Born on May 23

May 23 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 23, your Sun sign is Gemini.

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On May 23 the Sun stands between 0° and 3° Gemini, in the 1st decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 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

Alcyone

The Sun reaches Alcyone on May 21 every year, 2 days before your birthday. 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 23 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, even though the sign is Gemini. 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 23 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on May 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
1940Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 16:35GeminiCancer
1941Aries, then Taurus from 07:27GeminiGemini
1942Leo, then Virgo from 06:08GeminiAries
1943CapricornGemini, retrogradeCancer
1944GeminiTaurusTaurus
1945LibraTaurusAries
1946Aquarius, then Pisces from 23:39TaurusGemini
1947CancerGeminiTaurus
1948SagittariusGeminiCancer
1949AriesGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950LeoTaurus, retrogradeAries
1951Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 06:07TaurusCancer
1952Taurus, then Gemini from 14:38TaurusTaurus
1953Virgo, then Libra from 08:16GeminiAries
1954Capricorn, then Aquarius from 00:49GeminiGemini
1955Gemini, then Cancer from 20:33GeminiTaurus
1956ScorpioGemini, retrogradeCancer
1957PiscesTaurusGemini
1958Cancer, then Leo from 16:15TaurusAries
1959SagittariusTaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960TaurusGeminiTaurus
1961VirgoGeminiAries
1962CapricornGeminiCancer
1963Taurus, then Gemini from 01:54Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1964Libra, then Scorpio from 10:58TaurusCancer
1965Aquarius, then Pisces from 10:15TaurusGemini
1966CancerTaurusAries
1967Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 17:06GeminiCancer
1968AriesGeminiTaurus
1969LeoGemini, retrogradeAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 07:13TaurusCancer
1971TaurusTaurusTaurus
1972LibraTaurusCancer
1973AquariusGeminiGemini
1974Gemini, then Cancer from 21:46GeminiAries
1975ScorpioGeminiCancer
1976Pisces, then Aries from 09:07Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1977Cancer, then Leo from 09:14TaurusAries
1978SagittariusTaurusCancer
1979Aries, then Taurus from 11:21TaurusTaurus
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980VirgoGeminiCancer
1981CapricornGeminiGemini
1982Taurus, then Gemini from 01:55Gemini, retrogradeAries
1983LibraTaurus, retrogradeCancer
1984PiscesTaurusTaurus
1985CancerTaurusAries
1986Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 16:57GeminiCancer
1987AriesGeminiTaurus
1988Leo, then Virgo from 11:13GeminiCancer
1989Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 03:54Gemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990TaurusTaurusAries
1991Virgo, then Libra from 03:08TaurusCancer
1992AquariusTaurusTaurus
1993Gemini, then Cancer from 20:38GeminiAries
1994ScorpioGeminiCancer
1995Pisces, then Aries from 19:13GeminiTaurus
1996LeoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1997SagittariusTaurusGemini
1998Aries, then Taurus from 12:07TaurusAries
1999VirgoTaurusCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:01GeminiTaurus
2001GeminiGeminiAries
2002LibraGemini, retrogradeCancer
2003PiscesTaurusTaurus
2004CancerTaurusGemini
2005Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 15:39TaurusGemini
2006AriesGeminiAries
2007Leo, then Virgo from 16:27GeminiCancer
2008CapricornGeminiTaurus
2009TaurusTaurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Virgo, then Libra from 02:50TaurusCancer
2011AquariusTaurusTaurus
2012Gemini, then Cancer from 11:32TaurusGemini
2013ScorpioGeminiGemini
2014Pisces, then Aries from 16:02GeminiAries
2015LeoGemini, retrogradeCancer
2016SagittariusTaurusTaurus
2017Aries, then Taurus from 12:33TaurusAries
2018VirgoTaurusCancer
2019Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:50GeminiTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020GeminiGeminiGemini
2021LibraGeminiGemini
2022PiscesTaurus, retrogradeAries
2023CancerTaurusCancer
2024Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 08:25TaurusTaurus
2025AriesTaurusAries

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 23 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,525 babies were born on May 23 each year. That makes it number 89 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 4% more than an average day.

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The Gemini in you

Your gift

Curiosity that turns strangers into friends and quiet rooms into conversations.

Your growing edge

Depth. With so many doors open, it can be hard to walk all the way through one.

Your decan, the first part of Gemini

Ruled by Mercury

The first ten degrees belong to Mercury, the sign's own ruler, so the chatter comes doubled. Quick, witty and endlessly interested, you think out loud and learn by talking.

Read about the first decan of Gemini

Questions about May 23

What zodiac sign is May 23?

If you were born on May 23, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is May 23 a cusp birthday?

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

What is the birthday star for May 23?

The Sun reaches Alcyone on May 21 every year, 2 days before your birthday. 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.

What was the Moon sign on May 23?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 23 2025 the Moon was in Aries, and on May 23 2023 it was in Cancer. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 23?

On May 23 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, even though the sign is Gemini. 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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