June 5 Zodiac Sign: Gemini
The short answer
People born on June 5 are Gemini. On this date the Sun sits between 13.5° Gemini and 15.7° Gemini in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the second decan of Gemini.
June 5 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Gemini (May 21 to June 20) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 13.5° Gemini to 15.7° Gemini (usually 14.6° Gemini at noon UTC) |
| Decan | second decan of Gemini: Libra (triplicity), Mars (Chaldean), Nine of Swords (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Air |
| Modality | Mutable |
| Ruling planet | Mercury |
| Nearest sign change | About 13.7 days away |
What a June 5 birthday means
On June 5 the Sun sits between 13.5° Gemini and 15.7° Gemini in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 14.6° Gemini.
That places June 5 in the second decan of Gemini. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Libra, the older Chaldean order gives it to Mars, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Nine of Swords.
Gemini is an air sign of the mutable modality, ruled by Mercury. Air signs think in conversations and connections; ideas are how they move. Mutable signs adapt: each one closes a season and gets ready for the next.
June 5 is about 14 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Gemini on this date in every year charted.
Where these figures come from
The Sun's position was charted at 12:00 UTC on every day from 1950 to 2025, and the start and end of each date were placed on the straight line between neighbouring days, which is exact to a small fraction of a degree. The range covers every hour of June 5 in UTC across all 76 years; someone born far from UTC can sit up to about half a degree beyond it. Decans follow two traditional systems: the triplicity system, which gives each third of a sign to the three signs of its element in turn, and the older Chaldean order of faces, which runs through the seven classical planets from Mars at the start of Aries.
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