In love
Slow to open, fiercely loyal once it does. Takes small slights harder than it admits.
Settled date · day 15 of 32 in the sign
July 5 zodiac sign: Cancer
The July 5 zodiac sign is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 13°29′ into the sign, 14 days past its start and 17 days before Leo begins.
- Sun sign
- Cancer at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,739 #342 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 186th 187th in leap years
- Sun at noon 2026
- 13°29′ of Cancer
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
July 5 among the 366 days
July 5 averages 10,739 births a day in the US — the 25th least common of the 366 dates, 5.4% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Cancer this falls
July 5 falls on day 4 of the Mercury decan (1–July 12, 2026).
Mercury-ruled decan of Cancer
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Moon
Sun at noon, 2026
13°29′
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 5 birthday personality
People born on July 5 are Cancer, and the sign is read as protection, memory and deep attachment. Reads emotional undercurrents accurately and looks after people without being asked.
The 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 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 5. 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 12.72° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 12.49° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 13.22° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 12.99° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 12.76° | 2 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 12.53° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 13.25° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 13.02° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 12.79° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 12.57° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 13.29° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 13.05° | 9 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1942 | Cancer 12.82° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 12.59° | 2 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 13.31° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 13.07° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 12.85° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 12.62° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 13.34° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 13.11° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 12.89° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 12.66° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 13.38° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 13.15° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1954 | Cancer 12.92° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1955 | Cancer 12.69° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 13.41° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 13.18° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 12.95° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 12.72° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 13.44° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 13.21° | 2 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 12.98° | 3 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 12.75° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 13.47° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 13.24° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 13.01° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1967 | Cancer 12.78° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 13.5° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 13.27° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1970 | Cancer 13.05° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 12.82° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 13.54° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 13.31° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 13.09° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1975 | Cancer 12.85° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 13.58° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 13.34° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 13.11° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 12.88° | 2 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 13.59° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 1981 | Cancer 13.36° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 13.14° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 12.91° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 13.63° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Cancer 13.4° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 13.17° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 12.95° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 13.67° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 13.44° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 13.21° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 12.98° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 13.7° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 13.47° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 13.24° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 13.01° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1996 | Cancer 13.73° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 13.5° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 13.27° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 13.04° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2000 | Cancer 13.76° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 13.53° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 13.29° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 13.07° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 13.79° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 13.56° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 13.34° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2007 | Cancer 13.11° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 13.83° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 13.6° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 13.37° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 13.14° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 13.86° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 2013 | Cancer 13.63° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2014 | Cancer 13.4° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 13.16° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 13.89° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 13.66° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 13.42° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 13.2° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 13.92° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 13.69° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 13.47° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 13.23° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 13.95° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 13.73° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 13.49° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 13.27° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 13.99° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 13.75° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
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 5
Day of the year
187 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2000, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2020, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in
7 years — 1936, 1944, 1955, 1974, 1982, 2001, 2020
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for July 5 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 2
2007
Cancer
life path 3
2008
Cancer
life path 4
2009
Cancer
life path 5
2010
Cancer
life path 6
2011
Cancer
life path 7
2012
Cancer
life path 8
2013
Cancer
life path 9
2014
Cancer
life path 1
2015
Cancer
life path 2
2016
Cancer
life path 3
2017
Cancer
life path 4
2018
Cancer
life path 5
2019
Cancer
life path 6
2020
Cancer
life path 7
2021
Cancer
life path 8
2022
Cancer
life path 9
2023
Cancer
life path 1
2024
Cancer
life path 2
2025
Cancer
life path 3
2026
Cancer
life path 4
2027
Cancer
life path 5
2028
Cancer
life path 6
2029
Cancer
life path 7
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
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.
Questions about July 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is July 5?
Cancer in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 13°29′ Cancer on July 5, 14 days after the sign begins and 17 before Leo takes over.
What life path numbers does July 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 7 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is July 5?
The 2nd decan of Cancer, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “July 5 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/july-5/
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