In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 26 of 31 in the sign
May 15 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 15 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°40′ into the sign, 25 days past its start and 5 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,435 #156 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 135th 136th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°40′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 15 among the 366 days
May 15 averages 11,435 births a day in the US — the 156th most common of the 366 dates, 0.8% above 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
24°40′
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 15 birthday personality
People born on May 15 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 15th reduces to 6 and combines 1 (independence) with 5 (freedom). Numerologists read it as a caring birthday with unusual magnetism: people are drawn to a 15th-born, and the 15th-born tends to take responsibility for them. Birthday number 15 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 15. 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 23.92° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 23.69° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 24.42° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Taurus 24.19° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 23.96° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 23.73° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 24.46° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 24.23° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 23.99° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 23.76° | 33 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 24.49° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 24.25° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 24.01° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 23.78° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Taurus 24.51° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 24.28° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1946 | Taurus 24.04° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 23.81° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 24.55° | 33 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 24.31° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 24.08° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Taurus 23.85° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 24.58° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 24.35° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 24.11° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 23.88° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 24.62° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 24.38° | 33 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 24.15° | 7 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 23.91° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 24.64° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 24.41° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 24.17° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 23.94° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 24.67° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 24.43° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 24.2° | 33 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 23.97° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 24.7° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 24.47° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 24.24° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 24.01° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 24.74° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 24.51° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 24.28° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 24.04° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 24.77° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 24.53° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1978 | Taurus 24.3° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 24.07° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 24.79° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 24.56° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 24.33° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 24.1° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 24.83° | 33 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 24.59° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 24.36° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 24.13° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 24.86° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 24.63° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 24.4° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 24.17° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 24.9° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 24.66° | 33 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 24.43° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 24.2° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 24.93° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 24.69° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 24.46° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 24.22° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 24.95° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 24.71° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Taurus 24.48° | 6 | Cancer | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 24.25° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 24.98° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 24.75° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 24.52° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 24.29° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 25.03° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 24.79° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 24.56° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 24.33° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 25.05° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 24.82° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 24.58° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 24.35° | 1 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 25.08° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 24.84° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 24.61° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 24.38° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 25.11° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 24.88° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 24.65° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 24.41° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2024 | Taurus 25.14° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 24.91° | 2 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 24.67° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 24.45° | 22 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 25.18° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Venus |
| 2029 | Taurus 24.94° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | 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 15
Day of the year
136 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1996, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1946, 1965, 1984, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for May 15 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 1
2007
Taurus
life path 2
2008
Taurus
life path 3
2009
Taurus
life path 22
2010
Taurus
life path 5
2011
Taurus
life path 6
2012
Taurus
life path 7
2013
Taurus
life path 8
2014
Taurus
life path 9
2015
Taurus
life path 1
2016
Taurus
life path 2
2017
Taurus
life path 3
2018
Taurus
life path 22
2019
Taurus
life path 5
2020
Taurus
life path 6
2021
Taurus
life path 7
2022
Taurus
life path 8
2023
Taurus
life path 9
2024
Taurus
life path 1
2025
Taurus
life path 2
2026
Taurus
life path 3
2027
Taurus
life path 22
2028
Taurus
life path 5
2029
Taurus
life path 6
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
4
8 years · 8%
33
7 years · 7%
6
5 years · 5%
22
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 7 with 11 years, tied with 6 other numbers; the scarcest is 22 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 3 of those years, 33 in 7 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 15 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 15?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°40′ Taurus on May 15, 25 days after the sign begins and 5 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 15 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (11 years, tied with 6 other numbers); the rarest is 22 (3).
Which decan is May 15?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can May 15 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 3 of the 100 years: 2009, 2018 and 2027; 33, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 15 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-15/
For Wikipedia
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