Born on March 23

March 23 zodiac sign

If you were born on March 23, your Sun sign is Aries.

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

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On March 23 the Sun stands between 1° and 4° Aries, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 23, wherever in the world you were born.

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.

Birth time

Your birthday star

Scheat

The Sun reaches Scheat on March 20 every year, 3 days before your birthday. The leg of Pegasus, sitting on the very last degree of the zodiac. A star of free thinkers and inventors.

Scheat sits at 29° Pisces.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On March 23 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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March 23 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Aries on March 23, 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
1940Virgo, then Libra from 14:48Pisces, retrogradeTaurus
1941AquariusPiscesPisces
1942GeminiPiscesAquarius
1943LibraPiscesTaurus
1944PiscesAriesPisces
1945Cancer, then Leo from 03:32AriesTaurus
1946Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 00:31Aries, retrogradeAries
1947AriesPiscesAquarius
1948VirgoPiscesTaurus
1949Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:11PiscesPisces
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Taurus, then Gemini from 21:28PiscesAquarius
1951Virgo, then Libra from 07:21AriesTaurus
1952Aquarius, then Pisces from 09:39AriesPisces
1953CancerPisces, retrogradeTaurus
1954ScorpioPiscesAries
1955Pisces, then Aries from 23:10PiscesAquarius
1956Leo, then Virgo from 23:53PiscesTaurus
1957Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 00:34AriesPisces
1958Aries, then Taurus from 00:16AriesAquarius
1959VirgoAries, retrogradeTaurus
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960AquariusPisces, retrogradePisces
1961Gemini, then Cancer from 20:23PiscesAries
1962Libra, then Scorpio from 19:29PiscesAries
1963Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:05PiscesAquarius
1964Cancer, then Leo from 00:15AriesTaurus
1965SagittariusAriesPisces
1966AriesPisces, retrogradeAquarius
1967Leo, then Virgo from 20:09PiscesTaurus
1968Capricorn, then Aquarius from 14:17PiscesPisces
1969Taurus, then Gemini from 02:13PiscesAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970LibraAriesAries
1971AquariusAriesAquarius
1972CancerAries, retrogradeTaurus
1973Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:27Pisces, retrogradePisces
1974Pisces, then Aries from 16:03PiscesAquarius
1975Cancer, then Leo from 00:32PiscesTaurus
1976CapricornPiscesPisces
1977TaurusAriesAries
1978VirgoAriesAries
1979Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:52Aries, retrogradeAquarius
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Gemini, then Cancer from 06:56PiscesTaurus
1981Libra, then Scorpio from 03:14PiscesPisces
1982PiscesPiscesAquarius
1983CancerPiscesTaurus
1984SagittariusAriesPisces
1985Aries, then Taurus from 23:07AriesAries
1986Leo, then Virgo from 14:40Pisces, retrogradeAries
1987CapricornPiscesAquarius
1988GeminiPiscesTaurus
1989LibraPiscesPisces
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990AquariusAriesAquarius
1991Gemini, then Cancer from 02:28AriesTaurus
1992Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 05:13Aries, retrogradePisces
1993Pisces, then Aries from 01:52PiscesAries
1994LeoPiscesAries
1995Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 15:32PiscesAquarius
1996TaurusPiscesTaurus
1997Virgo, then Libra from 21:36AriesAries
1998Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:02AriesAquarius
1999GeminiPisces, retrogradeTaurus
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000ScorpioPiscesPisces
2001PiscesPiscesAries
2002CancerPiscesAries
2003SagittariusAriesAquarius
2004Aries, then Taurus from 06:10AriesTaurus
2005Leo, then Virgo from 01:11Aries, retrogradeAries
2006CapricornPisces, retrogradeAquarius
2007Taurus, then Gemini from 06:07PiscesTaurus
2008LibraPiscesPisces
2009Aquarius, then Pisces from 21:09PiscesAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Gemini, then Cancer from 06:16AriesAries
2011Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 20:46AriesAquarius
2012AriesAries, retrogradeTaurus
2013LeoPiscesAries
2014Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 20:03PiscesAquarius
2015TaurusPiscesTaurus
2016Virgo, then Libra from 05:24AriesPisces
2017Capricorn, then Aquarius from 02:29AriesAries
2018GeminiAries, retrogradeAries
2019Libra, then Scorpio from 02:17Pisces, retrogradeAquarius
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020PiscesPiscesTaurus
2021Cancer, then Leo from 21:57PiscesAries
2022SagittariusPiscesAquarius
2023Aries, then Taurus from 18:42AriesTaurus
2024VirgoAriesPisces
2025CapricornAries, retrogradeAries

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 March 23

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on March 23, Greenwich time.

  • 1940, penumbral lunar eclipse at 19:47
  • 1951, penumbral lunar eclipse at 10:37
  • 2016, penumbral lunar eclipse at 11:47

How common is a March 23 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,739 babies were born on March 23 each year. That makes it number 322 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 4% fewer 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 first part of Aries

Ruled by Mars

Mars rules this decan as well as the sign, so you get Aries at full strength. Direct, quick and honest to a fault, you would rather try and fail than wait and wonder.

Read about the first decan of Aries

Questions about March 23

What zodiac sign is March 23?

If you were born on March 23, your Sun sign is Aries.

Is March 23 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Aries all day on March 23 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is an Aries.

What is the birthday star for March 23?

The Sun reaches Scheat on March 20 every year, 3 days before your birthday. The leg of Pegasus, sitting on the very last degree of the zodiac. A star of free thinkers and inventors.

What was the Moon sign on March 23?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On March 23 2025 the Moon was in Capricorn, and on March 23 2024 it was in Virgo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on March 23?

On March 23 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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