Born on May 27

May 27 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 27, your Sun sign is Gemini.

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On May 27 the Sun stands between 4° and 7° 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 27, 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

Aldebaran

Aldebaran gets its yearly visit from the Sun on May 31, 4 days after your birthday. The red eye of the Bull. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the East, though the old Persian source for that story is hard to trace. It promises success, as long as it is honestly earned.

Aldebaran sits at 10° Gemini.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On May 27 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 27 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on May 27, 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
1942Libra, then Scorpio from 16:32GeminiAries
1943PiscesTaurus, retrogradeCancer
1944LeoTaurusTaurus
1945SagittariusTaurusAries
1946AriesGeminiCancer
1947VirgoGeminiTaurus
1948Capricorn, then Aquarius from 15:31GeminiCancer
1949Taurus, then Gemini from 10:27Gemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950LibraTaurusAries
1951Aquarius, then Pisces from 10:05TaurusCancer
1952CancerTaurusTaurus
1953ScorpioGeminiAries
1954Pisces, then Aries from 10:32GeminiCancer
1955LeoGeminiTaurus
1956CapricornGemini, retrogradeCancer
1957TaurusTaurusGemini
1958Virgo, then Libra from 23:56TaurusAries
1959AquariusTaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Gemini, then Cancer from 16:07GeminiTaurus
1961Libra, then Scorpio from 09:35GeminiAries
1962PiscesGemini, retrogradeCancer
1963Cancer, then Leo from 05:59Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1964SagittariusTaurusCancer
1965AriesTaurusGemini
1966VirgoGeminiAries
1967Capricorn, then Aquarius from 23:44GeminiCancer
1968GeminiGeminiTaurus
1969LibraGemini, retrogradeAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Aquarius, then Pisces from 11:59TaurusCancer
1971CancerTaurusTaurus
1972Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 14:34TaurusCancer
1973Pisces, then Aries from 08:15GeminiGemini
1974LeoGeminiAries
1975Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 05:31GeminiCancer
1976TaurusTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1977VirgoTaurusAries
1978AquariusTaurusCancer
1979Gemini, then Cancer from 23:51GeminiTaurus
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980ScorpioGeminiCancer
1981PiscesGeminiGemini
1982Cancer, then Leo from 02:27Gemini, retrogradeAries
1983SagittariusTaurusCancer
1984Aries, then Taurus from 14:14TaurusGemini
1985Leo, then Virgo from 02:07TaurusAries
1986Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:00GeminiCancer
1987Taurus, then Gemini from 03:56GeminiTaurus
1988LibraGeminiGemini
1989Aquarius, then Pisces from 16:14Gemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990CancerTaurusAries
1991Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:22TaurusCancer
1992AriesGeminiGemini
1993LeoGeminiAries
1994CapricornGeminiCancer
1995TaurusGemini, retrogradeTaurus
1996Virgo, then Libra from 15:34Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1997AquariusTaurusGemini
1998Gemini, then Cancer from 13:59TaurusAries
1999Libra, then Scorpio from 01:05GeminiCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000PiscesGeminiGemini
2001Cancer, then Leo from 05:12GeminiAries
2002SagittariusGemini, retrogradeCancer
2003Aries, then Taurus from 20:33TaurusTaurus
2004VirgoTaurusGemini
2005Capricorn, then Aquarius from 18:10TaurusGemini
2006GeminiGeminiAries
2007LibraGeminiCancer
2008Aquarius, then Pisces from 13:39Gemini, retrogradeGemini
2009CancerTaurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 11:16TaurusCancer
2011Pisces, then Aries from 00:37TaurusTaurus
2012LeoGeminiGemini
2013CapricornGeminiGemini
2014TaurusGeminiAries
2015Virgo, then Libra from 21:43Gemini, retrogradeCancer
2016AquariusTaurusGemini
2017Gemini, then Cancer from 11:25TaurusAries
2018ScorpioTaurusCancer
2019PiscesGeminiTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Cancer, then Leo from 06:34GeminiGemini
2021SagittariusGeminiGemini
2022Aries, then Taurus from 06:23Taurus, retrogradeAries
2023Leo, then Virgo from 03:06TaurusCancer
2024Capricorn, then Aquarius from 20:45TaurusGemini
2025GeminiGeminiAries

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 27 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,693 babies were born on May 27 each year. That makes it number 331 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 4% 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 27

What zodiac sign is May 27?

If you were born on May 27, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is May 27 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Gemini all day on May 27 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Gemini.

What is the birthday star for May 27?

Aldebaran gets its yearly visit from the Sun on May 31, 4 days after your birthday. The red eye of the Bull. In modern lore it is one of the four royal stars, the Watcher of the East, though the old Persian source for that story is hard to trace. It promises success, as long as it is honestly earned.

What was the Moon sign on May 27?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 27 2025 the Moon was in Gemini, and on May 27 2021 it was in Sagittarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 27?

On May 27 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.

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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