In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Near a boundary · day 31 of 32 in the sign
July 21 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 21 zodiac sign is Cancer at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029 — but not at every hour: in 7 of those 100 years a birth at the end of the day, in time zones well behind Greenwich, had the Sun already in Leo.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,715 #89 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 202nd 203rd in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 28°45′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 21 among the 366 days
July 21 averages 11,715 births a day in the US — the 89th most common of the 366 dates, 3.2% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 21 falls on day 10 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
28°45′
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 21 birthday personality
People born on July 21 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 21st reduces to 3 and combines 2 (sensitivity) with 1 (originality). Numerologists read it as sociable creativity: those born on this day are imaginative, expressive and good at connecting with people, frequently with a talent for writing, speaking or performing. Birthday number 21 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 21. 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 27.98° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 27.76° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 28.48° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 28.25° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 28.02° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 27.79° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 28.52° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 28.29° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Cancer 28.05° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 27.83° | 5 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 28.55° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Cancer 28.31° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 28.09° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 27.85° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 28.57° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 28.34° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 28.11° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Cancer 27.88° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Cancer 28.6° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 28.37° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 28.15° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 27.92° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 28.64° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 28.41° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 28.18° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 27.95° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1956 | Cancer 28.67° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 28.44° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 28.22° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 27.98° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 28.7° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 28.47° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 28.24° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 28.01° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 28.73° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 28.5° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 28.27° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 28.04° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1968 | Cancer 28.76° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 28.54° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 28.31° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 28.08° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 28.81° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 28.57° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 28.35° | 4 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 28.12° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 28.83° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 28.61° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 28.37° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 28.14° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Cancer 28.86° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 28.62° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 28.4° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 28.17° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 28.89° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 28.66° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 28.43° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 28.21° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 28.93° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 28.7° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 28.47° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 28.24° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 28.96° | 4 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 28.73° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 28.5° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 28.27° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 28.99° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Cancer 28.76° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 28.53° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1999 | Cancer 28.3° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Cancer 29.02° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2001 | Cancer 28.79° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2002 | Cancer 28.56° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 28.33° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 29.05° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 28.82° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 28.6° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 28.37° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 29.09° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 28.86° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 28.63° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 28.4° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 29.12° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Cancer 28.89° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2014 | Cancer 28.66° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 2015 | Cancer 28.43° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 29.14° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 28.92° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 28.69° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 28.46° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 29.18° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 28.95° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 28.72° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 28.49° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 29.22° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 28.99° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Cancer 28.76° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 28.53° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 29.25° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 29.02° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 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 21
Day of the year
203 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1999, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1948, 1967, 1986, 2005, 2024
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 21 years
Counted for July 21 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 →
Why the answer almost always holds
July 21 sits 30 days past the start of Cancer and reached 28°45′ this year — close enough to the end of the sign that the hour starts to count: in 7 of those 100 years a birth at the end of the day, in time zones well behind Greenwich, had the Sun already in Leo. At midday it is Cancer in every year tested, so on this date the question worth asking is the birth time, not the birth year.
Questions about July 21 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 21?
Cancer at midday in every year from 1930 to 2029, but not at every hour: in 7 of those 100 years a birth at the end of the day, in time zones well behind Greenwich, had the Sun already in Leo.
What life path numbers does July 21 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 21?
The 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 21 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 21 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, but the Hour Can Matter.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-21/
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