♉︎ Sun at ~29° Taurus · third decan · Saturn

May 20 zodiac sign: Taurus or Gemini?

If you were born on May 20, you're Taurus or Gemini depending on the time: Taurus before the Sun enters Gemini, Gemini after. The Sun crosses from one sign to the other on this date in 22 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, and the minute shifts from year to year (2026: May 21, 00:37 UTC). At noon UTC it's Taurus in 100% of years; the exact minute of the change for every year is below.

Taurus or Gemini? Check your year

The Sun's entry into Gemini shifts by a few hours from year to year. Find your birth year, convert your birth time to UTC, and compare: born before the time shown, you're Taurus; after it, Gemini. Years missing from the list had the crossing on a neighbouring day (the Sun was in one sign for the whole of May 20).

1980 21:42 UTC1984 20:57 UTC1988 19:57 UTC1992 19:12 UTC1996 18:23 UTC2000 17:49 UTC2001 23:44 UTC2004 16:59 UTC2005 22:47 UTC2008 16:00 UTC2009 21:51 UTC2012 15:15 UTC2013 21:09 UTC2016 14:36 UTC2017 20:31 UTC2020 13:49 UTC2021 19:36 UTC2024 12:59 UTC2025 18:54 UTC2028 12:09 UTC2029 17:55 UTC2030 23:40 UTC

Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign. Or read the Taurus–Gemini cusp: which are you?

Your sign: Taurus (or Gemini)

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.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Taurus born May 20 with the Moon in Cancer runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Taurus: see Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Taurus Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Taurus dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Taurus birth chart looks like → · Gemini dates and traits →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,192 babies were born on each May 20, rank 230 of 366 dates; Taurus is number 6 of 12 signs (8.29%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on May 20, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on May 20 was most often in Leo (6 years) and least often in Taurus and Libra (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On May 20, 2026, the Moon stays in Cancer the whole UTC day.

In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during May 20 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on May 20 in 1989, 2008, and 2027, and new in 2012.

Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.

Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.

May 2026: full moon May 1, 2026, Scorpio / May 31, 2026, Sagittarius · new moon May 16, 2026, Taurus.

Your decan: the third 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 20–30 of Taurus belong to Saturn: where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery. Read it as Taurus with a Saturn accent — the earth core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Seven of Pentacles

Patience · Assessment · Long-term reward. 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 Seven of Pentacles in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for May 20: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →

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 20 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.

Born May 20? Add your year, time and place

Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.

Or browse the twelve possibilities: Taurus Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a May 20 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

Is May 20 Taurus or Gemini?

Both are possible. On May 20 the Sun moves from Taurus into Gemini in most years, at a time that ranges from 12:09 UTC to 23:44 UTC UTC across 1980–2030 (in some years the crossing falls on the neighbouring day). Convert your birth time to UTC and compare it with the crossing for your year in the table above — before it you're Taurus, after it Gemini.

What zodiac sign is May 20?

May 20 is a cusp day between Taurus and Gemini; at noon UTC it falls in Taurus in 100% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is May 20?

The third decan of Taurus (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Saturn. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery.

What tarot card is May 20?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Taurus it is the Seven of Pentacles (patience, assessment, long-term reward). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.

What Moon sign is someone born on May 20?

It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Leo; in 1990, Pisces or Aries; in 2000, Sagittarius; in 2010, Leo or Virgo; in 2020, Aries or Taurus. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on May 20 was most often in Leo. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on May 20 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Taurus or Gemini, 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 20 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.