Born on June 17

June 17 zodiac sign

If you were born on June 17, your Sun sign is Gemini.

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On June 17 the Sun stands between 24° and 27° Gemini, in the 3rd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 17, wherever in the world you were born.

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Your birthday star

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse gets its yearly visit from the Sun on June 20, 3 days after your birthday. The red shoulder of Orion, a giant star close to the end of its life. Astrologers have always called it one of the luckiest stars in the sky.

Betelgeuse sits at 29° Gemini.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On June 17 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, even though the sign is Gemini. 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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June 17 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on June 17, 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
1940Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:34CancerCancer
1941Pisces, then Aries from 01:31CancerCancer
1942Cancer, then Leo from 01:20Gemini, retrogradeTaurus
1943SagittariusGeminiLeo
1944TaurusGeminiGemini
1945Virgo, then Libra from 22:07GeminiTaurus
1946Capricorn, then Aquarius from 20:16CancerCancer
1947Taurus, then Gemini from 02:22CancerGemini
1948ScorpioCancer, retrogradeCancer
1949PiscesGeminiCancer
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950CancerGeminiTaurus
1951Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 17:27GeminiLeo
1952Aries, then Taurus from 13:11CancerGemini
1953Leo, then Virgo from 03:37CancerTaurus
1954CapricornCancerCancer
1955TaurusGemini, retrogradeGemini
1956LibraGeminiCancer
1957AquariusGeminiCancer
1958Gemini, then Cancer from 16:04GeminiTaurus
1959ScorpioCancerLeo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960AriesCancerGemini
1961LeoCancer, retrogradeTaurus
1962SagittariusGemini, retrogradeLeo
1963Aries, then Taurus from 10:55GeminiGemini
1964Virgo, then Libra from 06:54GeminiCancer
1965Capricorn, then Aquarius from 04:52CancerCancer
1966GeminiCancerTaurus
1967LibraCancerLeo
1968PiscesGemini, retrogradeGemini
1969CancerGeminiTaurus
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:39GeminiLeo
1971AriesGeminiGemini
1972VirgoCancerGemini
1973CapricornCancerCancer
1974TaurusCancerTaurus
1975LibraGemini, retrogradeLeo
1976Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:44GeminiGemini
1977Gemini, then Cancer from 03:29GeminiTaurus
1978ScorpioGeminiLeo
1979Pisces, then Aries from 12:53CancerGemini
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980LeoCancerGemini
1981Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 22:21Cancer, retrogradeCancer
1982Aries, then Taurus from 11:07GeminiTaurus
1983VirgoGeminiLeo
1984AquariusGeminiGemini
1985GeminiCancerTaurus
1986LibraCancerLeo
1987PiscesCancerGemini
1988Cancer, then Leo from 06:58Gemini, retrogradeGemini
1989Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 02:13GeminiCancer
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990AriesGeminiTaurus
1991Leo, then Virgo from 04:03GeminiLeo
1992CapricornCancerGemini
1993Taurus, then Gemini from 21:12CancerTaurus
1994Virgo, then Libra from 03:49Cancer, retrogradeLeo
1995Aquarius, then Pisces from 19:13GeminiGemini
1996CancerGeminiGemini
1997ScorpioGeminiCancer
1998Pisces, then Aries from 17:23CancerTaurus
1999LeoCancerLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 06:27CancerGemini
2001Aries, then Taurus from 02:39Gemini, retrogradeTaurus
2002VirgoGeminiLeo
2003Capricorn, then Aquarius from 00:42GeminiGemini
2004GeminiGeminiGemini
2005Libra, then Scorpio from 21:24CancerCancer
2006PiscesCancerTaurus
2007Cancer, then Leo from 17:25Cancer, retrogradeLeo
2008SagittariusGemini, retrogradeGemini
2009AriesGeminiTaurus
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Leo, then Virgo from 05:41GeminiLeo
2011CapricornCancerGemini
2012Taurus, then Gemini from 05:24CancerGemini
2013Virgo, then Libra from 01:19CancerCancer
2014Aquarius, then Pisces from 18:26Gemini, retrogradeTaurus
2015CancerGeminiLeo
2016ScorpioGeminiGemini
2017Pisces, then Aries from 17:55GeminiTaurus
2018LeoCancerLeo
2019Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 16:14CancerGemini
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020TaurusCancerGemini
2021VirgoGemini, retrogradeCancer
2022AquariusGeminiTaurus
2023GeminiGeminiLeo
2024Libra, then Scorpio from 06:38CancerCancer
2025PiscesCancerTaurus

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 June 17

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on June 17, Greenwich time.

  • 2038, penumbral lunar eclipse at 02:43

How common is a June 17 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,253 babies were born on June 17 each year. That makes it number 136 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% more than an average day.

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The Gemini in you

Your gift

Curiosity that turns strangers into friends and quiet rooms into conversations.

Your growing edge

Depth. With so many doors open, it can be hard to walk all the way through one.

Your decan, the third part of Gemini

Ruled by Uranus

Uranus electrifies the Gemini mind. Your ideas arrive ahead of their time, and you are drawn to whatever is new, strange or still being invented.

Read about the third decan of Gemini

Questions about June 17

What zodiac sign is June 17?

If you were born on June 17, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is June 17 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Gemini all day on June 17 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Gemini.

What is the birthday star for June 17?

Betelgeuse gets its yearly visit from the Sun on June 20, 3 days after your birthday. The red shoulder of Orion, a giant star close to the end of its life. Astrologers have always called it one of the luckiest stars in the sky.

What was the Moon sign on June 17?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On June 17 2025 the Moon was in Pisces, and on June 17 2023 it was in Gemini. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on June 17?

On June 17 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, even though the sign is Gemini. 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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