Settled date · day 14 of 32 in the sign

4 July — Cancer

Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Cancer this falls

Sun's degree on this date 12.54° of Cancer
Day within the sign 14 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Mercury-ruled decan of Cancer

Decan 2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler Mercury
Sign ruler Moon
Sun on this date 12.54°

Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 4 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 11.77° 6 Libra Chitra 4 Saturn
1931 Cancer 11.54° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Saturn
1932 Cancer 12.26° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Venus Saturn
1933 Cancer 12.03° 9 Scorpio Anuradha 2 Saturn
1934 Cancer 11.8° 1 Aries Revati 4 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 11.57° 2 Leo Magha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1936 Cancer 12.3° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 12.07° 4 Taurus Krittika 1 Jupiter
1938 Cancer 11.84° 5 Libra Hasta 3 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 11.6° 33 Aquarius Shravana 3 Mars
1940 Cancer 12.33° 7 Gemini Ardra 1 Venus
1941 Cancer 12.1° 8 Scorpio Swati 4 Mercury
1942 Cancer 11.87° 9 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2
1943 Cancer 11.64° 1 Leo Pushya 3
1944 Cancer 12.36° 2 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4
1945 Cancer 12.13° 3 Taurus Ashwini 4
1946 Cancer 11.9° 4 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1
1947 Cancer 11.67° 5 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Mercury Jupiter
1948 Cancer 12.39° 33 Gemini Rohini 3 Mercury Venus Jupiter
1949 Cancer 12.16° 7 Libra Chitra 4 Jupiter
1950 Cancer 11.93° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Jupiter
1951 Cancer 11.7° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 1
1952 Cancer 12.42° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 2
1953 Cancer 12.19° 2 Aries Revati 3
1954 Cancer 11.96° 3 Virgo Magha 3 Mercury Mars Saturn
1955 Cancer 11.73° 4 Capricorn Mula 4 Saturn
1956 Cancer 12.46° 5 Taurus Krittika 1 Venus Saturn
1957 Cancer 12.23° 33 Libra Hasta 3 Saturn
1958 Cancer 12° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Saturn
1959 Cancer 11.77° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 12.49° 9 Scorpio Swati 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 12.26° 1 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 12.03° 2 Leo Ashlesha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 11.8° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2 Saturn
1964 Cancer 12.52° 4 Taurus Ashwini 4 Venus Saturn
1965 Cancer 12.29° 5 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Saturn
1966 Cancer 12.06° 33 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4
1967 Cancer 11.83° 7 Gemini Rohini 1 Mercury
1968 Cancer 12.55° 8 Libra Chitra 3
1969 Cancer 12.32° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Mars
1970 Cancer 12.09° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 3
1971 Cancer 11.86° 2 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Jupiter
1972 Cancer 12.58° 3 Aries Revati 3 Venus Jupiter
1973 Cancer 12.35° 4 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Jupiter
1974 Cancer 12.12° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Mercury
1975 Cancer 11.89° 33 Taurus Bharani 2
1976 Cancer 12.62° 7 Libra Hasta 2
1977 Cancer 12.39° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 4
1978 Cancer 12.16° 9 Cancer Ardra 1
1979 Cancer 11.93° 1 Scorpio Swati 1
1980 Cancer 12.65° 2 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Mercury Venus
1981 Cancer 12.42° 3 Leo Ashlesha 3
1982 Cancer 12.19° 4 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4
1983 Cancer 11.96° 5 Aries Revati 4 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 12.68° 33 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Jupiter Saturn
1985 Cancer 12.45° 7 Aquarius Shravana 2 Jupiter Saturn
1986 Cancer 12.22° 8 Gemini Rohini 3 Mars Saturn
1987 Cancer 11.99° 9 Libra Hasta 3 Mercury Saturn
1988 Cancer 12.71° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1 Venus Saturn
1989 Cancer 12.48° 2 Cancer Pushya 1 Saturn
1990 Cancer 12.25° 3 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Saturn
1991 Cancer 12.02° 4 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
1992 Cancer 12.75° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Saturn
1993 Cancer 12.51° 33 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 12.28° 7 Taurus Krittika 1 Mercury Saturn
1995 Cancer 12.05° 8 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Jupiter
1996 Cancer 12.78° 9 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Jupiter
1997 Cancer 12.55° 1 Cancer Ardra 3 Jupiter
1998 Cancer 12.32° 2 Scorpio Swati 4
1999 Cancer 12.09° 3 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1
2000 Cancer 12.81° 4 Leo Ashlesha 4 Mercury
2001 Cancer 12.58° 5 Sagittarius Mula 2 Mars
2002 Cancer 12.35° 6 Taurus Ashwini 3
2003 Cancer 12.12° 7 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1
2004 Cancer 12.84° 8 Aquarius Shravana 3
2005 Cancer 12.61° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 1
2006 Cancer 12.38° 1 Libra Chitra 2 Jupiter
2007 Cancer 12.15° 2 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Mercury Jupiter
2008 Cancer 12.87° 3 Leo Pushya 2 Jupiter
2009 Cancer 12.64° 22 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Jupiter
2010 Cancer 12.41° 5 Aries Revati 1
2011 Cancer 12.18° 6 Leo Ashlesha 4
2012 Cancer 12.91° 7 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
2013 Cancer 12.68° 8 Gemini Krittika 4 Mercury Saturn
2014 Cancer 12.44° 9 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Saturn
2015 Cancer 12.21° 1 Aquarius Shravana 4 Saturn
2016 Cancer 12.94° 2 Cancer Ardra 4 Saturn
2017 Cancer 12.71° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 3 Saturn
2018 Cancer 12.48° 22 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3 Mars Jupiter Saturn
2019 Cancer 12.25° 5 Leo Pushya 3 Jupiter Saturn
2020 Cancer 12.97° 6 Capricorn Mula 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 12.74° 7 Taurus Bharani 2 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Cancer 12.51° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Saturn
2023 Cancer 12.28° 9 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Saturn
2024 Cancer 13° 1 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Saturn
2025 Cancer 12.77° 2 Scorpio Swati 1
2026 Cancer 12.54° 3 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Mercury
2027 Cancer 12.31° 22 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Mercury
2028 Cancer 13.03° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
2029 Cancer 12.8° 6 Aries Revati 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 4 July

Day of the year 186 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 2000, 2007, 2013, 2020, 2026, 2027
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1947, 1955, 1974, 1993, 2012
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 4 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 2
2008 Cancer life path 3
2009 Cancer life path 22
2010 Cancer life path 5
2011 Cancer life path 6
2012 Cancer life path 7
2013 Cancer life path 8
2014 Cancer life path 9
2015 Cancer life path 1
2016 Cancer life path 2
2017 Cancer life path 3
2018 Cancer life path 22
2019 Cancer life path 5
2020 Cancer life path 6
2021 Cancer life path 7
2022 Cancer life path 8
2023 Cancer life path 9
2024 Cancer life path 1
2025 Cancer life path 2
2026 Cancer life path 3
2027 Cancer life path 22
2028 Cancer life path 5
2029 Cancer life path 6

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 7 with 11 years; the scarcest is 22 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 3 of those years, 33 in 7 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 holds

4 July sits 13 days past the start of Cancer and reached 12.54° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.