In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 13 of 32 in the sign
July 3 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 3 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 11°35′ into the sign, 12 days past its start and 19 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 11,690 #95 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 184th 185th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 11°35′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 3 among the 366 days
July 3 averages 11,690 births a day in the US — the 95th most common of the 366 dates, 3.0% above the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Mercury-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun at noon, 2026
11°35′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are Cancer at full strength: past the entry from Gemini, not yet leaning toward Leo.
Personality
July 3 birthday personality
People born on July 3 are Cancer, and the sign is read as protection, memory and deep attachment. Reads emotional undercurrents accurately and looks after people without being asked.
Born on the 3rd, the reading centers on expression. The talent is turning thoughts and feelings into something other people can enjoy — a story, a joke, a sketch, a well-timed toast. Birthday number 3 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 3. 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 10.82° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 10.59° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 11.31° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 11.08° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 10.85° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 10.63° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 11.35° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1937 | Cancer 11.12° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 10.89° | 4 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 10.66° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 11.38° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 11.15° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 1942 | Cancer 10.91° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 10.68° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 11.4° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 11.17° | 11 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 10.94° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 10.71° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 11.43° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 11.21° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 10.98° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 10.75° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 11.48° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 11.24° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1954 | Cancer 11.01° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1955 | Cancer 10.79° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 11.5° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 11.27° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 11.05° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 10.81° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 11.54° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 11.3° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 11.07° | 1 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 10.85° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 11.56° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 11.33° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 11.1° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1967 | Cancer 10.87° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 11.6° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 11.36° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mars |
| 1970 | Cancer 11.14° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 10.92° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 11.63° | 11 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 11.41° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 11.18° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1975 | Cancer 10.95° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 11.67° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 11.43° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 11.2° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 10.97° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 11.69° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 1981 | Cancer 11.46° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 1982 | Cancer 11.23° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 11° | 4 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 11.72° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Cancer 11.49° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 11.26° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 11.04° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 11.76° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 11.53° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 11.31° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 11.07° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 11.79° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 11.56° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 11.33° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 11.11° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Cancer 11.82° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 11.59° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 11.37° | 1 | Scorpio | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 11.13° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 2000 | Cancer 11.85° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 11.62° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 11.39° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 11.16° | 6 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 11.88° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 11.65° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 11.43° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 2007 | Cancer 11.2° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 11.92° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 11.69° | 3 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 11.46° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 11.24° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 11.96° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2013 | Cancer 11.72° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2014 | Cancer 11.49° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 11.26° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 11.98° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 11.75° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 11.52° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 11.29° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 12.01° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 11.78° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 11.56° | 7 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 11.33° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 12.05° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 11.82° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 11.59° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 11.36° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury |
| 2028 | Cancer 12.08° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 11.85° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 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 3
Day of the year
185 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2000, 2007, 2013, 2020, 2026, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1947, 1966, 1974, 1993, 2012, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waning Gibbous · 20 years
Counted for July 3 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 →
Questions about July 3 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 3?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 11°35′ Cancer on July 3, 12 days after the sign begins and 19 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 3 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 5 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 3?
The 2nd decan of Cancer, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can July 3 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 3 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-3/
For Wikipedia
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