Settled date · day 2 of 32 in the sign

22 May — Gemini

Gemini in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Gemini this falls

Sun's degree on this date 1.42° of Gemini
Day within the sign 2 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Jupiter-ruled decan of Gemini

Decan 1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler Jupiter
Sign ruler Mercury
Sun on this date 1.42°

Jupiter widens the sign — more appetite, more optimism, and less patience with detail. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 22 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 Gemini 0.66° 4 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Saturn
1931 Gemini 0.43° 5 Leo Pushya 2 Saturn
1932 Gemini 1.16° 33 Capricorn Mula 4 Saturn
1933 Gemini 0.92° 7 Taurus Bharani 2
1934 Gemini 0.69° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Jupiter
1935 Gemini 0.46° 9 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Jupiter
1936 Gemini 1.19° 1 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Mercury Jupiter
1937 Gemini 0.96° 11 Scorpio Swati 1 Mercury Mars Jupiter
1938 Gemini 0.72° 3 Pisces Shatabhisha 1
1939 Gemini 0.49° 4 Cancer Punarvasu 1
1940 Gemini 1.22° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
1941 Gemini 0.99° 33 Aries Revati 4
1942 Gemini 0.75° 7 Leo Ashlesha 4
1943 Gemini 0.52° 8 Capricorn Mula 4 Mercury
1944 Gemini 1.25° 9 Gemini Rohini 1
1945 Gemini 1.02° 1 Libra Hasta 3
1946 Gemini 0.79° 11 Aquarius Shravana 3 Jupiter
1947 Gemini 0.55° 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 1.31° 8 Taurus Bharani 3 Mars Saturn
1953 Gemini 1.08° 9 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Saturn
1954 Gemini 0.85° 1 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Saturn
1955 Gemini 0.62° 11 Gemini Rohini 2 Saturn
1956 Gemini 1.35° 3 Scorpio Swati 2 Mercury Saturn
1957 Gemini 1.11° 4 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Saturn
1958 Gemini 0.88° 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 1.18° 3 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
1966 Gemini 0.95° 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 0.74° 9 Taurus Ashwini 3 Jupiter
1972 Gemini 1.47° 1 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Jupiter
1973 Gemini 1.24° 11 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3
1974 Gemini 1.01° 3 Gemini Rohini 2
1975 Gemini 0.78° 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 1.54° 9 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Saturn
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 1.57° 4 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1985 Gemini 1.34° 5 Cancer Ardra 1 Saturn
1986 Gemini 1.1° 33 Scorpio Swati 4 Saturn
1987 Gemini 0.87° 7 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1988 Gemini 1.6° 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 0.9° 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 1.66° 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 1.7° 11 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4
2001 Gemini 1.46° 3 Taurus Krittika 1 Mars
2002 Gemini 1.23° 4 Libra Hasta 1 Mercury
2003 Gemini 1° 5 Aquarius Dhanishta 3
2004 Gemini 1.73° 33 Cancer Ardra 3 Venus
2005 Gemini 1.5° 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 1.29° 3 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Saturn
2011 Gemini 1.06° 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 1.33° 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 1.59° 1 Aries Revati 2 Jupiter Saturn
2018 Gemini 1.36° 11 Virgo Magha 4 Jupiter Saturn
2019 Gemini 1.13° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Jupiter Saturn
2020 Gemini 1.86° 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 1.89° 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 22 May

Day of the year 143 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 20 of 100 years (20%)
Most recent of those 2009, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2028, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in 7 years — 1959, 1978, 1997, 2016, 2024
Most frequent moon phase Waxing Crescent · 19 years

Every figure here is specific to 22 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

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 column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; the scarcest is 3 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

22 May sits 1 days past the start of Gemini and reached 1.42° 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.