What zodiac sign is February 6?

February 6 is Aquarius

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February 6 at a glance

Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.⁶

The decan: middle Aquarius

Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.³

What a decan is

February 6 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

• Aquarius reference
• Aquarius compatibility

Born at this point in Aquarius season

Someone born on February 6 arrives in the middle of Aquarius, when the season's talk of independence has turned into everyday habits. Their fixed air makes them loyal to views they have tested for themselves. Caught between a friend's expectations and their own careful judgment, they can state what they think plainly, then stay to hear the reply. A tense work decision or a group chat that drifts becomes a place where this birthday shows its steady, slightly stubborn honesty.

Interpretation, not prediction.

The sidereal sign

Ayanamsa convention.⁵

Tropical and sidereal, explained

Born on February 6

• Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
• Aaron Burr (1756–1836), vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived
• Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827), Italian writer and poet
• Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball player
• Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor
• Eva Braun (1912–1945), photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler
• François Truffaut (1932–1984), French film director
• Bob Marley (1945–1981), Jamaican reggae musician

Birth dates checked on Wikidata.⁷

February 6 in history

Observed on this date:

• International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
• Ronald Reagan Day (California, United States)
• Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
• Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.

Events on February 6:

• 590: Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.
• 1820: The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
• 1918: British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
• 1978: The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
• 2021: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.

How the answer was worked out

With Astronomy Engine, the Sun's tropical longitude on February 6 was computed at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and each year's sign was taken from it.¹ How the Machine works

Questions people also ask

What zodiac sign is February 6?

When the Sun is counted at noon UTC, February 6 falls in Aquarius in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030.

Is February 6 on a zodiac cusp?

No. The Sun at noon occupies Aquarius on each February 6 from 1930 to 2030, and every February 6 is at least 11 days clear of the nearest change of sign.

What decan is February 6?

Under the Chaldean order, the face ruler is Mercury for February 6, which is in the second decan of Aquarius (10°–20°) in every sampled year.

What is the birthday number for February 6?

Adding digits produces both the day number 6 and the month-day number 8 that modern numerology gives February 6.