April 20 at a glance
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Element and modality
- earth, fixed
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Place in the sign
- Day 1 of Taurus; Gemini starts 31 days later on the calendar
- Decan
- 1 of 3, ruled by Taurus (April 20 to 29)
- Cusp
- Aries to Taurus
- Birthday number
- 20 reduces to 2 (2 + 0 = 2)
- April birthstone
- Diamond
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The first fixed sign, the middle of spring
Taurus begins at 30 degrees of ecliptic longitude, about a month after the equinox. In the astrological scheme the cardinal signs open each season, the fixed signs hold its middle and the mutable signs close it, which makes Taurus the sign of the settled middle of spring.
April 20 is inside the stretch where Easter can fall, since the date of Easter ranges from March 22 to April 25, and the northern spring is moving out of its first uncertain weeks. It is a calendar fact with no astrological meaning, but it shows how the date is placed in the year.
Is April 20 a cusp date?
An April 20 birthday reads as the clearest Taurus, a fixed earth sign: steady, sensory, slow to start and slow to stop. The adjacent sign is Aries, restless and quick, and popular astrology names that seam the Cusp of Power, though the name varies between books. When the chart places the Sun in Aries, the tradition expects more impatience than the table implies.
The standard table gives Taurus. The change from Aries into Taurus can reach April 20 in some year and time zone within 2000 to 2050, so a birth on this date can belong to either sign.
Across 2000 to 2050 (51 years) the Sun entered Taurus on these UTC dates: April 19 in 29, April 20 in 22.
Within those years the entry into Taurus fell on April 19 between 09:20 and 23:40 UTC; on April 20 between 00:00 and 12:00 UTC. Clocks in populated time zones run from UTC-10 to UTC+12, so the same instant can read as the day before or the day after, and your birth time and birth place decide which side of it you were born.
| Year | Sun enters Taurus |
|---|---|
| 2027 | about Apr 20, 07:20 UTC |
| 2028 | about Apr 19, 13:00 UTC |
| 2029 | about Apr 19, 18:50 UTC |
Born near that moment? The sun sign calculator takes your year, time and time zone.
The Taurus decan for April 20
April 20 falls in decan 1 of Taurus, April 20 to 29, ruled by Taurus. Each sign is cut into three decans of about ten days, ruled in turn by the sign itself and the next two signs of its element.
Taurus governs the first decan of Taurus, so no second flavour is added. Decan tradition stresses patience, comfort and the senses in these ten days, uncomplicated by a neighbour. It is an old refinement, so keep it as colour.
Birthday number 2 for April 20
The day 20 reduces to 2: 2 + 0 = 2. No step lands on a master number.
A 20 reduces to 2, and the number 20 has a history of its own: the Maya counted in twenties, and many languages still carry traces of counting by scores. Numerology reads 2 as partnership and patience, which are Taurus words as much as numerological ones. The coincidence is a pleasant one rather than a connection.
The April birthstone
Birthstones follow the month and not the day, so a birthday on April 20 shares Diamond with every other April birthday. See April birthstones.
April 20 zodiac questions
Taurus or Aries for April 20?
Taurus on the calendar. In a year when the Sun enters Taurus on April 20 in UTC, a birth before that moment on the clock of your birth place is Aries, and the ingress table shows how the dates have split.
Is Taurus a fixed sign?
Yes. Taurus is fixed earth, which in the traditional scheme means the sign that holds a season's middle rather than starting or ending it.
How many days into Taurus is April 20?
The facts card counts it as day 1 of Taurus on the calendar, and the first decan runs from April 20 to April 29.
Dates next to April 20
Other April dates with their own page: April 19.
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