December 5 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
The short answer
People born on December 5 are Sagittarius. On this date the Sun sits between 12.0° Sagittarius and 14.3° Sagittarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the second decan of Sagittarius.
December 5 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius (November 22 to December 21) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 12.0° Sagittarius to 14.3° Sagittarius (usually 13.1° Sagittarius at noon UTC) |
| Decan | second decan of Sagittarius: Aries (triplicity), Moon (Chaldean), Nine of Wands (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Fire |
| Modality | Mutable |
| Ruling planet | Jupiter |
| Nearest sign change | About 12.2 days away |
What a December 5 birthday means
On December 5 the Sun sits between 12.0° Sagittarius and 14.3° Sagittarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 13.1° Sagittarius.
That places December 5 in the second decan of Sagittarius. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Aries, the older Chaldean order gives it to the Moon, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Nine of Wands.
Sagittarius is a fire sign of the mutable modality, ruled by Jupiter. Fire signs act first and warm up the room; they need something to aim at. Mutable signs adapt: each one closes a season and gets ready for the next.
December 5 is about 12 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Sagittarius on this date in every year charted.
Where these figures come from
The Sun's position was charted at 12:00 UTC on every day from 1950 to 2025, and the start and end of each date were placed on the straight line between neighbouring days, which is exact to a small fraction of a degree. The range covers every hour of December 5 in UTC across all 76 years; someone born far from UTC can sit up to about half a degree beyond it. Decans follow two traditional systems: the triplicity system, which gives each third of a sign to the three signs of its element in turn, and the older Chaldean order of faces, which runs through the seven classical planets from Mars at the start of Aries.
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