May 12 zodiac sign

On May 12 the Sun stands between 20° and 22° Taurus, in the 3rd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 12, wherever in the world you were born.

Find your exact Sun degree

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.

Your birthday star

The stars truly behind your Sun

On May 12 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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May 12 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Taurus on May 12, 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.

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

How common is a May 12 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,016 babies were born on May 12 each year. That makes it number 210 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% fewer than an average day.

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The Taurus in you

Your decan, the third part of Taurus

Ruled by Saturn

Saturn turns Taurus patience into ambition. You build things meant to outlast you, one careful stone at a time.

Read about the third decan of Taurus

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