In love
Needs mental stimulation above all. Silence reads as a problem rather than peace.
Near a boundary · day 2 of 32 in the sign
May 22 zodiac sign: Gemini
The May 22 zodiac sign is Gemini at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 2 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Taurus.
- Sun sign
- Gemini at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,574 #124 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 142nd 143rd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 1°25′ of Gemini
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 22 among the 366 days
May 22 averages 11,574 births a day in the US — the 124th most common of the 366 dates, 2.0% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Gemini this falls
May 22 falls on day 2 of the Jupiter decan (21–May 31, 2026).
- Gemini at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Gemini at midday UTC in all 100 years, but in 2 of them — 1931 and 1935 — the Sun changed sign during May 22 itself (UTC), so a birth in the first hours of that day could still be Taurus.
Jupiter-ruled decan of Gemini
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Jupiter
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
1°25′
Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. In its first ten degrees Gemini shows in its rawest form: Taurus has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
May 22 birthday personality
People born on May 22 are Gemini, and the sign is read as curiosity, quickness and a need for variety. Learns fast, connects unrelated ideas, and can talk to anyone about anything.
The 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 in full →
At work
Thrives where the brief keeps changing. Struggles in roles that reward routine.
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 22. 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 | Gemini 0.65° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Gemini 0.43° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Gemini 1.16° | 33 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Gemini 0.92° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1934 | Gemini 0.7° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Gemini 0.46° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1936 | Gemini 1.2° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1937 | Gemini 0.96° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Gemini 0.73° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1939 | Gemini 0.5° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1940 | Gemini 1.23° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1941 | Gemini 0.99° | 33 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1942 | Gemini 0.76° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1943 | Gemini 0.52° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Gemini 1.25° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1945 | Gemini 1.01° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1946 | Gemini 0.78° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Gemini 0.56° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Gemini 1.28° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Gemini 1.05° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Gemini 0.82° | 33 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury |
| 1951 | Gemini 0.59° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Gemini 1.32° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Gemini 1.09° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Gemini 0.85° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Gemini 0.63° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Gemini 1.35° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Gemini 1.11° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Gemini 0.89° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Gemini 0.65° | 33 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Gemini 1.38° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Gemini 1.15° | 8 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1962 | Gemini 0.91° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1963 | Gemini 0.68° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Gemini 1.41° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1965 | Gemini 1.17° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1966 | Gemini 0.94° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1967 | Gemini 0.71° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mars |
| 1968 | Gemini 1.44° | 33 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1969 | Gemini 1.21° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Gemini 0.98° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Gemini 0.75° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Gemini 1.48° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Gemini 1.25° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1974 | Gemini 1.02° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1975 | Gemini 0.79° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1976 | Gemini 1.51° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Gemini 1.27° | 33 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1978 | Gemini 1.04° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1979 | Gemini 0.81° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1980 | Gemini 1.53° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1981 | Gemini 1.3° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Gemini 1.07° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Gemini 0.84° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Gemini 1.56° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Gemini 1.33° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Gemini 1.1° | 33 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Gemini 0.88° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Gemini 1.61° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Gemini 1.37° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Gemini 1.14° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Gemini 0.91° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Gemini 1.63° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1993 | Gemini 1.4° | 4 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Gemini 1.17° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Gemini 0.94° | 33 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Gemini 1.67° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1997 | Gemini 1.43° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1998 | Gemini 1.2° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1999 | Gemini 0.97° | 1 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Gemini 1.69° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2001 | Gemini 1.45° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mars |
| 2002 | Gemini 1.22° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Gemini 0.99° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2004 | Gemini 1.72° | 33 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus |
| 2005 | Gemini 1.49° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Gemini 1.26° | 8 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Gemini 1.03° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Gemini 1.76° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Gemini 1.53° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury |
| 2010 | Gemini 1.3° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2011 | Gemini 1.07° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Gemini 1.79° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2013 | Gemini 1.56° | 33 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Gemini 1.32° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Gemini 1.09° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2016 | Gemini 1.82° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Gemini 1.58° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Gemini 1.35° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Gemini 1.12° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Gemini 1.85° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Gemini 1.62° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2022 | Gemini 1.39° | 33 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Gemini 1.16° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 2024 | Gemini 1.88° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 2025 | Gemini 1.65° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2026 | Gemini 1.42° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2027 | Gemini 1.19° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2028 | Gemini 1.92° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 2029 | Gemini 1.69° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 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 22
Day of the year
143 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2009, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2028, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1948, 1959, 1978, 1997, 2016
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for May 22 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Gemini
life path 8
2007
Gemini
life path 9
2008
Gemini
life path 1
2009
Gemini
life path 11
2010
Gemini
life path 3
2011
Gemini
life path 4
2012
Gemini
life path 5
2013
Gemini
life path 33
2014
Gemini
life path 7
2015
Gemini
life path 8
2016
Gemini
life path 9
2017
Gemini
life path 1
2018
Gemini
life path 11
2019
Gemini
life path 3
2020
Gemini
life path 4
2021
Gemini
life path 5
2022
Gemini
life path 33
2023
Gemini
life path 7
2024
Gemini
life path 8
2025
Gemini
life path 9
2026
Gemini
life path 1
2027
Gemini
life path 11
2028
Gemini
life path 3
2029
Gemini
life path 4
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
4
12 years · 12%
5
11 years · 11%
33
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; every other number, 33 and 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer almost always holds
May 22 sits 1 day past the start of Gemini and reached 1°25′ this year — close enough to the start of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 2 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Taurus. At midday it is Gemini in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about May 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 22?
Gemini at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 2 of those 100 years a birth early in the day (UTC) had the Sun still in Taurus.
What life path numbers does May 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 22?
The 1st decan of Gemini, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Jupiter in the Chaldean order.
Can May 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1937, 1946, 1955, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991, 2000, 2009, 2018 and 2027; 33, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 22 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, but the Hour Can Matter.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-22/
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