September 20 zodiac sign
Twenty-seven degrees into Virgo on September 20, the Venus decan gives this birthday warmth in friendship and a learner’s delight in getting to the bottom of how things work.
Sun signVirgo
- Sun at 26°–29° Virgo
- 3rd decan · Venus
September 20 in profile
The final stretch of Virgo is experienced and reflective. At about 27° the Sun is in the third decan, where Taurus is the sub-sign and Venus the sub-ruler. Mercury’s quick mind is joined by earthy patience and a liking for comfort and beauty. A September 20 Virgo is seasoned, sociable in small groups and alert to the more social Libra mood ahead. They tend to know a little about everything and a lot about a few things.
Friendship is a long-term investment. They keep in touch through careful messages, remember when a friend had a job interview and check in afterwards. Their gatherings are small and comfortable: a few people, good bread, a board game. They are good at bringing together friends who would not otherwise meet, a quiet early sign of Libra’s talent for connection. Old school friends still hear from them every birthday.
Learning is slow and thorough. They like studying with a friend, attending a lecture series or keeping a reading list for years. A new language suits them, especially when it comes with cooking. They ask precise questions and remember the answers. The growth edge is sharing what they know more freely, since others benefit from the knowledge they quietly collect.
Virgo all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 20, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around August 24 and September 22.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on September 20 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 September 20 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Virgo → Libra
- 2018Aquarius
- 2019Gemini
- 2020Scorpio
- 2021Pisces
- 2022Cancer → Leo
- 2023Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2024Aries → Taurus
- 2025Virgo
- 2026Capricorn
Compatible signs for a Virgo
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Virgo gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. For a September 20 birthday, in the Taurus decan, Taurus is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a September 20 birthday
A season ticket to a lecture series, a museum membership or a language class for two, so learning becomes a shared outing with a friend.
Asked about September 20
What zodiac sign is September 20?
September 20 is Virgo in every year: the Sun is at about 26°–29° Virgo that day, in the sign’s 3rd decan.
Is September 20 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Virgo on September 20. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around August 24 and September 22. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is September 20?
September 20 falls in the 3rd decan of Virgo. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Taurus and its ruler Venus, which colours the Virgo Sun with a little of Taurus.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A September 20 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.