In love
Slow to commit, hard to shift once committed. Shows affection through provision rather than declaration.
Near a boundary · day 31 of 31 in the sign
May 20 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 20 zodiac sign is Taurus at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 23 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Gemini.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,192 #230 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 140th 141st in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 29°29′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 20 among the 366 days
May 20 averages 11,192 births a day in the US — the 137th least common of the 366 dates, 1.4% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Taurus this falls
May 20 closes Taurus in 2026, inside the Saturn decan — the Sun moves on to Gemini at 12:37 AM UTC on May 21.
- Taurus at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Taurus at midday UTC in all 100 years, but in 23 of them — 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 … 2025, 2028, 2029 — the Sun changed sign during May 20 itself (UTC), so a birth in the last hours of that day could already be Gemini.
Saturn-ruled decan of Taurus
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Saturn
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
29°29′
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 20 birthday personality
People born on May 20 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 20th reduces to 2, and numerologists read the zero as amplifying the 2's sensitivity and cooperative instinct. Those born on this day are described as exceptionally attuned to other people — gifted at teamwork, peacemaking and understanding needs nobody has put into words. Birthday number 20 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 20. 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 28.73° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 28.51° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 29.23° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Taurus 29° | 5 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1934 | Taurus 28.77° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 28.54° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 29.27° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 29.04° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Taurus 28.8° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 28.58° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 29.3° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 29.06° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 28.83° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 28.6° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Taurus 29.32° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1945 | Taurus 29.09° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1946 | Taurus 28.86° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 28.63° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 29.36° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 29.12° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 28.9° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Taurus 28.67° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 29.4° | 6 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 29.16° | 7 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 28.93° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 28.7° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 29.43° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 29.19° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 28.96° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 28.73° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 29.46° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 29.22° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Taurus 28.99° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 28.76° | 8 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 29.49° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1965 | Taurus 29.25° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 29.02° | 11 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 28.79° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 29.52° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 29.29° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 29.05° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 28.83° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 29.56° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 29.32° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 29.09° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 28.86° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 29.59° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Taurus 29.35° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1978 | Taurus 29.11° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 28.88° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1980 | Taurus 29.61° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 29.37° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 29.14° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 28.91° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 29.64° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 29.41° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 29.18° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 28.95° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 29.68° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 29.44° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 29.21° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 28.98° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Taurus 29.71° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 29.48° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 29.25° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 29.01° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 29.74° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 29.51° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1998 | Taurus 29.27° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 29.04° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 29.77° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 29.53° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mars |
| 2002 | Taurus 29.3° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Taurus 29.07° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2004 | Taurus 29.8° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Venus |
| 2005 | Taurus 29.57° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 29.34° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 29.11° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 29.84° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Taurus 29.6° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2010 | Taurus 29.38° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 29.14° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 29.87° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 29.63° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 29.4° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 29.17° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 29.9° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 29.66° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 29.43° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 29.2° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 29.93° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Taurus 29.69° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 29.46° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Taurus 29.23° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2024 | Taurus 29.96° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 29.72° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 29.49° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 29.27° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 29.99° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Venus |
| 2029 | Taurus 29.76° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 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 20
Day of the year
141 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1932, 1943, 1951, 1962, 1970, 1989, 2008, 2027
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for May 20 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 6
2007
Taurus
life path 7
2008
Taurus
life path 8
2009
Taurus
life path 9
2010
Taurus
life path 1
2011
Taurus
life path 11
2012
Taurus
life path 3
2013
Taurus
life path 4
2014
Taurus
life path 5
2015
Taurus
life path 6
2016
Taurus
life path 7
2017
Taurus
life path 8
2018
Taurus
life path 9
2019
Taurus
life path 1
2020
Taurus
life path 11
2021
Taurus
life path 3
2022
Taurus
life path 4
2023
Taurus
life path 5
2024
Taurus
life path 6
2025
Taurus
life path 7
2026
Taurus
life path 8
2027
Taurus
life path 9
2028
Taurus
life path 1
2029
Taurus
life path 11
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
11
12 years · 12%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 11 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer almost always holds
May 20 sits 30 days past the start of Taurus and reached 29°29′ this year — close enough to the end of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 23 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Gemini. At midday it is Taurus in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about May 20 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 20?
Taurus at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 23 of those 100 years a birth late in the day (UTC) had the Sun already in Gemini.
What life path numbers does May 20 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 11 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 20?
The 3rd decan of Taurus, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Can May 20 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 12 of the 100 years: 1930, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 20 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, but the Hour Can Matter.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-20/
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