December 27 zodiac sign
With the Sun near 5° Capricorn, a December 27 birthday falls in the middle of the first decan, where Saturn’s double rule makes family, tradition and plain speaking matter a great deal.
Sun signCapricorn
- Sun at 4°–7° Capricorn
- 1st decan · Saturn
December 27 in profile
The fifth degree is still early in Capricorn, so the sign shows its traits plainly and without much polish. Saturn rules the earth sign and its first decan, giving structure, loyalty to what has been built and a respect for elders and long habits. Cardinal energy pushes it to take the lead. A December 27 Capricorn often becomes the steady centre of a household or team without ever being formally asked to fill that role.
Home matters deeply. They keep family photographs in order, remember the anniversaries and maintain the house with care. Holidays follow traditions they defend firmly, though they adapt once a good argument is made. They are the relative who knows where the documents are kept. Visits to older relatives happen on a schedule and are never skipped. Their love shows in maintenance: a fixed gate, a full freezer, a paid bill.
Communication is brief and exact. Messages contain the necessary facts and little else, which can read as curt. In person their humour is drier than people expect. They prefer face-to-face talks for serious subjects. Phone calls follow an agenda, even with siblings. Adding one warm line to written messages is a small effort that stops relatives and colleagues from misreading economy as disapproval.
Capricorn all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 27, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around December 22 and January 19.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on December 27 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on December 27 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Aries
- 2018Virgo
- 2019Capricorn
- 2020Gemini
- 2021Libra
- 2022Aquarius → Pisces
- 2023Cancer
- 2024Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2025Pisces → Aries
- 2026Leo → Virgo
Compatible signs for a Capricorn
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Capricorn gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a December 27 birthday
A family photo book they did not have to assemble themselves, printed well, or a handsome frame for an old portrait of the grandparents.
Asked about December 27
What zodiac sign is December 27?
December 27 is Capricorn in every year: the Sun is at about 4°–7° Capricorn that day, in the sign’s 1st decan.
Is December 27 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Capricorn on December 27. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around December 22 and January 19. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is December 27?
December 27 falls in the 1st decan of Capricorn. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Capricorn and its ruler Saturn, which colours the Capricorn Sun with a little of Capricorn.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A December 27 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.