366 days of the year · Swiss Ephemeris
Born on January 26: Aquarius
Quick facts
- Sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Uranus · Saturn
- Decan
- Decan 1 · Uranus
- Sun degree
- 6° Aquarius (noon, averaged over the years)
- Birthday number
- 8
- Day 26 of the year
Aquarius, decan 1
Sub-ruler: Uranus
With Uranus in sole charge, independence and originality are not traits you have but the air you breathe. You question rules on principle, befriend people from every corner and care about ideas that make life fairer for everyone. You see where things could go long before they get there. A cool distance is the drawback, one that can leave the people closest to you feeling like one more interesting case. Let someone in past the ideas. You innovate best with a partner who handles the details. You need freedom and you need to be chosen; both can be true.
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 January
The year starts quietly, and so, in a way, do many January people: steady, self-reliant and more ambitious than they let on. The month opens under Capricorn, the sign of long goals and patient climbing, and passes to Aquarius around the 20th, adding a streak of independence and original thinking. Garnet, the deep red birthstone, has long stood for loyalty and lasting friendship, which fits a group known for keeping promises. The carnation, January’s flower, blooms cheerfully in the cold. Born in winter’s heart, you tend to know that good things take time.
Famous people born on January 26
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
- José Mourinho (1963)Portuguese association football manager and former player
- Paul Newman (1925)American actor (1925–2008)
- Ellen DeGeneres (1958)American comedian, television host, actress, and writer (born 1958)
- Angela Davis (1944)American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO
- Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763)King of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal (1763–1844)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)French philosopher; (1715-1771)
Source: Wikidata (CC0); ranked by the number of Wikipedia languages.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 26?
People born on January 26 are Aquarius (January 20 – February 18). Element: Air; ruling planet: Uranus · Saturn.
What are people born on January 26 like?
They are born in decan 1 of Aquarius, sub-ruled by Uranus. With Uranus in sole charge, independence and originality are not traits you have but the air you breathe. You question rules on principle, befriend people from every corner and care about ideas that make life fairer for everyone. You see where things could go long before they get there. A cool distance is the drawback, one that can leave the people closest to you feeling like one more interesting case. Let someone in past the ideas. You innovate best with a partner who handles the details. You need freedom and you need to be chosen; both can be true.
Which famous people were born on January 26?
Well-known people born on January 26 include Douglas MacArthur, José Mourinho, Paul Newman, Ellen DeGeneres, Angela Davis.
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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.