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What zodiac sign is October 12?
The tropical zodiac places October 12 in Libra. Across the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun was in Libra at noon UTC on October 12, at 18.2° to 19.69° Libra. Day 19 to 21 of Libra season, in its middle part, is October 12, and its element is air.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
October 12 is Libra
| Libra 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 |
October 12 at a glance
| Sign | ♎︎ Libra, the Scales |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | air, cardinal |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Venus (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 18.2° to 19.7° Libra at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 19 to 21 of Libra season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of Saturn |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Virgo |
| Day number | 3 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Libra
| Noon Sun | 18.2° to 19.69° Libra |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Saturn |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
October 12 by the numbers
| Day number | 3 (1 + 2 = 3) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 4 (1 + 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Libra season | 19 to 21 |
|---|---|
| Libra season opened | September 22 (1 year) or September 23 (73) or September 24 (27) |
| Libra season closed | October 22 (37 years) or October 23 (64) |
| Element and mode | air, cardinal |
| Traditional ruler | Venus |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Libra season
Born in the middle of Libra, around October 12, this person arrives when the scales have already started to move. When two friends argue over a shared holiday plan, they hear both sides so clearly that choosing one feels unfair to the other. Eventually they say what they actually want, even though it makes the room tense for a minute. Their fairness holds up better when it includes their own view.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Virgo, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Virgo | 24.7°–26° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on October 12
- Edward VI (1537–1553), king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798–1834), Emperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826
- Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), English occultist
- Edith Stein (1891–1942), Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher
- Eugenio Montale (1896–1981), Italian poet
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007), Italian operatic tenor
- Hugh Jackman (1968), Australian and English actor and singer
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
October 12 in history
Observed on this date:
- Children's Day (Brazil)
- Columbus Day (Honduras)
- Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain)
- Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay)
- Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
- Día de las Américas (Belize)
- Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
- Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (Argentina)
- Discovery Day (The Bahamas)
- Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)
Events on October 12:
- 1799: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
- 1959: At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
- 1994: The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
- 2019: Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
How the answer was worked out
Each year from 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on October 12 was calculated at noon UTC with Astronomy Engine, and the sign for that year was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is October 12?
In all 101 years sampled from 1930 to 2030, October 12 is Libra, with the Sun counted at noon UTC.
Is October 12 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The noon Sun occupied Libra on each October 12 from 1930 to 2030, and October 12 is situated at least 10 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is October 12?
The face ruler in the Chaldean order for October 12 is Saturn, since it sits in the second decan of Libra (10°–20°) in each sampled year.
What is the birthday number for October 12?
Modern numerology pairs October 12 with day number 3 and month-day number 4, and digit addition yields both.
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 .
- Libra (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: October 12 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .