♉︎ Taurus · ♊︎ Gemini

May 20 Zodiac Sign: Taurus or Gemini — Traits

The May 20 zodiac sign is Taurus or Gemini, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Taurus for Gemini on or about May 20, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Taurus is a fixed earth sign and Gemini is a mutable air sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Taurus throughout May 20 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Cher, James Stewart and Joe Cocker were born on May 20. StarMap has birth charts for 14 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on May 20 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 or Gemini traits

If 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.

If your Sun is in Gemini: You connect. Ideas, people and conversations are your element, and you learn by talking things through. A Gemini Sun is happiest with two projects and a question nobody has answered yet.

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.

Born on May 20? Find out which side of the change you are on.

Your Sun, Moon and rising sign from the real sky at your birth. Free, no account needed.

Famous birthdays on May 20

Cher, James Stewart and Joe Cocker were born on May 20. StarMap has birth charts for 14 people born on this date, the best known first.

May 20, year by year: Taurus or Gemini

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Years in which the Sun entered Gemini on May 20

1972 at 22:59
1976 at 22:20
1980 at 21:42
1984 at 20:57
1988 at 19:57
1992 at 19:12
1996 at 18:23
2000 at 17:49
2001 at 23:44
2004 at 16:59
2005 at 22:47
2008 at 16:01
2009 at 21:51
2012 at 15:15
2013 at 21:09
2016 at 14:36
2017 at 20:31
2020 at 13:49
2021 at 19:37
2024 at 12:59
2025 at 18:55

Taurus all day: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026.

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 (12 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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