Settled date · day 15 of 32 in the sign
5 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
Mercury-ruled decan of Cancer
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 5 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 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 12.56° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 13.28° | 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 13.08° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 12.85° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 12.62° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 13.35° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 13.12° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 12.88° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 12.65° | 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 13.51° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 13.28° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1970 | Cancer 13.05° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 12.81° | 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 13.08° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1975 | Cancer 12.85° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 13.57° | 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 13.6° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 1981 | Cancer 13.37° | 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 12.94° | 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 13.3° | 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 13.33° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2007 | Cancer 13.1° | 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 13.17° | 2 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 13.89° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 13.66° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 13.43° | 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 13.46° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 13.23° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 13.96° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 13.72° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 13.49° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 13.26° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 13.99° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 13.76° | 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 5 July
Every figure here is specific to 5 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
The sign column never changes; only the number does.
Life path numbers this date produces
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 holds
5 July sits 14 days past the start of Cancer and reached 13.49° 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.