Forty-five men have held the office of President of the United States, from George Washington to the sitting 47th president, Donald Trump. Their birthdays are spread across every month of the calendar, which means every sun sign is represented somewhere in the lineup. But they are not spread evenly. One sign has produced more presidents than any other, one element quietly dominates the roster, and the pattern is a little stranger than you might expect.
We pulled the verified birth date of every person who has served as president, computed each one's sun sign, and tallied the results. Here is what the full 236-year record actually looks like.
How the signs rank
When you sort all 45 presidents by sun sign, a clear leader emerges. Scorpio sits on top with six presidents, followed by Aquarius with five. A large middle tier — Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Libra, Capricorn, and Pisces — each claims four. Gemini and Sagittarius have three apiece, and Aries and Virgo bring up the rear with two each.
The spread is narrower than the raw ranking suggests. The gap between the most common sign (six) and the least common (two) is just four presidents. Over a sample of only 45 people, that is close to what you would expect from pure chance — which is worth keeping in mind before reading too much destiny into it.
The most common sign: Scorpio
Scorpio is the astrological sign for people born between roughly October 23 and November 21. It is a fixed water sign, popularly associated with intensity, willpower, secrecy, and a taste for control — traits that armchair astrologers love to map onto the presidency.
Six presidents were born under it: John Adams (October 30, 1735), James K. Polk (November 2, 1795), James A. Garfield (November 19, 1831), Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858), Warren G. Harding (November 2, 1865), and Joe Biden (November 20, 1942). Two of them, Polk and Harding, even share the exact same birthday of November 2.
There is a plain-English reason a late-autumn sign might edge ahead: American presidents have historically been born across the whole year, but the October–November window simply landed a few extra of them. It is a coincidence of the calendar, not a cosmic mandate — more on that in the methodology section.
Second place: Aquarius
Aquarius (about January 20 to February 18) is the runner-up with five presidents, and it is a genuinely notable group. It includes two of the most consequential names in American history: Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882). Rounding out the list are William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773), William McKinley (January 29, 1843), and Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911).
Aquarius is the fixed air sign, tied in popular astrology to reform, independence, and big-picture thinking — a fun fit for Lincoln and FDR, if you are inclined to squint at it that way.
The signs that have never produced a president: none
This is the most surprising finding in the whole data set. Ask most people to guess, and they will assume at least one sign has been shut out. It has not happened. All twelve zodiac signs have produced at least one US president.
The two rarest signs are Aries and Virgo, with two presidents each. Aries claims Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743) and John Tyler (March 29, 1790). Virgo claims William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857) and Lyndon B. Johnson (August 27, 1908). Rare, but never zero — the roster is a clean sweep of the zodiac.
- Scorpio — 6
- Aries & Virgo — 2 each
Breaking it down by element
Every sign belongs to one of four elements — Fire, Earth, Air, or Water — and grouping the presidents this way reveals a sharper pattern than the sign-by-sign ranking does.
Water wins. The three water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) account for 14 presidents — nearly a third of the entire roster. Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) is close behind with 12, powered by that strong Aquarius and Libra showing. Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) has 10, and Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) trails with 9.
- Water31%
- Air27%
- Earth22%
- Fire20%
If you prefer to slice the roster by modality — the cardinal, fixed, and mutable rhythm each sign carries — the pattern tilts even harder. Fixed signs dominate. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius together account for 19 of the 45 presidents. Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) contribute 14, and mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) 12. Make of that what you will: the popular read on fixed signs is that they are stubborn, determined, and hard to move — not the worst description of a politician built to survive a four-year term.
- Fixed42%
- Cardinal31%
- Mutable27%
A quick tour through history
The zodiac has been quietly present at some of the biggest turning points in American history. Here are a few landmark birthdays across the timeline.
- 1732George Washington born (Pisces)
- 1809Abraham Lincoln born (Aquarius)
- 1858Theodore Roosevelt born (Scorpio)
- 1882Franklin D. Roosevelt born (Aquarius)
- 1917John F. Kennedy born (Gemini)
- 1961Barack Obama born (Leo)
A few fun notes for the trivia drawer: the first president, George Washington, was a Pisces, and so were James Madison, Andrew Jackson, and Grover Cleveland — the water element bookending the founding era. Four presidents were Cancers, including two named Bush-era figures and Gerald Ford, clustering the office heavily around late June and July birthdays. And the current sitting president, Donald Trump (June 14, 1946), is a Gemini — one of only three, alongside John F. Kennedy and George H. W. Bush.
