SagittariusCapricornCapricorn
2023Aries, then Taurus from 02:51Capricorn, retrogradeScorpio
2024Virgo, then Libra from 19:08SagittariusAquarius
2025Capricorn, then Aquarius from 15:52SagittariusSagittarius

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 22 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,388 babies were born on December 22 each year. That makes it number 107 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 2% more than an average day.

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The Capricorn in you

Your gift

Resilience. You make long, patient work look effortless.

Your growing edge

Rest. You may need permission to stop climbing, so take it.

Your decan, the first part of Capricorn

Ruled by Saturn

Saturn is in charge of the sign and its opening decan alike. Ambitious, responsible and drily funny, you were old as a child and grow younger with age.

Read about the first decan of Capricorn

Born before the Sun reached Capricorn? Your story still belongs to Sagittarius. Read your Sagittarius birthday

When the Sun changed sign, year by year

Every year the Sun crossed from Sagittarius into Capricorn around December 22. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so add or subtract your birthplace's offset. Find your year to see which side you were born on.

1930Dec 22, 13:39
1931Dec 22, 19:29
1932Dec 22, 01:14
1933Dec 22, 06:57
1934Dec 22, 12:49
1935Dec 22, 18:36
1936Dec 22, 00:26
1937Dec 22, 06:21
1938Dec 22, 12:13
1939Dec 22, 18:05
1940Dec 21, 23:54
1941Dec 22, 05:44
1942Dec 22, 11:39
1943Dec 22, 17:29
1944Dec 21, 23:15
1945Dec 22, 05:03
1946Dec 22, 10:53
1947Dec 22, 16:42
1948Dec 21, 22:33
1949Dec 22, 04:23
1950Dec 22, 10:13
1951Dec 22, 16:00
1952Dec 21, 21:43
1953Dec 22, 03:31
1954Dec 22, 09:24
1955Dec 22, 15:11
1956Dec 21, 20:59
1957Dec 22, 02:49
1958Dec 22, 08:39
1959Dec 22, 14:34
1960Dec 21, 20:26
1961Dec 22, 02:19
1962Dec 22, 08:14
1963Dec 22, 14:01
1964Dec 21, 19:49
1965Dec 22, 01:40
1966Dec 22, 07:28
1967Dec 22, 13:16
1968Dec 21, 19:00
1969Dec 22, 00:43
1970Dec 22, 06:35
1971Dec 22, 12:23
1972Dec 21, 18:13
1973Dec 22, 00:08
1974Dec 22, 05:55
1975Dec 22, 11:45
1976Dec 21, 17:35
1977Dec 21, 23:22
1978Dec 22, 05:20
1979Dec 22, 11:09
1980Dec 21, 16:56
1981Dec 21, 22:50
1982Dec 22, 04:37
1983Dec 22, 10:30
1984Dec 21, 16:23
1985Dec 21, 22:08
1986Dec 22, 04:01
1987Dec 22, 09:46
1988Dec 21, 15:28
1989Dec 21, 21:22
1990Dec 22, 03:06
1991Dec 22, 08:53
1992Dec 21, 14:43
1993Dec 21, 20:26
1994Dec 22, 02:22
1995Dec 22, 08:17
1996Dec 21, 14:06
1997Dec 21, 20:07
1998Dec 22, 01:56
1999Dec 22, 07:44
2000Dec 21, 13:37
2001Dec 21, 19:21
2002Dec 22, 01:14
2003Dec 22, 07:03
2004Dec 21, 12:41
2005Dec 21, 18:35
2006Dec 22, 00:21
2007Dec 22, 06:07
2008Dec 21, 12:03
2009Dec 21, 17:46
2010Dec 21, 23:38
2011Dec 22, 05:30
2012Dec 21, 11:11
2013Dec 21, 17:11
2014Dec 21, 23:02
2015Dec 22, 04:48
2016Dec 21, 10:44
2017Dec 21, 16:28
2018Dec 21, 22:22
2019Dec 22, 04:19
2020Dec 21, 10:02
2021Dec 21, 15:59
2022Dec 21, 21:47
2023Dec 22, 03:27
2025Dec 21, 15:03
2026Dec 21, 20:50
2027Dec 22, 02:42
2029Dec 21, 14:14
2030Dec 21, 20:09
2031Dec 22, 01:55
2033Dec 21, 13:45
2034Dec 21, 19:34
2035Dec 22, 01:30
2037Dec 21, 13:07
2038Dec 21, 19:02
2039Dec 22, 00:40
2041Dec 21, 12:18
2042Dec 21, 18:04
2043Dec 22, 00:01
2045Dec 21, 11:35
2046Dec 21, 17:28
2047Dec 21, 23:07
2049Dec 21, 10:52
2050Dec 21, 16:38

Questions about December 22

What zodiac sign is December 22?

If you were born on December 22, your Sun sign is Sagittarius or Capricorn. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

Is December 22 a cusp birthday?

Yes. The Sun moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn around this day, at a different hour each year, so people born on December 22 can be either sign. Check your birth year above to see which you are.

What is the birthday star for December 22?

Kaus Australis gets its yearly visit from the Sun on December 27, 5 days after your birthday. The bow of the Archer, drawn back toward the heart of our galaxy. A star of aim and focus, for people who know exactly what they want.

What was the Moon sign on December 22?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On December 22 2022 the Moon was in Sagittarius, and on December 22 2021 it was in Leo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on December 22?

On December 22 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Sagittarius, the archer, even though the sign is Capricorn. 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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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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