July 24 zodiac sign
Barely a degree into Leo, the July 24 Sun burns in the first decan, where the Sun rules both the sign and its sub-division and confidence arrives undiluted.
Sun signLeo
- Sun at 0°–3° Leo
- 1st decan · Sun
- Near the cusp
July 24 in profile
Leo is fixed fire ruled by the Sun, a sign of pride, warmth and steady presence. At 1° it is brand new: emphatic, unpolished and eager to be seen. The first decan doubles the effect, since Leo is its own sub-sign and the Sun its own sub-ruler. July 24 is Leo in almost every case, though a birth far from Greenwich time is worth checking on a chart. A July 24 Leo meets life head-on.
Courage is the default. They volunteer to give the speech, ask the boss for a raise in the first year and climb onto the stage at karaoke without being asked twice. What they dread is looking foolish; losing bothers them far less. Their bravery is strongest in public, where an audience gives them fuel. Fear, for them, is a signal to step forward, and friends sometimes need to hold them back.
Anger flares fast and burns out fast. A slight to their dignity brings a raised voice and a dramatic exit, then, an hour later, a generous apology or a peace offering. They cannot stand being ignored during a quarrel. Close friends learn to wait for the apology instead of answering the outburst. The useful habit is a pause of ten breaths before replying, which keeps the fire bright without scorching the room.
Leo near the cusp
In every year from 1930 to 2040 the Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 24 in Greenwich time (UTC). The change of sign happens within a day of this date, though, so a birth in a time zone far from UTC (New Zealand, Hawaii or the Pacific) can fall in Cancer. If that is you, the birth chart calculator settles it from your time and city.
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 24 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 24 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Leo
- 2018Sagittarius → Capricorn
- 2019Aries → Taurus
- 2020Virgo
- 2021Capricorn → Aquarius
- 2022Gemini
- 2023Libra
- 2024Pisces
- 2025Cancer → Leo
- 2026Scorpio → Sagittarius
Compatible signs for a Leo
Sun-sign compatibility starts from the element. Leo gets on most easily with its own element and with the two sextile signs, and feels the strongest pull from its opposite. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a July 24 birthday
An experience with a hint of performance: a stand-up comedy workshop, a drumming class or a front-row seat at a show, so the first-degree Leo gets to feel brave in public.
Asked about July 24
What zodiac sign is July 24?
July 24 is Leo. In Greenwich time the Sun is in Leo all day in every year from 1930 to 2040; only a birth in a time zone far from UTC can fall in Cancer.
Is July 24 a cusp birthday?
Only just. July 24 is next to the day the Sun changes sign, so it is Leo in UTC but can be Cancer for births in far eastern or western time zones. There is no blend of the two: a chart with the birth time and city gives one sign.
What decan is July 24?
July 24 falls in the 1st decan of Leo. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Leo and its ruler Sun, which colours the Leo Sun with a little of Leo.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A July 24 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.