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What zodiac sign is May 22?
Gemini is the tropical zodiac sign that May 22 occupies. On May 22, at noon UTC, the Sun stood in Gemini in all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 0.43° to 1.92° Gemini. May 22 marks day 1 or 2 of the Gemini season, and it sits in the early part with element air.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
May 22 is Gemini
| Gemini at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 0 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
May 22 at a glance
| Sign | ♊︎ Gemini, the Twins |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | air, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 0.4° to 1.9° Gemini at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 1 or 2 of Gemini season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Taurus |
| Day number | 22 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Gemini
| Noon Sun | 0.43° to 1.92° Gemini |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
May 22 by the numbers
| Day number | 22 () |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 9 (5 + 22 = 27, then 2 + 7 = 9) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Gemini season | 1 or 2 |
|---|---|
| Gemini season opened | May 21 (73 years) or May 22 (28) |
| Gemini season closed | June 20 (39 years) or June 21 (62) |
| Element and mode | air, mutable |
| Traditional ruler | Mercury |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Gemini season
Born in the first days of Gemini, this person arrived when the season had only just begun to turn its attention toward questions and conversation. Early on, they tried on ideas the way others try on coats, testing which ones fit. A friend could call that restless. They see it as keeping options open until the right answer shows up, even when a decision still needs making.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Taurus, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Taurus | 7°–8.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on May 22
- Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician
- Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), English actor and director
- Charles Aznavour (1924–2018), Armenian-French singer and diplomat
- George Best (1946–2005), Northern Irish footballer
- Naomi Campbell (1970), British model
- Novak Djokovic (1987), Serbian tennis player
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
May 22 in history
Observed on this date:
- Abolition Day (Martinique)
- Aromanian National Day (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
- Harvey Milk Day (California)
- International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
- United States National Maritime Day
- National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
- Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
- Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
- Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
- World Goth Day
Events on May 22:
- 760: Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1846: The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
- 1948: Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjö Leino from his duties as interior minister after the Finnish parliament adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the Soviet Union in 1945.
- 2017: United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.
How the answer was worked out
From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on May 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 May 22?
May 22 is Gemini in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is May 22 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Each May 22 from 1930 to 2030 had the noon Sun in Gemini, and May 22 lies no less than 0 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is May 22?
Under the Chaldean order, the face ruler is Jupiter for May 22, which is in the first decan of Gemini (0°–10°) in every sampled year.
What is the birthday number for May 22?
May 22's day number in modern numerology is 22, and its month-day number is 9, 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 .
- Gemini (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: May 22 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .