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Settled date · day 16 of 31 in the sign
May 5 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 5 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 15°00′ into the sign, 15 days past its start and 15 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,072 #272 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 125th 126th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 15°00′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 5 among the 366 days
May 5 averages 11,072 births a day in the US — the 95th least common of the 366 dates, 2.4% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Moon-ruled decan of Taurus
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Venus
Sun at noon, 2026
15°00′
The Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The middle ten degrees are Taurus at full strength: past the entry from Aries, not yet leaning toward Gemini.
Personality
May 5 birthday personality
People born on May 5 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 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 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 5. 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 14.26° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 14.03° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 14.76° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 14.53° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Taurus 14.29° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 14.06° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 14.8° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 14.56° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 14.33° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 14.1° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 14.83° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 14.59° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 14.35° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 14.12° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 14.85° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 14.61° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 14.38° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 14.15° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 14.88° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 14.65° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 14.42° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 14.19° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 14.92° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 14.68° | 1 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 14.45° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 14.22° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 14.95° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 14.72° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 14.48° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 14.25° | 7 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 14.98° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 14.74° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1962 | Taurus 14.51° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 14.28° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1964 | Taurus 15.01° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Taurus 14.77° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 14.54° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 14.3° | 6 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 15.04° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 14.81° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 14.57° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 14.35° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 15.08° | 11 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 14.85° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 14.61° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 14.38° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 15.11° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1977 | Taurus 14.87° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Taurus 14.63° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 14.4° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Taurus 15.13° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 14.9° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 14.66° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 14.43° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 15.17° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 14.93° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 14.7° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 14.47° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 15.2° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 14.96° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 14.73° | 11 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 14.5° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 15.24° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 15° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 14.76° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 14.54° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 15.26° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 15.03° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Taurus 14.8° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 14.56° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 15.29° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 15.05° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 14.81° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 14.59° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 15.32° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 15.09° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 14.86° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 14.62° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 15.36° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 2009 | Taurus 15.13° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 14.89° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 14.66° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 15.39° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 15.15° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 14.92° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 14.68° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 15.42° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 15.18° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 14.94° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 14.72° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 15.45° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2021 | Taurus 15.21° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 14.98° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 2023 | Taurus 14.75° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 15.48° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 15.24° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 15.01° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 14.78° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 15.52° | 4 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 15.28° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Mars 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 5
Day of the year
126 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1947, 1966, 1974, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2012, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 19 years
Counted for May 5 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 9
2007
Taurus
life path 1
2008
Taurus
life path 11
2009
Taurus
life path 3
2010
Taurus
life path 4
2011
Taurus
life path 5
2012
Taurus
life path 6
2013
Taurus
life path 7
2014
Taurus
life path 8
2015
Taurus
life path 9
2016
Taurus
life path 1
2017
Taurus
life path 11
2018
Taurus
life path 3
2019
Taurus
life path 4
2020
Taurus
life path 5
2021
Taurus
life path 6
2022
Taurus
life path 7
2023
Taurus
life path 8
2024
Taurus
life path 9
2025
Taurus
life path 1
2026
Taurus
life path 11
2027
Taurus
life path 3
2028
Taurus
life path 4
2029
Taurus
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
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%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 5?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 15°00′ Taurus on May 5, 15 days after the sign begins and 15 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 5?
The 2nd decan of Taurus, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can May 5 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 5 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-5/
For Wikipedia
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