Born on May 15

May 15 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 15, your Sun sign is Taurus.

The deep green heart of spring, slow, sure and beautiful.

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On May 15 the Sun stands between 23° and 25° 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 15, 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

Algol

Algol gets its yearly visit from the Sun on May 17, 2 days after your birthday. The head of Medusa, held high in the hand of Perseus. The most feared star of the old sky, and so a star of raw power and the nerve to face what others run from.

Algol sits at 26° Taurus.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On May 15 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, the constellation that gave Taurus its name.

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May 15 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Taurus on May 15, 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
1940Leo, then Virgo from 07:18TaurusCancer
1941CapricornGeminiGemini
1942Taurus, then Gemini from 18:15GeminiAries
1943Virgo, then Libra from 14:45Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1944Aquarius, then Pisces from 20:35Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1945CancerAriesAries
1946ScorpioTaurusGemini
1947PiscesTaurusAries
1948LeoGeminiCancer
1949Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 05:57GeminiGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950TaurusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1951VirgoTaurusCancer
1952AquariusTaurusTaurus
1953Gemini, then Cancer from 23:17TaurusAries
1954Libra, then Scorpio from 16:42GeminiGemini
1955Aquarius, then Pisces from 13:53GeminiAries
1956Cancer, then Leo from 08:52Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1957SagittariusTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1958AriesAriesAries
1959LeoTaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:51TaurusTaurus
1961Taurus, then Gemini from 04:35GeminiAries
1962LibraGeminiGemini
1963AquariusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1964CancerTaurusCancer
1965Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:32AriesGemini
1966Pisces, then Aries from 17:16TaurusAries
1967Cancer, then Leo from 07:49TaurusCancer
1968Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:31GeminiTaurus
1969TaurusGeminiAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970VirgoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1971Capricorn, then Aquarius from 22:20AriesAries
1972Gemini, then Cancer from 16:16TaurusCancer
1973Libra, then Scorpio from 01:10TaurusGemini
1974PiscesGeminiAries
1975CancerGeminiCancer
1976SagittariusGemini, retrogradeTaurus
1977Aries, then Taurus from 20:05TaurusAries
1978Leo, then Virgo from 19:15AriesGemini
1979CapricornTaurusAries
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980GeminiTaurusCancer
1981LibraGeminiGemini
1982AquariusGeminiAries
1983Gemini, then Cancer from 12:48Taurus, retrogradeCancer
1984Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:50AriesTaurus
1985AriesTaurusAries
1986LeoTaurusGemini
1987SagittariusGeminiAries
1988TaurusGeminiGemini
1989Virgo, then Libra from 19:08Gemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:31Taurus, retrogradeAries
1991GeminiAriesCancer
1992ScorpioTaurusTaurus
1993PiscesTaurusAries
1994CancerGeminiGemini
1995Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:59GeminiAries
1996Aries, then Taurus from 09:25Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1997VirgoTaurusGemini
1998CapricornTaurusAries
1999Taurus, then Gemini from 21:08TaurusCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000LibraGeminiTaurus
2001Aquarius, then Pisces from 21:02GeminiAries
2002Gemini, then Cancer from 11:34GeminiGemini
2003ScorpioTaurus, retrogradeAries
2004AriesAriesGemini
2005LeoTaurusGemini
2006SagittariusTaurusAries
2007Aries, then Taurus from 02:49GeminiCancer
2008Virgo, then Libra from 03:47GeminiTaurus
2009Capricorn, then Aquarius from 02:02Taurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010GeminiTaurusGemini
2011Libra, then Scorpio from 16:32AriesAries
2012Pisces, then Aries from 21:46TaurusGemini
2013Cancer, then Leo from 22:38TaurusGemini
2014Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 05:44GeminiAries
2015AriesGeminiCancer
2016VirgoTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
2017CapricornAriesAries
2018Taurus, then Gemini from 20:44TaurusGemini
2019LibraTaurusTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Aquarius, then Pisces from 01:25GeminiGemini
2021Gemini, then Cancer from 01:31GeminiGemini
2022ScorpioGemini, retrogradeAries
2023Pisces, then Aries from 07:56TaurusCancer
2024Leo, then Virgo from 21:33AriesTaurus
2025Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 19:58TaurusAries

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 May 15

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 15, Greenwich time.

  • 1984, penumbral lunar eclipse at 04:40

How common is a May 15 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,157 babies were born on May 15 each year. That makes it number 162 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is about the same as 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 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

Questions about May 15

What zodiac sign is May 15?

If you were born on May 15, your Sun sign is Taurus.

Is May 15 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Taurus all day on May 15 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Taurus.

What is the birthday star for May 15?

Algol gets its yearly visit from the Sun on May 17, 2 days after your birthday. The head of Medusa, held high in the hand of Perseus. The most feared star of the old sky, and so a star of raw power and the nerve to face what others run from.

What was the Moon sign on May 15?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 15 2022 the Moon was in Scorpio, and on May 15 2019 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 May 15?

On May 15 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, the constellation that gave Taurus its name.

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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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