Zodiac signs by birthday

May 19 Zodiac Sign

People born on May 19 are Taurus.

In 29 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100, the Sun moved from Taurus into Gemini during May 19 somewhere in the world, so a May 19 birthday in one of those years can be Gemini.

May 19 falls late in Taurus season, which usually runs from April 20 to May 20.

Your birth time and place settle it: your free birth chart shows exactly which sign the Sun was in when you were born.

What Taurus is like

Symbol
The Bull
Element
Earth
Modality
Fixed
Ruler
Venus
Usual dates
April 20 to May 20

Taurus is the zodiac's steady hand. A fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, Taurus builds: slowly, deliberately, and to last. There's an unhurried quality here that can read as slowness from the outside and feels, from the inside, simply like refusing to be rushed into something that isn't right yet.

Strengths

  • Steady
  • Loyal
  • Patient
  • Practical
  • Sensual

Growth edges

  • Stubborn
  • Resistant to change
  • Possessive
  • Slow to start

Famous people born on May 19

Each card shows the Sun sign in that person's own birth year.

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