Born on May 24

May 24 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 24, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Late spring's restless breeze, carrying every story at once.

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On May 24 the Sun stands between 1° and 4° 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 24, 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, 3 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 24 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 24 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on May 24, 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
1940CapricornGeminiCancer
1941TaurusGeminiGemini
1942VirgoGeminiAries
1943Capricorn, then Aquarius from 03:23Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1944Gemini, then Cancer from 10:04TaurusTaurus
1945Libra, then Scorpio from 03:21TaurusAries
1946PiscesTaurusCancer
1947Cancer, then Leo from 17:18GeminiTaurus
1948SagittariusGeminiCancer
1949Aries, then Taurus from 23:42Gemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Leo, then Virgo from 15:51Taurus, retrogradeAries
1951CapricornTaurusCancer
1952GeminiTaurusTaurus
1953LibraGeminiAries
1954AquariusGeminiCancer
1955CancerGeminiTaurus
1956Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 08:47Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1957Pisces, then Aries from 04:34TaurusGemini
1958LeoTaurusAries
1959Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:24TaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960TaurusGeminiTaurus
1961VirgoGeminiAries
1962Capricorn, then Aquarius from 06:31GeminiCancer
1963GeminiTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1964ScorpioTaurusCancer
1965PiscesTaurusGemini
1966Cancer, then Leo from 20:37TaurusAries
1967SagittariusGeminiCancer
1968Aries, then Taurus from 06:16GeminiTaurus
1969Leo, then Virgo from 06:07Gemini, retrogradeAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970CapricornTaurusCancer
1971Taurus, then Gemini from 08:01TaurusTaurus
1972LibraTaurusCancer
1973AquariusGeminiGemini
1974CancerGeminiAries
1975Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 23:52GeminiCancer
1976AriesTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1977LeoTaurusAries
1978Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:42TaurusCancer
1979TaurusTaurusTaurus
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Virgo, then Libra from 06:11GeminiCancer
1981Capricorn, then Aquarius from 03:01GeminiGemini
1982GeminiGemini, retrogradeAries
1983Libra, then Scorpio from 02:18Taurus, retrogradeCancer
1984PiscesTaurusTaurus
1985Cancer, then Leo from 19:54TaurusAries
1986SagittariusGeminiCancer
1987Aries, then Taurus from 18:39GeminiTaurus
1988VirgoGeminiCancer
1989CapricornGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Taurus, then Gemini from 07:00TaurusAries
1991LibraTaurusCancer
1992Aquarius, then Pisces from 08:26TaurusTaurus
1993CancerGeminiAries
1994Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:43GeminiCancer
1995AriesGemini, retrogradeTaurus
1996LeoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1997Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 11:51TaurusGemini
1998TaurusTaurusAries
1999Virgo, then Libra from 13:29GeminiCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000AquariusGeminiTaurus
2001GeminiGeminiAries
2002Libra, then Scorpio from 01:39Gemini, retrogradeCancer
2003PiscesTaurusTaurus
2004Cancer, then Leo from 09:08TaurusGemini
2005SagittariusTaurusGemini
2006Aries, then Taurus from 16:01GeminiAries
2007VirgoGeminiCancer
2008CapricornGeminiTaurus
2009Taurus, then Gemini from 06:34Taurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010LibraTaurusCancer
2011Aquarius, then Pisces from 12:24TaurusTaurus
2012CancerGeminiGemini
2013Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:50GeminiGemini
2014AriesGeminiAries
2015LeoGemini, retrogradeCancer
2016Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 05:34TaurusGemini
2017TaurusTaurusAries
2018Virgo, then Libra from 06:52TaurusCancer
2019AquariusGeminiTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Gemini, then Cancer from 23:09GeminiGemini
2021Libra, then Scorpio from 03:01GeminiGemini
2022Pisces, then Aries from 21:40Taurus, retrogradeAries
2023Cancer, then Leo from 14:35TaurusCancer
2024SagittariusTaurusGemini
2025Aries, then Taurus from 17:38TaurusAries

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 24

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 24, Greenwich time.

  • 1956, partial lunar eclipse at 15:31

How common is a May 24 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,367 babies were born on May 24 each year. That makes it number 109 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 2% 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 24

What zodiac sign is May 24?

If you were born on May 24, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is May 24 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Gemini all day on May 24 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Gemini.

What is the birthday star for May 24?

The Sun reaches Alcyone on May 21 every year, 3 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 24?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 24 2024 the Moon was in Sagittarius, and on May 24 2019 it was in Aquarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 24?

On May 24 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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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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