Birthday signs · Virgo season
What zodiac sign is September 4?
Virgo is the tropical zodiac sign occupied by September 4. In each of the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on September 4 found the Sun in Virgo, at 10.99° to 12.48° Virgo. Day 12 or 13 of the Virgo season is September 4, in the middle part, with element earth attached.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
September 4 is Virgo
| Virgo at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 11 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
September 4 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 11° to 12.5° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 12 or 13 of Virgo season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 4 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Virgo
| Noon Sun | 10.99° to 12.48° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
September 4 by the numbers
| Day number | 4 (4) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 4 (9 + 4 = 13, then 1 + 3 = 4) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Virgo season | 12 or 13 |
|---|---|
| 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
Born in the middle of Virgo, this person arrives when the season's first rush has settled into steady routine. Work gets sorted, lists get made, and the small details of a kitchen or a desk start to matter. Their care shows in how they tidy a shared table before anyone complains. Still, they can spend an evening rewriting a text that already said enough.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 17.5°–18.8° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on September 4
- Al-Biruni (973–1048), 11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), French writer, politician and historian
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer
- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director
- John McCarthy (computer scientist) (1927–2011), American computer scientist and cognitive scientist
- Giorgi Margvelashvili (1969), Georgian politician and philosopher, fourth President of Georgia
- Beyoncé (1981), American singer-songwriter
- Raúl Albiol (1985), Spanish association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
September 4 in history
Observed on this date:
Events on September 4:
- 1882: The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
- 1957: American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
- 1985: The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- 2002: The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
How the answer was worked out
Each year's sign was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on September 4, calculated at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is September 4?
Virgo applies to September 4 in every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, with the Sun counted at noon UTC.
Is September 4 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Across the years 1930 to 2030, the noon Sun was in Virgo on every September 4, and each September 4 lies at least 11 days from any change of sign.
What decan is September 4?
In all sampled years September 4 appears in the second decan of Virgo (10°–20°), giving Venus as its face ruler in the Chaldean order.
What is the birthday number for September 4?
September 4 receives day number 4 and month-day number 4 under modern numerology, both calculated 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 .
- Virgo (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: September 4 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .