Born on 5 December, 1908 (Saturday)

Zodiac Sign (Western)
Sagittarius

Sunsign, Tropical Zodiac

Zodiac Sign (Vedic)
Aries

Moonsign, Sidereal Zodiac

Age (Today)
116 years, 9 months, 8 days

Your next birthday is 82 days away.

Life Path Number
8

Numerology

Day of the Week
Saturday

340th day of the year 1908.

Chinese Zodiac Sign
Monkey (猴)
Roman Numerals
V-XII-MCMVIII

CXVI years old

Timings
Sunrise: 07:46 Sunset: 15:55

London UTC


Personality Traits for people born on December 5, 1908

Born on December 5, 1908 : A steady force who turns pressure into practical power

  • Life path 8: natural at leadership, money matters, and handling shared resources.
  • Sun & Mercury in the 8th house from the Moon: a sharp, investigative mind that prefers depth over small talk.
  • Venus & Mars in the 7th house from the Moon: relationships drive your choices; partnerships can be intense and decisive.
  • Saturn in the 12th, Jupiter in the 5th: quiet sacrifices meet creative luck—your growth often comes behind the scenes.

You feel like someone who learned to fix radios in a storm: practical, unfazed, and quietly confident. You value work that matters, not show. That attitude wins respect and sometimes friction. Keep reading—each detail below builds the picture of how you handle love, money and purpose.

Personality : Resolute

You act with courage and persistence. With the Sun and Mercury in the 8th house from the Moon you prefer weighty topics—money that involves others, secrets, transformation. You speak plainly and remember slights. Life path 8 intensifies your need to lead and secure a legacy. Think of yourself as an old-fashioned captain: steady at the helm, willing to face storms others avoid. That steadiness also explains why people trust you with tough decisions, and it leads naturally into your talents.

Talent and Abilities : Investigative practical skill

Your mind picks up facts and holds them. With Mercury in the 8th and Pluto/Neptune/Rahu in the 3rd from the Moon, you combine sharp recall with a nose for hidden patterns. Jupiter in the 5th brings a flair for calculated risk—good for finance, teaching, or creative mentoring. Unconscious motive: you seek security through mastery. In example, you may spot value where others see clutter—stocks, estate matters, or family negotiations—and that knack grows stronger in favorable transits of Jupiter and Mercury.

Blind Spots : Impatience and pride

You can move fast and expect others to keep pace. That strength flips into bluntness: people call you rigid or arrogant when you insist on results. Analysis shows a tendency to skip long planning for immediate action. You may feel irritation at a lack of commitment in others, which can close doors. Recognizing this pattern—how pride masks a fear of being out of control—is the step that turns a social liability into real influence.

Karmic Lessons : Power balanced by service

Life asks you to use authority with care. Saturn in the 12th and the Moon’s South Node in the 9th from the Moon suggest past patterns tied to belief, foreign ties, or public roles that need gentle release. Your destiny asks for responsibility, not dominance. In practical terms, you learn that letting go—of dogma, of control—creates room for renewal. These lessons often intensify during Saturn and nodal cycles, when solitude, loss, or slow change become teachers.

Family and Environment : Mother shaped your path

Your mother played a guiding role—supportive but sometimes demanding. Your father combined public charm with strictness and may have faced health or public worries. Family work often links to practical trades (automobile, telecom, supply businesses) and someone may have a public profile. Expect a sibling or relative with occasional medical costs. You learned mediation early; family tensions taught you to manage both people and paperwork—skills that surface in career choices.

Health and Habits : Mind-body caution

Take care with head, ENT and digestive health. Patterns in the family point to wheezing or heart issues for older relatives and possible sensitivity around eyes, liver, or cholesterol. Uranus and Pluto near Mercury/Neptune hint at accident-prone moments—be careful driving or with risky tasks. Small, steady habits—daily walks, regular checkups, and controlled portions—work better for you than dramatic fixes. Health cycles can spike during heavy Saturn or Mars transits; treat those times as prompts to slow down.

Education and Student Life : Persistent

You learn methodically and manage time well. You might have paused formal study but returned to finish by correspondence or a slower route. Jupiter in the 5th supports teaching, finance or the arts; Uranus in the 9th favors unusual courses or foreign ideas. Your memory and perfectionism help you complete tasks others leave behind. Expect steady returns on any study you return to later in life.

Work, Money and Career : Financial instinct

Work suits roles that blend money, research and negotiation—finance, brokerage, investigation, medicine or mediation. Sun/Mercury in 8th from the Moon point to shared resources and estate matters. You may switch between job and business, and analysis suggests success in stocks, commodities or other speculative avenues if you temper risk with planning. Be aware: planning is where you lose or win. Watch Jupiter cycles for opportunity and Saturn for tests; both will shape major financial turns.

Love Life and Romantic Partners : Partnerships drive you

Venus and Mars in the 7th from the Moon put partnerships at the center. You love fiercely and argue fiercely. Marriage often follows a rocky start but can become a stable, active partnership. If you are male: your wife may come from a different state, be educated, multilingual, and possibly work; you might feel uneasy about her profession at times. If you are female: your husband may be intellectual, artistic or involved in technical work, and power dynamics can shift between you. You attract strong, stubborn partners and respond to challenge with loyalty. During Venus or Mars transits relationships heat up—sometimes into fresh passion, sometimes into testy conflicts. Learn to channel that energy into projects you share, and partnership becomes your greatest resource.

Areas of Improvement and Obstacles : Control and impatience

Be blunt: you can steamroll others with certainty. Your impatience and tendency to skip planning lead to financial holes and burned bridges. You may hoard control and resent help. Health-wise, neglect of warning signs and risky driving habits add danger. Face these faults directly: admit mistakes, build plans, and slow your reactions. That honesty will protect relationships and money in ways force never will.

Actionable Insights, Tips, Techniques, Tools and Strategies

  • Keep a simple written financial plan; check it monthly. Life path 8 needs structure.
  • Practice a 10-minute daily calming ritual (breathing, prayer, or quiet walking) to ease Mars-driven impatience.
  • Delegate one task each week to break control habits; label it a test, not a risk.
  • Schedule regular ENT, heart, and liver checkups; watch weight and cholesterol.
  • When Venus or Mars, Jupiter or Saturn make major transits, review relationships and long-term contracts—those cycles amplify what’s already true.

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The person with birth year 1908 belongs to the GI Generation group.

When am I eligible to vote, open a bank account, buy a simcard and open a bank account? (Age of Majority)

  • United States: December 5, 1926
  • India: December 5, 1926
  • Philippines: December 5, 1926
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1926
  • Canada: December 5, 1926
According to data from the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, 205 countries and territories have a minimum voting age of 18 for national elections out of 237 countries and territories the organisation has data on as of October 2020. Some countries may issue additional requirements for voting eligibility from time to time.

When am I eligible to get a driving license?

Learner's Permit (Under supervision)

  • United States: December 5, 1923
  • India: December 5, 1924
  • Philippines: December 5, 1924
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1925
  • Canada: December 5, 1924

Light Vehicles (Mopeds or quad bikes, unsupervised)

  • United States: December 5, 1924
  • India: December 5, 1926
  • Philippines: December 5, 1926
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1925
  • Canada: December 5, 1924

Full Driving License

  • United States: December 5, 1926
  • India: December 5, 1928
  • Philippines: December 5, 1926
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1929
  • Canada: December 5, 1926

When do I reach age of consent?

  • United States: December 5, 1924
  • India: December 5, 1926
  • Philippines: December 5, 1924
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1924
  • Canada: December 5, 1924
Disclaimer: This is not legal advise. Age of consent is a complex legal system which can vary depending on individual situation and circumstances. In the United States, as of April 2021, of the total fifty U.S. states, approximately thirty have an age of consent of 16 (with this being the most common age of consent in the country), some set the age of consent at 17, and in about eleven states the age is 18.

When can I marry without parental consent?

  • United States: December 5, 1926
  • India: December 5, 1929
  • Philippines: December 5, 1926
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1926
  • Canada: December 5, 1926

When do I reach legal age of drinking (consuming alcohol)?

  • United States: December 5, 1929
  • India: December 5, 1929
  • Philippines: December 5, 1926
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1926
  • Canada: December 5, 1927

When do I reach legal age of smoking (consuming tobacco)?

  • India: December 5, 1926
  • Canada: December 5, 1927
  • United States: December 5, 1929
  • Philippines: December 5, 1929
  • United Kingdom: December 5, 1926

When Will I Become a Millionaire?

January 5, 1955

Yes, you can become a millionaire by saving small and investing. Believe in yourself and it's never too late to start.

Please note, this calculation assumes $100 monthly savings into US stocks with ARR 7% and that the monthly savings double every 10 years from the starting date. The actual outcome might vary based on additional factors not considered in this simple calculation, such as taxes, fees, changes in contribution, or more complex compounding scenarios.

Your next birthday

  • December 5, 2025 is on a Friday.
  • Your next birthday is 82 days away.


Astrology Analysis

Ephemeris for December 5, 1908

Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.
Planet Position (Tropical, Western) Transits on December 5, 2024 Secondary Progressions for December 5, 2024
Sun 12 Sagittarius 45 13 Sagittarius 37 9 Aries 55
Moon 9 Taurus 48 1 Aquarius 11 8 Leo 55
Mercury 2 Sagittarius 22 15 Sagittarius 35 20 Pisces 10
Venus 8 Scorpio 21 27 Capricorn 42 2 Aries 33
Mars 6 Scorpio 20 6 Leo 9 23 Capricorn 37
Jupiter 13 Virgo 18 16 Gemini 36 5 Virgo 45
Saturn 3 Aries 54 12 Pisces 58 13 Aries 7
Uranus 15 Capricorn 3 24 Taurus 31 20 Capricorn 47
Neptune 16 Cancer 34 27 Pisces 7 14 Cancer 19
Pluto 25 Gemini 3 0 Aquarius 19 23 Gemini 54
Rahu 26 Gemini 30 2 Aries 54 20 Gemini 22
Ketu 26 Sagittarius 30 2 Libra 54 20 Sagittarius 22

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