Settled date · day 22 of 32 in the sign

12 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 20.17° of Cancer
Day within the sign 22 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Moon-ruled decan of Cancer

Decan 3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler Moon
Sign ruler Moon
Sun on this date 20.17°

Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 12 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 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 19.43° 9 Cancer Pushya 1 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 19.2° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Saturn
1936 Cancer 19.92° 11 Taurus Ashwini 3 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 19.69° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Jupiter
1938 Cancer 19.46° 4 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 19.23° 5 Taurus Krittika 1 Mars
1940 Cancer 19.96° 6 Libra Chitra 2 Mercury Venus
1941 Cancer 19.73° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Mercury
1942 Cancer 19.5° 8 Cancer Ardra 3
1943 Cancer 19.26° 9 Scorpio Swati 4
1944 Cancer 19.99° 1 Aries Revati 2
1945 Cancer 19.76° 11 Leo Magha 1
1946 Cancer 19.53° 3 Sagittarius Mula 2
1947 Cancer 19.3° 4 Taurus Ashwini 3 Mercury Jupiter
1948 Cancer 20.02° 5 Libra Hasta 2 Venus Jupiter
1949 Cancer 19.79° 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 19.82° 1 Leo Pushya 3 Mercury
1954 Cancer 19.59° 11 Sagittarius Anuradha 4 Mercury Mars
1955 Cancer 19.36° 3 Aries Revati 2 Saturn
1956 Cancer 20.08° 4 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Venus Saturn
1957 Cancer 19.85° 5 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Saturn
1958 Cancer 19.62° 6 Taurus Krittika 3 Saturn
1959 Cancer 19.39° 7 Libra Hasta 1 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 20.12° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 19.89° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 19.66° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 19.43° 11 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1964 Cancer 20.15° 3 Virgo Magha 3 Saturn
1965 Cancer 19.92° 4 Capricorn Mula 4 Saturn
1966 Cancer 19.69° 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 20.21° 11 Leo Ashlesha 1 Jupiter
1973 Cancer 19.98° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Mercury Jupiter
1974 Cancer 19.75° 4 Aries Revati 3 Jupiter
1975 Cancer 19.52° 5 Virgo Magha 4
1976 Cancer 20.24° 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 20.28° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury
1981 Cancer 20.05° 11 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1982 Cancer 19.82° 3 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1
1983 Cancer 19.59° 4 Leo Ashlesha 3 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 20.31° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1985 Cancer 20.08° 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 19.88° 11 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Saturn
1991 Cancer 19.65° 3 Cancer Pushya 1 Saturn
1992 Cancer 20.37° 4 Sagittarius Mula 1 Saturn
1993 Cancer 20.14° 5 Aries Ashwini 1 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 19.91° 6 Virgo Magha 4 Saturn
1995 Cancer 19.68° 7 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Jupiter Saturn
1996 Cancer 20.41° 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 20.44° 3 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Mercury
2001 Cancer 20.21° 4 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Mars
2002 Cancer 19.98° 5 Leo Ashlesha 2
2003 Cancer 19.75° 6 Capricorn Mula 3
2004 Cancer 20.47° 7 Taurus Krittika 2
2005 Cancer 20.24° 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 20.04° 4 Cancer Pushya 1
2011 Cancer 19.81° 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 20.57° 1 Libra Chitra 3 Saturn
2017 Cancer 20.34° 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 20.6° 5 Aries Revati 2 Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 20.37° 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 4
2028 Cancer 20.66° 4 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
2029 Cancer 20.43° 5 Leo Pushya 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 12 July

Day of the year 194 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 18 of 100 years (18%)
Most recent of those 1993, 2000, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in 5 years — 1938, 1957, 1976, 1995, 2014
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 19 years

Every figure here is specific to 12 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 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 column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 5 with 12 years; the scarcest is 4 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

12 July sits 21 days past the start of Cancer and reached 20.17° 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.