Born on April 22

April 22 zodiac sign

If you were born on April 22, your Sun sign is Taurus.

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On April 22 the Sun stands between 0° and 3° Taurus, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 22, wherever in the world you were born.

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Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

Birth time

Your birthday star

Mirach

The Sun reaches Mirach on April 20 every year, 2 days before your birthday. The jewelled girdle of Andromeda. It is said to bless those born near it with beauty and an eye for art.

Mirach sits at 0° Taurus.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On April 22 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Aries, the ram, even though the sign is Taurus. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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April 22 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Taurus on April 22, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940Libra, then Scorpio from 01:33AriesGemini
1941PiscesAriesTaurus
1942CancerTaurusPisces
1943Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 15:57TaurusGemini
1944Aries, then Taurus from 16:29Taurus, retrogradeAries
1945VirgoAries, retrogradeAries
1946CapricornAriesTaurus
1947TaurusAriesPisces
1948LibraAriesGemini
1949Aquarius, then Pisces from 15:08TaurusTaurus
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Gemini, then Cancer from 16:02TaurusPisces
1951ScorpioTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1952AriesAriesAries
1953LeoAriesAries
1954SagittariusAriesTaurus
1955Aries, then Taurus from 10:30TaurusPisces
1956Virgo, then Libra from 10:37TaurusGemini
1957AquariusTaurusTaurus
1958GeminiAries, retrogradePisces
1959LibraAriesGemini
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960PiscesAriesAries
1961Cancer, then Leo from 16:43AriesAries
1962Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 11:27TaurusTaurus
1963AriesTaurusPisces
1964VirgoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1965CapricornAriesTaurus
1966TaurusAriesPisces
1967Virgo, then Libra from 06:42AriesGemini
1968Aquarius, then Pisces from 02:46AriesAries
1969CancerTaurusAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970ScorpioTaurusTaurus
1971Pisces, then Aries from 21:09Aries, retrogradePisces
1972Leo, then Virgo from 20:25AriesGemini
1973Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 18:49AriesTaurus
1974Aries, then Taurus from 06:54AriesPisces
1975VirgoTaurusGemini
1976AquariusTaurusAries
1977GeminiTaurus, retrogradeAries
1978Libra, then Scorpio from 23:39Aries, retrogradeTaurus
1979PiscesAriesPisces
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980LeoAriesGemini
1981SagittariusAriesTaurus
1982AriesTaurusPisces
1983Leo, then Virgo from 12:12TaurusGemini
1984Capricorn, then Aquarius from 18:28Taurus, retrogradeAries
1985Taurus, then Gemini from 18:01AriesAries
1986Virgo, then Libra from 04:51AriesTaurus
1987AquariusAriesPisces
1988CancerTaurusGemini
1989ScorpioTaurusTaurus
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Pisces, then Aries from 20:59TaurusPisces
1991LeoAries, retrogradeGemini
1992CapricornAriesAries
1993TaurusAriesAries
1994VirgoAriesTaurus
1995Capricorn, then Aquarius from 00:38TaurusAries
1996Gemini, then Cancer from 20:25TaurusGemini
1997Libra, then Scorpio from 15:19Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1998Aquarius, then Pisces from 01:06AriesPisces
1999Cancer, then Leo from 15:06AriesGemini
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000SagittariusAriesAries
2001AriesTaurusAries
2002Leo, then Virgo from 15:35TaurusTaurus
2003CapricornTaurusAries
2004Taurus, then Gemini from 01:10Aries, retrogradeGemini
2005LibraAriesTaurus
2006AquariusAriesPisces
2007CancerAriesGemini
2008Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:08TaurusAries
2009Pisces, then Aries from 14:09TaurusPisces
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010LeoTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
2011Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 10:25Aries, retrogradeAries
2012TaurusAriesGemini
2013VirgoAriesTaurus
2014Capricorn, then Aquarius from 04:18AriesPisces
2015GeminiTaurusGemini
2016Libra, then Scorpio from 00:18TaurusAries
2017PiscesAries, retrogradePisces
2018Cancer, then Leo from 17:09AriesTaurus
2019SagittariusAriesAries
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Aries, then Taurus from 19:36AriesGemini
2021Leo, then Virgo from 13:09TaurusTaurus
2022CapricornTaurusPisces
2023Taurus, then Gemini from 10:11Taurus, retrogradeGemini
2024LibraAries, retrogradeAries
2025AquariusAriesPisces

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

Eclipses on April 22

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on April 22, Greenwich time.

  • 1940, penumbral lunar eclipse at 04:25

How common is a April 22 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,877 babies were born on April 22 each year. That makes it number 283 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 2% fewer than an average day.

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The Taurus in you

Your gift

Steadiness. People rest in your presence the way they rest under an old tree.

Your growing edge

Change. You can hold on long after something has stopped feeding you.

Your decan, the first part of Taurus

Ruled by Venus

Venus holds both the sign and this first decan, so nothing in you is diluted. Pleasure, beauty and comfort are how you know you are alive, which makes them necessities in your house.

Read about the first decan of Taurus

Questions about April 22

What zodiac sign is April 22?

If you were born on April 22, your Sun sign is Taurus.

Is April 22 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Taurus all day on April 22 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Taurus.

What is the birthday star for April 22?

The Sun reaches Mirach on April 20 every year, 2 days before your birthday. The jewelled girdle of Andromeda. It is said to bless those born near it with beauty and an eye for art.

What was the Moon sign on April 22?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On April 22 2025 the Moon was in Aquarius, and on April 22 2024 it was in Libra. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on April 22?

On April 22 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Aries, the ram, even though the sign is Taurus. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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