♐ Nov 22 – Dec 21
Sagittarius The one who expands
Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign ruled by Jupiter, running from roughly 22 November to 21 December. It rules travel, philosophy, belief, higher education and the search for meaning. Sagittarius aims at the horizon on principle.
- Dates
- Nov 22 – Dec 21
- Symbol
- The Archer
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Polarity
- Masculine · Yang
- House
- Ninth house — travel, philosophy, higher learning
- Body
- Hips, thighs and liver
- Birthstone
- Turquoise
- Lucky day
- Thursday
- Lucky numbers
- 3, 9, 21
- Lucky colours
- Indigo, Saffron, Bronze
Strengths
- ✦ Optimism grounded in experience
- ✦ Honesty and directness
- ✦ Big-picture thinking
- ✦ Generosity of spirit
- ✦ Ability to start again anywhere
Weaknesses
- ◦ Bluntness that lands as tactlessness
- ◦ Over-promising
- ◦ Restlessness with routine
- ◦ Escaping when things get heavy
- ◦ Preaching rather than discussing
Personality
You need a bigger frame than the one you were handed. Whether that means foreign countries, foreign ideas or simply refusing an inherited belief, the instinct is the same: check whether the world is larger than reported. You are honest to a fault, funny, and genuinely optimistic in a way that is not naivety — you have simply noticed how often things work out. Confinement, in any form, is what breaks you.
Love and relationships
You need a companion, not a keeper — someone to explore with rather than someone to check in with. Freedom is non-negotiable, but so is honesty, and Sagittarius fidelity is strongest when the relationship is chosen rather than enforced. The shadow is the exit strategy: keeping the door open so nothing can trap you. Choosing to stay is the growth.
Career and vocation
Travel, academia, publishing, law, teaching, sport, entrepreneurship, anything international. You sell ideas convincingly because you believe them. You need autonomy and variety; micromanagement makes you unmanageable.
Money
Jupiter gives luck and excess in equal measure. Money comes when needed and goes on experiences, generosity and optimism about the next thing. A firm floor of savings lets your risk-taking stay fun rather than dangerous.
Friends and family
You collect friends across continents and pick up conversations after two years as if no time passed. You are the one who suggests the trip. Family often finds you the least conventional member. Sagittarius parents raise curious, well-travelled children and must remember that consistency is also a form of adventure.
Health and body
Sagittarius rules the hips, thighs and liver. You overdo things — food, drink, exercise, work — because moderation feels like a smaller life. Movement is essential; so is the occasional deliberately boring week.
The dark side
Unhealthy Sagittarius outruns everything: the difficult conversation, the failing project, the person who needed them to stay one more night. Honesty becomes a licence to be careless with people, and belief hardens into a lecture.
Growth edge
Stay through one difficult chapter you would normally leave. The meaning you keep travelling to find is usually located inside the thing you did not finish.
Sagittarius compatibility
Opposite sign on the wheel: Gemini·Run a full compatibility report
Questions about Sagittarius
What are the Sagittarius dates?
Sagittarius runs from about 22 November to 21 December, with the cusp shifting a day depending on the year.
Why is Sagittarius so blunt?
The sign values truth over comfort and assumes others do too. Sagittarius honesty is rarely cruel in intent — it simply arrives without the padding most people expect.
Who is Sagittarius most compatible with?
Fire signs Aries and Leo match the appetite for life, and air signs Libra and Aquarius keep the conversation wide. Virgo and Pisces usually find the pace and the bluntness hardest.
What does Sagittarius need in a relationship?
Freedom of movement, shared adventures, honest conversation and a partner with their own life to come back from.