Birthday signs · Virgo season
What zodiac sign is September 2?
The position of September 2 in the tropical zodiac is Virgo. On September 2, at noon UTC, the Sun stood in Virgo in all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 9.05° to 10.54° Virgo. September 2 occupies the early part of Virgo season, as day 10 or 11, with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
September 2 is Virgo
| Virgo at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 9 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
September 2 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 9° to 10.5° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 10 or 11 of Virgo season |
| Decan | first (70 years) and second (31); faces: the Sun, Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 2 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Virgo
| Noon Sun | 9.05° to 10.54° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decans | first in 70 years, second in 31 |
| Decan line crossed | 10° |
| Face rulers, Chaldean order | the Sun, Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
September 2 by the numbers
| Day number | 2 (2) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 11 (9 + 2 = 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 Virgo season | 10 or 11 |
|---|---|
| Virgo season opened | August 23 (65 years) or August 24 (36) |
| Virgo season closed | September 21 (1 year) or September 22 (73) or September 23 (27) |
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Mercury |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Virgo season
This person was born early in the Virgo season, close to the point where the first ten degree face hands over to the second. Arriving at that edge can mean standing between two ways of working, one that wants every task finished and one that asks whether the task matters at all. Plenty of days feel like sorting. Their eye for small errors can make a room feel steadier, yet rest can feel earned only after the list is clear.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 15.6°–16.9° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on September 2
- Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917), monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932), Baltic German chemist
- Frederick Soddy (1877–1956), English radiochemist
- Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001), Tajik military leader
- Andrej Babiš (1954), Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- Keir Starmer (1962), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026
- Keanu Reeves (1964), Canadian actor and musician
- Salma Hayek (1966), Mexican and American actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
September 2 in history
Observed on this date:
- Democracy Day (Tibet)
- Independence Day (Transnistria, unrecognized)
- Independence Day (Artsakh, unrecognized)
- National Blueberry Popsicle Day (United States)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945
- Victory over Japan Day (United States)
- Sedantag (German Empire)
Events on September 2:
- 44 BCE: Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- 1789: The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- 1963: CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
- 1990: Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
- 2023: India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
How the answer was worked out
At noon UTC on September 2, the Sun's tropical longitude was calculated for each year from 1930 through 2030 with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is September 2?
September 2 is Virgo in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is September 2 on a zodiac cusp?
No. At noon on every September 2 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun was in Virgo, and each September 2 lies at least 9 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is September 2?
September 2 falls across two decans of Virgo, and of its sampled years 70 are in the first, the face of the Sun, and 31 in the second, the face of Venus.
What is the birthday number for September 2?
In modern numerology, September 2 is assigned a day number of 2 and a month-day number of 11.
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 .
- Virgo (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: September 2 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .