January 16 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
The short answer
People born on January 16 are Capricorn. On this date the Sun sits between 24.7° Capricorn and 27.1° Capricorn in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the third decan of Capricorn.
January 16 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn (December 22 to January 19) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 24.7° Capricorn to 27.1° Capricorn (usually 25.9° Capricorn at noon UTC) |
| Decan | third decan of Capricorn: Virgo (triplicity), Sun (Chaldean), Four of Pentacles (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Earth |
| Modality | Cardinal |
| Ruling planet | Saturn |
| Nearest sign change | About 2.9 days away |
What a January 16 birthday means
On January 16 the Sun sits between 24.7° Capricorn and 27.1° Capricorn in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 25.9° Capricorn.
That places January 16 in the third decan of Capricorn. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Virgo, the older Chaldean order gives it to the Sun, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Four of Pentacles.
Capricorn is an earth sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Saturn. Earth signs trust what they can touch, count and build on. Cardinal signs start things: each one opens a season.
January 16 is about 3 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Capricorn 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 January 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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