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July 23 zodiac sign: Cancer or Leo?

If you were born on July 23, 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 18 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 Leo in 100% 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 23).

1982 04:15 UTC1983 10:04 UTC1986 03:24 UTC1987 09:06 UTC1990 02:21 UTC1991 08:11 UTC1994 01:41 UTC1995 07:29 UTC1998 00:55 UTC1999 06:44 UTC2002 00:15 UTC2003 06:04 UTC2007 05:00 UTC2011 04:12 UTC2015 03:30 UTC2019 02:50 UTC2023 01:50 UTC2027 01:04 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: Leo (or Cancer)

The fixed fire sign that brings warmth and refuses to be small.

A Leo Sun puts the Sun in its own sign — your core identity is amplified, radiant, and visible. You generate energy that other people warm themselves on. The friend whose laugh fills the room, the colleague who turns a project into something people are proud to be part of, the host who makes a dinner party an actual event — that's you, in your element.

The date fixes the Sun; the year and hour fix the rest. A Leo born July 23 with the Moon in Aquarius runs on a different inner weather from one with the Moon in Leo: see Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Leo Sun combinations show what each one changes.

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

In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,895 babies were born on each July 23, rank 67 of 366 dates; Leo is number 1 of 12 signs (8.96%). What's the most common zodiac sign?

The Moon on July 23, 1980–2030

Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on July 23 was most often in Aries, Taurus, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, and Aquarius (5 years each) and least often in Gemini, Scorpio, and Pisces (3 years each). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On July 23, 2026, the Moon stays in Scorpio the whole UTC day.

In 20 of those 51 years (39%) the Moon changed sign during July 23 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 new on July 23 in 1998 and 2017; it was never full on this date between 1980 and 2030.

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 first decan of Leo

Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Leo belong to Saturn: where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery. Read it as Leo with a Saturn accent — the fire core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.

Decan tarot card · Golden Dawn attribution

Five of Wands

Competition · Conflict · Tension. 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 Five of Wands in full on My Day Check →

All the tarot cards for July 23: 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 Leos born on July 23 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 23? 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: Leo Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works

Classic matches for a July 23 birthday

By sun sign, Leo pairs most easily with Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.

Common questions

Is July 23 Cancer or Leo?

Both are possible. On July 23 the Sun moves from Cancer into Leo in most years, at a time that ranges from 00:15 UTC to 10:04 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 23?

July 23 is a cusp day between Cancer and Leo; at noon UTC it falls in Leo in 100% of years between 1980 and 2030. Your birth year and hour decide it.

What decan is July 23?

The first decan of Leo (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Saturn. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here where you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery.

What tarot card is July 23?

In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Leo it is the Five of Wands (competition, conflict, tension). 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 23?

It depends on the year, and in 39% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Sagittarius; in 1990, Leo; in 2000, Aries; in 2010, Sagittarius or Capricorn; in 2020, Virgo. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on July 23 was most often in Aries, Taurus, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, and Aquarius. A birth time and place pin it down.

Does everyone born on July 23 have the same chart?

No. They share the Sun in Leo or Cancer, 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 23 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.