February 16 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
The short answer
People born on February 16 are Aquarius. On this date the Sun sits between 26.2° Aquarius and 28.5° Aquarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the third decan of Aquarius.
February 16 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius (January 20 to February 18) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 26.2° Aquarius to 28.5° Aquarius (usually 27.3° Aquarius at noon UTC) |
| Decan | third decan of Aquarius: Libra (triplicity), Moon (Chaldean), Seven of Swords (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Air |
| Modality | Fixed |
| Ruling planet | Uranus, traditionally Saturn |
| Nearest sign change | About 1.5 days away |
What a February 16 birthday means
On February 16 the Sun sits between 26.2° Aquarius and 28.5° Aquarius in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 27.3° Aquarius.
That places February 16 in the third decan of Aquarius. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Libra, the older Chaldean order gives it to the Moon, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Seven of Swords.
Aquarius is an air sign of the fixed modality, ruled by Uranus. Air signs think in conversations and connections; ideas are how they move. Fixed signs hold steady: each one sits in the middle of a season.
February 16 sits close to the boundary between Aquarius and Pisces, about 1.5 days away, but in every year charted the Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of this date.
When the Sun changes sign around February 16
Across 1950 to 2025, the Sun entered Pisces on these dates (UTC):
- February 18: 33 years
- February 19: 43 years
If you were born near the change, your birth year and time decide your sign: cast your free birth chart to see it.
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 February 16 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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