Settled date · day 6 of 32 in the sign

26 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 5.27° of Gemini
Day within the sign 6 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 5.27°

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 26 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 4.5° 8 Taurus Bharani 2 Mercury Saturn
1931 Gemini 4.27° 9 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Saturn
1932 Gemini 5° 1 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Saturn
1933 Gemini 4.77° 2 Gemini Mrigashira 4
1934 Gemini 4.53° 3 Scorpio Swati 1 Jupiter
1935 Gemini 4.3° 22 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Jupiter
1936 Gemini 5.03° 5 Leo Ashlesha 3 Mercury Jupiter
1937 Gemini 4.8° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Mars Jupiter
1938 Gemini 4.57° 7 Aries Revati 4
1939 Gemini 4.33° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2
1940 Gemini 5.06° 9 Aquarius Shravana 2
1941 Gemini 4.83° 1 Gemini Rohini 2
1942 Gemini 4.6° 2 Libra Hasta 3
1943 Gemini 4.37° 3 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Mercury
1944 Gemini 5.09° 22 Cancer Pushya 1
1945 Gemini 4.86° 5 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1946 Gemini 4.63° 6 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Jupiter
1947 Gemini 4.4° 7 Leo Magha 1 Jupiter
1948 Gemini 5.13° 8 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Jupiter
1949 Gemini 4.89° 9 Taurus Bharani 4 Mercury Jupiter
1950 Gemini 4.66° 1 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Mercury
1951 Gemini 4.43° 2 Aquarius Dhanishta 1 Saturn
1952 Gemini 5.16° 3 Cancer Ardra 2 Mars Saturn
1953 Gemini 4.92° 22 Scorpio Swati 3 Saturn
1954 Gemini 4.69° 5 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Mars Saturn
1955 Gemini 4.46° 6 Leo Pushya 4 Saturn
1956 Gemini 5.19° 7 Sagittarius Mula 1 Mercury Saturn
1957 Gemini 4.96° 8 Aries Ashwini 2 Saturn
1958 Gemini 4.72° 9 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Jupiter Saturn
1959 Gemini 4.49° 1 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Gemini 5.22° 2 Gemini Rohini 4 Jupiter Saturn
1961 Gemini 4.99° 3 Libra Chitra 1 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Gemini 4.76° 22 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Mercury Saturn
1963 Gemini 4.52° 5 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Mercury
1964 Gemini 5.25° 6 Sagittarius Anuradha 3
1965 Gemini 5.02° 7 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4
1966 Gemini 4.79° 8 Leo Ashlesha 4
1967 Gemini 4.56° 9 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1
1968 Gemini 5.28° 1 Taurus Krittika 2
1969 Gemini 5.05° 2 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Mercury Mars
1970 Gemini 4.82° 3 Aquarius Shravana 4 Jupiter
1971 Gemini 4.59° 22 Cancer Ardra 1 Jupiter
1972 Gemini 5.32° 5 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Jupiter
1973 Gemini 5.08° 6 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2
1974 Gemini 4.85° 7 Leo Pushya 4
1975 Gemini 4.62° 8 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4
1976 Gemini 5.35° 9 Taurus Ashwini 4 Mercury
1977 Gemini 5.12° 1 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1
1978 Gemini 4.88° 2 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3
1979 Gemini 4.65° 3 Gemini Rohini 3
1980 Gemini 5.38° 22 Libra Chitra 3 Venus
1981 Gemini 5.15° 5 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1982 Gemini 4.92° 6 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1983 Gemini 4.68° 7 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1984 Gemini 5.41° 8 Aries Revati 2 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1985 Gemini 5.18° 9 Leo Ashlesha 4 Saturn
1986 Gemini 4.95° 1 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Saturn
1987 Gemini 4.72° 2 Taurus Krittika 1 Saturn
1988 Gemini 5.44° 3 Libra Hasta 1 Venus Saturn
1989 Gemini 5.21° 22 Aquarius Shravana 4 Mercury Saturn
1990 Gemini 4.98° 5 Cancer Ardra 1 Saturn
1991 Gemini 4.75° 6 Scorpio Swati 4 Saturn
1992 Gemini 5.48° 7 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
1993 Gemini 5.24° 8 Leo Pushya 3 Jupiter
1994 Gemini 5.01° 9 Sagittarius Mula 1 Jupiter
1995 Gemini 4.78° 1 Taurus Ashwini 3 Mercury Jupiter
1996 Gemini 5.51° 2 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Mercury Venus Jupiter
1997 Gemini 5.28° 3 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3
1998 Gemini 5.04° 22 Gemini Rohini 4
1999 Gemini 4.81° 5 Libra Chitra 2 Mars
2000 Gemini 5.54° 6 Pisces Shatabhisha 2
2001 Gemini 5.31° 7 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Mars
2002 Gemini 5.07° 8 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Mercury
2003 Gemini 4.84° 9 Aries Revati 2
2004 Gemini 5.57° 1 Leo Magha 1 Venus
2005 Gemini 5.34° 2 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Jupiter
2006 Gemini 5.11° 3 Taurus Krittika 2 Jupiter
2007 Gemini 4.87° 22 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Jupiter
2008 Gemini 5.6° 5 Aquarius Shravana 4 Jupiter
2009 Gemini 5.37° 6 Cancer Ardra 1 Mercury
2010 Gemini 5.14° 7 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Saturn
2011 Gemini 4.91° 8 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
2012 Gemini 5.63° 9 Leo Pushya 3 Venus Saturn
2013 Gemini 5.4° 1 Sagittarius Mula 1 Saturn
2014 Gemini 5.17° 2 Taurus Bharani 1 Saturn
2015 Gemini 4.94° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Mercury Saturn
2016 Gemini 5.67° 22 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3 Mars Saturn
2017 Gemini 5.43° 5 Gemini Rohini 4 Jupiter Saturn
2018 Gemini 5.2° 6 Libra Chitra 4 Jupiter Saturn
2019 Gemini 4.97° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Jupiter Saturn
2020 Gemini 5.7° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Venus Jupiter Saturn
2021 Gemini 5.47° 9 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Saturn
2022 Gemini 5.23° 1 Aries Revati 3 Mercury
2023 Gemini 5° 2 Leo Ashlesha 4
2024 Gemini 5.73° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2
2025 Gemini 5.5° 22 Taurus Krittika 2
2026 Gemini 5.27° 5 Libra Hasta 3
2027 Gemini 5.03° 6 Aquarius Shravana 3
2028 Gemini 5.76° 7 Cancer Ardra 1 Mercury Venus
2029 Gemini 5.53° 8 Scorpio Vishakha 2 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 26 May

Day of the year 147 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 1996, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2022, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1964, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2021
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 26 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 3
2007 Gemini life path 22
2008 Gemini life path 5
2009 Gemini life path 6
2010 Gemini life path 7
2011 Gemini life path 8
2012 Gemini life path 9
2013 Gemini life path 1
2014 Gemini life path 2
2015 Gemini life path 3
2016 Gemini life path 22
2017 Gemini life path 5
2018 Gemini life path 6
2019 Gemini life path 7
2020 Gemini life path 8
2021 Gemini life path 9
2022 Gemini life path 1
2023 Gemini life path 2
2024 Gemini life path 3
2025 Gemini life path 22
2026 Gemini life path 5
2027 Gemini life path 6
2028 Gemini life path 7
2029 Gemini life path 8

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 7 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 22 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

26 May sits 5 days past the start of Gemini and reached 5.27° 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.