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December 6 birthdayZodiac sign, famous birthdays, personality and your 2027 numbers

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December 6 is a Sagittarius birthday in the second decan of Sagittarius with birthday number 6 and a Personal Year 2 in 2027; Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), Gunnar Myrdal (1898) and Henry VI of England (1421) were born on December 6 too.

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December 6 zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Sun sign: Sagittarius
Sun at noon UTC: 13.5° to 14.9° Sagittarius
Decan: Second of Sagittarius, 10° to 20°
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 6, in every time zone on Earth, between 13.5° and 14.9° of the sign at noon UTC, so a December 6 birthday is a Sagittarius birthday whatever the year or the hour.

At noon UTC on December 6 the Sun is in the second decan of Sagittarius, 10° to 20°, in every one of those years, a face that belongs to the Moon in the Chaldean order and is read through Aries, ruled by Mars, by triplicity; in most years the decan runs from December 2 to December 11, and December 6 is its fifth day.

In most years December 6 is the 15th day of the Sun’s season in Sagittarius, which runs from November 22 to December 21 counted at noon UTC, with 15 days of it still to come. December 6 is the 340th day of a common year and the 341st of a leap year, with 25 days of the year still to come after it.

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Famous December 6 birthdays

The earliest born of the twelve is Henry VI of England, in 1421, and the most recent Giannis Antetokounmpo, in 1994; three of them were born after 1949.

Born since 1950

Alberto Contador (born 1982), Spanish professional cyclist
Tim Cahill (born 1979), Australian association football player
Giannis Antetokounmpo (born 1994), Nigerian-Greek basketball player

Born from 1900 to 1949

Geoffrey Hinton (born 1947), British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), American jazz pianist and composer

Born in the 1800s

Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist
Max Müller (1823–1900), German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist
Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), French painter

Born before 1800

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850), French chemist and physicist
Henry VI of England (1421–1471), King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471
Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), Italian Renaissance author
William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands

Birthdays from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia’s “On this day” births: the twelve best known of the 64 people the Almanac’s table keeps for December 6, by how many Wikipedia editions cover them, with dates before the calendar reform as the sources give them.

December 6 birthday personality

The Moon takes the middle decan of Sagittarius in the Chaldean order and Aries lends Mars’s dash by triplicity, so tradition reads a restless, warm-hearted optimism here, quick to set out and quick to forgive. The reflection is whether leaving has become easier than staying.

Born on the 6th, you have the 6 alone, read in numerology as care, home and the duty that love brings with it. The day is said to make natural hosts and menders. In fire the 6’s care is read as protective and outspoken, the friend who will defend you before you have finished explaining.

A question to carry from December 6: who is your hope caring for, and is anyone caring for you in return?

The Sun in Sagittarius and the number 6 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 6

Born on the 6th, your birthday number is simply 6, the day itself: a 6 vibration supports love, responsibility, beauty, family, and service, with care, beauty, and responsibility as its gift and over-giving, perfectionism, or control through care as its strain.

Your 2027 numbers

A Greek sphinx with a lion's body, folded wings and a serene woman's face, seated on a stone plinth, an engraving — The Sphinx, keeper of riddles

For a birthday on December 6 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 6th gives 6, and 3 + 6 + 11 = 20, which reduces to 2, so 2027 is your Personal Year 2.

A Personal Year 2 is read as the year of the partner and the peacemaker, when results come through patience and good relationships. The Universal Year 11, built on a 2 itself, is read as making 2027 a gentle, intuitive year for you.

Personal Months of 2027, a Personal Year 2: Jan 3 Feb 4 Mar 5 Apr 6 May 7 Jun 8 Jul 9 Aug 1 Sep 11 Oct 3 Nov 4 Dec 5

In 2027 December 6 falls on a Monday, the day the old reckoning gives to the Moon, and is a Personal Day 11 (5 + 6 = 11) in a Personal Month 5 (2 + 12 = 14, then 5), while September 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 6?

Sagittarius: from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stayed in Sagittarius for the whole of December 6 in every year and every time zone, 13.5° to 14.9° into the sign at noon UTC, so no birth year or birth time changes it.

Is December 6 a cusp birthday?

No: the Sun stays in Sagittarius all day on December 6 in every year from 1940 to 2030, wherever on Earth the birth takes place, and the nearest cusp birthday is November 23, 13 days earlier.

Who was born on December 6?

Among the best known people born on December 6 are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850), Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) and Henry VI of England (1421–1471), with Max Müller, Geoffrey Hinton and Alberto Contador and six more named on this page.

What is the birthday number for December 6?

6. Born on the 6th, your birthday number is simply 6, the day itself: a 6 vibration supports love, responsibility, beauty, family, and service, with care, beauty, and responsibility as its gift and over-giving, perfectionism, or control through care as its strain.

What is the 2027 Personal Year for a December 6 birthday?

2. For a birthday on December 6 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 6th gives 6, and 3 + 6 + 11 = 20, which reduces to 2, so 2027 is your Personal Year 2.