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What zodiac sign is March 5?
The tropical zodiac sign for March 5 is Pisces. The Sun stood in Pisces at noon UTC on March 5 throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 13.96° to 15.44° Pisces. Pisces season has March 5 as day 14 to 16, in its middle part, with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
March 5 is Pisces
| Pisces at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 13 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
March 5 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 | 14° to 15.4° Pisces at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 14 to 16 of Pisces season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aquarius |
| Day number | 5 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Pisces
| Noon Sun | 13.96° to 15.44° Pisces |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
March 5 by the numbers
| Day number | 5 (5) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 8 (3 + 5) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Pisces season | 14 to 16 |
|---|---|
| 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
Born in the middle of Pisces, this person arrives when the season has settled into its own mood. Water runs through them, so they sense what a room is feeling before anyone speaks, and a crowded family dinner can leave them worn out. Their generous streak, linked here with Jupiter, wants to give time and hope freely. The lesson is sorting which feelings are theirs and which they simply absorbed along the way.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aquarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aquarius | 20.4°–21.8° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on March 5
- Henry II of England (1133–1189), King of England from 1154 to 1189
- Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer
- Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish-German Marxist revolutionary
- Zhou Enlai (1898–1976), 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual
- Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024), Israeli-American psychologist and economist
- Aleksandar Vučić (1970), 5th President of the Republic of Serbia
- Eva Mendes (1974), American actress and model
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
March 5 in history
Observed on this date:
Events on March 5:
- 1046: Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
- 1860: Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1960: Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
- 1979: Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
- 2023: The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.
How the answer was worked out
From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on March 5 was calculated at noon UTC each year with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from that longitude.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is March 5?
Every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 shows March 5 as Pisces, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is March 5 on a zodiac cusp?
No. On every March 5 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon is in Pisces, with each such March 5 at least 13 days from a change of sign.
What decan is March 5?
March 5 remains in the second decan of Pisces (10°–20°) throughout every sampled year, so the face ruler under the Chaldean order is Jupiter.
What is the birthday number for March 5?
Under modern numerology, the day number for March 5 is 5, and the month-day number is 8, 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 .
- Pisces (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: March 5 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .