In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 11 of 32 in the sign
July 1 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 1 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 9°40′ into the sign, 10 days past its start and 21 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,855 #72 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 182nd 183rd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 9°40′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 1 among the 366 days
July 1 averages 11,855 births a day in the US — the 72nd most common of the 366 dates, 4.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Venus-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Venus
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun at noon, 2026
9°40′
Venus softens the sign toward attachment and taste, aiming the same drives at being liked. In its first ten degrees Cancer shows in its rawest form: Gemini has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
July 1 birthday personality
People born on July 1 are Cancer, and the sign is read as protection, memory and deep attachment. Reads emotional undercurrents accurately and looks after people without being asked.
The 1st is the only birthday that is a single, unmixed 1, and numerologists read it as initiative with nothing diluting it. The gift is starting: seeing that something needs doing and doing it before a committee forms. Birthday number 1 in full →
At work
Good in roles requiring care and institutional memory. Sensitive to hostile environments.
Stone and flower
The July birthstone is ruby (red), and the month's flowers are the larkspur and water lily.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for July 1. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Cancer 8.91° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 8.68° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 9.4° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 9.17° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 8.95° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 8.72° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 9.44° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Cancer 9.21° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 8.98° | 11 | Leo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 8.75° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 9.47° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 9.24° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 1942 | Cancer 9.01° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 8.78° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 9.5° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 9.26° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 9.03° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 8.81° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 9.53° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 9.3° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 9.07° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 8.84° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 9.57° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 9.34° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1954 | Cancer 9.11° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1955 | Cancer 8.88° | 1 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 9.6° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 9.37° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 9.14° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 8.91° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 9.63° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 9.4° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 9.16° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 8.94° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 9.66° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 9.42° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 9.2° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1967 | Cancer 8.96° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 9.69° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 9.46° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mars |
| 1970 | Cancer 9.23° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 9.01° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 9.73° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 9.5° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 9.27° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury |
| 1975 | Cancer 9.04° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 9.76° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 9.53° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 9.29° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 9.07° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 9.78° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 1981 | Cancer 9.55° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 1982 | Cancer 9.32° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 9.09° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1984 | Cancer 9.82° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Cancer 9.59° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 9.36° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 9.14° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 9.85° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 9.62° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 9.4° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 9.16° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 9.89° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 9.66° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 9.42° | 4 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 9.2° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Cancer 9.92° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 9.68° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 9.46° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 9.22° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 2000 | Cancer 9.94° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 9.71° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 9.48° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 9.26° | 4 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 9.98° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 9.74° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 9.52° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Cancer 9.29° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 10.01° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 9.79° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 9.56° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 9.33° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 10.05° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 2013 | Cancer 9.81° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2014 | Cancer 9.59° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 9.35° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 10.07° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 9.84° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 9.61° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 9.38° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 10.11° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 9.87° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 9.65° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 9.42° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 10.14° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 9.91° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 9.68° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 9.45° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 2028 | Cancer 10.17° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 9.94° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of July 1
Day of the year
183 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2007, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2026, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1939, 1958, 1977, 1996, 2007, 2015
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Crescent · 20 years
Counted for July 1 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Cancer
life path 7
2007
Cancer
life path 8
2008
Cancer
life path 9
2009
Cancer
life path 1
2010
Cancer
life path 11
2011
Cancer
life path 3
2012
Cancer
life path 4
2013
Cancer
life path 5
2014
Cancer
life path 6
2015
Cancer
life path 7
2016
Cancer
life path 8
2017
Cancer
life path 9
2018
Cancer
life path 1
2019
Cancer
life path 11
2020
Cancer
life path 3
2021
Cancer
life path 4
2022
Cancer
life path 5
2023
Cancer
life path 6
2024
Cancer
life path 7
2025
Cancer
life path 8
2026
Cancer
life path 9
2027
Cancer
life path 1
2028
Cancer
life path 11
2029
Cancer
life path 3
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
3
12 years · 12%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; every other number, 11 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about July 1 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 1?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 9°40′ Cancer on July 1, 10 days after the sign begins and 21 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 1 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 1?
The 1st decan of Cancer, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Venus in the Chaldean order.
Can July 1 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019 and 2028.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 1 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-1/
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