January 6 zodiac sign
January 6 brings the Sun to about 15° Capricorn, the exact centre of the Taurus decan, near the star Vega, and gives the goat a surprisingly strong artistic streak.
Sun signCapricorn
- Sun at 14°–18° Capricorn
- 2nd decan · Venus
- On the star Vega
January 6 in profile
Fifteen degrees marks the midpoint of Capricorn, the sign at its most balanced, neither starting out nor nearly done. The second decan belongs to Taurus and Venus, and here their influence is at full strength, so Saturn’s seriousness meets a real appetite for beauty, texture and sound. Vega, the star of the Lyre, is close by, and tradition associates it with charm and the arts. A January 6 Capricorn often has a craft or instrument they practise for years with almost private devotion.
Their creativity is disciplined. They will practise scales for an hour, remake a pottery bowl until the rim is even or rehearse a toast in the car. Play comes most easily when it has form: a choir, a dance class with set steps, a board game played over a long winter evening. Once relaxed, they can be very funny, with deadpan timing that catches the table off guard.
Help is given in practical form and usually without fuss. They repair a friend’s shelf, lend the good suitcase or turn up early to set out chairs at a community event. They give to causes they have checked thoroughly. The danger is quietly taking on too much and resenting it later. Saying yes to fewer requests, and enjoying the ones they accept, keeps the giving warm.
Capricorn all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 6, 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 January 6 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 January 6 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Aries → Taurus
- 2018Virgo
- 2019Capricorn
- 2020Taurus
- 2021Libra
- 2022Aquarius → Pisces
- 2023Cancer
- 2024Scorpio
- 2025Aries
- 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. For a January 6 birthday, in the Taurus decan, Taurus is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a January 6 birthday
Lessons in a craft they have mentioned wanting to try, such as wheel pottery or piano, paid for as a block of sessions so the skill has time to grow.
Asked about January 6
What zodiac sign is January 6?
January 6 is Capricorn in every year: the Sun is at about 14°–18° Capricorn that day, in the sign’s 2nd decan.
Is January 6 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Capricorn on January 6. 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 January 6?
January 6 falls in the 2nd decan of Capricorn. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Taurus and its ruler Venus, which colours the Capricorn Sun with a little of Taurus.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A January 6 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.