Birthday signs · Aquarius season
What zodiac sign is February 18?
Counting the noon UTC Sun from 1930 to 2030 gives February 18 as Aquarius in 97 of 101 years and Pisces in 4. At noon on February 18, the Sun's position ranged from 28.64° Aquarius to 0.12° Pisces. For February 18, the applicable sign is decided by the birth year and time.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
February 18: Aquarius or Pisces
| Aquarius at noon UTC | 97 of 101 years |
|---|---|
| Pisces at noon UTC | 4 of 101 years |
| Pisces years include | 2017, 2021 and 2025 |
| Settled by | birth year and time |
February 18 at a glance
| Sign | ♒︎ Aquarius (97 years) or ♓︎ Pisces (4) |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | air, fixed |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Saturn (traditional); Uranus (modern, 20th-century assignment) |
| Sun on this date | 28.6° Aquarius to 0.1° Pisces at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | Aquarius day 29 or 30; Pisces day 1 |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of the Moon |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aquarius |
| Day number | 9 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Aquarius
| Noon Sun | 28.64° Aquarius to 0.12° Pisces |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Moon |
| Pisces years | 0.02°–0.12° Pisces |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
February 18 by the numbers
| Day number | 9 (1 + 8 = 9) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 11 (2 + 9 = 11, kept as a master number) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Aquarius season | 29 or 30 (in its Aquarius years) |
|---|---|
| Day of Pisces season | 1 (in its Pisces years) |
| Aquarius season opened | January 20 (44 years) or January 21 (53) |
| Aquarius season closed | February 18 (80 years) or February 19 (17) |
| Element and mode | air, fixed |
| Traditional ruler | Saturn |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Aquarius season
Born in the final stretch of Aquarius, this person carries the detached clarity of the sign and also a pull toward the softer feelings of the next one. Picture someone who has spent years keeping their distance from group opinions, then finds themselves sitting with a friend who is grieving and unable to stay neutral. They wonder whether their principles were ever really about independence or just a way to avoid being moved. Standing between logic and feeling, they learn that caring about people does not cancel their own point of view.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aquarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aquarius | 5.1°–6.5° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on February 18
- Mary I (1516–1558), Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558
- Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian chemist and physicist
- Ramakrishna (1836–1886), Indian mystic and religious preacher
- Ernst Mach (1838–1916), Austrian physicist
- Toni Morrison (1931–2019), African American novelist, essayist, and academic
- Yoko Ono (1933), Japanese artist and activist based in the United States
- John Travolta (1954), American actor
- Roberto Baggio (1967), Italian association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
February 18 in history
Observed on this date:
- Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965
- Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- National Democracy Day, celebrates the 1951 overthrow of the Rana dynasty (Nepal)
Events on February 18:
- 1861: In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1911: The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
- 1965: The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 2021: Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
How the answer was worked out
The sign of each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on February 18, calculated at noon UTC with Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is February 18?
In 97 of 101 sampled years at noon UTC, February 18 is usually Aquarius, and in the other 4 it is Pisces.
Is February 18 on a zodiac cusp?
Yes. The sample taken at noon UTC splits into Aquarius in 97 years and Pisces in 4 because the Sun moved from Aquarius into Pisces in some years during February 18, and the birth year and time settle which applies.
What decan is February 18?
Every sampled year finds February 18 within the third decan of Aquarius (20°–30°), and the face ruler in the Chaldean order is accordingly the Moon.
What is the birthday number for February 18?
For February 18, modern numerology gives a day number of 9 and a month-day number of 11, each found by adding digits.
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 .
- Aquarius (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: February 18 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .