Birthday signs · Sagittarius season
What zodiac sign is December 3?
December 3 sits in Sagittarius within the tropical zodiac system. Through the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun occupied Sagittarius at noon UTC on December 3, at 10.36° to 11.85° Sagittarius. For day 11 or 12 of Sagittarius season, December 3 is in its middle part, and the element is fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
December 3 is Sagittarius
| Sagittarius 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 |
December 3 at a glance
| Sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius, the Archer |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Jupiter (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 10.4° to 11.9° Sagittarius at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 11 or 12 of Sagittarius season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of the Moon |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio |
| Day number | 3 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Sagittarius
| Noon Sun | 10.36° to 11.85° Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Moon |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
December 3 by the numbers
| Day number | 3 (3) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 6 (3 + 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Sagittarius season | 11 or 12 |
|---|---|
| Sagittarius season opened | November 22 (48 years) or November 23 (53) |
| Sagittarius season closed | December 20 (5 years) or December 21 (82) or December 22 (14) |
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Jupiter |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Sagittarius season
Born on December 3, this person arrives in the middle stretch of Sagittarius, past the season's first rush and well before its close. Plans come quickly and enthusiasm follows. Then a steadier question appears: does the excitement last once the trip ends and the bills arrive? Friends see a generous mind full of ideas, and sometimes wonder why so few reach the finish line.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 16.8°–18.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on December 3
- France Prešeren (1800–1849), Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent
- Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), Polish-British writer
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French and Swiss film director
- Ozzy Osbourne (1948–2025), English musician and television personality
- Julianne Moore (1960), British-American actress and author
- Brendan Fraser (1968), Canadian-American actor
- David Villa (1981), Spanish footballer
- Amanda Seyfried (1985), American actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
December 3 in history
Observed on this date:
Events on December 3:
- 1800: United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
- 1904: The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
- 1973: Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
- 1992: A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
- 2014: The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine calculated the Sun's tropical longitude on December 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 December 3?
In all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, December 3 is Sagittarius, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is December 3 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The noon Sun fell in Sagittarius on each December 3 from 1930 to 2030, with every December 3 at least 10 days from the nearest sign boundary.
What decan is December 3?
The Moon is the face ruler in the Chaldean order for December 3, which is in the second decan of Sagittarius (10°–20°) in every sampled year.
What is the birthday number for December 3?
Using the modern numerology method, December 3 shows day number 3 and month-day number 6, 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 .
- Sagittarius (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: December 3 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .