May 20 zodiac sign
May 20 is a true cusp date: the Sun sits at the anaretic 29° Taurus in most years and slips into Gemini in some, so the sign depends on the birth year and time.
- Sun at 28°–30° Taurus
- 3rd decan · Saturn
- Cusp birthday
- On the star Alcyone
May 20 in profile
The Sun moves from Taurus into Gemini during this date in some years, so a May 20 birth is either Taurus or Gemini depending on the year and time; there is no blended cusp sign. In most years it is the 29th degree of Taurus, the anaretic degree in the Saturn decan, where the sign’s lessons gather with urgency. Traditional astrology links the nearby Alcyone, brightest of the Pleiades, with vision and sorrow.
Taste for both signs leans toward quality and good conversation pieces. The Taurus version chooses fewer, finer things, a heavy ceramic bowl, a linen shirt worn soft; the Gemini version adds variety, mixing a vintage lamp with something bought last week. Either way, a May 20 person tends to notice design and enjoy talking about it, explaining where a chair came from and why they chose it.
At home they like comfort with plenty of life around it. The Taurus-born keep a well-stocked kitchen and steady family rituals; the Gemini-born fill the house with books, visitors and half-finished projects. Both share a need for a base that feels secure enough to come and go from. The useful habit is protecting one quiet evening a week, so the busy house stays restful for everyone in it.
Taurus or Gemini?
The Sun moves from Taurus into Gemini around May 20, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of May 20 in 31 years out of 111, at a median of 18:55 UTC (19:57 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 80 years the whole day was still Taurus. So a May 20 birthday is Taurus or Gemini depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on May 20, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Taurus all day
- 1971Taurus all day
- 1972Gemini from 22:59
- 1973Taurus all day
- 1974Taurus all day
- 1975Taurus all day
- 1976Gemini from 22:21
- 1977Taurus all day
- 1978Taurus all day
- 1979Taurus all day
- 1980Gemini from 21:42
- 1981Taurus all day
- 1982Taurus all day
- 1983Taurus all day
- 1984Gemini from 20:57
- 1985Taurus all day
- 1986Taurus all day
- 1987Taurus all day
- 1988Gemini from 19:57
- 1989Taurus all day
- 1990Taurus all day
- 1991Taurus all day
- 1992Gemini from 19:13
- 1993Taurus all day
- 1994Taurus all day
- 1995Taurus all day
- 1996Gemini from 18:23
- 1997Taurus all day
- 1998Taurus all day
- 1999Taurus all day
- 2000Gemini from 17:50
- 2001Gemini from 23:44
- 2002Taurus all day
- 2003Taurus all day
- 2004Gemini from 16:59
- 2005Gemini from 22:48
- 2006Taurus all day
- 2007Taurus all day
- 2008Gemini from 16:01
- 2009Gemini from 21:52
- 2010Taurus all day
- 2011Taurus all day
- 2012Gemini from 15:15
- 2013Gemini from 21:10
- 2014Taurus all day
- 2015Taurus all day
- 2016Gemini from 14:37
- 2017Gemini from 20:31
- 2018Taurus all day
- 2019Taurus all day
- 2020Gemini from 13:50
- 2021Gemini from 19:37
- 2022Taurus all day
- 2023Taurus all day
- 2024Gemini from 13:00
- 2025Gemini from 18:55
- 2026Taurus all day
- 2027Taurus all day
- 2028Gemini from 12:10
- 2029Gemini from 17:56
- 2030Gemini from 23:41
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 May 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 May 20 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Pisces
- 2018Leo
- 2019Sagittarius
- 2020Aries → Taurus
- 2021Virgo
- 2022Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2023Gemini
- 2024Libra → Scorpio
- 2025Aquarius → Pisces
- 2026Cancer
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 20 birthday, in the Capricorn decan, Capricorn is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a May 20 birthday
A small piece of art from a local maker, something tactile for a Taurus or a talking point for a Gemini, chosen once the birth sign is known.
Asked about May 20
What zodiac sign is May 20?
May 20 can be Taurus or Gemini. The Sun changed from Taurus to Gemini during this date in 31 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 May 20 a cusp birthday?
Yes. May 20 is one of the days the Sun leaves Taurus for Gemini. People call it the Taurus–Gemini cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Taurus, after it Gemini.
What decan is May 20?
May 20 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 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.