In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 22 of 32 in the sign
July 12 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 12 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 20°10′ into the sign, 21 days past its start and 10 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,914 #64 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 193rd 194th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 20°10′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 12 among the 366 days
July 12 averages 11,914 births a day in the US — the 64th most common of the 366 dates, 5.0% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 12 falls on day 1 of the Moon decan (12–July 22, 2026).
Moon-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun at noon, 2026
20°10′
The Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The last ten degrees of Cancer already turn toward Leo, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Personality
July 12 birthday personality
People born on July 12 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 12th reduces to 3 and is built from a 1 and a 2 — independence and cooperation. Numerologists read the combination as creative expression with a strong sense of audience: someone who can generate original ideas and then present them in a way others accept. Birthday number 12 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 12. 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 19.4° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 19.17° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 19.89° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 19.66° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 19.44° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 19.21° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 19.93° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 19.7° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 19.47° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 19.24° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 19.96° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 19.72° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury |
| 1942 | Cancer 19.5° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 19.27° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 19.98° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 19.75° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 19.52° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 19.29° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 20.02° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 19.78° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 19.56° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 19.33° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 20.05° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 19.83° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 19.6° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 19.37° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 20.09° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 19.85° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 19.63° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 19.4° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 20.11° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 19.88° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 19.65° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 19.42° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 20.15° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 19.91° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 19.68° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 19.46° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 20.18° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 19.95° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 19.72° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 19.49° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 20.22° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 19.99° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 19.76° | 4 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 19.53° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 20.25° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 20.01° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 19.78° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 19.55° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 20.27° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 20.04° | 11 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 19.81° | 3 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 19.58° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 20.3° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Cancer 20.07° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 19.85° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 19.62° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 20.34° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 20.11° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 19.89° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 19.65° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 20.38° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 20.14° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 19.92° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 19.69° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 20.4° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 20.17° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 19.94° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 19.71° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 2000 | Cancer 20.43° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 20.2° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 19.97° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 19.74° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 20.46° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 20.23° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 20.01° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 19.78° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 20.5° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 20.27° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 20.05° | 4 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 19.82° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 20.53° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2013 | Cancer 20.3° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Cancer 20.07° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 19.84° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 20.56° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 20.33° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 20.1° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 19.87° | 4 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 20.59° | 5 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 20.36° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 20.14° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 19.91° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 20.63° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 20.4° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 20.17° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 19.94° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 20.66° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 20.43° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 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 12
Day of the year
194 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
18 of 100 years
(18%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1993, 2000, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1938, 1957, 1976, 1984, 1995, 2014
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for July 12 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 9
2007
Cancer
life path 1
2008
Cancer
life path 11
2009
Cancer
life path 3
2010
Cancer
life path 4
2011
Cancer
life path 5
2012
Cancer
life path 6
2013
Cancer
life path 7
2014
Cancer
life path 8
2015
Cancer
life path 9
2016
Cancer
life path 1
2017
Cancer
life path 11
2018
Cancer
life path 3
2019
Cancer
life path 4
2020
Cancer
life path 5
2021
Cancer
life path 6
2022
Cancer
life path 7
2023
Cancer
life path 8
2024
Cancer
life path 9
2025
Cancer
life path 1
2026
Cancer
life path 11
2027
Cancer
life path 3
2028
Cancer
life path 4
2029
Cancer
life path 5
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
5
12 years · 12%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
11
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 5 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 12 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 12?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 20°10′ Cancer on July 12, 21 days after the sign begins and 10 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 12 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 12?
The 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 12 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2026.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 12 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-12/
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