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July 22 zodiac sign: Cancer or Leo?

If you were born on July 22, you're Cancer or Leo depending on the time: Cancer before the Sun enters Leo, Leo after. The Sun crosses from one sign to the other on this date in 33 of the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, and the minute shifts from year to year (2026: July 22, 19:13 UTC). At noon UTC it's Cancer in 86% of years; the exact minute of the change for every year is below.

Cancer or Leo? Check your year

The Sun's entry into Leo shifts by a few hours from year to year. Find your birth year, convert your birth time to UTC, and compare: born before the time shown, you're Cancer; after it, Leo. Years missing from the list had the crossing on a neighbouring day (the Sun was in one sign for the whole of July 22).

1980 16:41 UTC1981 22:39 UTC1984 15:58 UTC1985 21:36 UTC1988 14:51 UTC1989 20:45 UTC1992 14:09 UTC1993 19:51 UTC1996 13:18 UTC1997 19:15 UTC2000 12:42 UTC2001 18:26 UTC2004 11:50 UTC2005 17:40 UTC2006 23:17 UTC2008 10:55 UTC2009 16:36 UTC2010 22:21 UTC2012 10:00 UTC2013 15:55 UTC2014 21:41 UTC2016 09:30 UTC2017 15:15 UTC2018 21:00 UTC2020 08:37 UTC2021 14:26 UTC2022 20:07 UTC2024 07:44 UTC2025 13:29 UTC2026 19:13 UTC2028 06:54 UTC2029 12:42 UTC2030 18:25 UTC

Not sure about the time zone or the minutes? Compute your chart — it does the conversion and settles the sign. Or read the Cancer–Leo cusp: which are you?

Your sign: Cancer (or Leo)

The cardinal water sign that protects what it loves and remembers everything.

A Cancer Sun is built around emotional intelligence. You feel the room before anyone has spoken; you know who's about to cry, who's lying, and who's having a bad week. This is a real gift. It's also exhausting. The world doesn't have an off switch for empathy, and you absorb things you didn't sign up to absorb.

The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Cancer born July 22 around sunrise has Cancer rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Cancer Sun combinations show what each one changes.

Cancer dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Cancer birth chart looks like → · Leo dates and traits →

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,642 babies were born on each July 22, rank 105 of 366 dates; Cancer is number 3 of 12 signs (8.84%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on July 22, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on July 22 was most often in Leo (6 years) and least often in Cancer and Libra (2 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On July 22, 2026, the Moon stays in Scorpio the whole UTC day.

In 25 of those 51 years (49%) the Moon changed sign during July 22 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on July 22 in 1994 and 2013, and new in 1990, 2009, and 2028.

Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.

Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.

July 2026: full moon July 29, 2026, Aquarius · new moon July 14, 2026, Cancer.

Your decan: the third decan of Cancer

Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 20–30 of Cancer belong to Moon: your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved. Read it as Cancer with a Moon accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Four of Cups

Apathy · Contemplation · Reevaluation. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.

Read the Four of Cups in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for July 22: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →

What the date can't tell you

The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Cancers born on July 22 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.

Born July 22? Add your year, time and place

Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.

Or browse the twelve possibilities: Cancer Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a July 22 birthday

By sun sign, Cancer pairs most easily with Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus, Virgo. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

Is July 22 Cancer or Leo?

Both are possible. On July 22 the Sun moves from Cancer into Leo in most years, at a time that ranges from 06:54 UTC to 23:17 UTC UTC across 1980–2030 (in some years the crossing falls on the neighbouring day). Convert your birth time to UTC and compare it with the crossing for your year in the table above — before it you're Cancer, after it Leo.

What zodiac sign is July 22?

July 22 is a cusp day between Cancer and Leo; at noon UTC it falls in Cancer in 86% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is July 22?

The third decan of Cancer (20°–30°), sub-ruled by Moon. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here your inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved.

What tarot card is July 22?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the third decan of Cancer it is the Four of Cups (apathy, contemplation, reevaluation). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.

What Moon sign is someone born on July 22?

It depends on the year, and in 49% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Scorpio or Sagittarius; in 1990, Cancer or Leo; in 2000, Pisces or Aries; in 2010, Sagittarius; in 2020, Leo or Virgo. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on July 22 was most often in Leo. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on July 22 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Cancer or Leo, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born July 22 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.