Birthday signs · Virgo season
What zodiac sign is September 3?
September 3 sits in Virgo within the tropical zodiac system. Through the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun occupied Virgo at noon UTC on September 3, at 10.02° to 11.51° Virgo. For day 11 or 12 of Virgo season, September 3 is in its middle part, and the element is earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
September 3 is Virgo
| Virgo 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 |
September 3 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 10° to 11.5° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 11 or 12 of Virgo season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 3 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Virgo
| Noon Sun | 10.02° to 11.51° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
September 3 by the numbers
| Day number | 3 (3) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (9 + 3 = 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 Virgo season | 11 or 12 |
|---|---|
| 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
Someone born on September 3 arrives in the middle of Virgo, when the first rush of the season has passed and the work of sorting and refining has settled into daily routine. They notice small errors other people step over, and they like lists that actually get checked. Their attention to detail can make them the person who catches the mistake before it leaves the room. Yet the same habit of checking can turn a simple plan into a long review, and the people nearby begin to feel weighed rather than helped.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 16.5°–17.8° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on September 3
- Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986), eighth President of Finland
- Carl David Anderson (1905–1991), American physicist
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936–2019), Tunisian politician
- Ryōji Noyori (1938), Japanese chemist
- Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), Uruguayan writer and journalist
- Mario Draghi (1947), Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
- Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979) (1979), Brazilian footballer
- Jérôme Boateng (1988), German association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
September 3 in history
Observed on this date:
- Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
- V-J Day (People's Republic of China)
- Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.
- Flag Day (Australia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the United Kingdom in 1971.
- Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
- Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
- Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom)
- National Welsh Rarebit Day (United States)
- Tokehega Day (Tokelau, New Zealand)
Events on September 3:
- 301: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
- 1914: Wilhelm, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
- 1944: Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
- 1976: Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
- 2017: North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine calculated the Sun's tropical longitude on September 3 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 September 3?
In all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, September 3 is Virgo, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is September 3 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The noon Sun fell in Virgo on each September 3 from 1930 to 2030, with every September 3 at least 10 days from the nearest sign boundary.
What decan is September 3?
Venus is the face ruler in the Chaldean order for September 3, which is in the second decan of Virgo (10°–20°) in every sampled year.
What is the birthday number for September 3?
Using the modern numerology method, September 3 shows day number 3 and month-day number 3, each obtained by digit addition.
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 3 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .