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What zodiac sign is June 20?
June 20 is situated in Gemini on the tropical zodiac. For all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Gemini at noon UTC on June 20, at 28.19° to 29.68° Gemini. Gemini season, day 30 or 31, is June 20, occupying its late part with the element air.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
June 20 is Gemini
| Gemini at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 0 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
June 20 at a glance
| Sign | ♊︎ Gemini, the Twins |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | air, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 28.2° to 29.7° Gemini at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 30 or 31 of Gemini season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of the Sun |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Gemini |
| Day number | 2 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Gemini
| Noon Sun | 28.19° to 29.68° Gemini |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Sun |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
June 20 by the numbers
| Day number | 2 (2 + 0 = 2) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 8 (6 + 2) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Gemini season | 30 or 31 |
|---|---|
| Gemini season opened | May 21 (73 years) or May 22 (28) |
| Gemini season closed | June 20 (39 years) or June 21 (62) |
| Element and mode | air, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Mercury |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Gemini season
Born in the last stretch of Gemini, this person came into the world just as the season was closing its talkative chapter. Their quick mind has already tried a dozen ideas, and some of them sound better in the telling than in the doing. Friends know them as the one with a plan for everything, yet the hardest moment comes when they must finish one thing before starting the next.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Gemini, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Gemini | 4.7°–6° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on June 20
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), German-born French composer
- Errol Flynn (1909–1959), Australian actor
- Martin Landau (1928–2017), American actor
- Lionel Richie (1949), American singer, songwriter and actor
- John Goodman (1952), American actor
- Nicole Kidman (1967), Australian-American actress, producer, and model
- Frank Lampard (1978), English association football player and manager
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
June 20 in history
Observed on this date:
- Day of the National Flag (Argentina)
- Gas Sector Day (Azerbaijan)
- Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)
- West Virginia Day (West Virginia)
- World Refugee Day (International)
Events on June 20:
- 1789: Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
- 1900: Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
- 1960: The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
- 2003: The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine calculated the Sun's tropical longitude on June 20 at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and the sign for each year was then read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is June 20?
The 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 all show June 20 in Gemini when counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is June 20 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun at noon was located in Gemini on each June 20 from 1930 through 2030, and June 20 lies a minimum of 0 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is June 20?
In all sampled years June 20 appears in the third decan of Gemini (20°–30°), giving the Sun as its face ruler in the Chaldean order.
What is the birthday number for June 20?
Within modern numerology, adding digits produces a day number of 2 and a month-day number of 8 for June 20.
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 .
- Gemini (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: June 20 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .