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What zodiac sign is May 24?
Using the tropical zodiac, May 24 is assigned to Gemini. In each of the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on May 24 found the Sun in Gemini, at 2.35° to 3.84° Gemini. Its early part places May 24 on day 3 or 4 of Gemini season, with the element air.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
May 24 is Gemini
| Gemini at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 2 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
May 24 at a glance
| Sign | ♊︎ Gemini, the Twins |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | air, mutable |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | Mercury (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 2.4° to 3.8° Gemini at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 3 or 4 of Gemini season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Jupiter |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Taurus |
| Day number | 6 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Gemini
| Noon Sun | 2.35° to 3.84° Gemini |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Jupiter |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
May 24 by the numbers
| Day number | 6 (2 + 4 = 6) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 11 (5 + 6 = 11, kept as a master number) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Gemini season | 3 or 4 |
|---|---|
| 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 few degrees of Gemini, this person arrives while the season is still finding its footing. Curiosity shows up early and asks questions before the answers are ready. At dinner, a friend mentions a new idea, and this person jumps in with three follow-up questions before the first one is finished. Others sometimes read that restlessness as distance. Underneath, they simply want to understand the people they love, and they keep talking until the conversation feels whole.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Taurus, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Taurus | 8.9°–10.2° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on May 24
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544–1603), English physician, physicist and natural philosopher
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German-Polish physicist and engineer
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793), politician and journalist during the French Revolution
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Soviet writer
- Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel laureate
- Bob Dylan (1941), American singer-songwriter
- Tansu Çiller (1946), Turkish politician, who has been the first female and 22nd prime minister of the country
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
May 24 in history
Observed on this date:
- Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism)
- Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)
- Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.
- Commonwealth Day (Belize)
- Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.
- Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda)
- Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)
- Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)
- National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec)
Events on May 24:
- 919: The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
- 1689: The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- 1930: Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
- 1988: Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
- 2019: Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine provided the Sun's tropical longitude on May 24 at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and each year's sign was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is May 24?
Gemini applies to May 24 in every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, with the Sun counted at noon UTC.
Is May 24 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun was in Gemini at noon on every May 24 from 1930 to 2030, and May 24 sits at least 2 days from the nearest sign boundary.
What decan is May 24?
May 24 falls in the first decan of Gemini (0°–10°) in every sampled year, so its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Jupiter.
What is the birthday number for May 24?
Modern numerology finds May 24 has day number 6 and month-day number 11, each determined 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 24 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .