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The dates move by about a day depending on the year you were born. Enter your birthday and we’ll work out where the Sun was.
What gives you away
Three signs you’re the Virgo decan
01You notice the tiny details
You notice when your favorite song gets remastered and the drums sound wrong. You remember which friend can't have gluten and which one hates sitting with her back to the door. When someone moves one thing on your desk, you know.
The astrologyMercury is the planet astrologers link with sharp attention. Mixed with Taurus’ senses, it helps you pick up on things other people walk right past.
02You fix things before anyone asks
You redo the shared grocery list at 1 a.m. because the old one bugged you. You've rewritten a friend's dating profile, and it worked. If something can be done better, your hands are already itching.
The astrologyVirgo is the sign astrologers tie to being useful and making things better. Taurus gives that urge patience, so you finish what you start fixing.
03You learn by doing
You'd sooner try the recipe than read about it. You taught yourself to crochet, edit videos or change a tire from a ten-minute clip. Once you've got the hang of something, you'll walk anyone through it step by step.
The astrologyMercury rules learning, and astrologers say earth signs like Taurus and Virgo learn best through their hands. That mix makes you a practical student and a patient teacher.
Why you’re like this
How Taurus’ decans work
Each zodiac sign covers 30 degrees of the sky. Astrologers split every sign into three 10-degree slices called decans, and the Sun spends about ten days in each one.
Taurus is an earth sign. In the decan system most popular in modern astrology, each third of a sign mixes in a sign of the same element, in order. The middle third mixes in Virgo, the next earth sign around the zodiac. Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet astrologers tie to thinking, learning and talking things through.
Love
The Virgo decan in love
You show love by paying attention. You notice they've been skipping lunch before they do, and you know they hate phone calls before noon. A good partner to you is someone you can run errands with and still have a great time.
You need someone who talks things through and follows up on what they say. Big feelings with no plan behind them make you nervous. “Let's figure this out” means more to you than a dramatic speech.
If you love one
Notice the little things they do for you, and say so. The Virgo decan does a lot without being asked and hopes someone sees it.
Birth Chart Reading
Your decan is one slice of you. Read the rest.
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- Your Sun’s exact degree and decan, with your Moon and rising
- How you love, from your Venus and Mars
- Work, friends, family, and the year ahead for you
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At work
You do your best work when there's a system to build or a mess to sort out. Your notes are the ones people borrow. Astrologers often match this decan with health care, editing, accounting, science, crafts and any work where the details decide the result.
The hard part
When it gets heavy
Your eye for detail can get loud, and it's loudest about you. You reread one text ten times before sending it, fix someone's work without asking, or keep fixing a gift until you're late to the party.
Pick one thing a day that you let be good enough. Most people never see the flaw you're worried about, and the ones who love you would love you with it anyway.
Famous faces
Born in this decan
- AdeleMay 5, 1988
- Dwayne JohnsonMay 2, 1972
- Audrey HepburnMay 4, 1929
- David BeckhamMay 2, 1975
- Henry CavillMay 5, 1983
- George ClooneyMay 6, 1961
We checked each birthday against the Swiss Ephemeris, the planet-position tables astrologers use, so everyone listed sits inside this decan whatever time they were born. Sharing a decan is a fun overlap. Your Moon, rising and the rest of your chart are still all your own.
All three Taurus decans
Which Taurus are you?
More Taurus: Taurus this month · Taurus compatibility · Taurus Sun with every Moon · Taurus rising
Your questions
Frequently asked questions
What dates are Taurus decan 2?
In most years, April 30 to May 10. The Sun reaches 10° Taurus on April 29 or 30, or May 1 depending on the year and time zone, and reaches 20° on May 9, 10 or 11 (we checked every year from 1940 to 2026 with the Swiss Ephemeris). Born on one of those days? Use the decan checker on this page, or your free birth chart.
I was born on May 9, 10 or 11. Am I decan 2 or decan 3?
It depends on the year, and sometimes on the hour. The Sun reaches 20° Taurus on May 9, 10 or 11, depending on the year and where you were born. Put your birthday into the decan checker above. If it says your birth time decides, your free birth chart settles it.
Why is the Virgo decan the most organized Taurus?
Because Virgo, the sign mixed in here, is ruled by Mercury, the planet astrologers link with lists and details. Taurus already likes things steady, and this decan likes them steady and labeled.
Do decans work for my rising sign or Moon too?
Yes. Any planet or point in Taurus has a decan, set by its degree. A Taurus rising at 15°, for example, is in the Virgo decan, even if your Sun is in another sign. Your rising degree needs your exact birth time, and your free birth chart shows it.
Which decan system does ZODIA use?
The triplicity system, the most popular one in modern astrology. Each decan mixes in a sign of the same element, so Taurus goes Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Older Hellenistic astrology used a different set called the Chaldean faces, which gives Taurus’ thirds to Mercury, the Moon and Saturn. Both are real traditions.
Is my decan my whole personality?
No. Your decan sharpens your Sun sign, and your Sun is one part of your chart. Your Moon shapes how you feel, your rising shapes how you come across, and your Venus and Mars shape how you love and go after things. Two people born on the same day can still be very different.