Born on December 17
Born on December 17: Sagittarius
On December 17, the Sun is in Sagittarius: that is your Sun sign, the core of your identity, your vitality and the way you shine.
Your sign: Sagittarius
With the Sun in Sagittarius, your gaze always reaches beyond the horizon: you’re an explorer of the world and of ideas.
Ruled by Jupiter, planet of expansion and faith, the Sun in Sagittarius gives you an identity turned toward distance, meaning and growth. You need to understand why things exist, to discover other cultures, other ways of thinking, other landscapes. Your optimism isn’t naïveté: it’s a deep conviction that life has meaning and that every experience teaches something. Someone with the Sun in Sagittarius is an eternal student and a natural teacher. You inspire others with your enthusiasm and your candor, and you make them want to widen their own vision of what’s possible.
Your decan: 3rd decan of Sagittarius
The Sun illuminates the third decan of Sagittarius: you are vision that radiates, generosity with panache and a faith that sweeps up crowds.
The third decan of Sagittarius runs from about December 12 to 21, the exact boundary depending on the year and your time of birth. The Sun lights up Jupiter here, and Sagittarius gains nobility, pride and presence. You’re the most charismatic Sagittarius of the three decans: your ideals need to be embodied, your optimism wants to be seen and shared, your generosity takes on a royal air. You love to teach, inspire and lead by example, and you have an innate sense of showmanship that gives your convictions remarkable pulling power.
The degree of the Sun
On December 17, the Sun sits between 24° and 26° Sagittarius depending on the birth year. Every degree has its own colour: decan, dwad, term, sometimes a fixed star. Read yours:
Your solar return
Every year around December 17, the Sun returns to the exact degree of your birth: that is your solar return, the chart of your year, from birthday to birthday. Calculate it for free (date, time and place of birth), then, if you want the full reading, have it read.
And the rising sign, the Moon, the houses?
The Sun sign is not the whole story. Your rising sign changes every two hours, the Moon changes sign every two and a half days, and the houses depend on the place. With your birth time and city, the free calculation gives you all of it in 30 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the zodiac sign of someone born on December 17?
Someone born on December 17 is a Sagittarius: the Sun is in Sagittarius that day, between 24° and 26°.
What is the decan of someone born on December 17?
The 3rd decan of Sagittarius, ruled by Sun: it gives the sign a nuance of its own, described on the decan page.
How do I find my rising sign if I was born on December 17?
The rising sign depends on the time and place of birth, not only the date: it changes about every two hours. Enter your time and city in the free chart calculation.
What is the solar return of someone born on December 17?
The chart drawn at the moment the Sun returns, every year around December 17, to the exact degree of the birth. It describes the dynamic of the year that opens. The free calculator gives it, the year-ahead reading interprets it.