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The dates move by about a day depending on the year you were born. Enter your birthday and we’ll work out where the Sun was.
What gives you away
Three signs you’re the Capricorn decan
01You always have a plan
You had the group trip budget in a spreadsheet before anyone booked a ticket. You know your savings goal down to the last cent. When plans fall through last minute, you're already working out plan B while everyone else is still complaining.
The astrologySaturn is the planet of structure and time, and astrologers say it makes this decan think three steps ahead. Virgo's Mercury handles the details, and Saturn handles the long game.
02You're the responsible friend
You were booking your own dentist appointments while your friends still asked their parents to call. You're the friend who checks the bill, reminds everyone about the deposit, and leaves the party at ten because you're up at seven. Your humor is so dry that half the room misses the joke.
The astrologyAstrologers connect Saturn with age, maturity and responsibility. In this decan, all three show up early.
03Your word works like a contract
If you say you'll help someone move, you show up at nine with tape. You'd rather say no than say yes and flake. When someone cancels on you twice, you remember.
The astrologySaturn rules commitments in astrology, and Virgo wants things done right. Together they make you someone people can count on, and you expect the same back.
Why you’re like this
How Virgo’s decans work
Each zodiac sign covers 30 degrees of the sky. Astrologers split every sign into three 10-degree slices called decans, and the Sun spends about ten days in each one.
Virgo is an earth sign. In the decan system most popular in modern astrology, each third of a sign mixes in a sign of the same element, in order. The middle third mixes in Capricorn, the next earth sign around the zodiac. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet astrologers tie to rules, patience and hard work that pays off later.
Love
The Capricorn decan in love
You take love slowly and seriously. You'd rather know where something is going than sit through six months of mixed signals. Once you commit, you're the partner who knows when their passport runs out and books the anniversary dinner weeks ahead.
You need someone steady who doesn't treat your plans as a joke. Big gestures matter less to you than someone who calls when they said they would, every single time.
If you love one
Show them the plan. Tell a Capricorn decan Virgo what next month looks like, and you'll watch their shoulders drop.
Birth Chart Reading
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- Your Sun’s exact degree and decan, with your Moon and rising
- How you love, from your Venus and Mars
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At work
You like work with clear goals and a ladder you can see. You often end up running the project even when nobody gave you the title. Astrologers often match this decan with management, finance, law, engineering, medicine and running a business.
The hard part
When it gets heavy
You can be hard on yourself in a way that never lets up. Ninety percent feels like failing, a lazy Sunday feels like falling behind, and you may hold off on trying something new until you're sure you'll be good at it.
Put rest on your calendar the same way you'd add anything important, with a time and a name. You keep promises better than almost anyone, so make a few of them to yourself.
Famous faces
Born in this decan
- BeyoncéSep 4, 1981
- Freddie MercurySep 5, 1946
- PinkSep 8, 1979
- Idris ElbaSep 6, 1972
- Adam SandlerSep 9, 1966
- Michelle WilliamsSep 9, 1980
We checked each birthday against the Swiss Ephemeris, the planet-position tables astrologers use, so everyone listed sits inside this decan whatever time they were born. Sharing a decan is a fun overlap. Your Moon, rising and the rest of your chart are still all your own.
All three Virgo decans
Which Virgo are you?
More Virgo: Virgo this month · Virgo compatibility · Virgo Sun with every Moon · Virgo rising
Your questions
Frequently asked questions
What dates are Virgo decan 2?
In most years, September 2 to 12. The Sun reaches 10° Virgo on September 1, 2 or 3 depending on the year and time zone, and reaches 20° on September 11, 12, 13 or 14 (we checked every year from 1940 to 2026 with the Swiss Ephemeris). Born on one of those days? Use the decan checker on this page, or your free birth chart.
I was born on September 11, 12, 13 or 14. Am I decan 2 or decan 3?
It depends on the year, and sometimes on the hour. The Sun reaches 20° Virgo on September 11, 12, 13 or 14, depending on the year and where you were born. Put your birthday into the decan checker above. If it says your birth time decides, your free birth chart settles it.
Why does the Capricorn decan feel more serious than other Virgos?
Because Saturn, Capricorn's ruler, is the strictest planet in astrology. You still have Virgo's Mercury, so you're quick and detail-minded. Saturn adds the patience, ambition and long view that the other two decans have less of.
Do decans work for my rising sign or Moon too?
Yes. Any planet or point in Virgo has a decan, set by its degree. A Virgo rising at 15°, for example, is in the Capricorn decan, even if your Sun is in another sign. Your rising degree needs your exact birth time, and your free birth chart shows it.
Which decan system does ZODIA use?
The triplicity system, the most popular one in modern astrology. Each decan mixes in a sign of the same element, so Virgo goes Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus. Older Hellenistic astrology used a different set called the Chaldean faces, which gives Virgo’s thirds to the Sun, Venus and Mercury. Both are real traditions.
Is my decan my whole personality?
No. Your decan sharpens your Sun sign, and your Sun is one part of your chart. Your Moon shapes how you feel, your rising shapes how you come across, and your Venus and Mars shape how you love and go after things. Two people born on the same day can still be very different.