Settled date · day 20 of 32 in the sign

10 July — Cancer

Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Cancer this falls

Sun's degree on this date 18.26° of Cancer
Day within the sign 20 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Mercury-ruled decan of Cancer

Decan 2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler Mercury
Sign ruler Moon
Sun on this date 18.26°

Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 10 July. 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 17.49° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Saturn
1931 Cancer 17.26° 4 Taurus Bharani 3 Saturn
1932 Cancer 17.98° 5 Libra Hasta 3 Venus Saturn
1933 Cancer 17.75° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Saturn
1934 Cancer 17.52° 7 Cancer Ardra 2 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 17.29° 8 Scorpio Swati 2 Jupiter Saturn
1936 Cancer 18.02° 9 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 17.79° 1 Leo Ashlesha 3 Jupiter
1938 Cancer 17.56° 11 Sagittarius Mula 1 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 17.33° 3 Aries Ashwini 1 Mars
1940 Cancer 18.05° 4 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Mercury Venus
1941 Cancer 17.82° 5 Aquarius Shravana 2 Mercury
1942 Cancer 17.59° 6 Gemini Rohini 4
1943 Cancer 17.36° 7 Libra Hasta 4
1944 Cancer 18.08° 8 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2
1945 Cancer 17.85° 9 Cancer Pushya 1
1946 Cancer 17.62° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 3
1947 Cancer 17.39° 11 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Jupiter
1948 Cancer 18.11° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Venus Jupiter
1949 Cancer 17.88° 4 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Jupiter
1950 Cancer 17.65° 5 Taurus Krittika 2 Jupiter
1951 Cancer 17.42° 6 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3
1952 Cancer 18.14° 7 Aquarius Shatabhisha 1
1953 Cancer 17.91° 8 Cancer Ardra 4
1954 Cancer 17.68° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Mercury Mars
1955 Cancer 17.45° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Saturn
1956 Cancer 18.18° 11 Leo Ashlesha 4 Venus Saturn
1957 Cancer 17.95° 3 Capricorn Mula 3 Saturn
1958 Cancer 17.72° 4 Taurus Ashwini 4 Saturn
1959 Cancer 17.49° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 18.21° 6 Aquarius Shravana 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 17.98° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 17.75° 8 Libra Chitra 3 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 17.52° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Saturn
1964 Cancer 18.24° 1 Leo Pushya 2 Venus Saturn
1965 Cancer 18.01° 11 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Saturn
1966 Cancer 17.78° 3 Aries Revati 1
1967 Cancer 17.55° 4 Leo Ashlesha 4 Mercury
1968 Cancer 18.27° 5 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
1969 Cancer 18.04° 6 Gemini Krittika 4
1970 Cancer 17.81° 7 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4
1971 Cancer 17.58° 8 Aquarius Shravana 4 Jupiter
1972 Cancer 18.31° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Jupiter
1973 Cancer 18.07° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Mercury Jupiter
1974 Cancer 17.84° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Jupiter
1975 Cancer 17.61° 3 Leo Pushya 3
1976 Cancer 18.34° 4 Capricorn Mula 4
1977 Cancer 18.11° 5 Taurus Bharani 3
1978 Cancer 17.88° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3
1979 Cancer 17.65° 7 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2
1980 Cancer 18.37° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Mercury
1981 Cancer 18.14° 9 Scorpio Swati 1
1982 Cancer 17.91° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 2
1983 Cancer 17.68° 11 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 18.4° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Jupiter Saturn
1985 Cancer 18.17° 4 Aries Revati 4 Jupiter Saturn
1986 Cancer 17.94° 5 Leo Magha 1 Mercury Mars Saturn
1987 Cancer 17.71° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Mercury Saturn
1988 Cancer 18.43° 7 Gemini Rohini 2 Saturn
1989 Cancer 18.2° 8 Libra Hasta 3 Saturn
1990 Cancer 17.97° 9 Aquarius Shravana 4 Saturn
1991 Cancer 17.74° 1 Gemini Mrigashira 4 Saturn
1992 Cancer 18.47° 11 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Saturn
1993 Cancer 18.24° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 18° 4 Leo Pushya 4 Saturn
1995 Cancer 17.77° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Jupiter Saturn
1996 Cancer 18.5° 6 Taurus Krittika 1 Jupiter
1997 Cancer 18.27° 7 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Jupiter
1998 Cancer 18.04° 8 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3
1999 Cancer 17.81° 9 Gemini Rohini 3
2000 Cancer 18.53° 1 Scorpio Swati 4 Mercury
2001 Cancer 18.3° 11 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Mars
2002 Cancer 18.07° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 2
2003 Cancer 17.84° 4 Sagittarius Anuradha 2
2004 Cancer 18.56° 5 Taurus Ashwini 3
2005 Cancer 18.33° 6 Virgo Magha 3
2006 Cancer 18.1° 7 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Mercury
2007 Cancer 17.87° 8 Taurus Krittika 2 Jupiter
2008 Cancer 18.59° 9 Libra Chitra 2 Jupiter
2009 Cancer 18.36° 1 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Jupiter
2010 Cancer 18.13° 11 Cancer Mrigashira 4
2011 Cancer 17.9° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 1
2012 Cancer 18.63° 4 Aries Revati 1
2013 Cancer 18.4° 5 Leo Ashlesha 1 Mercury
2014 Cancer 18.17° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Saturn
2015 Cancer 17.94° 7 Taurus Bharani 1 Saturn
2016 Cancer 18.66° 8 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Saturn
2017 Cancer 18.43° 9 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Saturn
2018 Cancer 18.2° 1 Gemini Rohini 3 Mars Jupiter Saturn
2019 Cancer 17.97° 11 Scorpio Swati 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2020 Cancer 18.69° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 18.46° 4 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Cancer 18.23° 5 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Saturn
2023 Cancer 18° 6 Aries Revati 4 Saturn
2024 Cancer 18.72° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Saturn
2025 Cancer 18.49° 8 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
2026 Cancer 18.26° 9 Taurus Krittika 1 Mercury
2027 Cancer 18.03° 1 Libra Hasta 4
2028 Cancer 18.75° 11 Pisces Dhanishta 4
2029 Cancer 18.52° 3 Cancer Ardra 2

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 10 July

Day of the year 192 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 2000, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in 7 years — 1968, 1979, 1987, 2006, 2025
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 10 July: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →

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 column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 3 with 12 years; the scarcest is 11 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

10 July sits 19 days past the start of Cancer and reached 18.26° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.