Birthday signs · Taurus season
What zodiac sign is May 14?
Using the tropical zodiac, May 14 is located in Taurus. The Sun remained in Taurus at noon UTC on May 14 throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 22.72° to 24.21° Taurus. May 14 marks day 24 or 25 of Taurus season within its late section, linked to the element earth.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
May 14 is Taurus
| Taurus at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 6 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
May 14 at a glance
| Sign | ♉︎ Taurus, the Bull |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | earth, fixed |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | Venus (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 22.7° to 24.2° Taurus at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 24 or 25 of Taurus season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of Saturn |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Aries (63 yrs), Taurus (38 yrs) |
| Day number | 5 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Taurus
| Noon Sun | 22.72° to 24.21° Taurus |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Saturn |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
May 14 by the numbers
| Day number | 5 (1 + 4 = 5) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 1 (5 + 5 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 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 | 24 or 25 |
|---|---|
| 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
Someone born late in Taurus knows the feeling of finishing what others abandoned. The season is almost over, and the steadiness that defined the early weeks has become a habit they cannot easily put down. They keep the same routines, return to the same friends, and fix the same loose hinge on the back door. When a plan changes, they feel it in their chest before they say a word. Their patience is real, even when it wears thin.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Aries in 63 years, Taurus in 38 |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Aries | 29.2°–30° |
| Years in sidereal Taurus | between 1930 and 2020 |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on May 14
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316–1378), Holy Roman Emperor
- Robert Owen (1771–1858), Welsh textile manufacturer and social reformer
- Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), Croatian politician, soldier, president and historian
- George Lucas (1944), American filmmaker and philanthropist
- Robert Zemeckis (1952), American screenwriter, film producer and director
- Cate Blanchett (1969), Australian actor and producer
- Mark Zuckerberg (1984), American Internet entrepreneur
- Miranda Cosgrove (1993), American actress, singer-songwriter and producer
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
May 14 in history
Observed on this date:
- Independence Day (Paraguay)
- Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
- National Unification Day (Liberia)
- The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)
Events on May 14:
- 1027: Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
- 1811: Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
- 1900: Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games.
- 1953: Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.
- 2021: China successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.
How the answer was worked out
The tropical longitude of the Sun on May 14 was calculated at noon UTC for every year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine, with each year's sign read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is May 14?
In all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon UTC is counted in Taurus for May 14.
Is May 14 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun lay in Taurus on every May 14, and May 14 is at least 6 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is May 14?
In each sampled year May 14 occupies the third decan of Taurus (20°–30°), and so its Chaldean face ruler is Saturn.
What is the birthday number for May 14?
May 14 is described in modern numerology by day number 5 and month-day number 1, each computed through digit addition.
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 14 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .