Discover Your Sun, Moon & Rising Signs

Your Sun sign shapes your core identity and life purpose. Your Moon sign reveals your emotional nature and what makes you feel secure. Your Rising sign (Ascendant) governs your outward personality and first impressions — together these three form the most important placements in your birth chart.

Sun sign is determined by your birth date alone. Moon sign requires your birth date, exact time, and city — the Moon changes sign roughly every 2.5 days. Rising sign also requires an accurate birth time, as the Ascendant rotates through all 12 signs in a single 24-hour day.

Your Rising sign is the zodiac constellation on the eastern horizon at the exact moment of your birth. It shapes your physical appearance, personal style, and the first impression you make on others. Because the Ascendant changes every two hours, an accurate birth time is essential to calculate it correctly.

Your Moon sign is the zodiac sign the Moon was passing through at the time of your birth. It governs your emotional instincts, subconscious patterns, and what you need to feel safe and nurtured. Many astrologers consider the Moon sign as important as — or more important than — the Sun sign.

The four elements are Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius), and Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces). Fire brings passion and drive, Earth brings practicality and patience, Air brings intellect and communication, and Water brings intuition and emotional depth.

Aries (Mar 21–Apr 19), Taurus (Apr 20–May 20), Gemini (May 21–Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22), Leo (Jul 23–Aug 22), Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22), Libra (Sep 23–Oct 22), Scorpio (Oct 23–Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22–Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19), Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 18), Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20).

Compatibility is scored by comparing two birth charts across Sun, Moon, and Rising signs for element harmony (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) and modality alignment (Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable). Signs sharing the same element naturally harmonise. Our free calculator weighs all three placements to produce an overall synastry score.

Your birth date and city are sufficient to calculate your Sun sign. However, an accurate birth time is required for your Moon sign and Rising sign, since both shift every 2–2.5 hours throughout the day. Check your birth certificate for the most precise result.