Born on May 30

May 30 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 30, your Sun sign is Gemini.

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

AirMutableMercury

On May 30 the Sun stands between 7° and 10° 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 30, wherever in the world you were born.

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.

Birth time

Your birthday star

Aldebaran

The day after your birthday, May 31, is when the Sun meets Aldebaran each year. 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 30 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.

See the real sky behind your whole chart

May 30 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Gemini on May 30, 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
1940Pisces, then Aries from 22:19GeminiCancer
1941Cancer, then Leo from 17:16CancerGemini
1942SagittariusGeminiAries
1943Aries, then Taurus from 16:25Taurus, retrogradeCancer
1944VirgoTaurusGemini
1945CapricornTaurusAries
1946Taurus, then Gemini from 06:55GeminiCancer
1947LibraGeminiTaurus
1948Aquarius, then Pisces from 03:46CancerCancer
1949CancerGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:44TaurusAries
1951AriesTaurusCancer
1952LeoTaurusGemini
1953Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 10:17GeminiAries
1954TaurusGeminiCancer
1955Virgo, then Libra from 10:08GeminiTaurus
1956AquariusGemini, retrogradeCancer
1957GeminiTaurusGemini
1958Libra, then Scorpio from 01:34TaurusAries
1959PiscesGeminiCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Cancer, then Leo from 04:51GeminiGemini
1961SagittariusCancerAries
1962Aries, then Taurus from 15:17Gemini, retrogradeCancer
1963VirgoTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
1964CapricornTaurusCancer
1965Taurus, then Gemini from 05:59TaurusGemini
1966LibraGeminiAries
1967Aquarius, then Pisces from 08:19GeminiCancer
1968CancerCancerGemini
1969Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 21:30Gemini, retrogradeAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970AriesTaurusCancer
1971LeoTaurusTaurus
1972Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 02:13GeminiCancer
1973TaurusGeminiGemini
1974Virgo, then Libra from 05:16CancerAries
1975AquariusGemini, retrogradeCancer
1976Gemini, then Cancer from 20:39Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1977Libra, then Scorpio from 02:57TaurusAries
1978Pisces, then Aries from 19:53TaurusCancer
1979Cancer, then Leo from 10:08GeminiTaurus
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980SagittariusGeminiCancer
1981Aries, then Taurus from 17:11CancerGemini
1982VirgoGemini, retrogradeAries
1983CapricornTaurusCancer
1984GeminiTaurusGemini
1985LibraTaurusAries
1986PiscesGeminiCancer
1987CancerCancerTaurus
1988Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 16:58GeminiGemini
1989AriesTaurus, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Leo, then Virgo from 14:08TaurusTaurus
1991Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 10:41TaurusCancer
1992TaurusGeminiGemini
1993Virgo, then Libra from 08:19GeminiAries
1994AquariusCancerCancer
1995GeminiGemini, retrogradeTaurus
1996ScorpioTaurusGemini
1997Pisces, then Aries from 21:18TaurusGemini
1998LeoTaurusTaurus
1999SagittariusGeminiCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Aries, then Taurus from 15:03CancerGemini
2001VirgoGeminiAries
2002Capricorn, then Aquarius from 13:35Gemini, retrogradeCancer
2003Taurus, then Gemini from 09:32TaurusTaurus
2004LibraTaurusGemini
2005PiscesGeminiGemini
2006CancerGeminiTaurus
2007ScorpioCancerCancer
2008AriesGemini, retrogradeGemini
2009Leo, then Virgo from 10:18Taurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010CapricornTaurusCancer
2011TaurusTaurusTaurus
2012Virgo, then Libra from 10:46GeminiGemini
2013AquariusGeminiGemini
2014Gemini, then Cancer from 14:14CancerTaurus
2015Libra, then Scorpio from 09:34Gemini, retrogradeCancer
2016PiscesTaurusGemini
2017LeoTaurusAries
2018SagittariusGeminiCancer
2019AriesGeminiTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020VirgoCancerGemini
2021Capricorn, then Aquarius from 04:05Gemini, retrogradeGemini
2022GeminiTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
2023LibraTaurusCancer
2024Aquarius, then Pisces from 00:33TaurusGemini
2025Cancer, then Leo from 20:17GeminiAries

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 30

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 30, Greenwich time.

  • 1946, partial solar eclipse at 20:59
  • 1965, total solar eclipse at 21:16
  • 1984, annular solar eclipse at 16:44

How common is a May 30 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,901 babies were born on May 30 each year. That makes it number 265 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 2% fewer than an average day.

See every birthday and sign ranked

More from our studies: The rarest rising sign, city by city · How rare is your Big Three? · Were you born with Mercury retrograde?

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 30

What zodiac sign is May 30?

If you were born on May 30, your Sun sign is Gemini.

Is May 30 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Gemini all day on May 30 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Gemini.

What is the birthday star for May 30?

The day after your birthday, May 31, is when the Sun meets Aldebaran each year. 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 30?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 30 2023 the Moon was in Libra, and on May 30 2022 it was in Gemini. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 30?

On May 30 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.

See my birth chart