April 20 zodiac sign

When the Sun enters Taurus, year by year

The exact moment for every year from 1940 to 2035, and what that made April 20. Switch the time zone to match where you were born.

April 20 in the sky

Taurus usually takes over on April 20, and it is the sign that holds spring's middle stretch. The Sun is about a month past the equinox, the light lasts well into the evening, and in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere gardens are going in. Spring has stopped arriving and started staying. Taurus is fixed earth, a sign that keeps going whatever has already started, and Venus rules it, so its mood matches the season: slow down and enjoy what you can touch and taste. Traditional astrology also calls the Moon exalted in Taurus, meaning it works especially well there, which adds to the sign's reputation for calm.

Taurus right at the start

Taurus at its very first degree still comes with the full set of instincts. You tend to know what feels good and to trust it, from the right weight of blanket to the friend who always answers on the first ring. Finding the good bakery, then going every Saturday for years and noticing the week they change the recipe, sounds a lot like you. Patience is a real asset for you. Plenty of people want results this week, and you are willing to wait a season.

Venus rules Taurus, so love tends to show up in solid form for you: a meal you cooked, a sweater you lend and never ask back for. The friction is possessiveness. You can get territorial about your people and your routines, even your side of the couch, and feel oddly hurt when a close friend finds a new favorite person. Naming that feeling to yourself as a little jealousy usually shrinks it. A plain 'I missed you' tends to fix more than a week of cool replies.

Aries hours on April 20

The early hours are where April 20 Aries births live. In years when the Sun crossed into Taurus on this date, anyone born before that moment kept an Aries Sun. Back in the 1940s and 1950s the Aries stretch could run into the afternoon or even the evening in Eastern time. It has shrunk steadily since, and in recent years it covers only the early morning. Pacific time makes it rarer still, because the same instant reads three hours earlier there and often falls on April 19. An April 20 Aries is in the last minutes of Mars's sign, and tends to have the quick temper to match.

Aries or Taurus: what changes

The useful question for an April 20 birthday is whether you run hot or steady. Aries is fire and cardinal, so it starts things, gets bored and starts something else. Taurus is earth and fixed, which means it builds something and then protects it. Mars, the Aries ruler, pushes toward competition and quick decisions. Venus, the Taurus ruler, pulls toward pleasure and keeping what works. Think about how you bought your last pair of good shoes. If you wanted them and paid within ten minutes, that is an Aries move. If you tried them on twice and came back the next week, that is Taurus, and it is probably your Sun.

Why a April 20 birthday can feel like both signs

The cusp idea suggests you might be a mix, but the Sun never occupies two signs at once. On April 20 you are one or the other, and usually Taurus. Any Aries pull you notice tends to come from Mercury, which stays near the Sun. More than half of April 20 births have Mercury in Aries, so a patient Taurus can still talk fast and send blunt texts. Venus is split about evenly among Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini, and in Taurus it is right at home. Your birth chart shows the rest: your Moon sign, for feelings, and your rising sign, for how you come across.

Share of people born on April 20, 1940 to 2030, calculated for noon Eastern time. About 57% have Mercury in Aries.

A April 20 birthday

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