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July 23 Zodiac Sign: Cancer or Leo — Traits

The July 23 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 23, 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 Leo throughout July 23 (UTC). The year-by-year list further down shows which.

Daniel Radcliffe, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Harrelson were born on July 23. StarMap has birth charts for 17 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on July 23 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 23? 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 23

Daniel Radcliffe, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Harrelson were born on July 23. StarMap has birth charts for 17 people born on this date, the best known first.

July 23, 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 23

1900 at 08:36
1901 at 14:23
1902 at 20:10
1904 at 07:49
1905 at 13:46
1906 at 19:32
1908 at 07:14
1909 at 13:01
1910 at 18:43
1912 at 06:13
1913 at 12:04
1914 at 17:47
1915 at 23:27
1916 at 05:21
1917 at 11:07
1918 at 16:51
1919 at 22:44
1920 at 04:35
1921 at 10:30
1922 at 16:19
1923 at 22:00
1924 at 03:58
1925 at 09:45
1926 at 15:24
1927 at 21:16
1928 at 03:02
1929 at 08:53
1930 at 14:42
1931 at 20:21
1932 at 02:18
1933 at 08:05
1934 at 13:42
1935 at 19:33
1936 at 01:18
1937 at 07:07
1938 at 12:57
1939 at 18:36
1940 at 00:34
1941 at 06:26
1942 at 12:07
1943 at 18:04
1945 at 05:45
1946 at 11:37
1947 at 17:15
1949 at 04:57
1950 at 10:30
1951 at 16:21
1953 at 03:52
1954 at 09:45
1955 at 15:24
1957 at 03:15
1958 at 08:50
1959 at 14:45
1961 at 02:23
1962 at 08:18
1963 at 13:59
1965 at 01:47
1966 at 07:23
1967 at 13:16
1969 at 00:48
1970 at 06:36
1971 at 12:15
1974 at 05:30
1975 at 11:22
1978 at 05:00
1979 at 10:49
1982 at 04:15
1983 at 10:04
1986 at 03:24
1987 at 09:06
1990 at 02:21
1991 at 08:11
1994 at 01:41
1995 at 07:30
1998 at 00:55
1999 at 06:44
2002 at 00:15
2003 at 06:04
2007 at 05:00
2011 at 04:12
2015 at 03:30
2019 at 02:50
2023 at 01:50

Cancer all day: 1903, 1907, 1911.

Leo all day: 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 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.

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