July zodiac signs
July has two zodiac signs: Cancer and then Leo. From 1950 to 2010, the Sun entered Leo on July 22 in 27 years and July 23 in 34 years, in UTC.
July birthdays run from Cancer into Leo, from the sign that looks after people in private to the sign that wants to be seen looking after them. Cancer is read as careful with its feelings and Leo as generous with them. Both are read as loyal, and both can be hurt more easily than they let on. The difference shows when something goes wrong: one goes quiet and the other says so.
Every date in the month
| Date | Sign | Decan | Number | Daylight at 40° north |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Cancer | first, second | 1 | 14h 58m |
| July 2 | Cancer | second, first | 2 | 14h 57m |
| July 3 | Cancer | second | 3 | 14h 56m |
| July 4 | Cancer | second | 4 | 14h 56m |
| July 5 | Cancer | second | 5 | 14h 55m |
| July 6 | Cancer | second | 6 | 14h 54m |
| July 7 | Cancer | second | 7 | 14h 53m |
| July 8 | Cancer | second | 8 | 14h 52m |
| July 9 | Cancer | second | 9 | 14h 51m |
| July 10 | Cancer | second | 1 | 14h 50m |
| July 11 | Cancer | second | 11 | 14h 49m |
| July 12 | Cancer | second, third | 3 | 14h 48m |
| July 13 | Cancer | third | 4 | 14h 46m |
| July 14 | Cancer | third | 5 | 14h 45m |
| July 15 | Cancer | third | 6 | 14h 44m |
| July 16 | Cancer | third | 7 | 14h 42m |
| July 17 | Cancer | third | 8 | 14h 41m |
| July 18 | Cancer | third | 9 | 14h 39m |
| July 19 | Cancer | third | 1 | 14h 38m |
| July 20 | Cancer | third | 2 | 14h 36m |
| July 21 | Cancer | third | 3 | 14h 35m |
| July 22 | Cancer or Leo | third, first | 22 | 14h 33m |
| July 23 | Leo or Cancer | first, third | 5 | 14h 32m |
| July 24 | Leo | first | 6 | 14h 30m |
| July 25 | Leo | first | 7 | 14h 28m |
| July 26 | Leo | first | 8 | 14h 26m |
| July 27 | Leo | first | 9 | 14h 25m |
| July 28 | Leo | first | 1 | 14h 23m |
| July 29 | Leo | first | 11 | 14h 21m |
| July 30 | Leo | first | 3 | 14h 19m |
| July 31 | Leo | first | 4 | 14h 17m |
The day each sign begins
The usual dates for a sign are an average. The Sun's entry moves by a day or more from year to year, and this is every day it fell on from 1950 to 2010, in UTC.
| The Sun entered Leo on | Years | First and last |
|---|---|---|
| July 22 | 27 | 1952 to 2010 |
| July 23 | 34 | 1950 to 2007 |
Eclipses in this month
Every eclipse that peaked in July from 1950 to 2010: July 1, 2000: solar, partial; July 5, 2001: lunar, partial; July 6, 1963: lunar, partial; July 6, 1982: lunar, total; July 7, 2009: lunar, penumbral; July 9, 1964: solar, partial; July 10, 1972: solar, total; July 11, 1953: solar, partial; July 11, 1991: solar, total; July 11, 2010: solar, total; July 15, 1973: lunar, penumbral; July 16, 1954: lunar, partial; July 16, 2000: lunar, total; July 17, 1962: lunar, penumbral; July 17, 1981: lunar, partial; July 20, 1963: solar, total; July 20, 1982: solar, partial; July 22, 1971: solar, partial; July 22, 1990: solar, total; July 22, 2009: solar, total; July 26, 1953: lunar, total; July 26, 1972: lunar, partial; July 26, 1991: lunar, penumbral; July 27, 1980: lunar, penumbral; July 28, 1999: lunar, partial; July 31, 1962: solar, annular; July 31, 1981: solar, total; July 31, 2000: solar, partial.
Who you tend to match with
Cancer: closest Pisces, Virgo and Scorpio; hardest Libra.
Leo: closest Sagittarius, Aries and Gemini; hardest Scorpio.
How these dates are worked out
We take each position from astronomy-engine, the open-source astronomy library behind our birth charts, at noon UTC on the date, in the tropical zodiac our charts use. Changes of sign and New and Full Moons are searched to the minute in UTC, and eclipses are dated by the moment they peak. If you were born close to a change, your birth time and place decide. How we calculate the sky shows the checks.