Birthday signs · Capricorn season
What zodiac sign is January 1?
Capricorn is the tropical zodiac sign in which January 1 appears. Over the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Capricorn at noon UTC on January 1, at 9.87° to 11.36° Capricorn. Its middle part places January 1 on day 10 to 12 of Capricorn season, with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
January 1 is Capricorn
| Capricorn at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 9 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
January 1 at a glance
| Sign | ♑︎ Capricorn, the Goat |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Saturn (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 9.9° to 11.4° Capricorn at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 10 to 12 of Capricorn season |
| Decan | first (5 years) and second (96); faces: Jupiter, Mars |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Sagittarius |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Capricorn
| Noon Sun | 9.87° to 11.36° Capricorn |
|---|---|
| Decans | first in 5 years, second in 96 |
| Decan line crossed | 10° |
| Face rulers, Chaldean order | Jupiter, Mars |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
January 1 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 2 (1 + 1) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Capricorn season | 10 to 12 |
|---|---|
| Capricorn season opened | December 21 (5 years) or December 22 (82) or December 23 (14) |
| Capricorn season closed | January 19 (48 years) or January 20 (53) |
| Element and mode | earth, cardinal |
| Traditional ruler | Saturn |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Capricorn season
Born on January 1, this person arrives right at the seam between two parts of the Capricorn season. The first stretch has been counted and the next has not begun. Early in the year, they feel pressure to prove steady progress before anyone asks for it. They make a fresh plan with real effort, then notice how much of the old routine came along anyway. Growth at this edge is slow, and the calendar makes it easy to measure the wrong things.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Sagittarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Sagittarius | 16.3°–17.7° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on January 1
- Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503), pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
- Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492), Italian politician, literary man and humanist
- Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531), Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
- Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
- Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist
- J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), American author
- Christine Lagarde (1956), President of the European Central Bank
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
January 1 in history
Observed on this date:
- The last day of Kwanzaa (African Americans)
- The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- Global Family Day
- Jump-up Day (Montserrat)
- Japanese New Year
- Novy God Day (Russia)
- Polar Bear Swim Day
- Public Domain Day (multiple countries)
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
Events on January 1:
- 153 BCE: For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.
- 1818: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in London.
- 1934: Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
- 1988: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
- 2026: Bulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.
How the answer was worked out
The sign of each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on January 1, calculated at noon UTC with Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is January 1?
Counting the Sun at noon UTC over the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, January 1 is Capricorn every time.
Is January 1 on a zodiac cusp?
No. From 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun stayed in Capricorn on every January 1, and January 1 is at least 9 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is January 1?
Under the face of Jupiter, the first decan of Capricorn holds 5 sampled years for January 1, while the face of Mars governs 96 in the second decan.
What is the birthday number for January 1?
When digits are added, modern numerology gives January 1 day number 1 and month-day number 2.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Capricorn (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 1 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .