Birthday signs · Taurus season
What zodiac sign is May 10?
May 10 is in Taurus by the tropical zodiac reckoning. Throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun remained in Taurus at noon UTC on May 10, at 18.86° to 20.35° Taurus. Within Taurus season, day 20 or 21 is May 10, placed in the middle part with the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
May 10 is Taurus
| Taurus at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 10 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
May 10 at a glance
| Sign | ♉︎ Taurus, the Bull |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, fixed |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Venus (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 18.9° to 20.4° Taurus at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 20 or 21 of Taurus season |
| Decan | second (85 years) and third (16); faces: the Moon, Saturn |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aries |
| Day number | 1 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: middle Taurus
| Noon Sun | 18.86° to 20.35° Taurus |
|---|---|
| Decans | second in 85 years, third in 16 |
| Decan line crossed | 20° |
| Face rulers, Chaldean order | the Moon, Saturn |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
May 10 by the numbers
| Day number | 1 (1 + 0 = 1) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 6 (5 + 1) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Taurus season | 20 or 21 |
|---|---|
| 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 at the edge of Taurus, where one stretch of the season hands off to the next, this person knows what it feels like to stand in a doorway they have walked past for years. The old routine still feels good, the same coffee, the same walk to work. Yet small changes keep catching their attention, a friend moving across the country, an idea that refuses to fade. They weigh what they would leave behind against what they could find, and that pause becomes their own kind of patience.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aries, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aries | 25.4°–26.7° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on May 10
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827), French engineer and physicist
- Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Karl Barth (1886–1968), Swiss Protestant theologian
- Fred Astaire (1899–1987), American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer
- Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), 3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Sid Vicious (1957–1979), English bassist
- Bono (1960), Irish singer
- Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Dutch association football player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
May 10 in history
Observed on this date:
- Children's Day (Maldives)
- Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)
- Constitution Day (Micronesia)
- Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. (Christianity)
- Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah)
- Mother's Day (Guatemala, and Mexico)
Events on May 10:
- 28 BCE: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
- 1688: King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
- 1869: The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
- 1922: The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
- 2024: Start of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
How the answer was worked out
Each year's sign, for the years from 1930 through 2030, was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on May 10 at noon UTC, as calculated by Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is May 10?
Counting the Sun at noon UTC, every sampled year from 1930 to 2030 has May 10 in Taurus, all 101 of them.
Is May 10 on a zodiac cusp?
No. For each May 10 between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun was located in Taurus, and May 10 is at least 10 days distant from the nearest sign change.
What decan is May 10?
The second decan of Taurus, the face of the Moon, holds 85 sampled years of May 10, while 16 fall in the third, the face of Saturn.
What is the birthday number for May 10?
Within modern numerology, May 10 carries the day number 1 and the month-day number 6, each derived 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: May 10 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .