In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 3 of 31 in the sign
April 22 zodiac sign: Taurus
The April 22 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 2°22′ into the sign, 2 days past its start and 28 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,837 #330 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 112th 113th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 2°22′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 22 among the 366 days
April 22 averages 10,837 births a day in the US — the 37th least common of the 366 dates, 4.5% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mercury-ruled decan of Taurus
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
2°22′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. In its first ten degrees Taurus shows in its rawest form: Aries has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
April 22 birthday personality
People born on April 22 are Taurus, and the sign is read as steadiness, comfort and a long attention span. Outlasts everyone. Builds slowly and does not abandon what is half-finished.
The 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 in full →
At work
Excellent at consolidation and anything requiring persistence. Poor at improvising under sudden change.
Stone and flower
The April birthstone is diamond (colorless), and the month's flowers are the daisy and sweet pea.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for April 22. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Taurus 1.62° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 1.4° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury |
| 1932 | Taurus 2.13° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 1933 | Taurus 1.9° | 33 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Taurus 1.67° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 1.43° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 2.17° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 1.94° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 1.7° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Taurus 1.47° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 2.2° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 1.96° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 1.72° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 1.48° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 2.22° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 1.99° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 1.75° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 1.52° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 2.26° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 2.02° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Taurus 1.79° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 1.55° | 33 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 2.29° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 2.06° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 1.82° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 1.59° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 2.33° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 2.09° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 1.85° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 1.61° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 2.35° | 33 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1961 | Taurus 2.12° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Venus |
| 1962 | Taurus 1.88° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 1.64° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1964 | Taurus 2.38° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Taurus 2.14° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 1.9° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 1.67° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 2.41° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 2.18° | 33 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 1.94° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 1.71° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 2.45° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1973 | Taurus 2.21° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 1.98° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 1.74° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 2.48° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1977 | Taurus 2.24° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Venus |
| 1978 | Taurus 2° | 33 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Taurus 1.77° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Taurus 2.5° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 2.26° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 2.03° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 1.8° | 11 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 2.53° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 2.3° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 2.06° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 1.83° | 33 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 2.57° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 2.33° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1990 | Taurus 2.1° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1991 | Taurus 1.86° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Taurus 2.6° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Taurus 2.37° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 2.13° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 1.9° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 2.64° | 33 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1997 | Taurus 2.4° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1998 | Taurus 2.16° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 1.92° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 2.66° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 2.42° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 2.18° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 1.95° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2004 | Taurus 2.69° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Taurus 2.45° | 33 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 2.22° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 1.99° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 2.73° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Taurus 2.49° | 1 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 2.26° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 2.02° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 2.76° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 2.52° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 2.28° | 33 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 2.05° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 2.78° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 2.54° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 2.31° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 2.08° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Taurus 2.82° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2021 | Taurus 2.58° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 2.34° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2023 | Taurus 2.11° | 33 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 2.85° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Taurus 2.61° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 2.37° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 2.14° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 2.88° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 2.65° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mars Jupiter |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of April 22
Day of the year
113 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2023, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1940, 1951, 1959, 1970, 1978, 1997, 2016
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 21 years
Counted for April 22 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Taurus
life path 7
2007
Taurus
life path 8
2008
Taurus
life path 9
2009
Taurus
life path 1
2010
Taurus
life path 11
2011
Taurus
life path 3
2012
Taurus
life path 4
2013
Taurus
life path 5
2014
Taurus
life path 33
2015
Taurus
life path 7
2016
Taurus
life path 8
2017
Taurus
life path 9
2018
Taurus
life path 1
2019
Taurus
life path 11
2020
Taurus
life path 3
2021
Taurus
life path 4
2022
Taurus
life path 5
2023
Taurus
life path 33
2024
Taurus
life path 7
2025
Taurus
life path 8
2026
Taurus
life path 9
2027
Taurus
life path 1
2028
Taurus
life path 11
2029
Taurus
life path 3
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
12 years · 12%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
33
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; every other number, 33 and 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about April 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 22?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 2°22′ Taurus on April 22, 2 days after the sign begins and 28 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does April 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 22?
The 1st decan of Taurus, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can April 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019 and 2028; 33, in 11 of the 100 years: 1933, 1942, 1951, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2014 and 2023.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 22 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-22/
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