2014 · sign changed at 21:43 UTC on this day
Born before 21:43 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
Boundary date · 14 switches since 1930
22 July — Cancer or Leo?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Cancer in 93% of years and Leo in 7%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015
Cancer all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2016 · sign changed at 09:18 UTC on this day
Born before 09:18 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2017 · sign changed at 15:06 UTC on this day
Born before 15:06 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2018 · sign changed at 20:54 UTC on this day
Born before 20:54 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2019
Cancer all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2020 · sign changed at 08:30 UTC on this day
Born before 08:30 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2021 · sign changed at 14:18 UTC on this day
Born before 14:18 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2022 · sign changed at 20:06 UTC on this day
Born before 20:06 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2023
Cancer all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2024 · sign changed at 07:42 UTC on this day
Born before 07:42 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2025 · sign changed at 13:30 UTC on this day
Born before 13:30 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2026 · sign changed at 19:17 UTC on this day
Born before 19:17 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2027
Cancer all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2028 · sign changed at 06:53 UTC on this day
Born before 06:53 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2029 · sign changed at 12:41 UTC on this day
Born before 12:41 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2030 · sign changed at 18:29 UTC on this day
Born before 18:29 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2031
Cancer all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2032 · sign changed at 06:05 UTC on this day
Born before 06:05 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2033 · sign changed at 11:53 UTC on this day
Born before 11:53 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2034 · sign changed at 17:41 UTC on this day
Born before 17:41 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 22 July. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 14 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Moon-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler
Moon
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun on this date
29.71°
Moon pulls the sign inward, toward memory and mood, and makes it react before it decides. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 22 July. 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 28.97° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 28.74° | 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° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 28.77° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 1 | 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 28.81° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 29.53° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 29.3° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 29.07° | 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 29.1° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 28.87° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 29.59° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 29.36° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Cancer 29.13° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 28.9° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1956 | Cancer 29.63° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 29.4° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 29.16° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 28.93° | 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 29.2° | 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 29.46° | 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 29.03° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 29.75° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 29.52° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 29.29° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 29.06° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 29.79° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 29.56° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 29.33° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 29.09° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Cancer 29.82° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 29.59° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 29.36° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 29.13° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 29.85° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Cancer 29.62° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | 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 29.88° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 29.65° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 29.42° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 29.19° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 29.91° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 29.68° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 29.45° | 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 29.72° | 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 29.98° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2001 | Cancer 29.75° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 2002 | Cancer 29.52° | 33 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 29.29° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2004 | Leo 0.01° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 29.78° | 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 29.81° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 29.58° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 29.35° | 33 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2012 | Leo 0.07° | 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 0.11° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 29.88° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 29.65° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 29.41° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 0.14° | 33 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 29.91° | 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 22 July
Day of the year
204 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Most recent of those
1999, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
8 years — 1967, 1986, 1994, 2005, 2013
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Crescent · 19 years
Every figure here is specific to 22 July: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
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
Notice the sign column changing — 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; 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. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. 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 22 July that came out Cancer in 93% of years and Leo in 7%, switching 14 times since 1930. Most recently in 2025, 2028, 2029.