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Born on April 26: Taurus
Quick facts
- Sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Venus
- Decan
- Decan 1 · Venus
- Sun degree
- 6° Taurus (noon, averaged over the years)
- Birthday number
- 8
- Day 116 of the year
Taurus, decan 1
Sub-ruler: Venus
Venus rules this stretch twice over, so comfort, beauty and loyalty sit at the center of who you are. You like things that last: a good chair, a long friendship, a recipe you’ve made a hundred times. When life gets loud, people lean on you because you don’t wobble. That steadiness has a shadow, though: a stubborn attachment to the familiar that can turn into saying no before you’ve actually looked. Try the new tool once before deciding against it. Affection shown through small daily acts is your native language in love, and it’s a good one.
Birthday number 8
Big goals don’t intimidate you; they focus you. This birthday number is linked with authority, organization and the drive to build something substantial, whether that means running a team, a company or a very well organized household. You’re good with resources and comfortable making decisions others avoid. Respect matters to you, and you usually earn it. Watch for the habit of measuring yourself only by results, which can make rest feel like failure. Success lands better when the people around you are thriving too.
Born in April
Everything is waking up in April, and people born this month tend to have that same freshness: direct, energetic and not good at waiting. Aries leads for most of the month with courage and a competitive spark; Taurus takes over around the 20th and brings patience, a taste for comfort and good things. The birthstone is the diamond, prized for being unbreakable and clear, an apt emblem for strong characters. Daisies are the birth flower, simple and sunny, a reminder that charm doesn’t have to be complicated. April people usually make things happen, then enjoy them.
Famous people born on April 26
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)French painter (1798–1863)
- Jet Li (1963)Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor
- Melania Trump (1970)First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
- I. M. Pei (1917)Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)
- Rudolf Hess (1894)German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898)Spanish poet (1898–1984)
- Arno Allan Penzias (1933)German-born American physicist
Source: Wikidata (CC0); ranked by the number of Wikipedia languages.
Most compatible signs for Taurus
Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is April 26?
People born on April 26 are Taurus (April 20 – May 20). Element: Earth; ruling planet: Venus.
What are people born on April 26 like?
They are born in decan 1 of Taurus, sub-ruled by Venus. Venus rules this stretch twice over, so comfort, beauty and loyalty sit at the center of who you are. You like things that last: a good chair, a long friendship, a recipe you’ve made a hundred times. When life gets loud, people lean on you because you don’t wobble. That steadiness has a shadow, though: a stubborn attachment to the familiar that can turn into saying no before you’ve actually looked. Try the new tool once before deciding against it. Affection shown through small daily acts is your native language in love, and it’s a good one.
Which famous people were born on April 26?
Well-known people born on April 26 include Ludwig Wittgenstein, Eugène Delacroix, Jet Li, Melania Trump, I. M. Pei.
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The sign is computed from the Sun's position at noon (UTC) for the years 1940–2030; on cusp dates the exact sign depends on the birth time. Decan and numerology readings are traditional symbolic descriptions.