In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 7 of 31 in the sign
April 26 zodiac sign: Taurus
The April 26 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 6°16′ into the sign, 6 days past its start and 24 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,174 #234 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 116th 117th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 6°16′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 26 among the 366 days
April 26 averages 11,174 births a day in the US — the 133rd least common of the 366 dates, 1.5% 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
6°16′
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 26 birthday personality
People born on April 26 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 26th reduces to 8 and combines 2 (cooperation) with 6 (responsibility). Numerologists read it as management with a human touch: those born on this day have business sense and ambition but also care about the people involved. Birthday number 26 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 26. 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 5.52° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 5.29° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury |
| 1932 | Taurus 6.03° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 5.79° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Taurus 5.56° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 5.32° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 6.07° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 5.83° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 5.59° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Taurus 5.36° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 6.09° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 5.85° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 5.62° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 5.38° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 6.12° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 5.88° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 5.64° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 5.42° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 6.15° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 5.92° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Taurus 5.69° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 5.45° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 6.19° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 5.95° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 5.71° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 5.49° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 6.22° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 5.98° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 5.75° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 5.51° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 6.25° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1961 | Taurus 6.01° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Venus |
| 1962 | Taurus 5.77° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 5.54° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1964 | Taurus 6.27° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Taurus 6.03° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 5.8° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 5.56° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 6.31° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 6.07° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 5.84° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 5.61° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 6.35° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 6.11° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 5.88° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 5.64° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 6.37° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1977 | Taurus 6.13° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1978 | Taurus 5.89° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 5.66° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Taurus 6.4° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 6.16° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 5.93° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 5.69° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 6.43° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 6.2° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 5.96° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 5.73° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 6.47° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 6.23° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 5.99° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury |
| 1991 | Taurus 5.76° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Taurus 6.5° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Taurus 6.26° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 6.02° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 5.79° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 6.53° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1997 | Taurus 6.29° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1998 | Taurus 6.06° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 5.82° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 6.55° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 6.31° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 6.08° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 5.85° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 6.59° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2005 | Taurus 6.35° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 6.12° | 2 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 5.89° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 6.62° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Taurus 6.39° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 6.15° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 5.92° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 6.65° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 6.41° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 6.18° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 5.94° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 6.68° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 6.44° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 6.21° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 5.97° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2020 | Taurus 6.71° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 2021 | Taurus 6.47° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 6.24° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2023 | Taurus 6.01° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 6.74° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 6.5° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 6.27° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 6.04° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 6.78° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 6.54° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | 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 26
Day of the year
117 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2023
Full moon fell on this date in
9 years — 1937, 1945, 1964, 1975, 1983, 1994, 2002, 2013, 2021
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 21 years
Counted for April 26 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 2
2007
Taurus
life path 3
2008
Taurus
life path 4
2009
Taurus
life path 5
2010
Taurus
life path 6
2011
Taurus
life path 7
2012
Taurus
life path 8
2013
Taurus
life path 9
2014
Taurus
life path 1
2015
Taurus
life path 2
2016
Taurus
life path 3
2017
Taurus
life path 4
2018
Taurus
life path 5
2019
Taurus
life path 6
2020
Taurus
life path 7
2021
Taurus
life path 8
2022
Taurus
life path 9
2023
Taurus
life path 1
2024
Taurus
life path 2
2025
Taurus
life path 3
2026
Taurus
life path 4
2027
Taurus
life path 5
2028
Taurus
life path 6
2029
Taurus
life path 7
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. No master number is possible on this date: every year from 1930 to 2029 reduces to a single digit.
Questions about April 26 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 26?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 6°16′ Taurus on April 26, 6 days after the sign begins and 24 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does April 26 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is April 26?
The 1st decan of Taurus, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 26 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-26/
For Wikipedia
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