In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 28 of 32 in the sign
July 18 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 18 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 25°53′ into the sign, 27 days past its start and 4 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 12,192 #23 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 199th 200th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 25°53′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 18 among the 366 days
July 18 averages 12,192 births a day in the US — the 23rd most common of the 366 dates, 7.4% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 18 falls on day 7 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
25°53′
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 18 birthday personality
People born on July 18 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 18th reduces to 9 and is made of 1 (leadership) and 8 (organization). Numerologists read it as humanitarian ambition: those born on this day want to make a real difference and are capable of organizing people and resources to do it. Birthday number 18 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 18. 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 25.12° | 2 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 24.89° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 25.61° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 25.38° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 25.16° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 24.93° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 25.65° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 25.42° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Cancer 25.19° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 24.96° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 25.68° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 25.45° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 25.22° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 24.99° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 25.71° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 25.48° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 25.24° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 25.02° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Cancer 25.74° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 25.51° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 25.29° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 25.06° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 25.78° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 25.55° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 25.32° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 25.09° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 25.81° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 25.58° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 25.35° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 25.12° | 22 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 25.84° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 25.61° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 25.38° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 25.15° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 25.87° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 25.63° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 25.41° | 11 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 25.18° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 25.9° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 25.67° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 25.44° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 25.22° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 25.94° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 25.71° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 25.48° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 25.25° | 11 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 25.97° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 25.74° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 25.51° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 25.27° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Cancer 26° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 25.76° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 25.53° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 25.31° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 26.02° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 25.8° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 25.57° | 22 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 25.34° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 26.07° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 25.83° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 25.61° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 25.38° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 26.1° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 25.87° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 25.64° | 3 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 25.41° | 22 | Aries | Revati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 26.13° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 25.89° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 25.67° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1999 | Cancer 25.44° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Cancer 26.15° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2001 | Cancer 25.92° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 25.7° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 25.46° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 26.19° | 22 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 25.96° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 25.73° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 25.51° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 26.23° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 26° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 25.77° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 25.54° | 2 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 26.26° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Cancer 26.03° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Cancer 25.8° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 25.56° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 26.28° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 26.05° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 25.82° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 25.59° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 26.32° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 26.09° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 25.86° | 22 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 25.63° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 26.35° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 26.12° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Cancer 25.89° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 25.66° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 26.38° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 26.15° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
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 18
Day of the year
200 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1932, 1940, 1951, 1970, 1989, 2008, 2027
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 20 years
Counted for July 18 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 6
2007
Cancer
life path 7
2008
Cancer
life path 8
2009
Cancer
life path 9
2010
Cancer
life path 1
2011
Cancer
life path 2
2012
Cancer
life path 3
2013
Cancer
life path 22
2014
Cancer
life path 5
2015
Cancer
life path 6
2016
Cancer
life path 7
2017
Cancer
life path 8
2018
Cancer
life path 9
2019
Cancer
life path 1
2020
Cancer
life path 2
2021
Cancer
life path 3
2022
Cancer
life path 22
2023
Cancer
life path 5
2024
Cancer
life path 6
2025
Cancer
life path 7
2026
Cancer
life path 8
2027
Cancer
life path 9
2028
Cancer
life path 1
2029
Cancer
life path 2
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
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%
1
11 years · 11%
11
7 years · 7%
2
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 3 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 22 in 11 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about July 18 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 18?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 25°53′ Cancer on July 18, 27 days after the sign begins and 4 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 18 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 3 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 2 (5).
Which decan is July 18?
The 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 18 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 7 of the 100 years: 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984 and 1993; 22, in 11 of the 100 years: 1932, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2022.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 18 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-18/
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