April starts in fire and ends in earth. People born from 1 to 19 April are Aries and people born from 20 to 30 April are Taurus. Aries moves first and thinks afterwards; Taurus takes its time and then does not budge. If the birthday is the 19th or the 20th, the sign depends on the year, and the table on this page gives the moment for each one.

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The moment the Sun enters Taurus, for each birth year

Universal Time (UTC). Add or subtract the time zone of the birthplace.

The decans of April

Aries to the 19th, Taurus from the 20th

Aries is the cardinal fire sign, ruled by Mars, and stands for initiative, courage and a short fuse. Taurus is fixed earth under Venus: steady, sensual, fond of comfort and very hard to hurry. The first sign opens the zodiac with a burst of will and the second gives that will something solid to work on. In practical terms the month divides into people who like a challenge and people who like a result they can touch.

The 19th or the 20th

Printed horoscopes usually put the border at 20 April, and for most of the past century that was right. Between 1940 and 2040 the Sun entered Taurus on 20 April in 73 years and on 19 April in 28, in Universal Time, and the earlier date is becoming more common as the century goes on. For a birth on either day the sign follows from the year and the hour. West of Greenwich the local date runs behind the world clock, so an evening birth in the Americas can belong to the earlier calendar day.

April Aries and April Taurus

April Aries people are the ones astrology calls pioneers: enthusiastic, frank, competitive, generous with energy and bored by waiting. They forgive quickly because they have already moved on. April Taureans come from the other end of the scale. They are patient, loyal and practical, good with money and materials, attached to routines and to the people and places they know. Both signs are stubborn, but in opposite ways: Aries insists on going, Taurus insists on staying.

April in the Calendar and the Sky

The origin of the name is uncertain; the Romans connected it with the verb for opening, as buds do. The birthstone is the diamond and the flowers are the daisy and the sweet pea. The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest on record, peaks around 22 April, a few days after the Sun enters Taurus. In the north April is mid-spring, in the south mid-autumn, and the length of the day is changing faster than at almost any other time of year.

Frequently asked

What zodiac sign is April?

Aries from 1 to 19 April and Taurus from 20 to 30 April.

Is 20 April Aries or Taurus?

Taurus in most years. The Sun entered Taurus on 20 April in 73 of the years from 1940 to 2040 and on 19 April in the other 28.

What is the birthstone for April?

The diamond. April's flowers are the daisy and the sweet pea.

April birthdays, day by day

The two signs

Zodiac signs, month by month