Settled date · day 16 of 32 in the sign

6 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 14.45° of Cancer
Day within the sign 16 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 14.45°

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 6 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 13.68° 8 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Saturn
1931 Cancer 13.45° 9 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1932 Cancer 14.17° 1 Leo Ashlesha 2 Venus Saturn
1933 Cancer 13.94° 2 Sagittarius Mula 3 Saturn
1934 Cancer 13.71° 3 Taurus Bharani 3 Mercury Saturn
1935 Cancer 13.48° 22 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Jupiter Saturn
1936 Cancer 14.2° 5 Aquarius Shravana 2 Jupiter Saturn
1937 Cancer 13.97° 6 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Jupiter
1938 Cancer 13.74° 7 Scorpio Swati 3 Jupiter
1939 Cancer 13.51° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Mars
1940 Cancer 14.23° 9 Cancer Pushya 1 Venus
1941 Cancer 14° 1 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury
1942 Cancer 13.77° 2 Aries Ashwini 2
1943 Cancer 13.54° 3 Leo Magha 2
1944 Cancer 14.27° 22 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4
1945 Cancer 14.04° 5 Gemini Rohini 1
1946 Cancer 13.81° 6 Libra Chitra 1
1947 Cancer 13.58° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 1 Mercury Jupiter
1948 Cancer 14.3° 8 Cancer Ardra 3 Venus Jupiter
1949 Cancer 14.07° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Jupiter
1950 Cancer 13.84° 1 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Jupiter
1951 Cancer 13.61° 2 Leo Pushya 4
1952 Cancer 14.33° 3 Sagittarius Mula 3
1953 Cancer 14.1° 22 Taurus Bharani 4
1954 Cancer 13.87° 5 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Mercury Mars Saturn
1955 Cancer 13.64° 6 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3 Saturn
1956 Cancer 14.36° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Venus Saturn
1957 Cancer 14.13° 8 Scorpio Swati 3 Saturn
1958 Cancer 13.9° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1959 Cancer 13.67° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 2 Jupiter Saturn
1960 Cancer 14.4° 2 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1961 Cancer 14.16° 3 Taurus Ashwini 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1962 Cancer 13.93° 22 Virgo Magha 4 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Cancer 13.7° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 1 Saturn
1964 Cancer 14.43° 6 Gemini Krittika 4 Venus Saturn
1965 Cancer 14.2° 7 Libra Chitra 2 Saturn
1966 Cancer 13.97° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 3
1967 Cancer 13.74° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 4 Mercury
1968 Cancer 14.46° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 4
1969 Cancer 14.23° 2 Aries Revati 2 Mars
1970 Cancer 14° 3 Leo Ashlesha 2
1971 Cancer 13.77° 22 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Jupiter
1972 Cancer 14.49° 5 Taurus Bharani 3 Venus Jupiter
1973 Cancer 14.26° 6 Libra Hasta 1 Jupiter
1974 Cancer 14.03° 7 Aquarius Shravana 1 Mercury
1975 Cancer 13.8° 8 Gemini Rohini 2
1976 Cancer 14.52° 9 Scorpio Swati 3
1977 Cancer 14.29° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
1978 Cancer 14.06° 2 Cancer Punarvasu 4
1979 Cancer 13.83° 3 Scorpio Anuradha 1
1980 Cancer 14.56° 22 Taurus Ashwini 2 Mercury Venus
1981 Cancer 14.33° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3
1982 Cancer 14.09° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
1983 Cancer 13.86° 7 Taurus Bharani 4 Jupiter
1984 Cancer 14.59° 8 Libra Chitra 2 Jupiter Saturn
1985 Cancer 14.36° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1986 Cancer 14.13° 1 Cancer Ardra 2 Mars Saturn
1987 Cancer 13.9° 2 Scorpio Swati 3 Mercury Saturn
1988 Cancer 14.62° 3 Aries Revati 2 Saturn
1989 Cancer 14.39° 22 Leo Magha 1 Saturn
1990 Cancer 14.16° 5 Sagittarius Mula 1 Saturn
1991 Cancer 13.93° 6 Taurus Ashwini 3 Saturn
1992 Cancer 14.65° 7 Libra Hasta 1 Saturn
1993 Cancer 14.42° 8 Aquarius Shravana 4 Mercury Saturn
1994 Cancer 14.19° 9 Gemini Rohini 4 Mercury Saturn
1995 Cancer 13.96° 1 Libra Chitra 2 Jupiter Saturn
1996 Cancer 14.68° 2 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Jupiter
1997 Cancer 14.45° 3 Leo Pushya 3 Jupiter
1998 Cancer 14.22° 22 Sagittarius Anuradha 3
1999 Cancer 13.99° 5 Aries Revati 2
2000 Cancer 14.72° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Mercury
2001 Cancer 14.49° 7 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Mars
2002 Cancer 14.26° 8 Taurus Krittika 2
2003 Cancer 14.03° 9 Libra Hasta 1
2004 Cancer 14.75° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 3
2005 Cancer 14.52° 2 Cancer Punarvasu 1
2006 Cancer 14.29° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Mercury
2007 Cancer 14.06° 22 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Mercury Jupiter
2008 Cancer 14.78° 5 Virgo Magha 2 Jupiter
2009 Cancer 14.55° 6 Capricorn Mula 4 Jupiter
2010 Cancer 14.32° 7 Taurus Ashwini 4
2011 Cancer 14.09° 8 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4
2012 Cancer 14.81° 9 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
2013 Cancer 14.58° 1 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Mercury Saturn
2014 Cancer 14.35° 2 Libra Chitra 3 Saturn
2015 Cancer 14.12° 3 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Saturn
2016 Cancer 14.84° 22 Leo Ashlesha 1 Saturn
2017 Cancer 14.61° 5 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2 Saturn
2018 Cancer 14.38° 6 Aries Revati 2 Mars Jupiter Saturn
2019 Cancer 14.15° 7 Virgo Magha 4 Jupiter Saturn
2020 Cancer 14.88° 8 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2021 Cancer 14.65° 9 Gemini Rohini 1 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Cancer 14.42° 1 Libra Hasta 1 Saturn
2023 Cancer 14.19° 2 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Saturn
2024 Cancer 14.91° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Saturn
2025 Cancer 14.68° 22 Scorpio Vishakha 4
2026 Cancer 14.45° 5 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Mercury
2027 Cancer 14.22° 6 Leo Ashlesha 3
2028 Cancer 14.94° 7 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2
2029 Cancer 14.71° 8 Taurus Bharani 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 6 July

Day of the year 188 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 18 of 100 years (18%)
Most recent of those 2000, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2020, 2026
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1963, 1982, 2001, 2020, 2028
Most frequent moon phase Waxing Gibbous · 21 years

Every figure here is specific to 6 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 3
2007 Cancer life path 22
2008 Cancer life path 5
2009 Cancer life path 6
2010 Cancer life path 7
2011 Cancer life path 8
2012 Cancer life path 9
2013 Cancer life path 1
2014 Cancer life path 2
2015 Cancer life path 3
2016 Cancer life path 22
2017 Cancer life path 5
2018 Cancer life path 6
2019 Cancer life path 7
2020 Cancer life path 8
2021 Cancer life path 9
2022 Cancer life path 1
2023 Cancer life path 2
2024 Cancer life path 3
2025 Cancer life path 22
2026 Cancer life path 5
2027 Cancer life path 6
2028 Cancer life path 7
2029 Cancer life path 8

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 7 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 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

6 July sits 15 days past the start of Cancer and reached 14.45° 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.