Born on September 2

September 2 zodiac sign

If you were born on September 2, your Sun sign is Virgo.

The harvest season, gathering, sorting and making things whole.

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On September 2 the Sun stands between 8° and 11° Virgo, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 2, 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

Zosma

Zosma gets its yearly visit from the Sun on September 4, 2 days after your birthday. The back of the Lion. A star for people who carry weight for others, and grow strong doing it.

Zosma sits at 11° Virgo.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On September 2 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Leo, the lion, even though the sign is Virgo. 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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September 2 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Virgo on September 2, 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
1940VirgoVirgoCancer
1941Capricorn, then Aquarius from 11:39VirgoLibra
1942GeminiLibraLeo
1943LibraLibraVirgo
1944Aquarius, then Pisces from 04:15Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
1945CancerLeoLeo
1946Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 17:31LeoLibra
1947Pisces, then Aries from 12:03VirgoVirgo
1948Leo, then Virgo from 18:21VirgoCancer
1949CapricornLibraLibra
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950TaurusLibraLeo
1951VirgoVirgo, retrogradeVirgo
1952AquariusLeoVirgo
1953Gemini, then Cancer from 03:30VirgoLeo
1954ScorpioVirgoLibra
1955PiscesLibraVirgo
1956LeoLibraCancer
1957Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 21:06Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1958Aries, then Taurus from 19:24LeoLeo
1959Leo, then Virgo from 08:31LeoVirgo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Capricorn, then Aquarius from 12:35VirgoVirgo
1961GeminiVirgoLeo
1962LibraLibraLibra
1963AquariusLibraVirgo
1964CancerVirgo, retrogradeCancer
1965SagittariusLeoLibra
1966AriesVirgoLeo
1967LeoVirgoVirgo
1968CapricornLibraLibra
1969Taurus, then Gemini from 19:24LibraLeo
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Virgo, then Libra from 18:26Virgo, retrogradeLibra
1971Capricorn, then Aquarius from 07:04Leo, retrogradeVirgo
1972Gemini, then Cancer from 02:12LeoCancer
1973ScorpioVirgoLibra
1974PiscesVirgoLeo
1975Cancer, then Leo from 23:08LibraVirgo
1976Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 16:29LibraLibra
1977Aries, then Taurus from 00:52Virgo, retrogradeLeo
1978VirgoLeoLibra
1979CapricornLeoVirgo
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980GeminiVirgoCancer
1981Libra, then Scorpio from 21:11VirgoLibra
1982Aquarius, then Pisces from 16:11LibraLeo
1983Gemini, then Cancer from 02:53Libra, retrogradeLeo
1984SagittariusVirgo, retrogradeLibra
1985AriesLeoLeo
1986LeoVirgoLibra
1987Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 17:04VirgoVirgo
1988Taurus, then Gemini from 08:12LibraCancer
1989Virgo, then Libra from 01:48LibraLibra
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990AquariusVirgo, retrogradeLeo
1991GeminiLeoLeo
1992ScorpioLeoLibra
1993Pisces, then Aries from 21:21VirgoLeo
1994Cancer, then Leo from 15:38VirgoLibra
1995SagittariusLibraVirgo
1996TaurusLibraCancer
1997VirgoVirgo, retrogradeLibra
1998CapricornLeoLeo
1999Taurus, then Gemini from 05:25VirgoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Libra, then Scorpio from 05:56VirgoLibra
2001Aquarius, then Pisces from 00:33LibraLeo
2002CancerLibraLibra
2003Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 18:32Virgo, retrogradeVirgo
2004AriesLeo, retrogradeCancer
2005Leo, then Virgo from 19:57LeoLibra
2006Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 14:35VirgoLeo
2007TaurusVirgoLeo
2008LibraLibraLibra
2009AquariusLibraLeo
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010GeminiVirgo, retrogradeLibra
2011ScorpioLeoVirgo
2012Pisces, then Aries from 05:38VirgoCancer
2013Cancer, then Leo from 00:01VirgoLibra
2014SagittariusLibraLeo
2015Aries, then Taurus from 09:02LibraLeo
2016VirgoVirgo, retrogradeLibra
2017Capricorn, then Aquarius from 20:07Leo, retrogradeLeo
2018Taurus, then Gemini from 08:02LeoLibra
2019Libra, then Scorpio from 23:35VirgoVirgo
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020PiscesVirgoCancer
2021CancerLibraLibra
2022Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:40LibraLeo
2023AriesVirgo, retrogradeLeo
2024Leo, then Virgo from 03:49LeoLibra
2025Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:45LeoLeo

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 September 2

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on September 2, Greenwich time.

  • 1997, partial solar eclipse at 00:03
  • 2035, total solar eclipse at 01:55

How common is a September 2 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,000 babies were born on September 2 each year. That makes it number 222 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% fewer than an average day.

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The Virgo in you

Your gift

Devotion. You make the world work, one thoughtful fix at a time.

Your growing edge

Perfection. The bar you hold yourself to can be higher than anyone ever asked.

Your decan, the first part of Virgo

Ruled by Mercury

Mercury runs the sign and this decan too, which may explain the colour coded notes. Precise, perceptive and quietly witty, you understand things by taking them apart.

Read about the first decan of Virgo

Questions about September 2

What zodiac sign is September 2?

If you were born on September 2, your Sun sign is Virgo.

Is September 2 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Virgo all day on September 2 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Virgo.

What is the birthday star for September 2?

Zosma gets its yearly visit from the Sun on September 4, 2 days after your birthday. The back of the Lion. A star for people who carry weight for others, and grow strong doing it.

What was the Moon sign on September 2?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On September 2 2023 the Moon was in Aries, and on September 2 2021 it was in Cancer. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on September 2?

On September 2 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Leo, the lion, even though the sign is Virgo. 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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