May 20 Zodiac Sign

People born on May 20 are Taurus or Gemini.

Most zodiac date tables put May 20 in Taurus, but the Sun changes sign at a slightly different moment each year. In 149 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100 it moved from Taurus into Gemini during May 20 somewhere in the world, and in the other 52 the whole day was Taurus. So a May 20 birthday can be either sign: the year, the hour and the place decide.

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

Read the full Taurus profile →

What Gemini is like

Symbol: The Twins
Element: Air
Modality: Mutable
Ruler: Mercury
Usual dates: May 21 to June 20

Gemini is curiosity with a mouth on it. A mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, Gemini runs on information, conversation, and the pleasure of connecting two ideas nobody had thought to put together.