October 17 Zodiac Sign: Libra
The short answer
People born on October 17 are Libra. On this date the Sun sits between 22.8° Libra and 25.1° Libra in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the third decan of Libra.
October 17 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Libra (September 23 to October 22) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 22.8° Libra to 25.1° Libra (usually 23.9° Libra at noon UTC) |
| Decan | third decan of Libra: Gemini (triplicity), Jupiter (Chaldean), Four of Swords (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Air |
| Modality | Cardinal |
| Ruling planet | Venus |
| Nearest sign change | About 5.0 days away |
What an October 17 birthday means
On October 17 the Sun sits between 22.8° Libra and 25.1° Libra in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 23.9° Libra.
That places October 17 in the third decan of Libra. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Gemini, the older Chaldean order gives it to Jupiter, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Four of Swords.
Libra is an air sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Venus. Air signs think in conversations and connections; ideas are how they move. Cardinal signs start things: each one opens a season.
October 17 is about 5 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Libra 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 October 17 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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