Born on May 20

May 20 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 20, your Sun sign is Taurus or Gemini. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

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

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On May 20 the Sun is crossing the last degree of Taurus into the first degree of Gemini.

In 4% of years the Sun had already reached Gemini by midday on May 20 in Greenwich. Your exact birth year, time and place decide which side you were born on.

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

Alcyone

The day after your birthday, May 21, is when the Sun meets Alcyone each year. The brightest of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, watched by almost every culture on Earth. A star of vision, and of seeing what others miss.

Alcyone sits at 0° Gemini.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On May 20 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, the constellation that gave Taurus its name.

See the real sky behind your whole chart

May 20 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving too. 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

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1940	Scorpio	Taurus	Cancer
1941	Pisces, then Aries from 18:34	Gemini	Gemini
1942	Cancer, then Leo from 19:22	Gemini	Aries
1943	Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 00:33	Gemini, retrograde	Cancer
1944	Aries, then Taurus from 01:16	Taurus	Taurus
1945	Virgo	Taurus	Aries
1946	Capricorn	Taurus	Gemini
1947	Taurus, then Gemini from 15:52	Gemini	Taurus
1948	Libra, then Scorpio from 15:56	Gemini	Cancer
1949	Pisces	Gemini	Gemini

The 1950s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1950	Cancer	Taurus, retrograde	Aries
1951	Scorpio	Taurus	Cancer
1952	Aries	Taurus	Taurus
1953	Leo, then Virgo from 19:31	Taurus	Aries
1954	Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 15:49	Gemini	Gemini
1955	Taurus	Gemini	Taurus
1956	Libra	Gemini, retrograde	Cancer
1957	Aquarius	Taurus	Gemini
1958	Gemini	Taurus	Aries
1959	Libra, then Scorpio from 12:25	Taurus	Cancer

The 1960s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1960	Pisces, then Aries from 07:56	Gemini	Taurus
1961	Cancer, then Leo from 00:45	Gemini	Aries
1962	Sagittarius	Gemini	Gemini
1963	Aries	Taurus, retrograde	Taurus
1964	Virgo	Taurus	Cancer
1965	Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:51	Taurus	Gemini
1966	Taurus, then Gemini from 11:40	Taurus	Aries
1967	Libra	Gemini	Cancer
1968	Pisces	Gemini	Taurus
1969	Cancer	Gemini, retrograde	Aries

The 1970s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1970	Scorpio	Taurus, retrograde	Gemini
1971	Pisces, then Aries from 05:11	Taurus	Taurus
1972	Leo, then Virgo from 02:56	Taurus	Cancer
1973	Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:30	Taurus	Gemini
1974	Taurus	Gemini	Aries
1975	Virgo, then Libra from 18:05	Gemini	Cancer
1976	Aquarius, then Pisces from 21:27	Taurus, retrograde	Taurus
1977	Gemini, then Cancer from 21:36	Taurus	Aries
1978	Libra, then Scorpio from 09:39	Taurus	Gemini
1979	Pisces	Taurus	Taurus

The 1980s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1980	Leo	Gemini	Cancer
1981	Sagittarius	Gemini	Gemini
1982	Aries	Gemini	Aries
1983	Virgo	Taurus, retrograde	Cancer
1984	Capricorn, then Aquarius from 02:56	Taurus	Taurus
1985	Taurus, then Gemini from 00:01	Taurus	Aries
1986	Libra	Taurus	Gemini
1987	Aquarius, then Pisces from 06:24	Gemini	Taurus
1988	Cancer, then Leo from 22:52	Gemini	Cancer
1989	Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 18:52	Gemini, retrograde	Gemini

The 1990s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
1990	Pisces, then Aries from 06:32	Taurus	Aries
1991	Leo, then Virgo from 21:01	Taurus	Cancer
1992	Capricorn	Taurus	Taurus
1993	Taurus	Gemini	Aries
1994	Virgo, then Libra from 20:55	Gemini	Gemini
1995	Aquarius	Gemini	Taurus
1996	Gemini, then Cancer from 04:16	Taurus, retrograde	Gemini
1997	Scorpio	Taurus	Gemini
1998	Pisces	Taurus	Aries
1999	Leo	Taurus	Cancer

The 2000s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
2000	Sagittarius	Gemini	Taurus
2001	Aries, then Taurus from 17:30	Gemini	Aries
2002	Virgo	Gemini, retrograde	Gemini
2003	Capricorn, then Aquarius from 15:01	Taurus	Taurus
2004	Gemini	Taurus	Gemini
2005	Libra	Taurus	Gemini
2006	Aquarius, then Pisces from 10:39	Gemini	Aries
2007	Cancer	Gemini	Cancer
2008	Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 03:19	Gemini	Taurus
2009	Aries	Taurus, retrograde	Aries

