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What zodiac sign is January 2?
The position of January 2 in the tropical zodiac is Capricorn. On January 2, at noon UTC, the Sun stood in Capricorn in all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 10.89° to 12.38° Capricorn. January 2 occupies the middle part of Capricorn season, as day 11 to 13, with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
January 2 is Capricorn
| Capricorn at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 10 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
January 2 at a glance
| Sign | ♑︎ Capricorn, the Goat |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Saturn (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 10.9° to 12.4° Capricorn at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 11 to 13 of Capricorn season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Mars |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Sagittarius |
| Day number | 2 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Capricorn
| Noon Sun | 10.89° to 12.38° Capricorn |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mars |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
January 2 by the numbers
| Day number | 2 (2) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (1 + 2) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Capricorn season | 11 to 13 |
|---|---|
| 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 2, in the middle of Capricorn's season, this person arrives after the first rush of the new year has passed and the work of building has begun. Plans get made and kept. Responsibilities land on their desk without much fuss. Then comes a moment when they notice how little anyone asked how they were holding up, and they wonder whether steadiness has made them easy to overlook.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Sagittarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Sagittarius | 17.4°–18.7° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on January 2
- Mehmed IV (1642–1693), 19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Osman III (1699–1757), 25th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Rudolf Clausius (1822–1888), German mathematical physicist and professor
- Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897), French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church
- Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), American actor
- Maxi Rodríguez (1981), Argentine association football player
- Kate Bosworth (1983), American actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
January 2 in history
Observed on this date:
- Ancestry Day (Haiti)
- Berchtold's Day (Switzerland)
- The Day after New Year's Day (New Zealand)
- Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town, South Africa)
- The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7 (Colombia)
- The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- Bank holiday (Scotland)
Events on January 2:
- 69: The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
- 1818: The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
- 1921: World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.
- 1954: India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
- 2004: Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
How the answer was worked out
At noon UTC on January 2, the Sun's tropical longitude was calculated for each year from 1930 through 2030 with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is January 2?
January 2 is Capricorn in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is January 2 on a zodiac cusp?
No. At noon on every January 2 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun was in Capricorn, and each January 2 lies at least 10 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is January 2?
Every sampled year finds January 2 within the second decan of Capricorn (10°–20°), and the face ruler in the Chaldean order is accordingly Mars.
What is the birthday number for January 2?
In modern numerology, January 2 is assigned a day number of 2 and a month-day number of 3.
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 2 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .