I don't know about you, but I find astrology fascinating. There's a link between the moon cycles and things on earth like tides and human cycles. That suggests that other planets' gravitational pulls may impact us as well.

Combine that with the fact that there are more combinations in an astrological chart than there are humans currently on the earth and they can make for quite an interesting psychological profiling tool.

So I decided to look into serial killer zodiac signs to understand what role they play.

Aquarius Serial Killers (Born: January 20 – February 18)

When you think about an Aquarius you might thing about people who are , but you'll also want to think about the dark side or shadow of Aquarius which manifests as detached, uncaring, and cold. Doesn't that sound like a perfect equation for notorious serial killers?

• Gary “The Green River Killer” Ridgeway : 49-90+ victims

• Robert “The Butcher Baker” Hansen : 17-21+ victims

• Joel Rifkin: 9-17+ victims

• Jerry “The Lust Killer” Brudos: 4 victims

Get ready to learn about more serial killers and their zodiac signs.

Pisces Serial Killers List ( February 19 – March 20)

Pisces are typically loving, nurturing people, but when Pisces serial killers let their dark side comes out they can be delusional, looking to escape into a fantasy world, and overly emotional. That's why some of the more disturbing serial killers like John Wayne Gacy and The Bind Torture Kill Killer are under this sign.

They are also one of the four signs that are tied for the most serial killers.

• Randy Steven “The Scorecard Killer” Kraft : 16-67 victims

• John Wayne “The Clown Killer” Gacy : 33-34 victims

• Richard “The Night Stalker” Ramirez : 14 victims

• Dennis “The BTK Killer” Rader : 10 victims

• Donald Henry “The Meanest Man in America” Gaskins: 9+ victims

• Christopher “The Beauty Queen Killer” Wilder : 8-9+ victims

• Aileen Wuornos : 7 victims

• Douglas “The Sunset Slayer” Clark : 7 victims

• Ottis Toole : 6+ victims

• Aileen Wuornos : 7 victims

Keep reading for more serial killers' astrological signs.

Aries Serial Killers(Born March 20 – April 19)

Aries are naturally quick to anger and stubborn. Those who don't know how to control their temper could easily lose it kill people and develop a taste for it. They are also attention seeking which might explain the smiley faces from the Happy Face Killer.

• Donald Harvey : 37-57 victims

• Paul “The Casanova Killer” Knowles : 18-35+ victims

• Joseph “The Racist Killer” Franklin : 7-22 victims

• Herbert Mullin : 13 victims

• Charles “The Serpent” Sobhraj : 12+ victims

• Keith “The Happy Face Killer” Jespersen : 8 victims

• John Reginald “The Monster of Rillington Place” Christie : 8 victims

Taurus Serial Killers (Born: April 20 – May 20)

Tauruses tend to enjoy the finer things in life and a peaceful environment, but their shadow tends to detach when they have not been fulfilling their needs, when they are giving to others as opposed to taking care of themselves.

Combine the detachment with stubbornness and if they decide the best way to get rid of people is to kill, you have a recipe for a good serial killer.

• Martha “The Lonely Hearts Killer” Beck : 3-17 victims

• Albert “The Moon Maniac” Fish : 3-9+victims

• H. H. “The Torture Doctor” Holmes : 9-200 victims

• Earle “The Gorilla Killer” Nelson : 22+ victims

Gemini Serial Killers (Born: May 21 – June 21)

Anytime it's discovered someone is a serial killer, family and friends always say "I never would have thought that." Maybe that's because they are Geminis who are good at fitting in regardless of their environment.

Their mutable nature means there are some famous Gemini serial killers like Son of Sam and Jeffrey Dahmer. Characteristics like selfishness, coldly calculating, emotionally disconnected, and critical voices in their head sound much like these serial killers.

• Wayne “The Atlanta Child Killer” Williams : 23-29 victims

• Jeffrey “The Milwaukee Cannibal” Dahmer : 17 victims

• Robert Lee Yates : 16 victims

• Arthur “The Monster of the Rivers” Shawcross : 14 victims

• Kenneth “The Hillside Strangler” Bianchi : 12 victims

• Peter “The Yorkshire Ripper” Sutcliffe : 9+ victims

• Peter “The Monster of Dusseldorf” Kurten : 9+ victims

• Danny “The Gainesville Ripper” Rolling : 8 victims

• Richard “The Dracula Killer” Chase : 7 victims

• David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz : 6 victims

• John “The Michigan Co-Ed Killer” Collins : 1-7+ victims

Cancer Serial Killers (Born: June 21 – July 22)

While Cancers tend to be caring, the dark side is secretive, vengeful, and sore loser. Turns out the darkside wins out a lot because Cancers lead the pack with 46 serial killers and average 8.78 victims. Some of the notable Cancer serial killers include:

• Genene Jones : 2-60 victims

• Carl Panzram : 5-22 victims

Leo Serial Killers (Born: July 23 – August 22)

When I think about Leos, I picture the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland. They love themselves and they expect everyone to bow down. You can't be admired when you are hiding though. That might explain why only 4 zodiac signs have less kills than Leos. You might recognize The Acid Bath Killer.

• Anthony “The Cleveland Strangler” Sowell : 11 victims

• John “The Acid Bath Killer” Haigh : 6-9 victims

• Myra “The Moors Murderer” Hindley : 5 victims

Virgo Serial Killers (Born: August 23 – September 22)

Virgos tend to be highly cognizant of what they are doing and tend to be good at it. When you look at Serial Killers like Ed Gein, The Dating Game Killer, and The Boston Strangler, you can see they were skilled.

Ed Gein would craft his victims into furniture and skin suits, while Rodney Alcala would use photography and flattery to lure people to remote areas where he would photograph and kill them.

Meanwhile, the Boston Strangler didn't break into victims' houses. They let him in because he would pretend to be a home repair person. He'd then sexually assault and kill them.

• Henry Lee Lucas : 157+ victims

• Rodney “The Dating Game Killer” Alcala : 8-130 victims

• Gerald Stano : 22-41+ victims

• Albert “The Boston Strangler” DeSalvo : 13 victims

• Richard “The Angel of Death” Angelo : 8 victims

• Harrison Graham : 7 victims

• Richard “The Thrill Killer” Biegenwald : 6-9+ victims

• Marybeth “The Bad Mom” Tinning : 1-9 victims

• Paul “The Schoolgirl Killer” Bernardo : 3-4 victims

• Ed “Psycho” Gein : 2+ victims

Libra Serial Killers (Born: September 23 – October 22)

Libras are known for seeking balance, but their shadow selves include traits like manipulative, detachment, superficial, and always judging people. Well nothing carries out a sentence like the death penalty. Serial killers like the Hillside Strangler decided their victims needed to die.

• Patrick “The Freeway Killer” Kearney : 21-43 victims

• Angelo “The Hillside Strangler” Buono, Jr. : 12 victims

• Bobby Joe “The Classified Ad Rapist” Long : 10+ victims

• Gerald “The Love Slave Killer” Gallego : 10 victims

• Carlton “The Stocking Strangler” Gary : 7 victims

Scorpio Serial Killers (Born: October 23 – November 21)

Everyone loves to hate and hates to love Scorpios because we're just so damn sexy. We're tied for the top spot in terms of number of serial killers but not as a percentage or number of victims.

We can be jealous, secretive, possessive, and paranoid...and those are our good qualities. They also happen to be personality traits that can help you get away with murder if that's your goal.

Probably the most famous serial killer in Scorpio is Charles Manson. Beware the stinger of serial killers born under Scorpio.

• Belle “Hell’s Belle” Gunness : 40+ victims

• Carl Eugene “The Sunday Morning Slasher” Watts: 22-100 victims

• Amy Archer-Gilligan : 10-50 victims

• Leonard Lake : 11-25 victims

• Nannie “The Giggling Granny” Doss : 11 victims

• Alton Coleman : 8 victims

• Derrick Todd “The Baton Rouge Serial Killer” Lee : 7+ victims

• Charles Manson : 7 victims

•  William “The Lipstick Killer” Heirens : 3 victims

Sagittarius Serial Killers (Born: November 22 – December 21)

Sagittarius can be outgoing and love attention, but they easily get bored, overthink, fall in love easily, and treat people like they are beneath them sometimes (My daughter is a Sag. She used to scare the hell out of me when she was a kid because she'd come into our room howling like a ghost. One time I woke up and she was like 6 inches from my face and I let out a death scream).

Anyways, they have a lot of fun compared to other zodiac signs. The most infamous serial killer on the list is Ted Bundy who definitely seemed to enjoy killing people.

• Ted Bundy : 30-36+ victims

• Raymond “The Lonely Hearts Killer” Fernandez : 3-17 victims

• Dennis “The Monochrome Man” Nilsen : 12-15 victims

• Edmund “The Co-Ed Butcher” Kemper : 10 victims

• Richard “The Torso Killer” Cottingham : 6+ victims

• Gary Heidnik : 2+ victims

Capricorn Serial Killers (Born: December 22 – January 19)

Capricorns incessantly plan and are often precise. That would make them look like organized serial killers. The statistics back it up. The lead the zodiac signs in number of people killed and average kills. They are so effective that Capricorn accounted for 17% of all victims despite having 8.2% of the confirmed serial killers.

• William Bonin : 21-36+ victims

• Dean “The Candy Man” Corll : 28+ victims

• Charles Ng : 11-25 victims

• Joe “The Alligator Man” Ball : 2-20 victims

• Dorothea “The Death House Landlady” Puente : 3-9 victims

• Ian “The Moors Murderer” Brady : 5 victims

• Vincent “The Brooklyn Strangler” Johnson : 5 victims

• Wayne “The Vampire Rapist” Boden : 3 victims

Serial Killer Zodiac Signs FAQ

What month are most serial killers born?

November has the most serial killers because it's split between Scorpios and Sagittarius.

 Which zodiac sign has the most serial killers?

Sagittarius, Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpios have the most convicted serial killers under their astrological signs. Each is tied at 46 serial killers, accounting for 37.94% of serial killers, this is 10% more than you would expect based on their signs in the population.

What zodiac signs are most likely to be serial killers?

Aquarius are the zodiac signs most likely to be serial killers because they only make up 6.3% of the population, but 9.07% of serial killers.

Sagitarius, Leo, Cancer, Capricorn, Pisces, and Libra serial killers are also more common than the zodiac sign is found in the general population.

Less Scorpios, Aries, Virgo, and Taurus are serial killers than their representation on the planet. It should be noted that Scorpio is one of the four signs with 46 serial killers but is one of the most common sun signs so it makes the high number less meaningful.

To calculate this we compared the percentage of serial killers signs to each sign's percentage of the population.

Which zodiac sign has the most victims?

Capricorn serial killers have the most victims with 813 identified victims. Meanwhile, Taurus only has 204 victims, making them the sign with the least. The rest of the signs are listed below from greatest to least.

1. Capricorn: 813

2. Aquarius: 622

3. Scorpio: 537

4. Libra: 485

5. Pisces: 461

6. Aries: 411

7. Cancer: 404

8. Leo: 351

9. Sagittarius: 350

10. Virgo: 269

11. Gemini: 218

12. Taurus: 204

Which zodiac sign has the deadliest killers?

Capricorn is the zodiac sign that has the deadliest serial killers with an average of 19.36 victims per convicted serial killer.

Which element are most serial killers?

138 serial killers are water signs(Scorpio, Cancer, and Pisces) and they killed 1,402 victims, but they kill less people per serial killer than earth signs(Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) and air signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius). Fire signs are more commonly serial killers than earth and air signs but have the lowest body count.

The water signs and fire signs are more likely to let their emotions or passion get the best of them, but taking action based on an emotional state tends to make people make mistakes which leads to serial killers getting caught.

Are cardinal, fixed, or mutable signs more likely to be serial killers?

Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) are more likely to be serial killers ,have a much higher body count, and kill more victims per killer than fixed (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) or mutable signs. This is likely because of the proactive nature of cardinals signs, while the fixed signs tend to be more consistent and the mutable signs are better at going with the flow.

Closing

Now you know a bit about serial killers and the zodiac signs. We've discussed each of the zodiac signs, provided you a list of some of the serial murderers under each astrological sign, plus how how many kills each of the serial murderers had.

Then we shared the number of serial killers in each sign, the number of victims each sign killed, and the zodiac signs serial killers percentage.