April 21 zodiac sign
April 21 is Taurus in nearly every year, with the Sun at about 1° in the Venus decan; in a rare handful of years it is still the final degree of Aries.
- Sun at 0°–3° Taurus
- 1st decan · Venus
- Cusp birthday
April 21 in profile
Strictly speaking this is still a cusp date: a birth on April 21 is Taurus in almost every year and Aries in very rare ones, never a mix of the two, and the table here gives the answer. Most of these people have the Sun at about 1° Taurus, in the opening decan, with Taurus as both sign and sub-sign and Venus ruling alone. Early degrees show the sign raw and unhurried, with an emphatic love of comfort, beauty and solid ground.
Independence for an April 21 Taurus means not depending on anyone for the basics. They like owning their tools, their furniture and ideally their front door. They rarely ask for help and prefer to wait until they can manage alone. Being rushed into a decision by others is the fastest way to lose their cooperation. Freedom, for them, is security they built themselves.
Money is handled with care and a strong sense of value. They research a purchase, buy the better version once and keep it for years. Cash in reserve calms them in a way few other things do. Generous with people they love, they still notice a wasteful bill. A small monthly sum set aside purely for pleasure lets Venus have her share without guilt.
Aries or Taurus?
The Sun moves from Aries into Taurus around April 21, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of April 21 in 2 years out of 111, at a median of 01:40 UTC. In 109 years it was already Taurus all day. So an April 21 birthday is Aries or Taurus depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on April 21, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Taurus all day
- 1971Taurus all day
- 1972Taurus all day
- 1973Taurus all day
- 1974Taurus all day
- 1975Taurus all day
- 1976Taurus all day
- 1977Taurus all day
- 1978Taurus all day
- 1979Taurus all day
- 1980Taurus all day
- 1981Taurus all day
- 1982Taurus all day
- 1983Taurus all day
- 1984Taurus all day
- 1985Taurus all day
- 1986Taurus all day
- 1987Taurus all day
- 1988Taurus all day
- 1989Taurus all day
- 1990Taurus all day
- 1991Taurus all day
- 1992Taurus all day
- 1993Taurus all day
- 1994Taurus all day
- 1995Taurus all day
- 1996Taurus all day
- 1997Taurus all day
- 1998Taurus all day
- 1999Taurus all day
- 2000Taurus all day
- 2001Taurus all day
- 2002Taurus all day
- 2003Taurus all day
- 2004Taurus all day
- 2005Taurus all day
- 2006Taurus all day
- 2007Taurus all day
- 2008Taurus all day
- 2009Taurus all day
- 2010Taurus all day
- 2011Taurus all day
- 2012Taurus all day
- 2013Taurus all day
- 2014Taurus all day
- 2015Taurus all day
- 2016Taurus all day
- 2017Taurus all day
- 2018Taurus all day
- 2019Taurus all day
- 2020Taurus all day
- 2021Taurus all day
- 2022Taurus all day
- 2023Taurus all day
- 2024Taurus all day
- 2025Taurus all day
- 2026Taurus all day
- 2027Taurus all day
- 2028Taurus all day
- 2029Taurus all day
- 2030Taurus all day
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 21 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 21 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Aquarius → Pisces
- 2018Cancer
- 2019Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2020Aries
- 2021Leo
- 2022Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2023Taurus
- 2024Virgo → Libra
- 2025Aquarius
- 2026Gemini → Cancer
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 21 birthday
One beautifully made object they would never buy for themselves, such as a leather notebook, a wooden chopping board or a cashmere scarf, chosen for touch as much as looks.
Asked about April 21
What zodiac sign is April 21?
April 21 can be Aries or Taurus. The Sun changed from Aries to Taurus during this date in 2 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 21 a cusp birthday?
Yes. April 21 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 21?
April 21 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 21 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.