The 2010s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
2010	Leo, then Virgo from 23:59	Taurus	Cancer
2011	Capricorn	Taurus	Taurus
2012	Taurus, then Gemini from 23:06	Taurus	Gemini
2013	Virgo, then Libra from 17:08	Gemini	Gemini
2014	Aquarius	Gemini	Aries
2015	Gemini, then Cancer from 13:56	Gemini, retrograde	Cancer
2016	Scorpio	Taurus, retrograde	Taurus
2017	Pisces	Taurus	Aries
2018	Leo	Taurus	Cancer
2019	Sagittarius	Taurus	Taurus

The 2020s

Year	Moon	Mercury	Venus
2020	Aries, then Taurus from 02:11	Gemini	Gemini
2021	Virgo	Gemini	Gemini
2022	Capricorn, then Aquarius from 12:53	Gemini, retrograde	Aries
2023	Gemini	Taurus	Cancer
2024	Libra, then Scorpio from 22:35	Taurus	Taurus
2025	Aquarius, then Pisces from 12:29	Taurus	Aries

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 20

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 20, Greenwich time.

1947, total solar eclipse at 13:47
1966, annular solar eclipse at 09:38
2012, annular solar eclipse at 23:52
2050, total solar eclipse at 20:41

How common is a May 20 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,193 babies were born on May 20 each year. That makes it number 147 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% more than an average day.

See every birthday and sign ranked

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

Born after the Sun crossed into Gemini? Your story belongs to Gemini. Read your Gemini birthday

When the Sun changed sign, year by year

Every year the Sun crossed from Taurus into Gemini around May 20. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so add or subtract your birthplace's offset. Find your year to see which side you were born on.

1932May 21, 07:06

1936May 21, 06:06

1937May 21, 11:56

1940May 21, 05:22

1941May 21, 11:23

1944May 21, 04:50

1945May 21, 10:40

1948May 21, 03:57

1949May 21, 09:50

1952May 21, 03:03

1953May 21, 08:52

1956May 21, 02:12

1957May 21, 08:10

1960May 21, 01:33

1961May 21, 07:22

1964May 21, 00:49

1965May 21, 06:50

1968May 21, 00:05

1969May 21, 05:49

1970May 21, 11:37

1972May 20, 22:59

1973May 21, 04:53

1974May 21, 10:35

1976May 20, 22:20

1977May 21, 04:14

1978May 21, 10:08

1980May 20, 21:41

1981May 21, 03:39

1982May 21, 09:22

1984May 20, 20:57

1985May 21, 02:42

1986May 21, 08:27

1988May 20, 19:56

1989May 21, 01:53

1990May 21, 07:37

1992May 20, 19:12

1993May 21, 01:01

1994May 21, 06:49

1996May 20, 18:23

1997May 21, 00:18

1998May 21, 06:05

1999May 21, 11:52

2000May 20, 17:49

2001May 20, 23:44

2002May 21, 05:29

2003May 21, 11:12

2004May 20, 16:59

2005May 20, 22:47

2006May 21, 04:31

2007May 21, 10:11

2008May 20, 16:00

2009May 20, 21:51

2010May 21, 03:34

2011May 21, 09:20

2012May 20, 15:15

2013May 20, 21:09

2014May 21, 02:59

2015May 21, 08:44

2016May 20, 14:36

2017May 20, 20:30

2018May 21, 02:14

2019May 21, 07:58

2020May 20, 13:49

2021May 20, 19:36

2022May 21, 01:22

2023May 21, 07:08

2024May 20, 12:59

2025May 20, 18:54

2026May 21, 00:37

2027May 21, 06:17

2028May 20, 12:09

2029May 20, 17:55

2030May 20, 23:40

2031May 21, 05:27

2032May 20, 11:14

2033May 20, 17:10

2034May 20, 22:57

2035May 21, 04:43

2036May 20, 10:44

2037May 20, 16:35

2038May 20, 22:22

2039May 21, 04:10

2040May 20, 09:55

2041May 20, 15:49

2042May 20, 21:31

2043May 21, 03:08

2044May 20, 09:01

2045May 20, 14:45

2046May 20, 20:28

2047May 21, 02:19

2048May 20, 08:07

2049May 20, 14:03

2050May 20, 19:50

Questions about May 20

What zodiac sign is May 20?

If you were born on May 20, your Sun sign is Taurus or Gemini. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

Is May 20 a cusp birthday?

Yes. The Sun moves from Taurus into Gemini around this day, at a different hour each year, so people born on May 20 can be either sign. Check your birth year above to see which you are.

What is the birthday star for May 20?

What was the Moon sign on May 20?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 20 2023 the Moon was in Gemini, and on May 20 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 May 20?