In love
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Settled date · day 19 of 31 in the sign
May 8 zodiac sign: Taurus
The May 8 zodiac sign is Taurus in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 17°54′ into the sign, 18 days past its start and 12 days before Gemini begins.
- Sun sign
- Taurus at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,241 #218 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 128th 129th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 17°54′ of Taurus
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
May 8 among the 366 days
May 8 averages 11,241 births a day in the US — the 149th least common of the 366 dates, 0.9% 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
17°54′
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 8 birthday personality
People born on May 8 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 8th is read as a birthday for authority and results. The gift is practical judgment about money, people and power: seeing how an organization ought to run, sizing up character quickly and turning goals into measurable outcomes. Birthday number 8 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 8. 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 17.16° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Taurus 16.93° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Taurus 17.66° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1933 | Taurus 17.43° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Taurus 17.2° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1935 | Taurus 16.97° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1936 | Taurus 17.7° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Taurus 17.47° | 6 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury Venus Mars |
| 1938 | Taurus 17.23° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1939 | Taurus 17° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1940 | Taurus 17.73° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1941 | Taurus 17.49° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1942 | Taurus 17.25° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1943 | Taurus 17.02° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1944 | Taurus 17.75° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Taurus 17.52° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1946 | Taurus 17.28° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1947 | Taurus 17.05° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1948 | Taurus 17.79° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Taurus 17.56° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1950 | Taurus 17.32° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1951 | Taurus 17.09° | 2 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Taurus 17.83° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1953 | Taurus 17.59° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Taurus 17.35° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 1955 | Taurus 17.12° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Taurus 17.86° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Taurus 17.62° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1958 | Taurus 17.39° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1959 | Taurus 17.15° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Taurus 17.89° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Taurus 17.65° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1962 | Taurus 17.41° | 22 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1963 | Taurus 17.18° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury |
| 1964 | Taurus 17.91° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Taurus 17.67° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1966 | Taurus 17.44° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1967 | Taurus 17.21° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mars |
| 1968 | Taurus 17.95° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1969 | Taurus 17.71° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1970 | Taurus 17.48° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1971 | Taurus 17.25° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Taurus 17.98° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Taurus 17.75° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1974 | Taurus 17.52° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1975 | Taurus 17.28° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1976 | Taurus 18.01° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1977 | Taurus 17.77° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Taurus 17.54° | 2 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1979 | Taurus 17.31° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1980 | Taurus 18.03° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1981 | Taurus 17.8° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Taurus 17.57° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1983 | Taurus 17.33° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Taurus 18.07° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Taurus 17.83° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1986 | Taurus 17.6° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1987 | Taurus 17.38° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Taurus 18.1° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Taurus 17.87° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Taurus 17.64° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Taurus 17.4° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1992 | Taurus 18.14° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1993 | Taurus 17.9° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1994 | Taurus 17.67° | 9 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1995 | Taurus 17.44° | 1 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Taurus 18.17° | 2 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1997 | Taurus 17.93° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Taurus 17.7° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1999 | Taurus 17.46° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mars |
| 2000 | Taurus 18.19° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2001 | Taurus 17.95° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2002 | Taurus 17.72° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2003 | Taurus 17.49° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 2004 | Taurus 18.22° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2005 | Taurus 17.99° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 2006 | Taurus 17.76° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Taurus 17.53° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Taurus 18.27° | 5 | Cancer | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2009 | Taurus 18.03° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Taurus 17.79° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2011 | Taurus 17.57° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Taurus 18.29° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 2013 | Taurus 18.05° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2014 | Taurus 17.82° | 2 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2015 | Taurus 17.59° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Taurus 18.32° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2017 | Taurus 18.08° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2018 | Taurus 17.85° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Taurus 17.62° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Taurus 18.35° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2021 | Taurus 18.11° | 9 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2022 | Taurus 17.89° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 2023 | Taurus 17.65° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Taurus 18.38° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2025 | Taurus 18.15° | 22 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2026 | Taurus 17.91° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2027 | Taurus 17.69° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 2028 | Taurus 18.42° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Taurus 18.18° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | 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 8
Day of the year
129 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2003, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2023, 2029
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1944, 1963, 1982, 2001, 2009, 2028
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for May 8 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 3
2007
Taurus
life path 22
2008
Taurus
life path 5
2009
Taurus
life path 6
2010
Taurus
life path 7
2011
Taurus
life path 8
2012
Taurus
life path 9
2013
Taurus
life path 1
2014
Taurus
life path 2
2015
Taurus
life path 3
2016
Taurus
life path 22
2017
Taurus
life path 5
2018
Taurus
life path 6
2019
Taurus
life path 7
2020
Taurus
life path 8
2021
Taurus
life path 9
2022
Taurus
life path 1
2023
Taurus
life path 2
2024
Taurus
life path 3
2025
Taurus
life path 22
2026
Taurus
life path 5
2027
Taurus
life path 6
2028
Taurus
life path 7
2029
Taurus
life path 8
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about May 8 birthdays
What zodiac sign is May 8?
Taurus in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 17°54′ Taurus on May 8, 18 days after the sign begins and 12 before Gemini takes over.
What life path numbers does May 8 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is May 8?
The 2nd decan of Taurus, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can May 8 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “May 8 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/may-8/
For Wikipedia
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