April 20 zodiac sign
On April 20 the Sun usually reaches 0° Taurus, the first degree of the Venus decan, but in some years it is still finishing Aries, so birth year and time decide the sign.
- Sun at 0°–2° Taurus
- 1st decan · Venus
- Cusp birthday
April 20 in profile
An April 20 birthday is either Taurus or Aries; astrology has no in-between sign, and the cusp table on this page settles it for each year. In most years the Sun has just entered Taurus, fixed earth ruled by Venus, and sits in the first decan where Taurus is its own sub-sign, so Venus rules twice. At 0° the sign is fresh and emphatic. On the Aries side it is the last degree of a fire sign. Both share persistence and a love of tangible results.
Rest is sacred to the Taurus 0° type: a long bath, a slow meal, a nap without guilt. The Aries 29° version recharges by finishing a hard job, then collapsing happily. What they share is a body that clearly tells them when it needs a break. Ignoring that signal makes them grumpy. Good sleep, decent food and time outdoors in green places restore either version well.
Courage here is steady and unshowy. They will stand their ground in a dispute with a landlord or stay calm while others panic in a storm. Risks are taken after weighing them, often with their own savings or hands on the line. The Aries side adds a sudden willingness to leap. The growth edge is noticing when patience has turned into refusing to move, and letting a small change in.
Aries or Taurus?
The Sun moves from Aries into Taurus around April 20, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of April 20 in 81 years out of 111, at a median of 09:12 UTC (07:36 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 2 years the whole day was still Aries. In 28 years it was already Taurus all day. So an April 20 birthday is Aries or Taurus depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on April 20, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Taurus from 12:15
- 1971Taurus from 17:54
- 1972Taurus all day
- 1973Taurus from 05:31
- 1974Taurus from 11:18
- 1975Taurus from 17:07
- 1976Taurus all day
- 1977Taurus from 04:57
- 1978Taurus from 10:50
- 1979Taurus from 16:35
- 1980Taurus all day
- 1981Taurus from 04:19
- 1982Taurus from 10:07
- 1983Taurus from 15:50
- 1984Taurus all day
- 1985Taurus from 03:26
- 1986Taurus from 09:12
- 1987Taurus from 14:58
- 1988Taurus all day
- 1989Taurus from 02:39
- 1990Taurus from 08:27
- 1991Taurus from 14:08
- 1992Taurus all day
- 1993Taurus from 01:49
- 1994Taurus from 07:36
- 1995Taurus from 13:21
- 1996Taurus all day
- 1997Taurus from 01:03
- 1998Taurus from 06:57
- 1999Taurus from 12:46
- 2000Taurus all day
- 2001Taurus from 00:36
- 2002Taurus from 06:21
- 2003Taurus from 12:03
- 2004Taurus all day
- 2005Taurus all day
- 2006Taurus from 05:26
- 2007Taurus from 11:07
- 2008Taurus all day
- 2009Taurus all day
- 2010Taurus from 04:30
- 2011Taurus from 10:17
- 2012Taurus all day
- 2013Taurus all day
- 2014Taurus from 03:56
- 2015Taurus from 09:42
- 2016Taurus all day
- 2017Taurus all day
- 2018Taurus from 03:13
- 2019Taurus from 08:55
- 2020Taurus all day
- 2021Taurus all day
- 2022Taurus from 02:24
- 2023Taurus from 08:13
- 2024Taurus all day
- 2025Taurus all day
- 2026Taurus from 01:39
- 2027Taurus from 07:17
- 2028Taurus all day
- 2029Taurus all day
- 2030Taurus from 00:43
Calculated by Lunonis from the same ephemeris code as our charts (astronomy-engine, checked against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Times are UTC: add or subtract your time zone’s offset, which can move the change to the day before or after.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on April 20 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on April 20 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Aquarius
- 2018Gemini → Cancer
- 2019Scorpio
- 2020Pisces → Aries
- 2021Cancer → Leo
- 2022Sagittarius
- 2023Aries → Taurus
- 2024Virgo
- 2025Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2026Gemini
Compatible signs for a Taurus
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Taurus gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for an April 20 birthday
A comfortable, high-quality item for rest, such as a heavy linen sheet set or a wool blanket, with an evening of good food at home to break it in.
Asked about April 20
What zodiac sign is April 20?
April 20 can be Aries or Taurus. The Sun changed from Aries to Taurus during this date in 81 of the 111 years from 1930 to 2040, so the answer depends on the birth year, time and place. The year-by-year list above shows when; a birth chart gives the exact answer.
Is April 20 a cusp birthday?
Yes. April 20 is one of the days the Sun leaves Aries for Taurus. People call it the Aries–Taurus cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Aries, after it Taurus.
What decan is April 20?
April 20 falls in the 1st decan of Taurus. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Taurus and its ruler Venus, which colours the Taurus Sun with a little of Taurus.
Your birthday is only the Sun
An April 20 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.