Born on September 17
Born on September 17: Virgo
On September 17, the Sun is in Virgo: that is your Sun sign, the core of your identity, your vitality and the way you shine.
Your sign: Virgo
With the Sun in Virgo, you see what others overlook, and you know how to make it better.
Ruled by Mercury in its Earth expression, the Sun in Virgo gives you an intelligence that is applied, methodical and deeply useful. You analyze, you sort, you organize, and you draw a concrete lesson from every experience. Your identity is built in service and work well done: you don’t need applause, you need to feel that what you do is useful. Someone with the Sun in Virgo has a real humility that often hides impressive skills. You’re the person everyone calls when something has to actually work, and that is a quiet but immense kind of power.
Your decan: 3rd decan of Virgo
Venus softens the third decan of Virgo: you are precision in the service of beauty, care turned into an art of living.
The third decan of Virgo runs from about September 13 to 22, the exact boundary depending on the year and your time of birth. Venus colors Mercury here, and Virgo gains softness, aesthetics and a feel for relationships. You’re the most sociable, most refined Virgo, the one who fusses over how a dish is presented, the harmony of a room, the rightness of a word. Your critical sense is still there, but it’s expressed with tact and aims at beauty as much as efficiency. You love helping with elegance and creating environments where everyone feels good.
The degree of the Sun
On September 17, the Sun sits between 23° and 25° Virgo 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 September 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 September 17?
Someone born on September 17 is a Virgo: the Sun is in Virgo that day, between 23° and 25°.
What is the decan of someone born on September 17?
The 3rd decan of Virgo, ruled by Venus: 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 September 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 September 17?
The chart drawn at the moment the Sun returns, every year around September 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.