December 20 Zodiac Sign

People born on December 20 are Sagittarius.

In 42 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100, the Sun moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn during December 20 somewhere in the world, so a December 20 birthday in one of those years can be Capricorn.

December 20 falls late in Sagittarius season, which usually runs from November 22 to December 21.

Your birth time and place settle it: your free birth chart shows exactly which sign the Sun was in when you were born.

What Sagittarius is like

Symbol: The Archer
Element: Fire
Modality: Mutable
Ruler: Jupiter
Usual dates: November 22 to December 21

Sagittarius wants the horizon. A mutable fire sign ruled by Jupiter, Sagittarius runs on meaning and momentum: the next place, the bigger idea, the question that opens rather than closes.