May 28 zodiac sign: Gemini, first decan
If you were born on May 28, your sign is Gemini, the air sign ruled by Mercury: the Sun is in Gemini on this date in every year from 1980 to 2030. The Sun sits about 7° into Gemini on this date, in the first decan, where Gemini's core takes on a Jupiter flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Gemini
The mutable air sign that lives by language — quick to learn, quick to pivot, quick to bore.
A Gemini Sun makes a mind that genuinely runs faster than most. You learn quickly, talk quickly, and link ideas across domains in a way that surprises specialists. Your gift is the connection — between two unrelated fields, between two people who'd never meet without you, between an old idea and a new use for it. You're a natural translator.
- ElementAir
- ModalityMutable
- RulerMercury
- SeasonMay 21 – June 20
The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Gemini born May 28 with the Moon in Aries runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Gemini: see Gemini Sun, Aries Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Gemini Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Gemini dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Gemini birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 10,781 babies were born on each May 28, rank 338 of 366 dates; Gemini is number 4 of 12 signs (8.56%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on May 28, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on May 28 was most often in Leo (6 years) and least often in Cancer (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On May 28, 2026, the Moon moves from Libra into Scorpio at 00:52 UTC.
- 1980 Scorpio
- 1981 Pisces → Aries 15:44
- 1982 Leo
- 1983 Sagittarius → Capricorn 19:07
- 1984 Taurus
- 1985 Virgo
- 1986 Aquarius
- 1987 Gemini
- 1988 Libra → Scorpio 10:06
- 1989 Pisces
- 1990 Cancer → Leo 08:29
- 1991 Sagittarius
- 1992 Aries
- 1993 Leo → Virgo 05:46
- 1994 Capricorn
- 1995 Taurus → Gemini 18:07
- 1996 Libra
- 1997 Aquarius → Pisces 18:18
- 1998 Cancer
- 1999 Scorpio
- 2000 Pisces → Aries 10:08
- 2001 Leo
- 2002 Sagittarius → Capricorn 06:54
- 2003 Taurus
- 2004 Virgo
- 2005 Aquarius
- 2006 Gemini
- 2007 Libra → Scorpio 17:11
- 2008 Pisces
- 2009 Cancer → Leo 07:44
- 2010 Sagittarius
- 2011 Aries
- 2012 Leo → Virgo 06:06
- 2013 Capricorn → Aquarius 21:48
- 2014 Taurus → Gemini 04:47
- 2015 Libra
- 2016 Aquarius → Pisces 21:06
- 2017 Cancer
- 2018 Scorpio → Sagittarius 22:29
- 2019 Pisces → Aries 18:32
- 2020 Leo
- 2021 Sagittarius → Capricorn 02:23
- 2022 Taurus
- 2023 Virgo
- 2024 Aquarius
- 2025 Gemini → Cancer 17:33
- 2026 Libra → Scorpio 00:52
- 2027 Pisces
- 2028 Cancer → Leo 10:55
- 2029 Sagittarius
- 2030 Aries → Taurus 19:26
In 22 of those 51 years (43%) the Moon changed sign during May 28 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 28 in 1991, and new in 2014.
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 first decan of Gemini
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Gemini belong to Jupiter: where you grow, where you find meaning, and where life tends to be generous to you. Read it as Gemini with a Jupiter accent — the air core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Eight of Swords
Restriction · Self-imposed limits · Anxiety. 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 Eight of Swords in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for May 28: 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 Geminis born on May 28 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 28? 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.
Your big three
- Sun
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- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Gemini Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a May 28 birthday
By sun sign, Gemini pairs most easily with Libra, Aquarius, Aries, Leo. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is May 28?
May 28 is Gemini, the mutable air sign ruled by Mercury. The Sun sits at roughly 7° Gemini on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is May 28?
The first decan of Gemini (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Jupiter. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you grow, where you find meaning, and where life tends to be generous to you.
What tarot card is May 28?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Gemini it is the Eight of Swords (restriction, self-imposed limits, anxiety). 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 28?
It depends on the year, and in 43% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Scorpio; in 1990, Cancer or Leo; in 2000, Pisces or Aries; in 2010, Sagittarius; in 2020, Leo. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on May 28 was most often in Leo. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on May 28 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in 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 28 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.