Born on January 20
A January 20 birthday is Capricorn or Aquarius.
The Sun moves from Capricorn into Aquarius on or around January 20, so your birth year, time and place decide your sign. Add your birth details below and Danu checks it from your exact birth moment.
Your chart
Capricorn or Aquarius? Check your Sun.
Enter your birth details. Danu computes your Sun's exact position from your birth moment.
The sky on your birthday
The Sun on January 20
- Sun position
- 28° Capricorn to 1° Aquarius
- Every position a January 20 birth can have, 1925 to 2025, any time zone.
- Sign change
- Capricorn to Aquarius
- Both signs are common on this date. An exact birth time settles it.
- Day of the year
- 20
- Day 20 in a leap year.
Your Sun
What Capricorn and Aquarius carry
Sun in Capricorn or Sun in Aquarius
The Sun is your center of gravity — the thing you keep returning to. Read what Capricorn or Aquarius actually means, then go past it: your chart has a Moon, a rising sign, and a live sky moving over it right now.
Good company
Famous January 20 birthdays
People who share your birthday — and, for the ones with a verified birth time, a full natal chart you can read.
Nearby
Birthdays either side
Common questions
January 20 birthdays, answered
What zodiac sign is January 20?
Capricorn or Aquarius. The Sun changes sign on or around January 20, so it depends on the birth year, time and place. An exact birth time settles it.
Is a January 20 birthday a Capricorn–Aquarius cusp?
Yes, in the popular sense: the Sun changes sign on or around this date. Astrologically the Sun is always in one sign or the other, never a blend. Compute your chart with your exact birth time to see which.
What famous people were born on January 20?
Buzz Aldrin (1930).
What day of the year is January 20?
Day 20, or day 20 in a leap year.
Your turn
Your Sun sign is the trailer
See your whole chart — Moon, rising, and what the sky is doing over it today.