In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 22 of 31 in the sign
May 11 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 11 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 20°48′ into the sign, 21 days past its start and 9 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,946 #298 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 131st 132nd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 20°48′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 11 among the 366 days
May 11 averages 10,946 births a day in the US — the 69th least common of the 366 dates, 3.5% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Saturn-ruled decan of Taurus
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Saturn
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
20°48′
Saturn narrows and hardens the sign, making it slower to commit and more durable once it has. The last ten degrees of Taurus already turn toward Gemini, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
May 11 birthday personality
People born on May 11 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 11th is one of the master-number birthdays, and numerologists read it as a heightened version of the 2: intuition turned up, sensitivity turned up, and a capacity to inspire others with ideas or vision. Those born on this day often report sensing things before they have evidence — a person's mood, a coming change, the right moment to speak. Birthday number 11 in full →
At work
Excellent at consolidation and anything requiring persistence. Poor at improvising under sudden change.
Stone and flower
The May birthstone is emerald (green), and the month's flowers are the lily of the valley and hawthorn.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for May 11. 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 20.06° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 19.83° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 20.56° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 20.33° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 20.1° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 19.87° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 20.6° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 20.37° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 20.13° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 19.9° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 20.63° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 20.39° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 20.15° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 19.92° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 20.65° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 20.42° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 20.18° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 19.95° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 20.69° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 20.45° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 20.22° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 19.99° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 20.72° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 20.49° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 20.25° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 20.02° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 20.76° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 20.52° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 20.29° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 20.05° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 20.78° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 20.55° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 20.31° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 20.08° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 20.81° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 20.57° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 20.34° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 20.11° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 20.84° | 22 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 20.61° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 20.38° | 6 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 20.15° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 20.88° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 20.65° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 20.42° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 20.18° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 20.91° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 20.67° | 22 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Taurus 20.44° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 20.21° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 20.93° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 20.7° | 8 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 20.47° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 20.23° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 20.97° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 20.73° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 20.5° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 20.28° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 21° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 20.77° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 20.54° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 20.3° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 21.04° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 20.8° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 20.57° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 20.34° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 21.07° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 20.83° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 20.6° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 20.36° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 21.09° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 20.85° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 20.62° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 20.39° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 21.12° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 20.89° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 20.66° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 20.43° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 21.17° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 20.93° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 20.7° | 1 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 20.47° | 2 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 21.19° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 20.95° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 20.72° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 20.49° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 21.22° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 20.98° | 8 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 20.75° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 20.52° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 21.25° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 21.02° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 20.79° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 20.55° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 21.28° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 21.05° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 20.81° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 20.59° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 21.32° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 21.08° | 2 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury 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 May 11
Day of the year
132 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2009, 2010, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1941, 1960, 1971, 1979, 1998, 2017
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for May 11 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 6
2007
Taurus
life path 7
2008
Taurus
life path 8
2009
Taurus
life path 9
2010
Taurus
life path 1
2011
Taurus
life path 2
2012
Taurus
life path 3
2013
Taurus
life path 22
2014
Taurus
life path 5
2015
Taurus
life path 6
2016
Taurus
life path 7
2017
Taurus
life path 8
2018
Taurus
life path 9
2019
Taurus
life path 1
2020
Taurus
life path 2
2021
Taurus
life path 3
2022
Taurus
life path 22
2023
Taurus
life path 5
2024
Taurus
life path 6
2025
Taurus
life path 7
2026
Taurus
life path 8
2027
Taurus
life path 9
2028
Taurus
life path 1
2029
Taurus
life path 2
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
7 years · 7%
2
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 3 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 11 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 11?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 20°48′ Taurus on May 11, 21 days after the sign begins and 9 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 11 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 2 (5).
Which decan is May 11?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can May 11 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993; 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 11 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-11/
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