May 23 Zodiac Sign: Gemini
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- Date
- May 23
- Sun sign
- Gemini
- Usual range
- May 21 to June 20
- Place in sign
- early, decan 1
- Sub-ruler
- Mercury
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Changeover
- No
- Constellation
- Taurus
May 23 is Gemini. At noon UTC, the Sun was in Gemini in every year of the 41 years from 1992 to 2032. Anyone born on May 23 has Gemini as a Sun sign.
Gemini dates are May 21 to June 20. May 23 falls in the early part of Gemini. It is an air sign, mutable, ruled by Mercury. Curious, talkative, always juggling ideas.
May 23 sits within two days of a sign change on May 21. If the birth was late on this date, check the year in the calculator rather than the printed range.
In 2024 at noon UTC, the Sun on May 23 is in the first decan of Gemini, the early 10 degrees of the sign. The triplicity sub-ruler of that slice is Mercury.
The constellation behind the Sun on May 23 is Taurus. That is the true place of the Sun in the stars, and it is a separate fact from the astrological sign.
Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars still need a birth time and place. This page only settles the Sun sign.
Sign page: Gemini. Check this birthday in the zodiac calculator.
Questions
What zodiac sign is May 23?
May 23 is Gemini. These pages read the Sun at noon UTC, which is the same tropical sign the zodiac calculator reports for a birth at 12:00 UTC. From 1992 to 2032 that noon figure stays in Gemini. Use a birth time in the calculator if you were born near a nearby changeover.
Is May 23 a cusp birthday?
No. Noon UTC on May 23 stays in Gemini for every year checked. A sign change still sits nearby, on May 21, so a late birth on this date can be worth a calculator check. The first and last days of May 21 to June 20 are the usual edge.
What is the May 23 star sign?
People searching for the May 23 star sign usually mean the Sun sign. On this page that is Gemini, an air sign, mutable, ruled by Mercury, in the early decan with Mercury as the triplicity sub-ruler. Gemini dates are May 21 to June 20. The constellation behind the Sun is a separate fact.