Born on May 1
Your Sun is in Taurus, about 11° in — the second decan, where Taurus's core takes on a Moon flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Taurus
The fixed earth sign that builds slowly, holds firmly, and refuses to be hurried.
A Taurus Sun makes your identity around steadiness, sensuality, and the long game. You build slowly — and that's a feature, not a bug. While faster signs sprint and burn out, you're still walking, still showing up, and twenty years later you have something built. Comfort matters to you in a way that surprises people who think comfort is shallow: a good meal, a familiar bed, a body that feels at home in itself. You don't apologise for any of it.
- ElementEarth
- ModalityFixed
- RulerVenus
- SeasonApril 20 – May 20
Full Taurus guide → · What a Taurus birth chart looks like →
Your decan: the second decan of Taurus
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 10–20 of Taurus belong to Moon: your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved. Read it as Taurus with a Moon accent — the earth core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Six of Pentacles
Generosity · Exchange · Fairness. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.
Read the Six of Pentacles in full on My Day Check →What the date can't tell you
The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Taureans born on May 1 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.
Or browse the twelve possibilities: Taurus Sun with each Moon →
Classic matches for a May 1 birthday
By sun sign, Taurus pairs most easily with Virgo, Capricorn, Cancer, Pisces. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is May 1?
May 1 is Taurus, the fixed earth sign ruled by Venus. The Sun sits at roughly 11° Taurus on this date, in the second decan.
What decan is May 1?
The second decan of Taurus (10°–20°), sub-ruled by Moon. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved.
What tarot card is May 1?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the second decan of Taurus it is the Six of Pentacles (generosity, exchange, fairness). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
Does everyone born on May 1 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Taurus, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born May 1 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.