Born on April 5

April 5 zodiac sign

If you were born on April 5, your Sun sign is Aries.

The first spark of the zodiac, born as the year begins again.

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On April 5 the Sun stands between 14° and 16° Aries, in the 2nd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 5, 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

Alpheratz

Every year on April 4, the eve of your birthday, the Sun passes Alpheratz. The star where the winged horse touches Andromeda, the chained princess. Its old gift is freedom, and a love of the open road.

Alpheratz sits at 14° Aries.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On April 5 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Pisces, the fishes, even though the sign is Aries. 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 5 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Aries on April 5, 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
1940PiscesPiscesGemini
1941CancerPiscesAries
1942SagittariusAriesAquarius
1943AriesAriesTaurus
1944VirgoTaurusPisces
1945CapricornAries, retrogradeTaurus
1946Taurus, then Gemini from 10:25Pisces, retrogradeTaurus
1947LibraPiscesPisces
1948Aquarius, then Pisces from 11:56PiscesGemini
1949Gemini, then Cancer from 07:10AriesAries
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950ScorpioAriesAquarius
1951Pisces, then Aries from 05:16TaurusTaurus
1952LeoAries, retrogradePisces
1953Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 22:29PiscesAries
1954TaurusPiscesTaurus
1955Virgo, then Libra from 22:34PiscesPisces
1956AquariusAriesGemini
1957GeminiTaurusAries
1958Libra, then Scorpio from 05:17TaurusAquarius
1959PiscesAries, retrogradeTaurus
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Cancer, then Leo from 14:01PiscesPisces
1961SagittariusPiscesAries
1962Aries, then Taurus from 20:25AriesTaurus
1963Leo, then Virgo from 00:21AriesPisces
1964CapricornTaurusGemini
1965Taurus, then Gemini from 12:55Aries, retrogradeAries
1966LibraPiscesAquarius
1967Aquarius, then Pisces from 18:29PiscesTaurus
1968CancerPiscesPisces
1969ScorpioAriesAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Pisces, then Aries from 01:32AriesTaurus
1971LeoTaurusPisces
1972Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 14:21Aries, retrogradeGemini
1973TaurusPiscesAries
1974Virgo, then Libra from 16:23PiscesAquarius
1975AquariusAriesTaurus
1976GeminiAriesPisces
1977Libra, then Scorpio from 05:40TaurusAries
1978PiscesAries, retrogradeTaurus
1979Cancer, then Leo from 17:58Pisces, retrogradePisces
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980SagittariusPiscesGemini
1981Aries, then Taurus from 20:05PiscesAries
1982VirgoAriesAquarius
1983CapricornAriesTaurus
1984Taurus, then Gemini from 10:05TaurusPisces
1985LibraAries, retrogradeAries
1986Aquarius, then Pisces from 09:04PiscesTaurus
1987CancerPiscesPisces
1988ScorpioAriesGemini
1989Pisces, then Aries from 01:51AriesAries
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990LeoTaurusAquarius
1991Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 20:20Aries, retrogradeTaurus
1992TaurusPisces, retrogradePisces
1993Virgo, then Libra from 15:55PiscesAries
1994AquariusPiscesTaurus
1995GeminiAriesPisces
1996Libra, then Scorpio from 03:57AriesGemini
1997PiscesTaurusAries
1998Cancer, then Leo from 02:36Aries, retrogradeAquarius
1999Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 01:08PiscesTaurus
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Aries, then Taurus from 19:29PiscesPisces
2001VirgoPiscesAries
2002Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:07AriesTaurus
2003Taurus, then Gemini from 21:24AriesPisces
2004LibraTaurusGemini
2005Aquarius, then Pisces from 08:46Aries, retrogradeAries
2006CancerPiscesAquarius
2007ScorpioPiscesTaurus
2008Pisces, then Aries from 00:28AriesPisces
2009Leo, then Virgo from 23:02AriesAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:07TaurusTaurus
2011TaurusAries, retrogradePisces
2012Virgo, then Libra from 15:33PiscesGemini
2013AquariusPiscesAries
2014Gemini, then Cancer from 21:40PiscesAquarius
2015Libra, then Scorpio from 19:05AriesTaurus
2016PiscesAriesPisces
2017LeoTaurusPisces
2018SagittariusAries, retrogradeTaurus
2019AriesPiscesPisces
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020VirgoPiscesGemini
2021Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:04AriesAries
2022Taurus, then Gemini from 03:05AriesAquarius
2023LibraTaurusTaurus
2024Aquarius, then Pisces from 11:13Aries, retrogradeAries
2025CancerPisces, retrogradePisces

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 5

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on April 5, Greenwich time.

  • 2042, penumbral lunar eclipse at 14:28

How common is a April 5 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,900 babies were born on April 5 each year. That makes it number 266 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 2% fewer than an average day.

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The Aries in you

Your gift

Courage. Stand next to you for five minutes and people find they are braver too.

Your growing edge

Patience. The fire that starts everything can burn out before the finish, so your work is learning to stay.

Your decan, the second part of Aries

Ruled by the Sun

Here the Sun lends Aries its warmth and a love of the spotlight. Your courage wants an audience, and a cause worth being brave for.

Read about the second decan of Aries

Questions about April 5

What zodiac sign is April 5?

If you were born on April 5, your Sun sign is Aries.

Is April 5 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Aries all day on April 5 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is an Aries.

What is the birthday star for April 5?

Every year on April 4, the eve of your birthday, the Sun passes Alpheratz. The star where the winged horse touches Andromeda, the chained princess. Its old gift is freedom, and a love of the open road.

What was the Moon sign on April 5?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On April 5 2025 the Moon was in Cancer, and on April 5 2023 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 5?

On April 5 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Pisces, the fishes, even though the sign is Aries. 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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Your Sun sign is one star in a whole sky. Your Moon and rising sign tell the rest of your story.

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