July 11 zodiac sign
The last degree of the Scorpio decan falls on July 11, at about 19° Cancer, where Mars has its final say before Jupiter and Pisces take over.
Sun signCancer
- Sun at 17°–21° Cancer
- 2nd decan · Mars (modern: Pluto)
July 11 in profile
Nineteen degrees closes the middle part of the sign. Cancer is mature here, settled in its loyalties and certain about its home ground. Scorpio, the decan’s sub-sign, and Mars, its sub-ruler, give a final dose of intensity, and in some years the Sun has already crossed into the third decan, where Pisces and Jupiter widen the outlook. A July 11 Cancer can be fierce one day and forgiving the next.
In an argument they retreat first and strike later. A sharp comment gets a cool silence, then, days on, a carefully worded message that leaves no room for reply. They fight hardest for others; their own grievances often stay unspoken. Old disagreements resurface when they are tired, which surprises people who thought the matter closed. Mars makes them formidable when a child or a friend is treated unfairly; then the retreat is skipped entirely.
Stress sends them home. They clean cupboards, cook in bulk, phone their mother or rewatch a series they know by heart. Work emails go unanswered for a day while they recover. Pushed further, they can turn moody and short with the people closest to them. A tidy kitchen is often the first sign they have recovered. The useful habit is a regular, scheduled retreat, taken before the pressure peaks rather than after.
Cancer all day
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 11, in every time zone. This is not a cusp birthday: the nearest changes of sign fall around June 22 and July 22.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on July 11 every year; the Moon is not. It changes sign every two and a half days, so people who share this birthday can have any of the twelve Moon signs. Here is where it was on July 11 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Aquarius
- 2018Gemini → Cancer
- 2019Scorpio
- 2020Pisces → Aries
- 2021Cancer → Leo
- 2022Sagittarius
- 2023Taurus
- 2024Virgo
- 2025Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2026Gemini
Compatible signs for a Cancer
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Cancer gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. For a July 11 birthday, in the Scorpio decan, Scorpio is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a July 11 birthday
A quiet day away arranged entirely for them, such as a cottage by the water or a spa afternoon booked with no phone, so stress has somewhere to go.
Asked about July 11
What zodiac sign is July 11?
July 11 is Cancer in every year: the Sun is at about 17°–21° Cancer that day, in the sign’s 2nd decan.
Is July 11 a cusp birthday?
No. The Sun is well inside Cancer on July 11. The cusp days, when the Sun changes sign, fall around June 22 and July 22. Astrology has no blended cusp signs anyway: at any moment the Sun is in one sign.
What decan is July 11?
July 11 falls in the 2nd decan of Cancer. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Scorpio and its ruler Mars (modern: Pluto), which colours the Cancer Sun with a little of Scorpio. In some years the Sun crosses into the next decan during the day.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A July 11 birthday tells you where the Sun was. The Moon, the Rising sign and eight more planets each sit somewhere of their own, and they depend on the year, the hour and the place. The free calculator shows all of them.