♐︎ Sagittarius · ♑︎ Capricorn

December 22 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius or Capricorn — Traits

The December 22 zodiac sign is Sagittarius or Capricorn, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on or about December 22, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign and Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Capricorn throughout December 22 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Basshunter, Joshua Bassett and Ralph Fiennes were born on December 22. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on December 22 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.

Sagittarius or Capricorn traits

If your Sun is in Sagittarius: You seek. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture pull you forward, and your honesty is a kind of generosity. The lesson of a Sagittarius Sun is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.

If your Sun is in Capricorn: You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.

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 December 22? Find out which side of the change you are on.

Your Sun, Moon and rising sign from the real sky at your birth. Free, no account needed.

Famous birthdays on December 22

Basshunter, Joshua Bassett and Ralph Fiennes were born on December 22. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, the best known first.

December 22, year by year: Sagittarius or Capricorn

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.

Years in which the Sun entered Capricorn on December 22

1900 at 06:41
1901 at 12:36
1902 at 18:35
1904 at 06:14
1905 at 12:03
1906 at 17:53
1907 at 23:51
1908 at 05:33
1909 at 11:20
1910 at 17:11
1911 at 22:53
1912 at 04:44
1913 at 10:34
1914 at 16:22
1915 at 22:15
1916 at 03:58
1917 at 09:46
1918 at 15:41
1919 at 21:27
1920 at 03:17
1921 at 09:07
1922 at 14:56
1923 at 20:53
1924 at 02:45
1925 at 08:37
1926 at 14:33
1927 at 20:18
1928 at 02:03
1929 at 07:52
1930 at 13:39
1931 at 19:29
1932 at 01:14
1933 at 06:57
1934 at 12:49
1935 at 18:36
1936 at 00:26
1937 at 06:21
1938 at 12:13
1939 at 18:05
1941 at 05:44
1942 at 11:39
1943 at 17:29
1945 at 05:03
1946 at 10:53
1947 at 16:43
1949 at 04:23
1950 at 10:13
1951 at 16:00
1953 at 03:31
1954 at 09:23
1955 at 15:11
1957 at 02:49
1958 at 08:39
1959 at 14:34
1961 at 02:19
1962 at 08:15
1963 at 14:01
1965 at 01:40
1966 at 07:28
1967 at 13:16
1969 at 00:43
1970 at 06:35
1971 at 12:23
1973 at 00:08
1974 at 05:55
1975 at 11:45
1978 at 05:20
1979 at 11:10
1982 at 04:38
1983 at 10:30
1986 at 04:01
1987 at 09:46
1990 at 03:07
1991 at 08:54
1994 at 02:22
1995 at 08:17
1998 at 01:56
1999 at 07:44
2002 at 01:14
2003 at 07:03
2006 at 00:22
2007 at 06:07
2011 at 05:30
2015 at 04:48
2019 at 04:19
2023 at 03:27

Sagittarius all day: 1903.

Capricorn all day: 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 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.

Photo credits (17 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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