In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 25 of 32 in the sign
July 15 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 15 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 23°01′ into the sign, 24 days past its start and 7 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,743 #84 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 196th 197th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 23°01′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 15 among the 366 days
July 15 averages 11,743 births a day in the US — the 84th most common of the 366 dates, 3.5% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 15 falls on day 4 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
23°01′
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 15 birthday personality
People born on July 15 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 15th reduces to 6 and combines 1 (independence) with 5 (freedom). Numerologists read it as a caring birthday with unusual magnetism: people are drawn to a 15th-born, and the 15th-born tends to take responsibility for them. Birthday number 15 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 15. 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 22.26° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 22.03° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 22.75° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 22.52° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 22.3° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 22.07° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 22.79° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 22.56° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 22.33° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 22.1° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 22.82° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 22.58° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 22.36° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 22.13° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 22.84° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 22.61° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 22.38° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 22.15° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 22.88° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 22.65° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 22.42° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 22.2° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 22.92° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 22.69° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 22.46° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 22.23° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 22.95° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 22.71° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 22.49° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 22.26° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 22.98° | 2 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 22.75° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 22.51° | 22 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 22.28° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 23.01° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 22.77° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 22.55° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 22.32° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 23.04° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 22.81° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 22.58° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 22.35° | 22 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 23.08° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 22.85° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 22.62° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 22.39° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 23.11° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 22.88° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 22.65° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 22.41° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 23.13° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 22.9° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 22.67° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 22.44° | 7 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 23.16° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 22.94° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 22.71° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 22.48° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 23.21° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 22.97° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 22.75° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 22.52° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 23.24° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 23° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 22.78° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 22.55° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 23.27° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 23.03° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 22.8° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 22.57° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Cancer 23.29° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 23.06° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 22.83° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 22.6° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 23.32° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 23.1° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 22.87° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 22.64° | 22 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 23.37° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 23.13° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 22.91° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 22.68° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 23.4° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Cancer 23.16° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Cancer 22.93° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 22.7° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 23.42° | 22 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 23.19° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 22.96° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 22.73° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 23.45° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 23.22° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 23° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 22.77° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 23.49° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 23.26° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Cancer 23.03° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 22.8° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 23.52° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 23.29° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 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 July 15
Day of the year
197 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2000, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1935, 1954, 1973, 1992, 2000, 2011
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for July 15 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 3
2007
Cancer
life path 22
2008
Cancer
life path 5
2009
Cancer
life path 6
2010
Cancer
life path 7
2011
Cancer
life path 8
2012
Cancer
life path 9
2013
Cancer
life path 1
2014
Cancer
life path 2
2015
Cancer
life path 3
2016
Cancer
life path 22
2017
Cancer
life path 5
2018
Cancer
life path 6
2019
Cancer
life path 7
2020
Cancer
life path 8
2021
Cancer
life path 9
2022
Cancer
life path 1
2023
Cancer
life path 2
2024
Cancer
life path 3
2025
Cancer
life path 22
2026
Cancer
life path 5
2027
Cancer
life path 6
2028
Cancer
life path 7
2029
Cancer
life path 8
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
8
12 years · 12%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; every other number, 22 included, turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about July 15 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 15?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 23°01′ Cancer on July 15, 24 days after the sign begins and 7 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 15 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 8 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 15?
The 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 15 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 15 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-15/
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