In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Boundary date · 14 switches since 1930
July 22 zodiac sign: Cancer or Leo?
The July 22 zodiac sign is Cancer in 93% of years from 1930 to 2029 and Leo in 7% — the date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year.
- Sun sign
- Cancer 93% of years · Leo 7%
- US births a day
- 11,642 #105 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 203rd 204th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 29°42′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 22 among the 366 days
July 22 averages 11,642 births a day in the US — the 105th most common of the 366 dates, 2.6% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Which sign, by birth year
- Cancer at midday UTC
- Leo at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Cancer at midday UTC in 93 years and Leo in 7: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 and 2028. In 43 of the years — dotted — the Sun entered Leo during July 22 itself, so a birth that day can be either sign depending on the hour.
- Cancer
- Leo
- 2026
The bar is the whole of July 22 in UTC; where its color changes, the Sun crossed into Leo, so a birth after that minute is Leo. The time on the right is that minute.
- 16 of these 21 years had the change inside July 22 itself, so the hour of birth decides — from as early as 6:05 AM UTC in 2032 to as late as 9:41 PM in 2014.
- In 2015, 2019, 2023, 2027 and 2031 the whole day was still Cancer: the Sun reached Leo only on July 23.
- Two sites can give two different signs for July 22 because both print a fixed range, and no fixed range is right in every year — the noon sign here flipped 14 times between 1930 and 2029.
Moon-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun at noon, 2026
29°42′
July 22 closes Cancer in 2026, inside the Moon decan — the Sun moves on to Leo at 7:13 PM UTC on July 22.
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 22 birthday personality
People born on July 22 are Cancer in most years, and the sign is read as protection, memory and deep attachment. Reads emotional undercurrents accurately and looks after people without being asked.
The 22nd is the master builder's birthday. It reduces to 4, but numerologists treat 22 as a master number: the practicality of the 4 joined to the vision of the 11. Birthday number 22 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 22. 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 28.94° | 33 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 28.71° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 29.43° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 29.2° | 9 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 28.98° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 28.75° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 29.47° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 29.24° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Cancer 29.01° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 28.78° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 29.5° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Cancer 29.27° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 29.04° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 28.8° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 29.53° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 29.29° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 29.06° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Cancer 28.84° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Cancer 29.56° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 29.33° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 29.11° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 28.87° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 29.6° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 29.37° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 29.13° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 28.91° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1956 | Cancer 29.63° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 29.39° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 29.17° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 28.94° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 29.66° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 29.43° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 29.19° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 28.97° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 29.69° | 4 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 29.45° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 29.23° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 29° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1968 | Cancer 29.72° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 29.49° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 29.26° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 29.04° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 29.76° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 29.53° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 29.3° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 29.07° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 29.79° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 29.56° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 29.32° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 29.09° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Cancer 29.81° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 29.58° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 29.35° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 29.12° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 29.84° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 29.62° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 29.39° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 29.16° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 29.89° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 29.65° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 29.43° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 29.2° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 29.91° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 29.69° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 29.46° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 29.22° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 29.95° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Cancer 29.71° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 29.49° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter |
| 1999 | Cancer 29.25° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Cancer 29.97° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2001 | Cancer 29.74° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 2002 | Cancer 29.51° | 33 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 29.28° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2004 | Leo 0.01° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 29.77° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 29.55° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 29.32° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Leo 0.04° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 29.82° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 29.59° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 29.36° | 33 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2012 | Leo 0.08° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Cancer 29.84° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2014 | Cancer 29.61° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2015 | Cancer 29.38° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Leo 0.1° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 29.87° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 29.64° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 29.41° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 0.13° | 33 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 29.9° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 29.68° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 29.45° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 0.17° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 29.94° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Cancer 29.71° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 29.48° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 2028 | Leo 0.2° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 29.97° | 33 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
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 22
Day of the year
204 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
1999, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1937, 1956, 1967, 1975, 1994, 2013
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for July 22 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 1
2007
Cancer
life path 11
2008
Leo
life path 3
2009
Cancer
life path 4
2010
Cancer
life path 5
2011
Cancer
life path 33
2012
Leo
life path 7
2013
Cancer
life path 8
2014
Cancer
life path 9
2015
Cancer
life path 1
2016
Leo
life path 11
2017
Cancer
life path 3
2018
Cancer
life path 4
2019
Cancer
life path 5
2020
Leo
life path 33
2021
Cancer
life path 7
2022
Cancer
life path 8
2023
Cancer
life path 9
2024
Leo
life path 1
2025
Cancer
life path 11
2026
Cancer
life path 3
2027
Cancer
life path 4
2028
Leo
life path 5
2029
Cancer
life path 33
The sign changes from one year to the next in some of these tiles — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
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%
5
11 years · 11%
6
7 years · 7%
33
5 years · 5%
The most frequent is 7 with 11 years, tied with 7 other numbers; the scarcest is 33 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 11 of those years, 33 in 5 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer moves
There is no third sign and no blend — at your moment of birth the Sun was one side of the boundary or the other. For July 22 that came out Cancer in 93% of years and Leo in 7%. The noon sign switched 14 times between 1930 and 2029; the last three switches fall in 2025, 2028 and 2029.
Questions about July 22 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 22?
Usually Cancer: 93% of years from 1930 to 2029. In the other 7% of years (the last of them 2028) the Sun had already reached Leo by midday UTC, and in 43 of the 100 years it changed sign during the day itself, so the birth hour decides.
What life path numbers does July 22 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (11 years, tied with 7 other numbers); the rarest is 33 (5).
Which decan is July 22?
In 2026, the 3rd decan of Cancer, 20° to 30°, sub-ruled by the Moon in the Chaldean order.
Can July 22 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 11 of the 100 years: 1935, 1944, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2016 and 2025; 33, in 5 of the 100 years: 1930, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 22 Zodiac Sign: Cancer or Leo? It Depends on Your Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-22/
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