The complete roster: every president's sun sign
Here is the full table, listing each of the 45 individuals to serve as president with their verified birth date and computed sun sign. Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th) and Donald Trump (45th and 47th) each served two non-consecutive terms but are counted once, as one person.
| President | Birth date | Sun sign |
|---|---|---|
| George Washington | Feb 22, 1732 | Pisces |
| John Adams | Oct 30, 1735 | Scorpio |
| Thomas Jefferson | Apr 13, 1743 | Aries |
| James Madison | Mar 16, 1751 | Pisces |
| James Monroe | Apr 28, 1758 | Taurus |
| John Quincy Adams | Jul 11, 1767 | Cancer |
| Andrew Jackson | Mar 15, 1767 | Pisces |
| Martin Van Buren | Dec 5, 1782 | Sagittarius |
| William Henry Harrison | Feb 9, 1773 | Aquarius |
| John Tyler | Mar 29, 1790 | Aries |
| James K. Polk | Nov 2, 1795 | Scorpio |
| Zachary Taylor | Nov 24, 1784 | Sagittarius |
| Millard Fillmore | Jan 7, 1800 | Capricorn |
| Franklin Pierce | Nov 23, 1804 | Sagittarius |
| James Buchanan | Apr 23, 1791 | Taurus |
| Abraham Lincoln | Feb 12, 1809 | Aquarius |
| Andrew Johnson | Dec 29, 1808 | Capricorn |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Apr 27, 1822 | Taurus |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Oct 4, 1822 | Libra |
| James A. Garfield | Nov 19, 1831 | Scorpio |
| Chester A. Arthur | Oct 5, 1829 | Libra |
| Grover Cleveland | Mar 18, 1837 | Pisces |
| Benjamin Harrison | Aug 20, 1833 | Leo |
| William McKinley | Jan 29, 1843 | Aquarius |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Oct 27, 1858 | Scorpio |
| William Howard Taft | Sep 15, 1857 | Virgo |
| Woodrow Wilson | Dec 28, 1856 | Capricorn |
| Warren G. Harding | Nov 2, 1865 | Scorpio |
| Calvin Coolidge | Jul 4, 1872 | Cancer |
| Herbert Hoover | Aug 10, 1874 | Leo |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jan 30, 1882 | Aquarius |
| Harry S. Truman | May 8, 1884 | Taurus |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Oct 14, 1890 | Libra |
| John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | Gemini |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Aug 27, 1908 | Virgo |
| Richard Nixon | Jan 9, 1913 | Capricorn |
| Gerald Ford | Jul 14, 1913 | Cancer |
| Jimmy Carter | Oct 1, 1924 | Libra |
| Ronald Reagan | Feb 6, 1911 | Aquarius |
| George H. W. Bush | Jun 12, 1924 | Gemini |
| Bill Clinton | Aug 19, 1946 | Leo |
| George W. Bush | Jul 6, 1946 | Cancer |
| Barack Obama | Aug 4, 1961 | Leo |
| Joe Biden | Nov 20, 1942 | Scorpio |
| Donald Trump | Jun 14, 1946 | Gemini |
Curious how your own chart stacks up against the commanders in chief? You can build your full birth chart to see your sun, moon, and rising placements, or run the rising sign calculator to find the ascendant that shapes your first impression — a placement no list of birth dates alone can reveal.
Frequently asked questions
Which zodiac sign has the most US presidents?
Scorpio, with six: John Adams, James K. Polk, James A. Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and Joe Biden. Aquarius is a close second with five, including Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Has any zodiac sign never produced a president?
No. All twelve signs have produced at least one US president. The rarest are Aries and Virgo, which have two each, but none has been completely shut out of the office.
How many US presidents have there been?
Forty-five individuals have served as president, across 47 presidencies. The number differs because Grover Cleveland (the 22nd and 24th president) and Donald Trump (the 45th and 47th) each served two non-consecutive terms. For counting sun signs, we count each person once, giving 45.
What is the sun sign of the current president?
Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, which makes him a Gemini. He is one of only three Gemini presidents, alongside John F. Kennedy and George H. W. Bush.
What was George Washington's zodiac sign?
George Washington was a Pisces, born February 22, 1732 (his New Style, or Gregorian-calendar, birth date). He is one of four Pisces presidents, along with James Madison, Andrew Jackson, and Grover Cleveland.
Does a president's zodiac sign actually predict anything?
No. This is a fun pattern, not a cause. With only 45 people in the sample, the differences between signs are small enough to be explained by ordinary chance — the clustering says something about which months these particular men happened to be born in, not about astrology steering the ballot box. Enjoy it as trivia, not prophecy.
Methodology & sources
How we counted. We compiled the verified birth date of every person who has served as President of the United States, from George Washington through the sitting 47th president, Donald Trump. Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump each served two non-consecutive terms, so while there have been 47 presidencies, there are 45 distinct individuals. We count each individual exactly once, which is why our totals add up to 45.
How we assigned signs. For each president we computed the sun sign directly from the birth date using the standard tropical-zodiac date ranges: Aries (Mar 21–Apr 19), Taurus (Apr 20–May 20), Gemini (May 21–Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22), Leo (Jul 23–Aug 22), Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22), Libra (Sep 23–Oct 22), Scorpio (Oct 23–Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22–Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19), Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 18), and Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20). Because cusp dates can shift by a day from year to year, we double-checked every president born within about a day of a sign boundary; none of the 45 fell on a genuine cusp that would change the result.
A note on George Washington's date. Washington was born under the old Julian calendar on February 11, 1731. We use his modern New Style (Gregorian) date of February 22, 1732, which is the date used almost universally today and the one that yields his Pisces sun sign.
A note on causation. Astrology is for entertainment. This article documents a real pattern in a small, fixed data set; it does not claim that any zodiac sign makes a person more or less likely to become president. The differences here are well within the range of ordinary chance for 45 people.
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