December 19 birthdayZodiac sign, famous birthdays, personality and your 2027 numbers
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December 19 is a Sagittarius birthday in the third decan of Sagittarius with birthday number 1 and a Personal Year 6 in 2027; Édith Piaf (1915), Albert A. Michelson (1852) and Jake Gyllenhaal (1980) were born on December 19 too.
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December 19 zodiac sign: Sagittarius
- Sun sign
- Sagittarius
- Sun at noon UTC
- 26.7° to 28.1° Sagittarius
- Decan
- Third of Sagittarius, 20° to 30°
- Element and mode
- Fire, mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
In every one of the 91 years from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stood in Sagittarius for the whole of December 19, in every time zone on Earth, between 26.7° and 28.1° of the sign at noon UTC, so a December 19 birthday is a Sagittarius birthday whatever the year or the hour.
At noon UTC on December 19 the Sun is in the third decan of Sagittarius, 20° to 30°, in every one of those years, a face that belongs to Saturn in the Chaldean order and is read through Leo, ruled by the Sun, by triplicity; in most years the decan runs from December 12 to December 21, and December 19 is its eighth day.
In most years December 19 is the 28th day of the Sun’s season in Sagittarius, which runs from November 22 to December 21 counted at noon UTC, with two days of it still to come. December 19 is the 353rd day of a common year and the 354th of a leap year, with 12 days of the year still to come after it.
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Famous December 19 birthdays
The earliest born of the twelve is Philip V of Spain, in 1683, and the most recent Alexis Sánchez, in 1988; six of them were born after 1949.
Born since 1950
- Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), American actor
- Alexis Sánchez (born 1988), Chilean footballer
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972), American actress
- Eric Allin Cornell (born 1961), American physicist, professor
- Gary Cahill (born 1985), English association football player
- Ryan Babel (born 1986), Dutch association football player
Born from 1900 to 1949
- Édith Piaf (1915–1963), French singer
- Cicely Tyson (1924–2021), American actress
Born in the 1800s
- Albert A. Michelson (1852–1931), American physicist
- Mileva Marić (1875–1948), Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein
- Italo Svevo (1861–1928), Italian writer
Born before 1800
- Philip V of Spain (1683–1746), King of Spain from 1700 to 1746
Birthdays from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia’s “On this day” births: the twelve best known of the 74 people the Almanac’s table keeps for December 19, by how many Wikipedia editions cover them, with dates before the calendar reform as the sources give them.
December 19 birthday personality
Saturn rules the last face of Sagittarius in the Chaldean scheme while Leo lends the Sun’s confidence, so belief is read here as conviction that has been tested: the teacher, the elder, the one whose principles have cost them something. Tradition warns against a certainty that stops listening.
The 19th adds to 10 and then to 1, and 19 is the last of numerology’s karmic debt numbers, read as learning to stand on your own without standing apart. The Almanac keeps it a symbol of growth, never a verdict. Fire and the 1 together are read as a pioneer’s temper, at its best when the first step is taken for others and not only for the thrill of it.
A question to carry from December 19: which first step has your hope been putting off until conditions are perfect?
The Sun in Sagittarius and the number 1 are only part of the story: your Moon, your rising sign and the rest of your chart have as much to say, and the tradition offers all this as a mirror, never a verdict.
Birthday number 1, through 19
Born on the 19th, 1 + 9 = 10, and 1 + 0 = 1, so your birthday number is 1: a 1 vibration supports initiative, courage, leadership, and clear beginnings, with initiative and self-direction as its gift and impatience, isolation, or ego pressure as its strain. The day itself, 19, is one of the four karmic debt numbers, 13, 14, 16 and 19, a flag raised only for a number’s own total, and the Almanac reads it as a lesson to grow through, never as a punishment or a curse.
Your 2027 numbers
For a birthday on December 19 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: December, the 12th month, reduces to 3, the 19th reduces to 1, and 3 + 1 + 11 = 15, which reduces to 6, so 2027 is your Personal Year 6.
Read as the year of the hearth, a Personal Year 6 brings home, family, love and responsibility to the front. In 2027, a Universal Year 11, the reading adds a calling to care for something wider than the household.
Personal Months of 2027, a Personal Year 6: Jan 7 Feb 8 Mar 9 Apr 1 May 11 Jun 3 Jul 4 Aug 5 Sep 6 Oct 7 Nov 8 Dec 9
In 2027 December 19 falls on a Sunday, the day the old reckoning gives to the Sun, and is a Personal Day 1 (9 + 19 = 28, then 1) in a Personal Month 9 (6 + 12 = 18, then 9), while May is a master month 11; the Personal Year itself turns on 1 January, not on the birthday.
December birthstone and birth flower
- Birthstones
- Turquoise, tanzanite and zircon
- Birth flowers
- Narcissus, and holly as the second flower
December’s turquoise, tanzanite and zircon come from the modern list (the Jewelers of America list of 1912, as since revised), and its narcissus and holly from The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
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Common questions
What zodiac sign is December 19?
Sagittarius: from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stayed in Sagittarius for the whole of December 19 in every year and every time zone, 26.7° to 28.1° into the sign at noon UTC, so no birth year or birth time changes it.
Is December 19 a cusp birthday?
No: the Sun stays in Sagittarius all day on December 19 in every year from 1940 to 2030, wherever on Earth the birth takes place, and the nearest cusp birthday is December 21, two days later.
Who was born on December 19?
Among the best known people born on December 19 are Édith Piaf (1915–1963), Albert A. Michelson (1852–1931) and Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), with Philip V of Spain, Alexis Sánchez and Alyssa Milano and six more named on this page.
What is the birthday number for December 19?
1. Born on the 19th, 1 + 9 = 10, and 1 + 0 = 1, so your birthday number is 1: a 1 vibration supports initiative, courage, leadership, and clear beginnings, with initiative and self-direction as its gift and impatience, isolation, or ego pressure as its strain.
What is the 2027 Personal Year for a December 19 birthday?
6. For a birthday on December 19 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: December, the 12th month, reduces to 3, the 19th reduces to 1, and 3 + 1 + 11 = 15, which reduces to 6, so 2027 is your Personal Year 6.
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