In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 27 of 31 in the sign
May 16 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 16 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 25°38′ into the sign, 26 days past its start and 4 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,664 #100 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 136th 137th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 25°38′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 16 among the 366 days
May 16 averages 11,664 births a day in the US — the 100th most common of the 366 dates, 2.8% 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
25°38′
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 16 birthday personality
People born on May 16 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 16th reduces to 7 and is a karmic debt number. The traditional reading is about humility and rebuilding: plans and self-images built on pride tend to be tested, and the 16th-born grows through setbacks that force an honest look inward. Birthday number 16 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 16. 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 25.39° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Taurus 25.15° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 24.92° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 24.69° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 25.42° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 25.19° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Taurus 24.95° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 24.73° | 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 25.47° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1945 | Taurus 25.24° | 4 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1946 | Taurus 25° | 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 25.27° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 25.05° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Taurus 24.82° | 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 25.08° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 24.85° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 25.58° | 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 24.88° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 25.61° | 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 24.91° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 25.63° | 5 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 25.39° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 25.16° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 24.93° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 25.66° | 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 25.71° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 25.47° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 25.24° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 25.01° | 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 25.52° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 25.29° | 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 4 | — |
| 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 25.68° | 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 25.99° | 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 25.31° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 26.04° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 25.81° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 25.57° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 25.35° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 26.07° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 25.84° | 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 25.87° | 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 May 16
Day of the year
137 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1946, 1965, 1973, 1992, 2003, 2022
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for May 16 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 2
2007
Taurus
life path 3
2008
Taurus
life path 4
2009
Taurus
life path 5
2010
Taurus
life path 6
2011
Taurus
life path 7
2012
Taurus
life path 8
2013
Taurus
life path 9
2014
Taurus
life path 1
2015
Taurus
life path 2
2016
Taurus
life path 3
2017
Taurus
life path 4
2018
Taurus
life path 5
2019
Taurus
life path 6
2020
Taurus
life path 7
2021
Taurus
life path 8
2022
Taurus
life path 9
2023
Taurus
life path 1
2024
Taurus
life path 2
2025
Taurus
life path 3
2026
Taurus
life path 4
2027
Taurus
life path 5
2028
Taurus
life path 6
2029
Taurus
life path 7
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. No master number is possible on this date: every year from 1930 to 2029 reduces to a single digit.
Questions about May 16 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 16?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 25°38′ Taurus on May 16, 26 days after the sign begins and 4 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 16 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 16?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 16 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-16/
For Wikipedia
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