Birthday signs · Sagittarius season
What zodiac sign is December 14?
Using the tropical zodiac, December 14 is located in Sagittarius. The Sun remained in Sagittarius at noon UTC on December 14 throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 21.54° to 23.03° Sagittarius. December 14 marks day 22 or 23 of Sagittarius season within its late section, linked to the element fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
December 14 is Sagittarius
| Sagittarius at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 6 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
December 14 at a glance
| Sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius, the Archer |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Jupiter (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 21.5° to 23° Sagittarius at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 22 or 23 of Sagittarius season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Saturn |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Scorpio |
| Day number | 5 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Sagittarius
| Noon Sun | 21.54° to 23.03° Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Saturn |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
December 14 by the numbers
| Day number | 5 (1 + 4 = 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 | 22 or 23 |
|---|---|
| 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
Someone born in the last stretch of Sagittarius, in mid-December, can feel the season closing before they feel ready. Their wide optimism starts to narrow into a need to settle things. They want the honest conversation finished, the unsent letter answered, and the year closed on their own terms before the holidays crowd in. Others see impatience, but underneath it is a plain wish to leave a task done well.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Scorpio, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Scorpio | 28°–29.4° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on December 14
- Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
- George VI (1895–1952), King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
- Paul Éluard (1895–1952), French poet
- Raj Kapoor (1924–1988), Indian actor and filmmaker
- Dilma Rousseff (1947), 36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
- Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Polish musician and singer
- Michael Owen (1979), English association football player
- Vanessa Hudgens (1988), American actress and singer
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
December 14 in history
Observed on this date:
- Alabama Day (Alabama)
- Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
- Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
- Monkey Day
Events on December 14:
- 1907: The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
- 1940: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
- 1964: American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
- 2020: A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.
How the answer was worked out
The tropical longitude of the Sun on December 14 was calculated at noon UTC for every year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine, with each year's sign read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is December 14?
In all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon UTC is counted in Sagittarius for December 14.
Is December 14 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun lay in Sagittarius on every December 14, and December 14 is at least 6 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is December 14?
In each sampled year December 14 occupies the third decan of Sagittarius (20°–30°), and so its Chaldean face ruler is Saturn.
What is the birthday number for December 14?
December 14 is described in modern numerology by day number 5 and month-day number 8, each computed through 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 14 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .