May 15 zodiac sign
On May 15 the Sun stands near 24° Taurus, where late-sign experience and Saturn’s third-decan sobriety make choices slow, sure and hard to talk them out of.
Sun signTaurus
- Sun at 23°–26° Taurus
- 3rd decan · Saturn
May 15 in profile
In its last third, Taurus has learned which comforts are worth keeping and which were only habit. At about 24°, a May 15 Taurus has this seasoned discernment. The fixed earth sign still values security and beauty under Venus, and the third decan, whose sub-sign is Capricorn and sub-ruler Saturn, adds restraint and standards. Their preferences are few, firm and well tested. They can sense when quality is real and when it is only a nice label.
Decisions are slow on purpose. Asked to choose between two job offers, they list the practical facts, imagine the commute in January, ask someone older and then give it a week. Pressure to decide quickly makes them more cautious. Once they choose, they commit fully and expect others to respect it. Second-guessing irritates them, and they rarely reopen a settled matter.
Their style is classic and understated. Saturn favours dark wool, good shoes, a wardrobe that changes slowly, and Venus insists every piece feels good against the skin. At home they keep fewer objects of higher quality, often with some age to them. The growth edge is allowing a little novelty in, a bright scarf or a new restaurant, so taste stays alive instead of fixed.
Taurus all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 15, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around April 21 and May 20.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on May 15 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 May 15 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Capricorn
- 2018Taurus → Gemini
- 2019Libra
- 2020Aquarius → Pisces
- 2021Gemini → Cancer
- 2022Scorpio
- 2023Pisces → Aries
- 2024Leo → Virgo
- 2025Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2026Aries → Taurus
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. For a May 15 birthday, in the Capricorn decan, Capricorn is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a May 15 birthday
A cashmere scarf or a pair of good leather gloves in a deep, classic shade, the kind of item they would not buy for themselves but use every winter.
Asked about May 15
What zodiac sign is May 15?
May 15 is Taurus in every year: the Sun is at about 23°–26° Taurus that day, in the sign’s 3rd decan.
Is May 15 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Taurus on May 15. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around April 21 and May 20. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is May 15?
May 15 falls in the 3rd decan of Taurus. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Capricorn and its ruler Saturn, which colours the Taurus Sun with a little of Capricorn.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A May 15 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.