In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 24 of 31 in the sign
May 13 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 13 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 22°44′ into the sign, 23 days past its start and 7 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,653 #346 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 133rd 134th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 22°44′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 13 among the 366 days
May 13 averages 10,653 births a day in the US — the 21st least common of the 366 dates, 6.1% 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
22°44′
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 13 birthday personality
People born on May 13 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 13th reduces to 4 and is one of numerology's four karmic debt numbers. The traditional reading is that effort cannot be skipped: shortcuts tend to collapse, while patient, structured work succeeds unusually well. Birthday number 13 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 13. 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 21.99° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 21.76° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 22.49° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 22.26° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 22.03° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 21.8° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 22.53° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 22.3° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 22.06° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 21.83° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 22.56° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 22.32° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 22.08° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 21.85° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Taurus 22.58° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 22.35° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 22.11° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 21.88° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 22.62° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 22.38° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 22.15° | 6 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 21.92° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 22.65° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 22.42° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 22.18° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 21.95° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 22.69° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 22.45° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 22.22° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 21.98° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 22.71° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 22.48° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 22.24° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 22.01° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 22.74° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 22.5° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 22.27° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 22.04° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 22.77° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 22.54° | 7 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 22.31° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 22.08° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 22.81° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 22.58° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 22.35° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 22.11° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 22.84° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 22.6° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Taurus 22.37° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 22.14° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 22.87° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 22.63° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 22.4° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 22.17° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 22.9° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 22.66° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 22.43° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 22.21° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 22.93° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 22.7° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 22.47° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 22.24° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 22.97° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 22.73° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 22.5° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 22.27° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 23° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 22.76° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 22.53° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 22.29° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 23.02° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 22.78° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mars |
| 2002 | Taurus 22.55° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 22.33° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 23.05° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 22.82° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 22.59° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 22.36° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 23.1° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 22.86° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 22.63° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 22.4° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 23.12° | 5 | Pisces | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 22.89° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 22.65° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 22.42° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 23.15° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 22.91° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 22.68° | 2 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 22.45° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 23.18° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 22.95° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 22.72° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 22.48° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 23.22° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 22.98° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 22.74° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 22.52° | 2 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 23.25° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 23.01° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | 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 13
Day of the year
134 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
21 of 100 years
(21%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1930, 1938, 1957, 1976, 1987, 2006, 2025
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for May 13 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 8
2007
Taurus
life path 9
2008
Taurus
life path 1
2009
Taurus
life path 2
2010
Taurus
life path 3
2011
Taurus
life path 4
2012
Taurus
life path 5
2013
Taurus
life path 6
2014
Taurus
life path 7
2015
Taurus
life path 8
2016
Taurus
life path 9
2017
Taurus
life path 1
2018
Taurus
life path 2
2019
Taurus
life path 3
2020
Taurus
life path 4
2021
Taurus
life path 5
2022
Taurus
life path 6
2023
Taurus
life path 7
2024
Taurus
life path 8
2025
Taurus
life path 9
2026
Taurus
life path 1
2027
Taurus
life path 2
2028
Taurus
life path 3
2029
Taurus
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 May 13 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 13?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 22°44′ Taurus on May 13, 23 days after the sign begins and 7 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 13 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); the rarest is 2 (3).
Which decan is May 13?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can May 13 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. “May 13 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-13/
For Wikipedia
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