In love
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Boundary date · 21 switches since 1930
July 23 zodiac sign: Leo or Cancer?
The July 23 zodiac sign is Leo in 85% of years from 1930 to 2029 and Cancer in 15% — the date sits on a sign boundary, so the honest answer needs your birth year.
- Sun sign
- Leo 85% of years · Cancer 15%
- US births a day
- 11,895 #67 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 204th 205th in leap years
- Sign changes 2027
- 1:05 AM UTC Jul 23, into Leo
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
Exact times
July 23 2027: the exact sign change in your city
In 2027 the Sun enters Leo at 1:05 AM UTC on July 23 — 9:05 PM on July 22 in Santiago, 9:05 PM on July 22 in New York, 2:05 AM in London and 10:05 AM in Tokyo. Born on July 23 2027 before that moment, a baby is Cancer; after it, Leo.
| City | Sun enters Leo |
|---|---|
| UTC | Fri, Jul 23 |
| Honolulu United States | 3:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 5:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−8 |
| Los Angeles United States | 6:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−7 |
| Phoenix United States | 6:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 7:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−6 |
| Chicago United States | 8:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−5 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 9:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−4 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−4 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 8:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 8:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 9:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 10:05 PM Thu, Jul 22 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 1:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 2:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+1 |
| Lagos Nigeria | 2:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 3:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+2 |
| Berlin Germany | 3:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+2 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 3:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3 |
| Athens Greece | 4:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 4:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 4:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 4:35 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 5:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 6:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 6:35 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 6:50 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 7:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 8:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 8:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 9:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 9:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 9:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 9:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 10:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 10:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 10:35 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 11:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:05 AM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 1:05 PM Fri, Jul 23 · UTC+12 |
Sun’s ingress from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris; Swiss Ephemeris agrees within 5 seconds. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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How common is this birthday
July 23 among the 366 days
July 23 averages 11,895 births a day in the US — the 67th most common of the 366 dates, 4.8% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
Which sign, by birth year
- Leo at midday UTC
- Cancer at midday UTC
- Sign changed during the day (UTC)
- 2026
Leo at midday UTC in 85 years and Cancer in 15: 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935 … 1963, 1967, 1971. In 57 of the years — dotted — the Sun entered Leo during July 23 itself, so a birth that day can be either sign depending on the hour.
- Leo
- Cancer
- 2026
The bar is the whole of July 23 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.
- 5 of these 21 years had the change inside July 23 itself, so the hour of birth decides — from as early as 12:10 AM UTC in 2031 to as late as 3:30 AM in 2015.
- In 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2033 and 2034 the whole day was already Leo: the crossing came on July 22.
- Two sites can give two different signs for July 23 because both print a fixed range, and no fixed range is right in every year — the noon sign here flipped 21 times between 1930 and 2029.
Saturn-ruled decan of Leo
Decan
1 of 3 · 0°–10°
Sub-ruler
Saturn
Sign ruler
Sun
Sun at noon, 2026
0°40′
July 23 is the first full day of Leo in 2026 — the Sun crossed in at 7:13 PM UTC on July 22 — and the Saturn decan runs on until August 2.
Saturn narrows and hardens the sign, making it slower to commit and more durable once it has. In its first ten degrees Leo shows in its rawest form: Cancer has only just handed over, and nothing of the new sign has worn down yet.
Personality
July 23 birthday personality
People born on July 23 are Leo in most years, and the sign is read as warmth, presence and the need to be seen doing it. Genuinely generous, and lifts the mood of a room by walking into it.
The 23rd reduces to 5 and joins 2 (empathy) with 3 (expression). Numerologists read it as freedom with a strong social sense: those born on this day love variety, travel and change, but they also read people well and communicate easily. Birthday number 23 in full →
At work
Natural in front-facing roles. Chafes when the credit goes elsewhere.
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 23. 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 29.89° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 29.67° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 0.39° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 0.16° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 29.93° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 29.7° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 0.43° | 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 29.74° | 7 | Libra | 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 0.48° | 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 0.51° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1949 | Leo 0.28° | 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 | Bharani 1 | 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 0.13° | 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 0.64° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 0.41° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 0.18° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1967 | Cancer 29.95° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 1968 | Leo 0.67° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1969 | Leo 0.45° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 0.21° | 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 0.26° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 0.03° | 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 0.53° | 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 0.8° | 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 0.12° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 0.84° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | 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 2 | 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 0.96° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 2005 | Leo 0.73° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
| 2006 | Leo 0.51° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Leo 0.28° | 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 | — |
| 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 1.05° | 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 0.36° | 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 1.12° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 0.9° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 0.67° | 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 July 23
Day of the year
205 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
20 of 100 years
(20%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2025, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1937, 1956, 1975, 1994, 2002, 2013, 2021
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for July 23 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
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
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
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; every other number turns up in 11 years. No master number is possible on this date: every year from 1930 to 2029 reduces to a single digit.
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 23 that came out Leo in 85% of years and Cancer in 15%. The noon sign switched 21 times between 1930 and 2029; the last three switches fall in 1968, 1971 and 1972.
Questions about July 23 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 23?
Usually Leo: 85% of years from 1930 to 2029. In the other 15% of years (the last of them 1971) the Sun was still in Cancer at midday UTC, and in 57 of the 100 years it changed sign during the day itself, so the birth hour decides.
What life path numbers does July 23 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 23?
In 2026, the 1st decan of Leo, 0° to 10°, sub-ruled by Saturn in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 23 Zodiac Sign: Leo or Cancer? It Depends on Your Year.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-23/
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