July 22 zodiac sign
July 22 is a true cusp date: the Sun leaves the last degree of Cancer and enters Leo during the day, so the sign depends on the year and time of birth.
- Sun at 28°–30° Cancer
- 3rd decan · Jupiter (modern: Neptune)
- Cusp birthday
July 22 in profile
No blended cusp sign exists in astrology. Someone born on July 22 is either Cancer or Leo, and the table on this page shows which, year by year. Both options sit at an edge. As Cancer, the Sun is at 29°, the anaretic degree, with the Pisces decan and Jupiter giving the sign’s lessons a final, urgent push. As Leo, it is at 0°, the first and rawest degree of fire. Either way, care meets confidence here.
Play is theatrical and warm. They organise the costume party, perform the toast and make up games for children at a wedding. The Cancer-born version prefers a small audience of family; the Leo-born one is happy on a bigger stage. Both love making things by hand and showing them to the people they love, and both are hurt when nobody notices. A homemade cake with the guest’s name iced across the top is typical of either version.
Generosity is the common ground. Cancer gives through shelter and food, Leo through praise and presence, and on this date both instincts are strong. They pay for the birthday dinner, lend their best coat and stand up for the shy colleague. The useful habit is letting others give back, since accepting help is the part both signs find hardest.
Cancer or Leo?
The Sun moves from Cancer into Leo around July 22, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of July 22 in 53 years out of 111, at a median of 17:37 UTC (17:41 UTC in births from 1980 to 2010). In 58 years the whole day was still Cancer. So a July 22 birthday is Cancer or Leo depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on July 22, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Cancer all day
- 1971Cancer all day
- 1972Leo from 18:02
- 1973Leo from 23:56
- 1974Cancer all day
- 1975Cancer all day
- 1976Leo from 17:18
- 1977Leo from 23:04
- 1978Cancer all day
- 1979Cancer all day
- 1980Leo from 16:42
- 1981Leo from 22:40
- 1982Cancer all day
- 1983Cancer all day
- 1984Leo from 15:58
- 1985Leo from 21:37
- 1986Cancer all day
- 1987Cancer all day
- 1988Leo from 14:51
- 1989Leo from 20:45
- 1990Cancer all day
- 1991Cancer all day
- 1992Leo from 14:09
- 1993Leo from 19:51
- 1994Cancer all day
- 1995Cancer all day
- 1996Leo from 13:19
- 1997Leo from 19:15
- 1998Cancer all day
- 1999Cancer all day
- 2000Leo from 12:43
- 2001Leo from 18:26
- 2002Cancer all day
- 2003Cancer all day
- 2004Leo from 11:50
- 2005Leo from 17:41
- 2006Leo from 23:18
- 2007Cancer all day
- 2008Leo from 10:55
- 2009Leo from 16:36
- 2010Leo from 22:21
- 2011Cancer all day
- 2012Leo from 10:00
- 2013Leo from 15:56
- 2014Leo from 21:42
- 2015Cancer all day
- 2016Leo from 09:31
- 2017Leo from 15:15
- 2018Leo from 21:00
- 2019Cancer all day
- 2020Leo from 08:37
- 2021Leo from 14:26
- 2022Leo from 20:07
- 2023Cancer all day
- 2024Leo from 07:45
- 2025Leo from 13:30
- 2026Leo from 19:13
- 2027Cancer all day
- 2028Leo from 06:54
- 2029Leo from 12:42
- 2030Leo from 18:25
Calculated by Lunonis from the same ephemeris code as our charts (astronomy-engine, checked against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Times are UTC: add or subtract your time zone’s offset, which can move the change to the day before or after.
Your Moon sign depends on the year
The Sun is in the same place on July 22 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 22 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Cancer
- 2018Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2019Pisces → Aries
- 2020Leo → Virgo
- 2021Capricorn
- 2022Taurus
- 2023Virgo
- 2024Aquarius
- 2025Gemini → Cancer
- 2026Scorpio
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 22 birthday, in the Pisces decan, Pisces is a natural match. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a July 22 birthday
A party in their honour where they do none of the work: guests bring the food, someone else gives the speech, and they are allowed simply to enjoy being celebrated.
Asked about July 22
What zodiac sign is July 22?
July 22 can be Cancer or Leo. The Sun changed from Cancer to Leo during this date in 53 of the 111 years from 1930 to 2040, so the answer depends on the birth year, time and place. The year-by-year list above shows when; a birth chart gives the exact answer.
Is July 22 a cusp birthday?
Yes. July 22 is one of the days the Sun leaves Cancer for Leo. People call it the Cancer–Leo cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Cancer, after it Leo.
What decan is July 22?
July 22 falls in the 3rd decan of Cancer. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Pisces and its ruler Jupiter (modern: Neptune), which colours the Cancer Sun with a little of Pisces.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A July 22 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.