Most of May is Taurus and the end of it is Gemini. Birthdays from 1 to 20 May fall in Taurus, the fixed earth sign, and birthdays from 21 to 31 May in Gemini, the mutable air sign. It is the month in which the zodiac goes from its most settled sign to its most restless one, and the difference shows in how May people are described.

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The moment the Sun enters Gemini, for each birth year

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

The decans of May

Taurus Through the 20th, Gemini from the 21st

Taurus, ruled by Venus, is calm, persistent and attached to what is real: food, land, craft, a familiar bed. Gemini, ruled by Mercury, is quick, talkative and curious about everything at once. Earth gives way to air, a single focus to many interests. Astrologers often say that Taurus knows a few things deeply and Gemini knows something about everything, and that each envies the other a little.

20 May or 21 May

The handover takes place on 21 May more often than not. In the birth years 1940 to 2040 the Sun entered Gemini on 21 May in 70 years and on 20 May in 31, counted in Universal Time. A person born on the 20th is usually a Taurus and one born on the 21st usually a Gemini, with exceptions on both days that the table of years resolves. The time zone shifts the answer by up to half a day in either direction, which is exactly the margin that matters here.

May Taurus and May Gemini

The Taureans of May are described as dependable and unhurried, with good taste, a long memory and a strong dislike of sudden change. They are the people others lean on. The Geminis of late May are lighter on their feet: witty, sociable, good with words and with their hands, inclined to do two things at once and to change their minds. What unites the month is charm. Venus and Mercury are the friendliest of the planets, and May people of both signs are usually easy company.

May in the Calendar and the Sky

May takes its name from Maia, a goddess of growth. Its birthstone is the emerald and its flowers are the lily of the valley and the hawthorn. Early in the month the Eta Aquariid meteors arrive, dust left behind by Halley's Comet. For the northern hemisphere May is the height of spring; in the southern hemisphere it is late autumn, and a Taurus born in Melbourne arrives with the first cold weather and not with blossom.

Frequently asked

What zodiac sign is May?

Taurus from 1 to 20 May and Gemini from 21 to 31 May.

Is 21 May Taurus or Gemini?

Usually Gemini. The Sun entered Gemini on 21 May in 70 of the 101 years from 1940 to 2040; in the other 31 it had already done so on the 20th.

What is the May birthstone?

The emerald. The birth flowers of May are the lily of the valley and the hawthorn.

May birthdays, day by day

The two signs

Zodiac signs, month by month