In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Settled date · day 28 of 31 in the sign
May 17 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 17 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 26°36′ into the sign, 27 days past its start and 3 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,418 #163 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 137th 138th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 26°36′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 17 among the 366 days
May 17 averages 11,418 births a day in the US — the 163rd most common of the 366 dates, 0.6% 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
26°36′
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 17 birthday personality
People born on May 17 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 17th reduces to 8 and blends 1 (initiative) with 7 (analysis). Numerologists read it as ambition backed by research: those born on this day tend to study a field thoroughly, plan carefully and then act with real decisiveness. Birthday number 17 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 17. 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 25.84° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 25.62° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 26.35° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Taurus 26.11° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 25.89° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 25.65° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 26.39° | 5 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 26.15° | 6 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Taurus 25.92° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 25.69° | 8 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 26.42° | 9 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 26.18° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 25.94° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 25.71° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Taurus 26.44° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1945 | Taurus 26.2° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1946 | Taurus 25.97° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 25.74° | 7 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 26.47° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 26.24° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 26.01° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Taurus 25.78° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 26.51° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 26.27° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 26.04° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 25.81° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 26.54° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 26.3° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 26.07° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 25.84° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 26.57° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 26.33° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 26.1° | 22 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 25.87° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 26.6° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 26.36° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 26.13° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 25.9° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 26.63° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 26.4° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 26.17° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 25.94° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 26.67° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 26.44° | 6 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 26.2° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 25.97° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 26.7° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 26.46° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1978 | Taurus 26.23° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 25.99° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 26.72° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 26.49° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 26.25° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 26.02° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 26.75° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 26.52° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 26.29° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 26.06° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 26.79° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 26.56° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 26.32° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 26.09° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Taurus 26.82° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 26.59° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 26.36° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 26.13° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 26.85° | 2 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 26.62° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 26.39° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 26.15° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 26.88° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 26.64° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 2002 | Taurus 26.41° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Taurus 26.18° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 26.91° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 26.68° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 26.45° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 26.22° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 26.95° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 26.72° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2010 | Taurus 26.49° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 26.26° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 26.98° | 9 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 26.74° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 26.51° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 26.28° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 27.01° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 26.77° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 26.54° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 26.31° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 27.04° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 26.81° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 26.58° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 26.34° | 2 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2024 | Taurus 27.07° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 26.83° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 26.6° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 26.38° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 27.1° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Venus |
| 2029 | Taurus 26.87° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 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 17
Day of the year
138 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1935, 1954, 1973, 1992, 2000, 2011
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for May 17 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 3
2007
Taurus
life path 22
2008
Taurus
life path 5
2009
Taurus
life path 6
2010
Taurus
life path 7
2011
Taurus
life path 8
2012
Taurus
life path 9
2013
Taurus
life path 1
2014
Taurus
life path 2
2015
Taurus
life path 3
2016
Taurus
life path 22
2017
Taurus
life path 5
2018
Taurus
life path 6
2019
Taurus
life path 7
2020
Taurus
life path 8
2021
Taurus
life path 9
2022
Taurus
life path 1
2023
Taurus
life path 2
2024
Taurus
life path 3
2025
Taurus
life path 22
2026
Taurus
life path 5
2027
Taurus
life path 6
2028
Taurus
life path 7
2029
Taurus
life path 8
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 17?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 26°36′ Taurus on May 17, 27 days after the sign begins and 3 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 17?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can May 17 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 17 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-17/
For Wikipedia
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