In love
Needs mental stimulation above all. Silence reads as a problem rather than peace.
Settled date · day 11 of 32 in the sign
May 31 zodiac sign: Gemini
The May 31 zodiac sign is Gemini in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 10°03′ into the sign, 10 days past its start and 21 days before Cancer begins.
- Sun sign
- Gemini at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,035 #279 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 151st 152nd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 10°03′ of Gemini
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 31 among the 366 days
May 31 averages 11,035 births a day in the US — the 88th least common of the 366 dates, 2.8% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mars-ruled decan of Gemini
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Mars
Sign ruler
Mercury
Sun at noon, 2026
10°03′
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The middle ten degrees are Gemini at full strength: past the entry from Taurus, not yet leaning toward Cancer.
Personality
May 31 birthday personality
People born on May 31 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 31st reduces to 4 and combines 3 (creativity) with 1 (originality). Numerologists read it as practical imagination: those born on this day have inventive ideas and, unlike many creative people, the discipline to turn them into something that works. Birthday number 31 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 31. 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 9.3° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1931 | Gemini 9.07° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Gemini 9.79° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Gemini 9.56° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Gemini 9.33° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Gemini 9.1° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1936 | Gemini 9.83° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1937 | Gemini 9.6° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1938 | Gemini 9.37° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1939 | Gemini 9.14° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1940 | Gemini 9.86° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1941 | Gemini 9.63° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1942 | Gemini 9.39° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1943 | Gemini 9.16° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury |
| 1944 | Gemini 9.89° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1945 | Gemini 9.65° | 1 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1946 | Gemini 9.42° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Gemini 9.2° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Gemini 9.92° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Gemini 9.69° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1950 | Gemini 9.46° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1951 | Gemini 9.23° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1952 | Gemini 9.96° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Gemini 9.72° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Gemini 9.49° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1955 | Gemini 9.27° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Gemini 9.99° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1957 | Gemini 9.76° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Gemini 9.53° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Gemini 9.29° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Gemini 10.02° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Gemini 9.78° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Gemini 9.55° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1963 | Gemini 9.33° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1964 | Gemini 10.04° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus |
| 1965 | Gemini 9.81° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1966 | Gemini 9.58° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1967 | Gemini 9.35° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1968 | Gemini 10.08° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1969 | Gemini 9.85° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1970 | Gemini 9.62° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1971 | Gemini 9.39° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Gemini 10.12° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1973 | Gemini 9.89° | 11 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Gemini 9.66° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1975 | Gemini 9.42° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1976 | Gemini 10.15° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 1977 | Gemini 9.91° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1978 | Gemini 9.67° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1979 | Gemini 9.45° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Gemini 10.17° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Venus |
| 1981 | Gemini 9.93° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1982 | Gemini 9.71° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Gemini 9.48° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Gemini 10.2° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Gemini 9.97° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Gemini 9.74° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Gemini 9.52° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Gemini 10.24° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1989 | Gemini 10.01° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1990 | Gemini 9.78° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Gemini 9.55° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Gemini 10.27° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Gemini 10.04° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Gemini 9.81° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Gemini 9.58° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1996 | Gemini 10.31° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1997 | Gemini 10.07° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1998 | Gemini 9.84° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1999 | Gemini 9.61° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Gemini 10.33° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2001 | Gemini 10.1° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 2002 | Gemini 9.86° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury |
| 2003 | Gemini 9.64° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2004 | Gemini 10.36° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Venus |
| 2005 | Gemini 10.13° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Gemini 9.91° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Gemini 9.67° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Gemini 10.4° | 1 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2009 | Gemini 10.17° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2010 | Gemini 9.94° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2011 | Gemini 9.71° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Gemini 10.43° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2013 | Gemini 10.19° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Gemini 9.97° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Gemini 9.73° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2016 | Gemini 10.46° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2017 | Gemini 10.23° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Gemini 9.99° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Gemini 9.76° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Gemini 10.49° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Gemini 10.26° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2022 | Gemini 10.03° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury |
| 2023 | Gemini 9.8° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2024 | Gemini 10.52° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2025 | Gemini 10.29° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2026 | Gemini 10.06° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2027 | Gemini 9.83° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2028 | Gemini 10.56° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 2029 | Gemini 10.32° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | 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 31
Day of the year
152 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2002, 2008, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1931, 1950, 1969, 1988, 2007, 2026
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for May 31 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 2
2010
Gemini
life path 3
2011
Gemini
life path 4
2012
Gemini
life path 5
2013
Gemini
life path 6
2014
Gemini
life path 7
2015
Gemini
life path 8
2016
Gemini
life path 9
2017
Gemini
life path 1
2018
Gemini
life path 2
2019
Gemini
life path 3
2020
Gemini
life path 4
2021
Gemini
life path 5
2022
Gemini
life path 6
2023
Gemini
life path 7
2024
Gemini
life path 8
2025
Gemini
life path 9
2026
Gemini
life path 1
2027
Gemini
life path 2
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%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
11
8 years · 8%
2
3 years · 3%
The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 8 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 31 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 31?
Gemini in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 10°03′ Gemini on May 31, 10 days after the sign begins and 21 before Cancer takes over.
What life path numbers does May 31 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 4 (12 years); the rarest is 2 (3).
Which decan is May 31?
The 2nd decan of Gemini, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Mars in the Chaldean order.
Can May 31 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 8 of the 100 years: 1937, 1946, 1955, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 31 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-31/
For Wikipedia
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