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July 22 Zodiac Sign: Cancer or Leo — Traits

The July 22 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 22, 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 change falls at 19:13 UTC on July 22. The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Selena Gomez, Willem Dafoe and Louise Fletcher were born on July 22. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on July 22 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 22? 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 22

Selena Gomez, Willem Dafoe and Louise Fletcher were born on July 22. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, the best known first.

July 22, 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.

Years in which the Sun entered Leo on July 22

1944 at 23:56
1948 at 23:07
1952 at 22:07
1956 at 21:20
1960 at 20:37
1964 at 19:52
1968 at 19:07
1972 at 18:02
1973 at 23:55
1976 at 17:18
1977 at 23:04
1980 at 16:41
1981 at 22:39
1984 at 15:58
1985 at 21:36
1988 at 14:51
1989 at 20:45
1992 at 14:09
1993 at 19:51
1996 at 13:19
1997 at 19:15
2000 at 12:43
2001 at 18:26
2004 at 11:50
2005 at 17:41
2006 at 23:18
2008 at 10:55
2009 at 16:36
2010 at 22:21
2012 at 10:00
2013 at 15:55
2014 at 21:41
2016 at 09:30
2017 at 15:15
2018 at 21:00
2020 at 08:37
2021 at 14:26
2022 at 20:07
2024 at 07:44
2025 at 13:29
2026 at 19:13

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, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023.

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.

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