Birthday signs · Taurus season
What zodiac sign is April 22?
Taurus is the tropical zodiac sign that April 22 occupies. On April 22, at noon UTC, the Sun stood in Taurus in all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 1.4° to 2.88° Taurus. April 22 marks day 2 or 3 of the Taurus season, and it sits in the early part with element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
April 22 is Taurus
| Taurus at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 1 day away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
April 22 at a glance
| Sign | ♉︎ Taurus, the Bull |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, fixed |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Venus (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 1.4° to 2.9° Taurus at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 2 or 3 of Taurus season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Mercury |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aries |
| Day number | 22 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Taurus
| Noon Sun | 1.4° to 2.88° Taurus |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Mercury |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
April 22 by the numbers
| Day number | 22 () |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 8 (4 + 22 = 26, then 2 + 6 = 8) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Taurus season | 2 or 3 |
|---|---|
| Taurus season opened | April 20 (69 years) or April 21 (32) |
| Taurus season closed | May 20 (73 years) or May 21 (28) |
| Element and mode | earth, fixed |
| Traditional ruler | Venus |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Taurus season
Born on April 22, this person arrives at the opening stretch of Taurus, when spring is still finding its footing. Early in the season, the pull toward comfort is strong but not yet settled. Their first instinct is to hold on to what works, a favourite routine or a kitchen table that has seen many years. Over time they learn that steadiness can also mean deciding when to stop waiting and begin.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aries, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aries | 7.9°–9.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on April 22
- Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504), queen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), German philosopher
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
- J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), American theoretical physicist
- Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), Italian neurologist
- Jack Nicholson (1937), American actor and filmmaker
- Louise Glück (1943–2023), U.S. poet and Nobel laureate
- Donald Tusk (1957), Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
April 22 in history
Observed on this date:
- Discovery Day (Brazil)
- Earth Day (International observance) and its related observance: International Mother Earth Day
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Serbia)
- From 2018 onwards, a national day of commemoration for the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence (United Kingdom)
Events on April 22:
- 1500: Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil).
- 1864: The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
- 1906: The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.
- 1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- 2009: Fox News host Sean Hannity offered to be waterboarded for charity in order to prove that it did not amount to torture, though he did not follow through with it.
How the answer was worked out
From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on April 22 was calculated at noon UTC each year with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from that longitude.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is April 22?
April 22 is Taurus in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is April 22 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Each April 22 from 1930 to 2030 had the noon Sun in Taurus, and April 22 lies no less than 1 day from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is April 22?
Under the Chaldean order, the face ruler is Mercury for April 22, which is in the first decan of Taurus (0°–10°) in every sampled year.
What is the birthday number for April 22?
April 22's day number in modern numerology is 22, and its month-day number is 8, both found by adding digits.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Taurus (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: April 22 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .