Sign 9 of 12 · Tropical zodiac
Sagittarius
Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter. Adaptation through wider experience. The emphasis is on connecting discoveries with beliefs about what matters.
Find Sagittarius in my chart- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Traditional ruler
- Jupiter
- Zodiac longitude
- 240° to <270°
Read Sagittarius through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Sagittarius
Sun in Sagittarius is associated with seeking a purpose you can believe in. Study or an unfamiliar experience can change what you want your life to stand for. A conviction stays useful when you can revise it after learning something new.
Read the full Sun in Sagittarius guideMoon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon is associated with finding reassurance in possibility and a wider perspective. After a setback, imagining another route toward a goal can restore hope. Looking ahead can also become a way to avoid acknowledging disappointment now.
Read the full Moon in Sagittarius guideSagittarius rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Sagittarius rising, Jupiter is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Sagittarius Sun concerns convictions that shape a chosen life direction. A Sagittarius Moon concerns how meaning or possibility becomes emotionally reassuring. A person can hold a serious long-term commitment and still need a change of surroundings after an intense day. The distinction is between purpose and response.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Sagittarius
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 255° is 15° Sagittarius. At exactly 270°, the next sign, Capricorn, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Sagittarius rising
The Ascendant degree in Sagittarius starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Aries and Leo share the fire element. Gemini is opposite Sagittarius in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:29:58.135Z.