Zodiac sign · Mutable fire · ruled by Jupiter

Sagittarius

Sagittarius is the Sun sign of anyone born while the Sun is in Sagittarius: in 2026, from 22 November 2026, 07:23 UTC to 21 December 2026, 20:50 UTC. The dates move by up to a day from year to year, so a birthday at either end needs the year, and sometimes the hour, to settle its sign. The Sun is next in Sagittarius from 22 November 2026.

Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign ruled by Jupiter; its symbol is the archer. Astrologers read it for the way it seeks. Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 449 have the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of their birth date; Pope Francis, Walt Disney and Taylor Swift are among them. 40 more were born on a day the Sun entered or left Sagittarius and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

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Sagittarius dates, year by year

Year	The Sun enters Sagittarius	and leaves
2025	22 November 2025, 01:36 UTC	21 December 2025, 15:03 UTC
2026	22 November 2026, 07:23 UTC	21 December 2026, 20:50 UTC
2027	22 November 2027, 13:16 UTC	22 December 2027, 02:42 UTC
2028	21 November 2028, 18:54 UTC	21 December 2028, 08:20 UTC

The Sun is next in Sagittarius from 22 November 2026. The dates are the same everywhere on Earth, in UTC; in a time zone far from Greenwich the entry can fall on the evening before or the morning after.

Born on the edge: 22 November and 21 December

22 November, the first day of Sagittarius season this year, is shared with Scorpio. Since 1900, the Sun was in Sagittarius all day in 6 years, in Scorpio all day in 25, and changed sign during the day in 96, when the hour and place of birth decide.
21 December, the last day of Sagittarius season this year, is shared with Capricorn. Since 1900, the Sun was in Sagittarius all day in 87 years, and changed sign during the day in 40, when the hour and place of birth decide.

The three decans of Sagittarius in 2026

Astrologers divide each sign into three decans of ten degrees, and read the second and third as coloured by the other two fire signs (Aries and Leo). The Sun takes about ten days to cross each.

Decan 1 · 0° to 10° · 22 November 2026, 07:23 UTC to 2 December 2026, 04:37 UTC
Decan 2 · 10° to 20° · 2 December 2026, 04:37 UTC to 12 December 2026, 00:57 UTC
Decan 3 · 20° to 30° · 12 December 2026, 00:57 UTC to 21 December 2026, 20:50 UTC

Sagittarius traits

Sagittarius seeks. The sign is read for belief, distance and the long view: an appetite for travel, ideas and the next horizon, a frankness that can be bracing, and an optimism that outlasts most setbacks. A Sagittarius Sun tends to be generous, restless, funny and allergic to feeling fenced in.

The shadow side is the arrow that overshoots: tactlessness mistaken for honesty, promises made in enthusiasm and forgotten on the road, and a preaching streak. Astrologers describe the sign's work as finding that the journey also needs somewhere to land.

Sagittarius in love

In love, Sagittarius wants a companion for the road more than a keeper of the house. Freedom matters, so does laughter, and a partner who tries to pin it down usually ends up watching it go. Its lesson is that commitment can be an adventure rather than the end of one.

Sagittarius at work

At work, Sagittarius teaches, travels, publishes and sells ideas. It is good at the big picture and bored by the details, better at starting a venture than running its tenth year. It needs room to move and a cause it believes in; given both, it brings an energy that carries other people along.

What people get wrong: that Sagittarius is careless. The bluntness and the wanderlust come from a serious search for meaning, and the sign will go a long way, literally, to find out what it believes. It is unreliable about dinner and reliable about the truth as it sees it.

A Sun sign is one placement of ten. The Moon, the rising sign and the planets change how it plays out: a Sagittarius Sun with a Gemini Moon reads differently from one with the Moon in Sagittarius too. Draw your whole chart to see yours.

Famous Sagittarius Suns

All 449 famous Sagittarius Suns, best known first, each with a birth chart.

Sagittarius in the rest of the chart

The Sun is not the only body that can be in Sagittarius. Each of these has its own page: what it means, who has it, and when the body is in Sagittarius.

Sagittarius and the other signs

Same element (fire): Aries and Leo, a trine apart, read as the signs that understand Sagittarius without trying.
Opposite: Gemini, six months away, read as the sign Sagittarius is drawn to and argues with.
Same modality (mutable): Pisces and Virgo, a square apart, the friction that gets things done.
Two signs either side: Aquarius and Libra, a sextile apart, easy company of a different kind.

Sagittarius with every sign, each pairing with the famous couples who have it: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Sun signs are the roughest measure of two people. Compare two whole charts for the aspects between them.

Questions people ask

What are the Sagittarius dates?

In 2026 the Sun is in Sagittarius from 22 November 2026, 07:23 UTC to 21 December 2026, 20:50 UTC. Most years it enters on 22 November or the day either side and leaves on 21 December or the day either side; the table above gives the minute for each year. A birthday on one of those edge days needs the year, and sometimes the time and place of birth, to settle its sign.

Is 22 November a Sagittarius or a Scorpio?

Not always. 22 November is the first day of Sagittarius season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 6 the Sun was in Sagittarius all day, in 25 it was in Scorpio all day and in 96 it entered Sagittarius during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 22 November lists every year.

Is 21 December a Sagittarius or a Capricorn?

Not always. 21 December is the last day of Sagittarius season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 87 the Sun was in Sagittarius all day and in 40 it left Sagittarius for Capricorn during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 21 December lists every year.

What planet rules Sagittarius?

Jupiter. The ruler is read as the sign's manner: where Jupiter sits in a Sagittarius Sun's own chart colours how the sign shows.

What element is Sagittarius?

Fire, with Aries and Leo: the three fire signs sit a third of the zodiac apart and are read as easy company for one another. Sagittarius is also mutable, like Pisces and Virgo and Gemini, which share its way of acting and are read as the signs it rubs against.

Which famous people are Sagittarius?

Pope Francis, Walt Disney, Taylor Swift, Naguib Mahfouz and Steven Spielberg all have the Sun in Sagittarius. StarMap lists 449 well-known Sagittarius Suns, each with a birth chart computed from their birth date and place.

Are Sagittarius men and Sagittarius women different?

Not in the chart: astrology reads the Sun in Sagittarius the same way whatever a person's gender. What people describe as the Sagittarius man is usually Mars in a chart, how someone pursues what they want, and the Sagittarius woman Venus or the Moon, how they love and what they need; each has its own page for Sagittarius, with the famous people who have it.

Sagittarius horoscopes

Dates are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, in the tropical zodiac. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a person is listed only when the Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of their birth date. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. All twelve signs.

Photo credits (12 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

Each link opens the photo’s page on Wikimedia Commons, which states its author and licence.

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