Birthday signs · Virgo season
What zodiac sign is September 10?
September 10 is in Virgo by the tropical zodiac reckoning. Throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun remained in Virgo at noon UTC on September 10, at 16.81° to 18.3° Virgo. Within Virgo season, day 18 or 19 is September 10, placed in the middle part with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
September 10 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 10 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 16.8° to 18.3° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 18 or 19 of Virgo season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Leo |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Virgo
| Noon Sun | 16.81° to 18.3° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
September 10 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (1 + 0 = 1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 1 (9 + 1 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 1) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Virgo season | 18 or 19 |
|---|---|
| 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 on September 10, this person arrives in the middle of Virgo, when the season's interest in careful work feels settled rather than new. Attention to small details comes naturally. Picture them rereading a message three times before sending it, wanting every line to be clear and kind. That care is real, though it can slide into holding onto jobs others could share. Learning to hand something over becomes part of their own growth.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Leo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Leo | 23.3°–24.6° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on September 10
- Pope Julius III (1487–1555), pope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
- Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist
- Georges Bataille (1897–1962), French intellectual and literary figure
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), German fashion designer
- Jared Diamond (1937), American scientist, historian, and author
- Colin Firth (1960), English actor and producer
- Jack Ma (1964), Chinese businessman
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
September 10 in history
Observed on this date:
- Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana)
- Children's Day (Honduras)
- Gibraltar National Day
- Saint George's Caye Day (Belize)
- Teachers' Day (China)
- World Suicide Prevention Day
Events on September 10:
- 506: The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- 1724: Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
- 1936: The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium.
- 1976: An Indian Airlines flight is hijacked by six Kashmiri separatists and diverted to Lahore International Airport, where the passengers and crew are released.
- 2024: Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
How the answer was worked out
Each year's sign, for the years from 1930 through 2030, was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on September 10 at noon UTC, as calculated by Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is September 10?
Counting the Sun at noon UTC, every sampled year from 1930 to 2030 has September 10 in Virgo, all 101 of them.
Is September 10 on a zodiac cusp?
No. For each September 10 between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun was located in Virgo, and September 10 is at least 11 days distant from the nearest sign change.
What decan is September 10?
Across every sampled year, September 10 lies in the second decan of Virgo (10°–20°), and its face ruler in the Chaldean order is therefore Venus.
What is the birthday number for September 10?
Within modern numerology, September 10 carries the day number 1 and the month-day number 1, each derived 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 10 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .