January birthdays

January 28 zodiac sign

By Maren Tremblay, Fatesight editor · Last updated October 30, 2026

January 28 is Aquarius: at noon UTC on this date from 1950 to 2010, the Sun stood between 7°31' Aquarius and 8°42' Aquarius, in the first decan, with the constellation Capricornus behind it.

What the first decan of Aquarius is read as

The first decan of Aquarius is read as Aquarius twice over, Uranus and Saturn arguing it out. People here tend to hold firm opinions about how everything should work. In love they need a friend first, and at work they do best with a problem nobody has solved.

What the number 1 adds

Numerology reads a birthday that comes to 1 as the mark of someone who starts things. It tends to mean a strong preference for your own way of doing a job, and for a partner who won't try to run you.

The sky on January 28, 1950 to 2010

Mercury: Aquarius in 31 and Capricorn in 30 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1950, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1976, 1982, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2002 and 2009. Mercury in Aquarius.

Venus: Capricorn in 19, Aquarius in 19, Pisces in 16 and Sagittarius in 7 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1950, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998 and 2006. Venus in Capricorn.

Mars: Sagittarius in 8, Aries in 7, Scorpio in 7, Capricorn in 7, Pisces in 7, Aquarius in 6, Taurus in 4, Libra in 4, Gemini in 3, Cancer in 3, Leo in 3 and Virgo in 2 of 61 years. Retrograde in 1961, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2008 and 2010. Mars in Sagittarius.

New Moons: 1960, 1979 and 1998. Full Moons: 1964, 1983 and 2002. No eclipse peaked on this date.

The Chinese New Year moves between late January and mid-February. January 28 came before it in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, so those years take the animal of the year before.

Every year's sky on January 28

At noon UTC. R: retrograde.

Who you tend to match with

Aquarius: closest Gemini, Libra and Sagittarius; hardest Scorpio. All twelve.

How we calculate the sky

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