♒︎ Aquarius · ♓︎ Pisces

February 17 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius or Pisces — Traits

The February 17 zodiac sign is Aquarius or Pisces, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Aquarius for Pisces on or about February 17, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Aquarius is a fixed air sign and Pisces is a mutable water sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Aquarius throughout February 17 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Michael Jordan, Paris Hilton and Hal Holbrook were born on February 17. StarMap has birth charts for 26 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on February 17 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Aquarius or Pisces traits

If your Sun is in Aquarius: You see differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence define you. Your growth is letting people close without feeling caged.

If your Sun is in Pisces: You feel it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where you end and others begin make you the person people confide in. A Pisces Sun needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

Born on February 17? Find out which side of the change you are on.

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Famous birthdays on February 17

Michael Jordan, Paris Hilton and Hal Holbrook were born on February 17. StarMap has birth charts for 26 people born on this date, the best known first.

February 17, year by year: Aquarius or Pisces

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Aquarius all day: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

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