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Zodiac Sign Dates
Every Western (tropical) sign by birthday, with its element and ruling planet — and the honest reason your Vedic sign may not match.
| Sign | Dates | Element | Ruling planet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | March 21 – April 19 | Fire | Mars |
| Taurus | April 20 – May 20 | Earth | Venus |
| Gemini | May 21 – June 20 | Air | Mercury |
| Cancer | June 21 – July 22 | Water | Moon |
| Leo | July 23 – August 22 | Fire | Sun |
| Virgo | August 23 – September 22 | Earth | Mercury |
| Libra | September 23 – October 22 | Air | Venus |
| Scorpio | October 23 – November 21 | Water | Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern) |
| Sagittarius | November 22 – December 21 | Fire | Jupiter |
| Capricorn | December 22 – January 19 | Earth | Saturn |
| Aquarius | January 20 – February 18 | Air | Saturn (traditional), Uranus (modern) |
| Pisces | February 19 – March 20 | Water | Jupiter (traditional), Neptune (modern) |
Why your Vedic sign can be different
These are the Western (tropical) dates — the zodiac anchored to the seasons. Vedic astrology (Jyotish) anchors the zodiac to the actual constellations, and the two have drifted about 24 degrees apart over the centuries. Your Vedic Sun sign is often one sign behind your Western one. Neither is wrong; they are different coordinate systems reading the same sky. The full explanation lives in Vedic vs Western astrology.
Born on a cusp?
The boundary dates above are approximate — the Sun changes signs at a slightly different moment each year. If your birthday falls within a day of a boundary, your exact sign depends on your birth year, time, and place. That is exactly what a computed chart settles.
Your sign is only the headline
A birth chart places every planet, not just the Sun: your Moon sign (emotional wiring), rising sign (how you meet the world), and seven more bodies across twelve houses. Two people with the same Sun sign can run on completely different charts. What a birth chart contains walks through the layers — and asking the Oracle runs all eight systems on yours at once.
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