What zodiac sign is January 8?

January 8 is Capricorn

Exact sign finder

January 8 at a glance

Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.⁶

The decan: middle Capricorn

Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.³

What a decan is

January 8 by the numbers

Digit sums as numerology guides give them.⁴

Where the date falls in the season

Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.²

• Capricorn reference
• Capricorn compatibility

Born at this point in Capricorn season

Born in the middle of Capricorn season, in the second week of January, this person arrives when winter routines have settled but the new year still feels unfinished. They keep a steady pace and notice closely what others expect of them. Lately they have been asking whether their hard work is their own choice or a habit they inherited. The question does not have a tidy answer, and sitting with that unsettled feeling is part of growing into the role they have chosen.

Interpretation, not prediction.

The sidereal sign

Ayanamsa convention.⁵

Tropical and sidereal, explained

Born on January 8

• Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
• Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American economist and writer
• Walther Bothe (1891–1957), German physicist, mathematician and chemist
• Carl Rogers (1902–1987), American psychologist
• Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American singer and actor
• Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author
• Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
• David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor

Birth dates checked on Wikidata.⁷

January 8 in history

Observed on this date:

• Babinden (Belarus, Russia)
• Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
• Typing Day (International observance)

Events on January 8:

• 307: Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying.
• 1828: The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
• 1926: Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.
• 1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• 2023: Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.

How the answer was worked out

For every year from 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on January 8 was calculated at noon UTC by Astronomy Engine, and that year's sign was read from it.¹ How the Machine works

Questions people also ask

What zodiac sign is January 8?

January 8 holds the sign Capricorn in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, measured with the Sun at noon UTC.

Is January 8 on a zodiac cusp?

No. Across every January 8 from 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun remained in Capricorn, with January 8 lying at least 11 days from the nearest change of sign.

What decan is January 8?

January 8 falls in the second decan of Capricorn (10°–20°) in every sampled year, so its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Mars.

What is the birthday number for January 8?

The day number 8 and the month-day number 9 for January 8 come from digit addition in modern numerology.