Settled date · day 18 of 32 in the sign
8 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 8 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 15.58° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Cancer 15.35° | 2 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Cancer 16.08° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1933 | Cancer 15.85° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Cancer 15.62° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1935 | Cancer 15.39° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1936 | Cancer 16.11° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1937 | Cancer 15.88° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1938 | Cancer 15.65° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1939 | Cancer 15.42° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mars |
| 1940 | Cancer 16.14° | 2 | Leo | Magha 1 | Venus |
| 1941 | Cancer 15.91° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1942 | Cancer 15.68° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 1943 | Cancer 15.45° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1944 | Cancer 16.17° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 1945 | Cancer 15.94° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1946 | Cancer 15.71° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 1947 | Cancer 15.48° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1948 | Cancer 16.21° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1949 | Cancer 15.98° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Cancer 15.75° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Cancer 15.51° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1952 | Cancer 16.24° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1953 | Cancer 16.01° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1954 | Cancer 15.78° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1955 | Cancer 15.55° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1956 | Cancer 16.27° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1957 | Cancer 16.04° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1958 | Cancer 15.81° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1959 | Cancer 15.58° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1960 | Cancer 16.3° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Cancer 16.07° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Cancer 15.84° | 6 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Cancer 15.61° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1964 | Cancer 16.33° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1965 | Cancer 16.1° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Cancer 15.87° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1967 | Cancer 15.64° | 2 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 1968 | Cancer 16.37° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1969 | Cancer 16.14° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1970 | Cancer 15.91° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1971 | Cancer 15.68° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1972 | Cancer 16.4° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1973 | Cancer 16.17° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1974 | Cancer 15.94° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1975 | Cancer 15.71° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1976 | Cancer 16.43° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1977 | Cancer 16.2° | 3 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 1978 | Cancer 15.97° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | — |
| 1979 | Cancer 15.74° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1980 | Cancer 16.46° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Mercury |
| 1981 | Cancer 16.23° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1982 | Cancer 16° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1983 | Cancer 15.77° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1984 | Cancer 16.49° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1985 | Cancer 16.26° | 2 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1986 | Cancer 16.03° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1987 | Cancer 15.8° | 22 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1988 | Cancer 16.53° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Cancer 16.3° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Cancer 16.07° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Cancer 15.84° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1992 | Cancer 16.56° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Cancer 16.33° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1994 | Cancer 16.1° | 2 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Cancer 15.87° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1996 | Cancer 16.59° | 22 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1997 | Cancer 16.36° | 5 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1998 | Cancer 16.13° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1999 | Cancer 15.9° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2000 | Cancer 16.62° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 2001 | Cancer 16.39° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Mars |
| 2002 | Cancer 16.16° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2003 | Cancer 15.93° | 2 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 2004 | Cancer 16.65° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 2005 | Cancer 16.42° | 22 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2006 | Cancer 16.19° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 2007 | Cancer 15.96° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2008 | Cancer 16.69° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Cancer 16.46° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Cancer 16.23° | 9 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 2011 | Cancer 16° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2012 | Cancer 16.72° | 2 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 2013 | Cancer 16.49° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Mercury |
| 2014 | Cancer 16.26° | 22 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2015 | Cancer 16.03° | 5 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 2016 | Cancer 16.75° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 2017 | Cancer 16.52° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Saturn |
| 2018 | Cancer 16.29° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 2019 | Cancer 16.06° | 9 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2020 | Cancer 16.78° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Cancer 16.55° | 2 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Cancer 16.32° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 2023 | Cancer 16.09° | 22 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 2024 | Cancer 16.82° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 2025 | Cancer 16.59° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 2026 | Cancer 16.35° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 2027 | Cancer 16.12° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2028 | Cancer 16.85° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 2029 | Cancer 16.62° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
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 8 July
Every figure here is specific to 8 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 1 with 12 years; the scarcest is 9 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
8 July sits 17 days past the start of Cancer and reached 16.35° 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.