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July 21 Zodiac Sign: Cancer or Leo — Traits

The July 21 zodiac sign is Cancer or Leo, depending on the year and the time of birth. The Sun leaves Cancer for Leo on or about July 21, at a different moment each year, so a birth on this date can fall either side of the change. Cancer is a cardinal water sign and Leo is a fixed fire sign. In 2026 the Sun is in Cancer throughout July 21 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Robin Williams, Erling Haaland and Cat Stevens were born on July 21. StarMap has birth charts for 14 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on July 21 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Cancer or Leo traits

If your Sun is in Cancer: You protect. Home, memory and the people you have decided are yours sit at the centre of your life, and you read a room before anyone speaks. Your strength is care; your task is to include yourself in it.

If your Sun is in Leo: You shine. Warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who you really are run through everything you do. A Leo Sun grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

Born on July 21? Find out which side of the change you are on.

Your Sun, Moon and rising sign from the real sky at your birth. Free, no account needed.

Famous birthdays on July 21

Robin Williams, Erling Haaland and Cat Stevens were born on July 21. StarMap has birth charts for 14 people born on this date, the best known first.

July 21, year by year: Cancer or Leo

Times are UTC. A birth in another time zone happened at a different clock time, so within a few hours of the change the place of birth decides the sign as much as the hour does. A chart drawn from the full birth details settles it.

Cancer all day: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (14 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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