2014
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
Boundary date · 21 switches since 1930
23 July — Leo or Cancer?
This date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year. Across 1930–2029 it came out Leo in 85% of years and Cancer in 15%.
Which sign, by birth year
2015 · sign changed at 03:30 UTC on this day
Born before 03:30 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2016
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2017
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2018
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2019 · sign changed at 02:42 UTC on this day
Born before 02:42 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2020
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2021
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2022
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2023 · sign changed at 01:54 UTC on this day
Born before 01:54 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2024
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2025
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2026
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2027 · sign changed at 01:05 UTC on this day
Born before 01:05 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2028
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2029
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2030
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2031 · sign changed at 00:17 UTC on this day
Born before 00:17 → Cancer. Born after → Leo. This is the one case where your birth hour decides your sign.
2032
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2033
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
2034
Leo all day — the crossing fell on a different date that year.
This is why two sites give you two different signs for 23 July. Neither is lying — they are both publishing a fixed range, and a fixed range cannot be right for every year. The 21 switch years since 1930 are the proof.
Saturn-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Saturn
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun on this date
0.66°
Saturn narrows and hardens the sign; slower to commit, and more durable once it has. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for 23 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 29.9° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 29.66° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 0.39° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 0.16° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 29.93° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 29.7° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 0.42° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 0.19° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Cancer 29.96° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 29.73° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mars |
| 1940 | Leo 0.45° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury |
| 1941 | Leo 0.22° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1942 | Cancer 29.99° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 29.76° | 2 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1944 | Leo 0.49° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 0.25° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | — |
| 1946 | Leo 0.02° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury |
| 1947 | Cancer 29.79° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury |
| 1948 | Leo 0.52° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Leo 0.29° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 0.06° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 29.83° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1952 | Leo 0.55° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1953 | Leo 0.32° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mercury |
| 1954 | Leo 0.09° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 29.86° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 0.58° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1957 | Leo 0.35° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Leo 0.12° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 29.89° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 0.61° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 0.38° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 0.15° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 29.92° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 0.65° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 0.41° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 0.18° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 29.95° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1968 | Leo 0.68° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1969 | Leo 0.45° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 0.22° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 29.99° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1972 | Leo 0.71° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 0.48° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 0.25° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 0.02° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1976 | Leo 0.74° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 0.51° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 0.28° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1979 | Leo 0.05° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 1980 | Leo 0.77° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 0.54° | 4 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 0.31° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 0.08° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Leo 0.81° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 0.57° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Leo 0.34° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1987 | Leo 0.11° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 0.84° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 0.61° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 0.38° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 0.15° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 0.87° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 0.64° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 0.41° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 0.18° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 0.9° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 0.67° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Leo 0.44° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter |
| 1999 | Leo 0.21° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury |
| 2000 | Leo 0.93° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 0.7° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 0.47° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 0.24° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 2004 | Leo 0.97° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 2005 | Leo 0.73° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2006 | Leo 0.5° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Leo 0.27° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2008 | Leo 1° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 0.77° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 0.54° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 0.31° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2012 | Leo 1.03° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury |
| 2013 | Leo 0.8° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 0.57° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 0.34° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Leo 1.06° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Leo 0.83° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 0.6° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 0.37° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 1.09° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 0.86° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 0.63° | 9 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 0.4° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 1.13° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 0.9° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 0.66° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Leo 0.43° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2028 | Leo 1.16° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 0.93° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 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 23 July
Day of the year
205 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Most recent of those
2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
5 years — 1937, 1956, 1975, 1994, 2013
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 21 years
Every figure here is specific to 23 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
Leo
life path 2
2007
Leo
life path 3
2008
Leo
life path 4
2009
Leo
life path 5
2010
Leo
life path 6
2011
Leo
life path 7
2012
Leo
life path 8
2013
Leo
life path 9
2014
Leo
life path 1
2015
Leo
life path 2
2016
Leo
life path 3
2017
Leo
life path 4
2018
Leo
life path 5
2019
Leo
life path 6
2020
Leo
life path 7
2021
Leo
life path 8
2022
Leo
life path 9
2023
Leo
life path 1
2024
Leo
life path 2
2025
Leo
life path 3
2026
Leo
life path 4
2027
Leo
life path 5
2028
Leo
life path 6
2029
Leo
life path 7
Notice the sign column changing — that is the boundary at work.
Life path numbers this date produces
7
12 years · 12%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
2
11 years · 11%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 7 with 12 years; the scarcest is 6 with just 11. No master number is possible on this date at all — every year reduces to a single digit. That is not true of most dates, and it is a property of these two numbers rather than of anything astrological.
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 23 July that came out Leo in 85% of years and Cancer in 15%, switching 21 times since 1930. Most recently in 1968, 1971, 1972.