Birthday signs · Pisces season
What zodiac sign is March 9?
The tropical zodiac shows March 9 in the sign of Pisces. In all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun lay in Pisces at noon UTC on March 9, at 17.96° to 19.44° Pisces. With the element water, March 9 is day 18 to 20 of Pisces season in its middle part.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
March 9 is Pisces
| Pisces at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 10 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
March 9 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 | 18° to 19.4° Pisces at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 18 to 20 of Pisces season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aquarius |
| Day number | 9 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Pisces
| Noon Sun | 17.96° to 19.44° Pisces |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
March 9 by the numbers
| Day number | 9 (9) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (3 + 9 = 12, then 1 + 2 = 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Pisces season | 18 to 20 |
|---|---|
| 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 March 9 arrives in the middle of Pisces, when the season has found its feet. They are the one who notices when a friend has gone quiet and asks the question nobody else thought to ask. Empathy comes easily to them, sometimes too easily, so a long day of other people's worries can leave them drained. Their work is learning to say what they need before the tide turns them around.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aquarius, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aquarius | 24.4°–25.8° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on March 9
- Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749–1791), French writer, orator and statesman
- Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
- Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat
- Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space
- John Cale (1942), Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American chess player
- Juliette Binoche (1964), French actress, artist and dancer
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
March 9 in history
Observed on this date:
Events on March 9:
- 1009: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
- 1815: Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
- 1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
- 1987: Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation.
- 2020: Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, announces in a televised address and signs the decree imposing the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the world.
How the answer was worked out
The sign for each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on March 9, calculated at noon UTC using Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is March 9?
Each of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 places March 9 in Pisces, based on the Sun at noon UTC.
Is March 9 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun at noon stayed in Pisces throughout every March 9 from 1930 to 2030, and March 9 is at least 10 days away from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is March 9?
In every sampled year, March 9 is in the second decan of Pisces (10°–20°), so its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Jupiter.
What is the birthday number for March 9?
For March 9, modern numerology yields day number 9 and month-day number 3, both reached by adding digits together.
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 9 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .