May 1 Zodiac Sign: Taurus
The short answer
People born on May 1 are Taurus. On this date the Sun sits between 9.8° Taurus and 12.0° Taurus in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the first decan of Taurus.
May 1 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Taurus (April 20 to May 20) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 9.8° Taurus to 12.0° Taurus (usually 10.9° Taurus at noon UTC) |
| Decan | first decan of Taurus: Taurus (triplicity), Mercury (Chaldean), Five of Pentacles (Golden Dawn); second decan of Taurus: Virgo (triplicity), Moon (Chaldean), Six of Pentacles (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Earth |
| Modality | Fixed |
| Ruling planet | Venus |
| Nearest sign change | About 10.0 days away |
What a May 1 birthday means
On May 1 the Sun sits between 9.8° Taurus and 12.0° Taurus in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 10.9° Taurus.
That places May 1 in the first decan of Taurus. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Taurus, the older Chaldean order gives it to Mercury, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Five of Pentacles. In some years the Sun moves on into the second decan of Taurus during this date, so both apply.
Taurus is an earth sign of the fixed modality, ruled by Venus. Earth signs trust what they can touch, count and build on. Fixed signs hold steady: each one sits in the middle of a season.
May 1 is about 10 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Taurus 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 May 1 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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