In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 27 of 32 in the sign
July 17 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 17 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 24°56′ into the sign, 26 days past its start and 5 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,018 #42 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 198th 199th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 24°56′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 17 among the 366 days
July 17 averages 12,018 births a day in the US — the 42nd most common of the 366 dates, 5.9% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 17 falls on day 6 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
24°56′
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 17 birthday personality
People born on July 17 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 17th reduces to 8 and blends 1 (initiative) with 7 (analysis). Numerologists read it as ambition backed by research: those born on this day tend to study a field thoroughly, plan carefully and then act with real decisiveness. Birthday number 17 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 17. 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 24.16° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 23.94° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 24.66° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 24.43° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 24.21° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 23.97° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 24.7° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 24.47° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Cancer 24.24° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 24.01° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 24.73° | 2 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 24.49° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 24.27° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 24.03° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 24.75° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 24.52° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 24.29° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 24.06° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Cancer 24.79° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 24.55° | 2 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 24.33° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 24.1° | 22 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 24.82° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 24.6° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 24.36° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 24.14° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 24.86° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 24.62° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 24.4° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 24.17° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 24.88° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 24.66° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 24.42° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 24.19° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 24.92° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 24.68° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 24.45° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 24.22° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 24.94° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 24.72° | 22 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 24.49° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 24.26° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 24.99° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 24.75° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 24.53° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 24.3° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 25.02° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 24.79° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 24.55° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 24.32° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 25.04° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 24.81° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 24.58° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 24.35° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 25.07° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 24.84° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 24.62° | 3 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 24.39° | 22 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 25.11° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 24.88° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 24.65° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 24.43° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 25.14° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 24.91° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 24.69° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 24.45° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 25.17° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 24.94° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 24.71° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 24.48° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Cancer 25.2° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 24.97° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 24.74° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 24.51° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 25.23° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 25° | 22 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 24.78° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 24.55° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 25.27° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 25.04° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 24.82° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 24.59° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 25.31° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Cancer 25.07° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Cancer 24.84° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 24.61° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 25.33° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 25.1° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 24.87° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 24.64° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 25.36° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 25.13° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 24.91° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 24.68° | 22 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 25.4° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 25.17° | 6 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Cancer 24.94° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 24.71° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 25.43° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 25.2° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 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 17
Day of the year
199 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
7 years — 1932, 1943, 1962, 1981, 2000, 2008, 2019
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Counted for July 17 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 5
2007
Cancer
life path 6
2008
Cancer
life path 7
2009
Cancer
life path 8
2010
Cancer
life path 9
2011
Cancer
life path 1
2012
Cancer
life path 2
2013
Cancer
life path 3
2014
Cancer
life path 22
2015
Cancer
life path 5
2016
Cancer
life path 6
2017
Cancer
life path 7
2018
Cancer
life path 8
2019
Cancer
life path 9
2020
Cancer
life path 1
2021
Cancer
life path 2
2022
Cancer
life path 3
2023
Cancer
life path 22
2024
Cancer
life path 5
2025
Cancer
life path 6
2026
Cancer
life path 7
2027
Cancer
life path 8
2028
Cancer
life path 9
2029
Cancer
life path 1
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
1
12 years · 12%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
22
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 1 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 17 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 17?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 24°56′ Cancer on July 17, 26 days after the sign begins and 5 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 17 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 1 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 17?
The 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 17 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1933, 1942, 1951, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2014 and 2023.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 17 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-17/
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