Birthday signs · Pisces season
What zodiac sign is February 28?
Pisces is the tropical zodiac sign occupied by February 28. Across 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on February 28 always found the Sun in Pisces, at 8.7° to 10.18° Pisces. Pisces season has February 28 as day 9 to 11, in its early part, with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
February 28 is Pisces
| Pisces at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 8 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
February 28 at a glance
| Sign | ♓︎ Pisces, the Fish |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Jupiter (traditional); Neptune (modern, 20th-century assignment) |
| Sun on this date | 8.7° to 10.2° Pisces at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 9 to 11 of Pisces season |
| Decan | first (95 years) and second (6); faces: Saturn, Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aquarius |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Pisces
| Noon Sun | 8.7° to 10.18° Pisces |
|---|---|
| Decans | first in 95 years, second in 6 |
| Decan line crossed | 10° |
| Face rulers, Chaldean order | Saturn, Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
February 28 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (2 + 8 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (2 + 1) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Pisces season | 9 to 11 |
|---|---|
| Pisces season opened | February 18 (4 years) or February 19 (80) or February 20 (17) |
| Pisces season closed | March 19 (20 years) or March 20 (77) or March 21 (4) |
| Element and mode | water, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Jupiter |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Pisces season
Someone born on February 28 arrives early in the Pisces season, near the edge where Aquarius still lingers. Standing there can mean feeling pulled between two rooms at once. A friend asks for a quick answer, and they find themselves weighing every side before speaking. Seeing both sides is a real gift, though it can leave them waiting too long to choose. Their steadiness comes from staying open, not from having everything settled.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aquarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aquarius | 15.2°–16.5° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on February 28
- Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French author, philosopher, and statesman
- Linus Pauling (1901–1994), American scientist
- Frank Gehry (1929–2025), Canadian and American architect
- Leon Cooper (1930–2024), American physicist
- Dino Zoff (1942), Italian association football player and manager
- Steven Chu (1948), American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate
- Paul Krugman (1953), American economist
- Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022), American stand-up comedian
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
February 28 in history
Observed on this date:
- Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)
- National Science Day (India)
- Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
- Andalusia Day (Spain)
Events on February 28:
- 202 BCE: Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
- 1835: Elias Lönnrot signs and dates the foreword to the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called Old Kalevala.
- 1959: Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
- 1983: The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers.
- 2024: Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.
How the answer was worked out
The Sun's tropical longitude on February 28 at noon UTC was calculated with Astronomy Engine for each year from 1930 through 2030, and the sign of each year was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is February 28?
February 28 holds the sign Pisces in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, measured with the Sun at noon UTC.
Is February 28 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Across the years 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun was in Pisces on every February 28, and each February 28 lies at least 8 days from any change of sign.
What decan is February 28?
The first decan of Pisces, the face of Saturn, holds 95 sampled years of February 28, while 6 fall in the second, the face of Jupiter.
What is the birthday number for February 28?
February 28 receives day number 1 and month-day number 3 under modern numerology, both calculated 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 .
- Pisces (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: February 28 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .