Birthday signs · Virgo season
What zodiac sign is September 20?
September 20 is situated in Virgo on the tropical zodiac. For all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Virgo at noon UTC on September 20, at 26.56° to 28.05° Virgo. Virgo season, day 28 or 29, is September 20, occupying its late part with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
September 20 is Virgo
| Virgo at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 1 day away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
September 20 at a glance
| Sign | ♍︎ Virgo, the Maiden |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, mutable |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 26.6° to 28.1° Virgo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 28 or 29 of Virgo season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Mercury |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Virgo |
| Day number | 2 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Virgo
| Noon Sun | 26.56° to 28.05° Virgo |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mercury |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
September 20 by the numbers
| Day number | 2 (2 + 0 = 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 | 28 or 29 |
|---|---|
| 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 in late Virgo, around September 20, can reach the point where the details are nearly right and the list is nearly finished. Standing there, they feel a pull to tidy one more corner before letting go. Friends notice the care in their work. What they sometimes struggle with is accepting that a thing done well can still be unfinished. Their steady habit of checking, applied to themselves, can make rest feel like something they have not earned yet.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Virgo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Virgo | 3.1°–4.4° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on September 20
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918), Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Chulalongkorn (1853–1910), King of Siam
- Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), American writer
- Ananda Mahidol (1925–1946), eighth monarch of Siam from the Chakri dynasty as Rama VIII
- Tarō Asō (1940), Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
- George R. R. Martin (1948), American writer and television producer
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Russian professional mixed martial artist
- Julian Draxler (1993), German association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
September 20 in history
Observed on this date:
- Constitution Day (Nepal)
- Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
- National Youth Day (Thailand)
- Oil Workers' Day (Azerbaijan)
- Universal Children's Day (Germany)
Events on September 20:
- 1058: Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
- 1848: The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
- 1955: The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
- 1982: NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
- 2019: Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine calculated the Sun's tropical longitude on September 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 September 20?
The 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 all show September 20 in Virgo when counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is September 20 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun at noon was located in Virgo on each September 20 from 1930 through 2030, and September 20 lies a minimum of 1 day from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is September 20?
In all sampled years September 20 appears in the third decan of Virgo (20°–30°), giving Mercury as its face ruler in the Chaldean order.
What is the birthday number for September 20?
Within modern numerology, adding digits produces a day number of 2 and a month-day number of 11 for September 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 .
- Virgo (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: September 20 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .