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What gives you away
Three signs you’re the Capricorn decan
01You build things slowly and for keeps
The same goal has sat in your notes app for three years and you're still working on it. You'd rather wait for the right thing than grab the easy one. Friends are surprised when you finally announce it, but you've been building it the whole time.
The astrologySaturn is the planet astrologers link with time and patience. With Taurus’ steadiness on top, you're built to stick with things for years.
02You act older than your age
Your friends' parents have always liked you a little too much. You're the friend with sunscreen, a first-aid kit and a backup plan. At a party you're the one making sure everyone has a ride home.
The astrologyCapricorn is the sign astrologers tie to responsibility, and Saturn rules it. In this decan that sense of duty shows up early.
03You show you care by doing
You'd rather help them move apartments than talk about feelings. You can go a whole week stressed and nobody would guess it from your texts. When you do open up, it's to two or three people, and they know what that means.
The astrologySaturn adds caution, and astrologers say earth signs trust what's solid over what's said. So your feelings come out slowly, through actions first.
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 last third mixes in Capricorn, which completes the earth trio. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet astrologers tie to discipline, time and hard-earned results.
Love
The Capricorn decan in love
You take love seriously from the start. You want to know where it's going, and you won't spend months on someone who isn't sure. Your idea of romance might be a shared calendar with the trip you two keep talking about already blocked out.
You need someone with their own goals who respects yours. The one you stay with still asks about your big plans a year in, and has a few of their own.
If you love one
Be patient with their walls. Capricorn decan people warm up on their own schedule, and once they do, they stay.
Birth Chart Reading
Your decan is one slice of you. Read the rest.
Your Sun is one planet. The Birth Chart Reading covers your whole chart in 35+ pages, written for your exact birth time and place.
- 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 well where hard work adds up over time. A slow promotion doesn't bother you if you can see the next step. Astrologers often match this decan with business, architecture, engineering, management, banking and building anything meant to last.
The hard part
When it gets heavy
You can work so hard you forget to enjoy anything. Rest feels like falling behind, fun gets pushed to after the next goal, and you can be harder on yourself than any boss or teacher would be.
Take one Saturday this month for the long lunch or the concert you keep pushing back, and leave the to-do list at home. Your Taurus side is ruled by Venus, the planet of pleasure, and it wants you to enjoy what you've built.
Famous faces
Born in this decan
- Robert PattinsonMay 13, 1986
- Megan FoxMay 16, 1986
- Sam SmithMay 19, 1992
- Janet JacksonMay 16, 1966
- Stevie WonderMay 13, 1950
- Cate BlanchettMay 14, 1969
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 3?
In most years, May 11 to 20. The Sun reaches 20° Taurus on May 9, 10 or 11 depending on the year and time zone, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on May 20, 21 or 22 (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 20, 21 or 22. Am I a Taurus or a Gemini?
It depends on the year, and sometimes on the hour. The Sun moves into Gemini on May 20, 21 or 22, 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 gives you the exact answer.
Why does the Capricorn decan feel more serious than other Taurus people?
Because Capricorn, the sign mixed in here, is ruled by Saturn, the planet astrologers link with duty and time. You still love good food and comfort like any Taurus, but you like to earn it first.
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.