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Born on September 26: Libra
Quick facts
- Sign
- ♎︎ Libra
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- Venus
- Decan
- Decan 1 · Venus
- Sun degree
- 3° Libra (noon, averaged over the years)
- Birthday number
- 8
- Day 269 of the year
Libra, decan 1
Sub-ruler: Venus
Venus is fully at home here, and so is the Libra gift for harmony. You want life to be fair, pleasant and beautiful, and you work quietly to make rooms and relationships feel balanced. People relax around you, and you can hold two viewpoints at once without picking a fight. Indecision is the flaw, turning every choice into a survey of everyone else’s opinions. Make one small decision a day without asking anyone. You give generously to a partner; practice naming what you want before the other person has to guess, and notice how much lighter that feels.
Birthday number 8
Big goals don’t intimidate you; they focus you. This birthday number is linked with authority, organization and the drive to build something substantial, whether that means running a team, a company or a very well organized household. You’re good with resources and comfortable making decisions others avoid. Respect matters to you, and you usually earn it. Watch for the habit of measuring yourself only by results, which can make rest feel like failure. Success lands better when the people around you are thriving too.
Born in September
Something in September feels like a fresh notebook: cooler air, new schedules, a wish to sort things out. Its people are often organized and fair-minded. Virgo governs most of the month with attention to detail, practicality and quiet helpfulness; Libra takes the stage at the autumn equinox, around the 23rd, adding charm, diplomacy and a feel for balance. Sapphire, the deep blue birthstone, has long represented wisdom and sincerity. The aster, a star-shaped birth flower, is a symbol of patience and love that lasts. September friends are the ones who notice the details and still make everyone feel welcome.
Famous people born on September 26
- T. S. Eliot (1888)US-British poet (1888–1965)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)German philosopher (1889–1976)
- Serena Williams (1981)American tennis player (born 1981)
- Paul VI (1897)pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
- Petro Poroshenko (1965)President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
- Manmohan Singh (1932)Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
- George Gershwin (1898)American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
Source: Wikidata (CC0); ranked by the number of Wikipedia languages.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is September 26?
People born on September 26 are Libra (September 23 – October 22). Element: Air; ruling planet: Venus.
What are people born on September 26 like?
They are born in decan 1 of Libra, sub-ruled by Venus. Venus is fully at home here, and so is the Libra gift for harmony. You want life to be fair, pleasant and beautiful, and you work quietly to make rooms and relationships feel balanced. People relax around you, and you can hold two viewpoints at once without picking a fight. Indecision is the flaw, turning every choice into a survey of everyone else’s opinions. Make one small decision a day without asking anyone. You give generously to a partner; practice naming what you want before the other person has to guess, and notice how much lighter that feels.
Which famous people were born on September 26?
Well-known people born on September 26 include T. S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Serena Williams, Paul VI, Ivan Pavlov.
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The sign is computed from the Sun's position at noon (UTC) for the years 1940–2030; on cusp dates the exact sign depends on the birth time. Decan and numerology readings are traditional symbolic descriptions.