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What zodiac sign is December 5?
The tropical zodiac sign for December 5 is Sagittarius. The Sun stood in Sagittarius at noon UTC on December 5 throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 12.39° to 13.88° Sagittarius. Sagittarius season has December 5 as day 13 or 14, in its middle part, with the element fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
December 5 is Sagittarius
| Sagittarius at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 12 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
December 5 at a glance
| Sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius, the Archer |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Jupiter (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 12.4° to 13.9° Sagittarius at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 13 or 14 of Sagittarius season |
| Decan | second (10°–20°), face of the Moon |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio |
| Day number | 5 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Sagittarius
| Noon Sun | 12.39° to 13.88° Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Decan | second (10°–20°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Moon |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
December 5 by the numbers
| Day number | 5 (5) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 8 (3 + 5) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Sagittarius season | 13 or 14 |
|---|---|
| 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 in the middle of Sagittarius season, this person knows the fire of the sign has already started burning but has not yet burned down to embers. They keep moving toward the next question, the next city, the next idea. When a plan changes halfway through, they can turn it into something useful. Friends learn that their restlessness is really a search for a fuller view of things.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 18.9°–20.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on December 5
- Pope Julius II (1443–1513), pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513
- Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), president of the United States from 1837 to 1841
- Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister
- Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), German physicist
- Fritz Lang (1890–1976), Austrian filmmaker
- Walt Disney (1901–1966), American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company
- Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927–2016), former King of Thailand
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
December 5 in history
Observed on this date:
- Children's Day (Suriname)
- Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow (Russia)
- Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
- Krampusnacht (Austria)
- The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday (Thailand)
- World Soil Day
Events on December 5:
- 63 BCE: Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
- 1776: Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
- 1935: Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
- 1977: Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen in retaliation to preventing President Anwar el-Sadat from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer.
- 2017: The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
How the answer was worked out
From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on December 5 was calculated at noon UTC each year with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from that longitude.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is December 5?
Every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 shows December 5 as Sagittarius, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is December 5 on a zodiac cusp?
No. On every December 5 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon is in Sagittarius, with each such December 5 at least 12 days from a change of sign.
What decan is December 5?
December 5 remains in the second decan of Sagittarius (10°–20°) throughout every sampled year, so the face ruler under the Chaldean order is the Moon.
What is the birthday number for December 5?
Under modern numerology, the day number for December 5 is 5, and the month-day number is 8, each found 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 .
- Sagittarius (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: December 5 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .