♉︎ Taurus

May 12 Zodiac Sign: Taurus — Traits and Famous Birthdays

The May 12 zodiac sign is Taurus, a fixed earth sign. The Sun is in Taurus on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 19° and 24° of the sign, a range that straddles the second and third decans of Taurus, so the decan depends on the year and the hour.

Katharine Hepburn, George Carlin and Rami Malek were born on May 12. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on May 12 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Taurus traits

Born on May 12, your Sun is in Taurus. You build. Comfort, steadiness and things that last matter more to you than novelty, and people trust you because you do not change your mind for show. Your growth edge is letting go before something stops working.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

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Famous birthdays on May 12

Katharine Hepburn, George Carlin and Rami Malek were born on May 12. StarMap has birth charts for 19 people born on this date, the best known first.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (19 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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