February 18 zodiac sign
February 18 is a true cusp date: the Sun is either in the final degree of Aquarius or the first of Pisces, and the birth year and time decide which.
- Sun at 28°–30° Aquarius
- 3rd decan · Venus
- Cusp birthday
February 18 in profile
There is no blended cusp sign in astrology, so a February 18 birthday belongs to Aquarius or to Pisces, never to both. For most years the Sun is still at 29° Aquarius, the last and anaretic degree, where the sign’s lessons arrive concentrated: independence, principle and detachment, all under pressure to mature. In that third decan, Venus is sub-ruler. In other years the Sun has just entered Pisces at 0°, mutable water at its newest and most open. Both versions share a strong sense of common humanity.
In conflict, the Aquarius version argues from principle, keeps a level voice and wants the facts straight. The Pisces version avoids the fight, then feels it for days. Both tend to see the other side clearly, which makes them reluctant to win at someone else’s cost. They rarely slam doors. More often they leave the room, write a long message and delete half of it before sending.
Stress affects both versions in similar ways. They absorb the mood of a tense office or household and need time alone to sort out which feelings are theirs. Aquarius detaches and makes a plan, while Pisces seeks music, water or sleep. Either can drift into avoiding the problem altogether. A short daily walk without a phone settles the mind and lets the next step appear.
Aquarius or Pisces?
The Sun moves from Aquarius into Pisces around February 18, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of February 18 in 45 years out of 111, at a median of 18:30 UTC (18:35 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 66 years the whole day was still Aquarius. So a February 18 birthday is Aquarius or Pisces depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on February 18, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Aquarius all day
- 1971Aquarius all day
- 1972Aquarius all day
- 1973Pisces from 19:01
- 1974Aquarius all day
- 1975Aquarius all day
- 1976Aquarius all day
- 1977Pisces from 18:31
- 1978Aquarius all day
- 1979Aquarius all day
- 1980Aquarius all day
- 1981Pisces from 17:52
- 1982Pisces from 23:46
- 1983Aquarius all day
- 1984Aquarius all day
- 1985Pisces from 17:08
- 1986Pisces from 22:58
- 1987Aquarius all day
- 1988Aquarius all day
- 1989Pisces from 16:20
- 1990Pisces from 22:14
- 1991Aquarius all day
- 1992Aquarius all day
- 1993Pisces from 15:35
- 1994Pisces from 21:22
- 1995Aquarius all day
- 1996Aquarius all day
- 1997Pisces from 14:52
- 1998Pisces from 20:55
- 1999Aquarius all day
- 2000Aquarius all day
- 2001Pisces from 14:28
- 2002Pisces from 20:13
- 2003Aquarius all day
- 2004Aquarius all day
- 2005Pisces from 13:32
- 2006Pisces from 19:25
- 2007Aquarius all day
- 2008Aquarius all day
- 2009Pisces from 12:46
- 2010Pisces from 18:35
- 2011Aquarius all day
- 2012Aquarius all day
- 2013Pisces from 12:01
- 2014Pisces from 17:59
- 2015Pisces from 23:50
- 2016Aquarius all day
- 2017Pisces from 11:32
- 2018Pisces from 17:18
- 2019Pisces from 23:04
- 2020Aquarius all day
- 2021Pisces from 10:44
- 2022Pisces from 16:43
- 2023Pisces from 22:34
- 2024Aquarius all day
- 2025Pisces from 10:06
- 2026Pisces from 15:52
- 2027Pisces from 21:34
- 2028Aquarius all day
- 2029Pisces from 09:08
- 2030Pisces from 15:00
Calculated by Lunonis from the same ephemeris code as our charts (astronomy-engine, checked against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Times are UTC: add or subtract your time zone’s offset, which can move the change to the day before or after.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on February 18 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 February 18 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2018Pisces → Aries
- 2019Leo
- 2020Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2021Taurus
- 2022Virgo
- 2023Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2024Gemini
- 2025Libra → Scorpio
- 2026Pisces
Compatible signs for an Aquarius
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Aquarius gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. For a February 18 birthday, in the Libra decan, Libra is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a February 18 birthday
A day at a spa or a lido, combining water for the Pisces side with the calm, unhurried space that any Aquarian needs to reset.
Asked about February 18
What zodiac sign is February 18?
February 18 can be Aquarius or Pisces. The Sun changed from Aquarius to Pisces during this date in 45 of the 111 years from 1930 to 2040, so the answer depends on the birth year, time and place. The year-by-year list above shows when; a birth chart gives the exact answer.
Is February 18 a cusp birthday?
Yes. February 18 is one of the days the Sun leaves Aquarius for Pisces. People call it the Aquarius–Pisces cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Aquarius, after it Pisces.
What decan is February 18?
February 18 falls in the 3rd decan of Aquarius. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Libra and its ruler Venus, which colours the Aquarius Sun with a little of Libra.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A February 18 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.