May 8th is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days left to the end of the year.
♉ Taurus is the Zodiac Sign for May 8th
Let us explore May 8th Birthday Astrology traits for Taurus.
Taurus is the second astrological sign in the Zodiac. The symbol of the bull is based on the Cretan Bull, the white bull that fathered the Minotaur and was killed by Hercules.
The time of year that the Taurus zodiac falls under is prime planting season. It is when farmers are planting new crops and ensuring that the soil is fertile enough to support growth. For this reason, Taureans are viewed as grounded people who are practical in nature and do not like change. Also because of this, of the four elements, Earth fire, wind, and water, Taurus is associated with Earth.
Because the Taurus zodiac sign is related to the beginning of spring, when plants start to grow, it is the horoscope sign of the farmer. Therefore, the traits related to Taurus are based on a person who tends the land and cares for nature. The positive traits most associated with Taurus are patient, reliable, warmhearted, loving, persistent, determined, placid, and security loving.
Positive traits which show themselves in an excessive degree can often be viewed as negative traits. However, the technically considered negative traits are jealous, possessive, resentful, inflexible, self-indulgent, greedy, and stubborn. While a natural positive trait of a Taurus may be to be calm and conservative, if exaggerated it can also translate into a negative of being reluctant to change.
And while being determined and persistent are valued traits, an excess can lead to stubbornness. Taureans are like to think in practical terms instead of theoretical. So, not only are Taureans patient with routine; they prefer it.
If you were born May on the 8th May then your zodiac sign is Taurus.
8th May Birthday Astrology
Taurus (April 20 - May 19) The Taurus has great strength in physical and mental capacities. Maybe this is why stubbornness or being a stuborn bull is often associated with this star sign. Work wise being able to teac to others is one of their strengths, at least on some level due to the fact that they are sympathetic and loving. Taurus is compatible with: Libra, Taurus, Cancer, Capricorn, Virgo and Pisces.
Month of May Zodiac Signs are Taurus(until May 20) and Gemini(May 21 onwards).
May Birth Flowers
Month of May is associated with the Lily of the valley flower. It is generally white in colour. The birth flower Lily conveys sweetness and humility. In the Victorian era, it was gifted to convey the romantic message: you have made my life complete. The other May flower is the hawthorn plant, which represents hope and supreme happiness. Hawthorne signifies that you want only the best for the recipient.
Humility, Chastity and Sweetness. Sweetly scented and rare May Birth Flower Lily also signifies a return to happiness.
Historical Events for May 8th
Year 307 » Emperor Hui of Jin Jin Huidi, List of Chinese monarchs Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265–420) Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Emperor Huai of Jin Jin Huaidi.
Year 871 » Alfred the Great leads a Wessex called West Saxon army to Battle of Ashdown or repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
Year 1297 Astrology » François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing House of Grimaldi called his family as the rulers of Monaco.
Year 1697 Astrology » Last execution for blasphemy in Britain; of Thomas Aikenhead, student, at Edinburgh.
Year 1746 Astrology » Jacobite Rising of 1745 called Second Jacobite Rising: Charles Edward Stuart or Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
Year 1790 Astrology » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City or New York, New York.
Year 1806 Astrology » Cape Colony becomes a United Kingdom called British colony.
Year 1811 Astrology » 1811 German Coast Uprising An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana St. Charles and St. James Parish, Louisiana St. James, Louisiana.
Year 1815 Astrology » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads United States or American forces in victory over the British.
Year 1835 Astrology » The United States public debt History known as United States national debt is zero for the only time.
Year 1867 Astrology » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
Year 1877 Astrology » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the Cavalry (United States) named United States Cavalry at Battle of Wolf Mountain or Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
Year 1904 Astrology » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
Year 1906 Astrology » A landslide in Haverstraw (village), New York known as Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
Year 1918 Astrology » President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
Year 1920 Astrology » The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers named Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
Year 1940 Astrology » World War II: Britain Rationing in the United Kingdom called introduces food rationing.
Year 1945 Astrology » World War II: Commonwealth of the Philippines or Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Imperial Japanese Army called Japanese Imperial forces.
Year 1956 Astrology » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionary known as missionaries are killed by the Huaorani people or Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
Year 1962 Astrology » The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands.
Year 1964 Astrology » President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
Year 1971 Astrology » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali people or Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
Year 1973 Astrology » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party (United States) called Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate complex e.g Watergate begins.
Year 1973 » Soviet Union e.g Soviet space mission 'Luna 21' is launched.
Year 1975 Astrology » Ella T. Grasso becomes List of Governors of Connecticut known as Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
Year 1977 Astrology » 1977 Moscow bombings Three bombs explode in Moscow Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenians Armenian separatist group.
Year 1979 Astrology » The Whiddy Island Disaster known as tanker 'Betelgeuse' explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
Year 1981 Astrology » A local farmer reports a Trans-en-Provence Case named UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence called Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
Year 1982 Astrology » Bell System divestiture known as The break up of AT&T: AT&T Corporation known as AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
Year 1989 Astrology » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland International or British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737 Classic e.g Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
Year 1989 » Beginning of Japanese Heisei period.
Year 1994 Astrology » Russian Astronaut Russian called cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on 'Soyuz TM-18' leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
Year 2002 Astrology » President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
Year 2003 Astrology » US Airways Express Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
Year 2003 » Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of 75 passengers.
Year 2005 Astrology » The nuclear sub USS San Francisco SSN-711 6 collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
Year 2009 Astrology » A 6.1-magnitude 2009 Costa Rica earthquake e.g earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
Year 2010 Astrology » Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda Togo national football team attack called attacked the bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.
Year 2011 Astrology » The attempted assassination of Arizona United States House of Representatives Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent 2011 Tucson shooting shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway Inc. Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is
Birthday Astrology and Zodiac Signs for the Month of May