In love
Pursues openly and dislikes ambiguity. Wants a partner who can hold their own ground rather than yield.
Settled date · day 16 of 31 in the sign
April 5 zodiac sign: Aries
The April 5 zodiac sign is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 15°42′ into the sign, 15 days past its start and 15 days before Taurus begins.
- Sun sign
- Aries at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,244 #216 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 95th 96th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 15°42′ of Aries
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
April 5 among the 366 days
April 5 averages 11,244 births a day in the US — the 151st least common of the 366 dates, 0.9% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Sun-ruled decan of Aries
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Sun
Sign ruler
Mars
Sun at noon, 2026
15°42′
The Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. The middle ten degrees are Aries at full strength: past the entry from Pisces, not yet leaning toward Taurus.
Personality
April 5 birthday personality
People born on April 5 are Aries, and the sign is read as initiative, appetite and the willingness to go first. Starts things other people are still discussing. Recovers from setbacks faster than almost any other sign.
The 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 in full →
At work
Best at launching. Loses interest in maintenance, so pairs well with a sign that finishes things.
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 5. 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 | Aries 14.97° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1931 | Aries 14.74° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1932 | Aries 15.49° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1933 | Aries 15.25° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aries 15.01° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Aries 14.78° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Aries 15.53° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1937 | Aries 15.29° | 11 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Venus |
| 1938 | Aries 15.05° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1939 | Aries 14.81° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury |
| 1940 | Aries 15.55° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1941 | Aries 15.31° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aries 15.07° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1943 | Aries 14.83° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1944 | Aries 15.58° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1945 | Aries 15.33° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Aries 15.1° | 11 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1947 | Aries 14.86° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Aries 15.61° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Aries 15.37° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Aries 15.13° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1951 | Aries 14.9° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Aries 15.65° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Aries 15.4° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1954 | Aries 15.16° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Aries 14.93° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Aries 15.68° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1957 | Aries 15.44° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Aries 15.2° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Aries 14.96° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1960 | Aries 15.71° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1961 | Aries 15.46° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Venus |
| 1962 | Aries 15.22° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1963 | Aries 14.99° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1964 | Aries 15.73° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1965 | Aries 15.49° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1966 | Aries 15.25° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1967 | Aries 15.01° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars |
| 1968 | Aries 15.77° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aries 15.52° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aries 15.29° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Aries 15.06° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Aries 15.8° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1973 | Aries 15.56° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1974 | Aries 15.32° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1975 | Aries 15.08° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1976 | Aries 15.83° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1977 | Aries 15.58° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1978 | Aries 15.34° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1979 | Aries 15.11° | 8 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1980 | Aries 15.85° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aries 15.61° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aries 15.37° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Aries 15.13° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Aries 15.89° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 1985 | Aries 15.65° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1986 | Aries 15.41° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Aries 15.17° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Aries 15.92° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1989 | Aries 15.68° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1990 | Aries 15.44° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1991 | Aries 15.2° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury |
| 1992 | Aries 15.95° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aries 15.71° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aries 15.47° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Aries 15.24° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Aries 15.98° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1997 | Aries 15.74° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1998 | Aries 15.5° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 1999 | Aries 15.26° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mars |
| 2000 | Aries 16° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2001 | Aries 15.76° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Venus |
| 2002 | Aries 15.52° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2003 | Aries 15.29° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2004 | Aries 16.04° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 2005 | Aries 15.8° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2006 | Aries 15.56° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2007 | Aries 15.33° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Aries 16.08° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2009 | Aries 15.84° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2010 | Aries 15.59° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Aries 15.36° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2012 | Aries 16.1° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2013 | Aries 15.86° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Aries 15.62° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Aries 15.38° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2016 | Aries 16.13° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Aries 15.89° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2018 | Aries 15.65° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2019 | Aries 15.42° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 2020 | Aries 16.16° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2021 | Aries 15.92° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2022 | Aries 15.68° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2023 | Aries 15.44° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2024 | Aries 16.19° | 8 | Pisces | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2025 | Aries 15.95° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 2026 | Aries 15.71° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2027 | Aries 15.48° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 2028 | Aries 16.23° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aries 15.99° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 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 5
Day of the year
96 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1998, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2024, 2025
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1947, 1966, 1985, 2004, 2015, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for April 5 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Aries
life path 8
2007
Aries
life path 9
2008
Aries
life path 1
2009
Aries
life path 2
2010
Aries
life path 3
2011
Aries
life path 4
2012
Aries
life path 5
2013
Aries
life path 6
2014
Aries
life path 7
2015
Aries
life path 8
2016
Aries
life path 9
2017
Aries
life path 1
2018
Aries
life path 2
2019
Aries
life path 3
2020
Aries
life path 4
2021
Aries
life path 5
2022
Aries
life path 6
2023
Aries
life path 7
2024
Aries
life path 8
2025
Aries
life path 9
2026
Aries
life path 1
2027
Aries
life path 2
2028
Aries
life path 3
2029
Aries
life path 4
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
4
12 years · 12%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
11
8 years · 8%
2
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 8 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about April 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is April 5?
Aries in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 15°42′ Aries on April 5, 15 days after the sign begins and 15 before Taurus takes over.
What life path numbers does April 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); the rarest is 2 (3).
Which decan is April 5?
The 2nd decan of Aries, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by the Sun in the Chaldean order.
Can April 5 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 8 of the 100 years: 1937, 1946, 1955, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “April 5 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/april-5/
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