Last updated by Susan Taylor
Which house of your chart does Sagittarius season light up?
Enter your date, time and place of birth: find out where the Sun sits in your birth chart, and which area of your life Sagittarius season comes to light up.
On Sunday, November 22, 2026, at 2:23 a.m. ET, the Sun enters Sagittarius, where it stays until the afternoon of December 21. After Scorpio's intensity, the sky turns to fire: wider horizons, more laughter.
Here's what this 2026 season really brings, and which house of your chart it lights up, sign by sign. 🏹
Starts
11/22/2026 (2:23 a.m. ET)
Ends
12/21/2026 (3:50 p.m. ET), Sun enters Capricorn
The sign
Fire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter
Highlights
Full Moon 11/24, New Moon 12/08
The sign's ruler
Jupiter in Leo, retrograde on 12/12
Signs most affected
Sagittarius, Gemini, Virgo, Pisces
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In astrology, a "season" is the time the Sun spends in one sign, roughly thirty days. This year it crosses the first degree of Sagittarius in the early hours of a Sunday, and leaves it on Monday, December 21, when it moves into Capricorn. That moment is no small thing: it's also the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. So Sagittarius season is the last burst of light before winter (and let's be honest, it lands right between the gray skies and the holiday lights).
Its dates shift slightly from one year to the next, because our calendar doesn't match the Sun's cycle exactly. Before it, Scorpio season did some deep cleaning. Now the Sun changes gears: it stops digging and starts shining. You breathe, you look up, and you catch yourself making plans again.
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Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign, the ninth of the zodiac. Tradition gives it to Jupiter, the planet of expansion, and hands it travel, learning, beliefs and the search for meaning. When the Sun moves through it, everyone thinks a little bigger: you want to go somewhere, learn something, and say what you think, no filter.
“The arrow never flies if you don't dare to draw the bow.”
The tone of 2026 is enthusiastic, but not naive. Jupiter, the sign's ruler, sits in Leo, another fire sign, and turns retrograde mid-season: big plans will need a second read. In the very first days, the Sun faces Uranus, and a surprise can shake up a well-oiled plan. Saturn, meanwhile, gives all that momentum some structure. Here are the planets setting the tone, as positioned on November 22.
♃ Jupiter
Leo, 26°20', trine the Sun on 12/18
→ Optimism finds its audience
♅ Uranus
Gemini, 3°50', retrograde, opposite the Sun on 11/25
→ A surprise reshuffles the deck
♄ Saturn
Aries, 8°15', retrograde, trine the Sun on 11/30
→ Big ideas get a solid frame
♂ Mars
Leo, 28°30', in Virgo from 11/25
→ Energy turns into concrete action
☿ Mercury
Scorpio, 10°35', in Sagittarius from 12/06
→ Words get blunt, sometimes too blunt
A busy month, with two lunations and two slow planets changing direction. Times are given in Eastern Time.
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Barely two days after the Sun arrives in Sagittarius, the Moon turns full in the opposite sign, Gemini. This axis pits Gemini's curiosity about everything against Sagittarius's big-picture vision: it's time to sort through the thousand ideas of fall and keep only the ones that mean something. Don't worry, it's not an eclipse: the last one of 2026 took place on August 28. To understand what a Full Moon stirs up, our dedicated page walks you through it.
Then, on the evening of December 8, the New Moon forms in Sagittarius. It's the seed of the season: a trip you want to take, a class, a change of direction. It comes a few days before Jupiter starts moving backward, which invites you to plant big… then check the details. Mercury, which entered Sagittarius just before, gives you the words to set your intention.
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Sagittarius doesn't do halfway, and neither does its season. Treat yourself: a night out, a spur-of-the-moment weekend, a class you've been eyeing for months. With Mars moving into Virgo in late November, enthusiasm finally has a plan: it's the right time to turn a wish into a sign-up, a ticket, a first step.
Still, keep an eye on your promises. Jupiter retrograde doesn't switch off optimism: it checks that it holds up. And when Mercury moves into Sagittarius, honesty becomes contagious: say what you think, but pick your words, especially as holiday dinners get closer. The rest of the time, bet on small joys: a sunset, a fit of laughter, a good book. Sagittarius reminds you that joy is something you grow, even in December.
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Everyone feels it, but the mutable signs feel it most: Sagittarius, which hosts the Sun; Gemini, opposite; and Virgo and Pisces, at a square. For each Sun sign, the Sun moves through a different house for a month. You'll feel it more if your rising sign is one of these: calculate your rising sign to find out.
♈ Aries House 9
The Sun moves through your 9th house: travel, studies, big ideas. As a fire sign you're in your element, and Saturn, in your sign, helps a far-off project take shape.
♉ Taurus House 8
Your 8th house lights up: shared money, intimacy, what needs to transform. A month to balance the books as a pair and let go of a fear that no longer serves you.
♊ Gemini House 7
Right across from you, the Sun lights your 7th house: relationships, partnerships, contracts. The Full Moon in your sign pushes one relationship toward a real heart-to-heart.
♋ Cancer House 6
Your 6th house wakes up: work, daily life, health. Time to put some energy back into a routine, without burning out before the holidays.
♌ Leo House 5
The Sun moves through your 5th house: love, creativity, fun. Jupiter, in your sign, echoes it in December: dare to step into the spotlight, your audience is waiting.
♍ Virgo House 4
Squaring your sign, the Sun warms your 4th house, home and family. Mars joins you in late November: enough drive to move the furniture, literally and figuratively.
♎ Libra House 3
Your 3rd house gets busy: conversations, short trips, the people around you. Venus, your ruler, moves into Scorpio in early December: money comes up in conversation.
♏ Scorpio House 2
The Sun moves into your 2nd house: money, values, self-worth. After your season, it's time for the practical side, and Venus, back in your sign, softens the bottom line.
♐ Sagittarius House 1
It's YOUR season, in your 1st house: energy, image, a fresh start. The New Moon and Mercury in your sign give you the floor: go for it, but reread before you promise.
♑ Capricorn House 12
The Sun hides in your 12th house, the house of rest and behind-the-scenes work. A month to catch your breath and declutter before your birthday, which arrives with the solstice.
♒ Aquarius House 11
Your 11th house shines: friends, networks, group projects. Pluto, in your sign, harmonizes with the Sun in late November: an alliance could grow bigger.
♓ Pisces House 10
Squaring your sign, the Sun peaks in your 10th house: career, reputation, life direction. Aim higher, and check your footing before you jump.
Our Editors' Insight
Your Sagittarius Season, Read in Your Chart 🏹
The Sun moves through a specific house of your birth chart, which depends on your time of birth. Your Sun sign only gives part of the answer: your rising sign and the aspects of your planets tell the rest.
Susan, our astrologer
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It starts on Sunday, November 22, 2026, when the Sun enters Sagittarius, and ends on Monday, December 21, when it moves into Capricorn. So it lasts just under a month, between the end of Scorpio season and the winter solstice.
Because the Sun takes a little more than 365 days to come back to the same point of the zodiac, while our calendar has 365 or 366 days. The entry into a sign shifts by a few hours each year, sometimes by a day. If you were born on the cusp, only your birth chart, calculated to the hour, can settle it.
No. The Sun moves through the same sign for everyone, but it doesn't light up the same area of life depending on your sign, as the cards above show. Sagittarians feel it most, as do people with their rising sign or Moon in Sagittarius.
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