Born on May 26

May 26 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 26, your Sun sign is Gemini.

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On May 26 the Sun stands between 3° and 6° 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 26, 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, 5 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 26 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 26 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on May 26, 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
1940AquariusGeminiCancer
1941GeminiGeminiGemini
1942LibraGeminiAries
1943Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:58Taurus, retrogradeCancer
1944Cancer, then Leo from 19:05TaurusTaurus
1945Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 15:12TaurusAries
1946Pisces, then Aries from 05:05TaurusCancer
1947Leo, then Virgo from 19:50GeminiTaurus
1948CapricornGeminiCancer
1949TaurusGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Virgo, then Libra from 20:27Taurus, retrogradeAries
1951AquariusTaurusCancer
1952Gemini, then Cancer from 00:06TaurusTaurus
1953ScorpioGeminiAries
1954PiscesGeminiCancer
1955LeoGeminiTaurus
1956Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 20:11Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1957Aries, then Taurus from 14:43TaurusGemini
1958VirgoTaurusAries
1959Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:10TaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960GeminiGeminiTaurus
1961LibraGeminiAries
1962Aquarius, then Pisces from 10:30Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1963CancerTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1964SagittariusTaurusCancer
1965AriesTaurusGemini
1966Leo, then Virgo from 23:22GeminiAries
1967CapricornGeminiCancer
1968Taurus, then Gemini from 19:12GeminiTaurus
1969Virgo, then Libra from 15:08Gemini, retrogradeAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970AquariusTaurusCancer
1971Gemini, then Cancer from 11:26TaurusTaurus
1972ScorpioTaurusCancer
1973PiscesGeminiGemini
1974LeoGeminiAries
1975SagittariusGeminiCancer
1976TaurusTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1977VirgoTaurusAries
1978Capricorn, then Aquarius from 12:10TaurusCancer
1979GeminiGeminiTaurus
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Libra, then Scorpio from 18:37GeminiCancer
1981Aquarius, then Pisces from 11:06GeminiGemini
1982CancerGemini, retrogradeAries
1983Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 09:28TaurusCancer
1984AriesTaurusTaurus
1985LeoTaurusAries
1986CapricornGeminiCancer
1987TaurusGeminiTaurus
1988LibraGeminiCancer
1989AquariusGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Gemini, then Cancer from 06:34TaurusAries
1991ScorpioTaurusCancer
1992Pisces, then Aries from 19:53TaurusGemini
1993Cancer, then Leo from 02:04GeminiAries
1994Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 22:17GeminiCancer
1995Aries, then Taurus from 05:47Gemini, retrogradeTaurus
1996VirgoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1997Capricorn, then Aquarius from 15:21TaurusGemini
1998GeminiTaurusAries
1999LibraGeminiCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Aquarius, then Pisces from 01:08GeminiGemini
2001CancerGeminiAries
2002Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 03:20Gemini, retrogradeCancer
2003AriesTaurusTaurus
2004Leo, then Virgo from 19:52TaurusGemini
2005CapricornTaurusGemini
2006Taurus, then Gemini from 19:20GeminiAries
2007Virgo, then Libra from 04:17GeminiCancer
2008AquariusGeminiGemini
2009Gemini, then Cancer from 06:58Taurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010ScorpioTaurusCancer
2011PiscesTaurusTaurus
2012LeoGeminiGemini
2013Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 21:29GeminiGemini
2014TaurusGeminiAries
2015VirgoGemini, retrogradeCancer
2016Capricorn, then Aquarius from 14:27TaurusGemini
2017GeminiTaurusAries
2018Libra, then Scorpio from 13:40TaurusCancer
2019Aquarius, then Pisces from 06:08GeminiTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020CancerGeminiGemini
2021Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 02:40GeminiGemini
2022AriesTaurus, retrogradeAries
2023LeoTaurusCancer
2024CapricornTaurusGemini
2025Taurus, then Gemini from 17:22GeminiAries

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 26

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 26, Greenwich time.

  • 2002, penumbral lunar eclipse at 12:03
  • 2021, total lunar eclipse at 11:18
  • 2040, total lunar eclipse at 11:44

How common is a May 26 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,401 babies were born on May 26 each year. That makes it number 349 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 7% fewer 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 26

What zodiac sign is May 26?

If you were born on May 26, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is May 26 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Gemini all day on May 26 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Gemini.

What is the birthday star for May 26?

The Sun reaches Alcyone on May 21 every year, 5 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 26?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 26 2024 the Moon was in Capricorn, and on May 26 2023 it was in Leo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 26?

On May 26 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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