Sagittarius: Personality and Compatibility
A mutable fire sign. Like an archer aiming at a distant target, Sagittarius is the adventurer chasing ideals and freedom.
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- Dates (approx.)
- 23 November – 21 December
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Keywords
- freedom, adventure, exploration
- Body
- Thighs and liver
- Lucky colors
- Purple and blue
- Ecliptic longitude
- 240° – 270°
1.The Sagittarius personality
Strengths
Optimistic and positive, with a hunger for knowledge, you keep widening your horizons through travel and study.
Things to watch
You get bored easily and don't sweat the details, and your honesty can startle people.
2.Love and work
Love: Your ideal is a free relationship where you can go on adventures together. If you feel tied down, you want to run.
Work: Travel, trade, publishing, universities and research, sport, religion and philosophy: work on a wide stage.
3.Signs that get along with Sagittarius
The other fire signs (Aries and Leo) share your values, while the air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) bring out the best in you.
4.The dates shift a little each year
A sign begins at the moment the sun reaches 240° of ecliptic longitude, so the boundary moves by about a day from year to year. Exact dates in Japan Standard Time:
| Year | Sagittarius (JST) |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 16:23 – Dec 21, 2026 |
| 2027 | Nov 22, 2027 22:16 – Dec 21, 2027 |
If you were born on a boundary day, check with the Sun, Moon and Rising sign reading.
5.Not just the Sun sign: the Moon sign too
Horoscope columns use your Sun sign, but the sign the Moon was in when you were born shows your private face and how your feelings move. See also the basics of Western astrology.
6.One sign earlier in Indian astrology
Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24° behind the tropical one, so most people born as Sagittarius are Scorpio there. Read more in What is Indian astrology?