Dhanu · धनु · The Archer
Expansive and honest to a fault — the sign that needs somewhere to go and something to believe.
Dates
22 November – 21 December
Element
Fire
Quality
Mutable
Ruling planet
Jupiter (Guru / Brihaspati)
Lucky day
Thursday
Gemstone
Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)
The dates above are the common Western tropical ranges, which is how most people know their sign. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which runs roughly three weeks later — so if you were born near the edge of a range, your Vedic rashi may be the previous sign. A full kundali resolves it properly.
Strengths
Challenges
Sagittarius needs freedom and gives it back. It is not evasive, it is genuinely uninterested in being managed. It does well with a partner who has their own direction and badly with one who reads independence as a warning sign.
Strongest matches
Travel, teaching, law, publishing, sport, consulting, international work — anything with scope and movement.
Get a career timeline from your chartNumbers
3, 9
Colours
Yellow, gold, orange
Day
Thursday
Gemstone
Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)
Nakshatras spanning Dhanu: Mula, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha (first quarter). A gemstone is traditionally prescribed from a full chart rather than the sign alone — treat the stone above as the classical association, not a recommendation to go and buy one.
Your sun sign is one placement out of a chart full of them. A kundali reads the whole thing — ascendant, houses, dashas and all.