June 22 zodiac sign
June 22 usually opens the Cancer season, the Sun at roughly 0° of the sign, though in a minority of years Gemini still holds the date for some hours.
- Sun at 0°–3° Cancer
- 1st decan · Moon
- Cusp birthday
June 22 in profile
The date belongs to Cancer in most years and to Gemini in a few; there is no blended sign, and the computed table here shows which applies to a given birth. As Cancer, the Sun sits at the very first degree of cardinal water, in the opening decan, with the Moon ruling both sign and decan. Feeling arrives fresh, protective and strong. As Gemini, it is the final degree, quick and restless. A June 22 person often carries both: a talker with a homebody’s heart.
Friendship runs deep and long. They keep friends from primary school, host the reunion and still know everyone’s parents by name. New people are welcomed slowly, often over food at their own table. Once inside the circle, a friend gets fierce loyalty, regular check-ins and a spare key. A small slight can hurt more than they admit, and they may withdraw before saying so.
Their curiosity attaches to personal subjects: family history, regional recipes, the old names of local streets. They learn best when material connects to people they love. A June 22 Cancer might spend months tracing a family tree and then turn it into a booklet for relatives. Sharing the findings while working on them keeps the research social and feeds conversations at family gatherings.
Gemini or Cancer?
The Sun moves from Gemini into Cancer around June 22, and the exact moment shifts from year to year. Between 1930 and 2040 it happened during the UTC day of June 22 in 17 years out of 111, at a median of 03:50 UTC. In 94 years it was already Cancer all day. So a June 22 birthday is Gemini or Cancer depending on the year and the time, never a blend of the two.
The Sun on June 22, year by year (UTC)
- 1970Cancer all day
- 1971Cancer from 01:20
- 1972Cancer all day
- 1973Cancer all day
- 1974Cancer all day
- 1975Cancer from 00:26
- 1976Cancer all day
- 1977Cancer all day
- 1978Cancer all day
- 1979Cancer all day
- 1980Cancer all day
- 1981Cancer all day
- 1982Cancer all day
- 1983Cancer all day
- 1984Cancer all day
- 1985Cancer all day
- 1986Cancer all day
- 1987Cancer all day
- 1988Cancer all day
- 1989Cancer all day
- 1990Cancer all day
- 1991Cancer all day
- 1992Cancer all day
- 1993Cancer all day
- 1994Cancer all day
- 1995Cancer all day
- 1996Cancer all day
- 1997Cancer all day
- 1998Cancer all day
- 1999Cancer all day
- 2000Cancer all day
- 2001Cancer all day
- 2002Cancer all day
- 2003Cancer all day
- 2004Cancer all day
- 2005Cancer all day
- 2006Cancer all day
- 2007Cancer all day
- 2008Cancer all day
- 2009Cancer all day
- 2010Cancer all day
- 2011Cancer all day
- 2012Cancer all day
- 2013Cancer all day
- 2014Cancer all day
- 2015Cancer all day
- 2016Cancer all day
- 2017Cancer all day
- 2018Cancer all day
- 2019Cancer all day
- 2020Cancer all day
- 2021Cancer all day
- 2022Cancer all day
- 2023Cancer all day
- 2024Cancer all day
- 2025Cancer all day
- 2026Cancer all day
- 2027Cancer all day
- 2028Cancer all day
- 2029Cancer all day
- 2030Cancer all day
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 June 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 June 22 in recent years, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC (an arrow means it changed sign during the day).
- 2017Gemini
- 2018Libra → Scorpio
- 2019Aquarius → Pisces
- 2020Cancer
- 2021Scorpio → Sagittarius
- 2022Aries
- 2023Leo
- 2024Capricorn
- 2025Taurus
- 2026Libra
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. The full charts decide how a real pairing feels.
A gift for a June 22 birthday
A guided visit to a local archive or records office, with time set aside afterwards to explore family history together over a long lunch.
Asked about June 22
What zodiac sign is June 22?
June 22 can be Gemini or Cancer. The Sun changed from Gemini to Cancer during this date in 17 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 June 22 a cusp birthday?
Yes. June 22 is one of the days the Sun leaves Gemini for Cancer. People call it the Gemini–Cancer cusp, but there is no blended sign: someone born before the change is Gemini, after it Cancer.
What decan is June 22?
June 22 falls in the 1st decan of Cancer. In the triplicity system we use, that decan belongs to Cancer and its ruler Moon, which colours the Cancer Sun with a little of Cancer.
Your birthday is only the Sun
A June 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.