Born on April 23

April 23 zodiac sign

If you were born on April 23, your Sun sign is Taurus.

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On April 23 the Sun stands between 1° and 4° 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 23, 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.

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Your birthday star

Mirach

The Sun reaches Mirach on April 20 every year, 3 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 23 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 23 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Taurus on April 23, 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
1940ScorpioAriesGemini
1941Pisces, then Aries from 12:35AriesTaurus
1942Cancer, then Leo from 12:22TaurusPisces
1943SagittariusTaurusGemini
1944TaurusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1945VirgoAries, retrogradeAries
1946CapricornAriesTaurus
1947Taurus, then Gemini from 06:28AriesPisces
1948Libra, then Scorpio from 07:50AriesGemini
1949PiscesTaurusTaurus
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950CancerTaurusPisces
1951Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 20:40Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1952AriesAriesAries
1953Leo, then Virgo from 11:53AriesAries
1954Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 10:12AriesTaurus
1955TaurusTaurusPisces
1956LibraTaurusGemini
1957AquariusTaurusTaurus
1958GeminiAries, retrogradePisces
1959Libra, then Scorpio from 01:34AriesGemini
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Pisces, then Aries from 02:23AriesAries
1961LeoAriesAries
1962SagittariusTaurusTaurus
1963Aries, then Taurus from 15:51TaurusPisces
1964Virgo, then Libra from 19:08Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1965Capricorn, then Aquarius from 14:04AriesTaurus
1966Taurus, then Gemini from 04:27AriesPisces
1967LibraAriesGemini
1968PiscesTaurusAries
1969CancerTaurusAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 20:15TaurusTaurus
1971AriesAries, retrogradePisces
1972VirgoAriesGemini
1973CapricornAriesTaurus
1974TaurusAriesPisces
1975Virgo, then Libra from 10:42TaurusGemini
1976Aquarius, then Pisces from 14:28TaurusAries
1977Gemini, then Cancer from 15:25Taurus, retrogradeAries
1978ScorpioAries, retrogradeTaurus
1979PiscesAriesAries
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980LeoAriesGemini
1981SagittariusAriesTaurus
1982Aries, then Taurus from 14:59TaurusPisces
1983VirgoTaurusGemini
1984AquariusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1985GeminiAriesAries
1986LibraAriesTaurus
1987Aquarius, then Pisces from 01:02AriesAries
1988Cancer, then Leo from 14:35TaurusGemini
1989Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 12:39TaurusTaurus
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990AriesTaurus, retrogradePisces
1991Leo, then Virgo from 15:30Aries, retrogradeGemini
1992CapricornAriesAries
1993TaurusAriesAries
1994Virgo, then Libra from 11:41AriesTaurus
1995AquariusTaurusAries
1996CancerTaurusGemini
1997ScorpioTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1998PiscesAriesPisces
1999LeoAriesGemini
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 16:48AriesAries
2001Aries, then Taurus from 08:56TaurusAries
2002VirgoTaurusTaurus
2003Capricorn, then Aquarius from 06:58TaurusAries
2004GeminiAries, retrogradeGemini
2005LibraAriesTaurus
2006Aquarius, then Pisces from 04:44AriesPisces
2007Cancer, then Leo from 23:38AriesGemini
2008SagittariusTaurusAries
2009AriesTaurusPisces
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Leo, then Virgo from 18:25Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
2011CapricornAriesAries
2012Taurus, then Gemini from 17:06AriesGemini
2013Virgo, then Libra from 07:25AriesTaurus
2014AquariusTaurusPisces
2015Gemini, then Cancer from 04:26TaurusGemini
2016ScorpioTaurusAries
2017PiscesAries, retrogradePisces
2018LeoAriesTaurus
2019Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 22:51AriesAries
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020TaurusAriesGemini
2021VirgoTaurusTaurus
2022Capricorn, then Aquarius from 06:17TaurusPisces
2023GeminiTaurus, retrogradeGemini
2024Libra, then Scorpio from 15:20Aries, retrogradeAries
2025Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:07AriesPisces

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 23

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on April 23, Greenwich time.

  • 1948, partial lunar eclipse at 13:38

How common is a April 23 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,864 babies were born on April 23 each year. That makes it number 286 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 23

What zodiac sign is April 23?

If you were born on April 23, your Sun sign is Taurus.

Is April 23 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Taurus all day on April 23 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Taurus.

What is the birthday star for April 23?

The Sun reaches Mirach on April 20 every year, 3 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 23?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On April 23 2023 the Moon was in Gemini, and on April 23 2021 it was in Virgo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on April 23?

On April 23 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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