Settled date · day 27 of 31 in the sign
16 May — Taurus
Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.
Where in Taurus this falls
Saturn-ruled decan of Taurus
Saturn narrows and hardens the sign; slower to commit, and more durable once it has. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
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Every year, computed
All 100 years for 16 May. 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 24.88° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 24.65° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 25.38° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Taurus 25.15° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 24.92° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 24.68° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 25.41° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 25.18° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Taurus 24.95° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 24.71° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 25.45° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 25.21° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 24.98° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 24.75° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Taurus 25.48° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1945 | Taurus 25.24° | 4 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1946 | Taurus 25.01° | 5 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 24.78° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 25.51° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 25.28° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 25.04° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Taurus 24.81° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 25.54° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 25.31° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 25.07° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 24.84° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 25.57° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 25.34° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 25.11° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 24.87° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 25.6° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 25.37° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 25.14° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 24.9° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 25.64° | 5 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 25.4° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 25.17° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 24.94° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 25.67° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 25.43° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 25.2° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 24.97° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 25.7° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 25.47° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 25.23° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 25° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 25.73° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 25.5° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1978 | Taurus 25.26° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 25.03° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 25.76° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 25.53° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 25.3° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 25.06° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 25.79° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 25.56° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 25.33° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 25.1° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 25.83° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 25.59° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 25.36° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 25.13° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 25.86° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 25.62° | 7 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 25.39° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 25.16° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 25.89° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 25.66° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 25.42° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 25.19° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 25.92° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 25.69° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Taurus 25.45° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Taurus 25.22° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 25.95° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 25.72° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 25.49° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 25.25° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 25.98° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 25.75° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 25.52° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 25.29° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 26.02° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 25.78° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 25.55° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 25.32° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 26.05° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 25.81° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 25.58° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 25.35° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 26.08° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 25.85° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 25.61° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 25.38° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 2024 | Taurus 26.11° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 25.88° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 25.64° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 25.41° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 26.14° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Venus |
| 2029 | Taurus 25.91° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 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 16 May
Every figure here is specific to 16 May: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
Year by year
The sign column never changes; only the number does.
Life path numbers this date produces
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; the scarcest is 6 with just 11. No master number is possible on this date at all — every year reduces to a single digit. That is not true of most dates, and it is a property of these two numbers rather than of anything astrological.
Why the answer holds
16 May sits 26 days past the start of Taurus and reached 25.64° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.