Born on July 4

July 4 zodiac sign

If you were born on July 4, your Sun sign is Cancer.

Born as the light peaks, with the Moon as your guardian.

WaterCardinalthe Moon

On July 4 the Sun stands between 11° and 13° Cancer, in the 2nd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 4, wherever in the world you were born.

Find your exact Sun degree

Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

Birth time

Your birthday star

Sirius

Sirius gets its yearly visit from the Sun on July 6, 2 days after your birthday. The brightest star in the night sky, the Dog Star the Egyptians watched to time the flooding of the Nile. A star of devotion and fame, with a fire that burns very hot.

Sirius sits at 14° Cancer.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On July 4 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Gemini, the twins, even though the sign is Cancer. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

See the real sky behind your whole chart

July 4 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Cancer on July 4, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940Gemini, then Cancer from 12:11LeoCancer
1941ScorpioCancer, retrogradeLeo
1942Pisces, then Aries from 09:11GeminiGemini
1943Cancer, then Leo from 05:40GeminiLeo
1944SagittariusCancerCancer
1945Aries, then Taurus from 03:05LeoTaurus
1946VirgoLeoLeo
1947CapricornCancer, retrogradeGemini
1948GeminiGemini, retrogradeGemini
1949Libra, then Scorpio from 16:22GeminiLeo
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950PiscesCancerGemini
1951CancerCancerLeo
1952Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 10:27LeoCancer
1953AriesLeoTaurus
1954Leo, then Virgo from 08:56Cancer, retrogradeLeo
1955Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 04:30GeminiGemini
1956TaurusGeminiGemini
1957LibraCancerLeo
1958AquariusCancerGemini
1959GeminiLeoLeo
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960ScorpioLeo, retrogradeCancer
1961Pisces, then Aries from 05:12Cancer, retrogradeTaurus
1962LeoGeminiLeo
1963SagittariusCancerGemini
1964Aries, then Taurus from 05:43CancerGemini
1965Virgo, then Libra from 19:43LeoLeo
1966Capricorn, then Aquarius from 09:15LeoGemini
1967Taurus, then Gemini from 04:39Cancer, retrogradeLeo
1968Libra, then Scorpio from 20:21GeminiCancer
1969PiscesGeminiTaurus
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970CancerCancerLeo
1971Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 23:59CancerGemini
1972AriesLeoGemini
1973VirgoLeoLeo
1974CapricornCancer, retrogradeGemini
1975TaurusGeminiLeo
1976LibraGeminiCancer
1977Aquarius, then Pisces from 15:31CancerTaurus
1978Gemini, then Cancer from 07:34LeoLeo
1979Libra, then Scorpio from 05:58LeoGemini
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980Pisces, then Aries from 08:47Cancer, retrogradeGemini
1981LeoGeminiLeo
1982SagittariusGeminiGemini
1983AriesCancerLeo
1984Virgo, then Libra from 21:27CancerCancer
1985AquariusLeoTaurus
1986GeminiLeoLeo
1987LibraCancer, retrogradeGemini
1988PiscesGeminiGemini
1989Cancer, then Leo from 14:38GeminiLeo
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:36CancerGemini
1991Pisces, then Aries from 03:34LeoLeo
1992VirgoLeoCancer
1993CapricornCancer, retrogradeTaurus
1994TaurusGemini, retrogradeLeo
1995Virgo, then Libra from 19:56GeminiGemini
1996Aquarius, then Pisces from 12:07CancerGemini
1997CancerCancerLeo
1998ScorpioLeoGemini
1999PiscesLeoLeo
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000LeoCancer, retrogradeCancer
2001Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 12:22GeminiTaurus
2002Aries, then Taurus from 08:17GeminiLeo
2003VirgoCancerGemini
2004AquariusCancerGemini
2005GeminiLeoLeo
2006LibraLeoGemini
2007Aquarius, then Pisces from 10:53Cancer, retrogradeLeo
2008Cancer, then Leo from 08:16GeminiCancer
2009SagittariusCancerTaurus
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010AriesCancerLeo
2011LeoLeoCancer
2012CapricornLeoGemini
2013Taurus, then Gemini from 09:22Cancer, retrogradeLeo
2014Virgo, then Libra from 09:43GeminiGemini
2015AquariusGeminiLeo
2016CancerCancerCancer
2017ScorpioCancerTaurus
2018PiscesLeoLeo
2019Cancer, then Leo from 03:20LeoCancer
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 04:48Cancer, retrogradeGemini
2021TaurusGeminiLeo
2022VirgoGeminiGemini
2023Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:30CancerLeo
2024Gemini, then Cancer from 20:52LeoCancer
2025Libra, then Scorpio from 09:33LeoTaurus

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

Eclipses on July 4

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on July 4, Greenwich time.

  • 1936, partial lunar eclipse at 17:25

How common is a July 4 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 8,796 babies were born on July 4 each year. That makes it number 363 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 21% fewer than an average day.

See every birthday and sign ranked

More from our studies: The rarest rising sign, city by city · How rare is your Big Three? · Were you born with Mercury retrograde?

The Cancer in you

Your gift

Making people feel held, fed and safe, often without saying a word.

Your growing edge

Letting go. The shell that protects you can also keep the world out.

Your decan, the second part of Cancer

Ruled by Pluto

Pluto deepens the waters. You feel things at the root, you sense what others hide, and your loyalty runs almost without end.

Read about the second decan of Cancer

Questions about July 4

What zodiac sign is July 4?

If you were born on July 4, your Sun sign is Cancer.

Is July 4 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Cancer all day on July 4 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Cancer.

What is the birthday star for July 4?

Sirius gets its yearly visit from the Sun on July 6, 2 days after your birthday. The brightest star in the night sky, the Dog Star the Egyptians watched to time the flooding of the Nile. A star of devotion and fame, with a fire that burns very hot.

What was the Moon sign on July 4?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On July 4 2022 the Moon was in Virgo, and on July 4 2021 it was in Taurus. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on July 4?

On July 4 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Gemini, the twins, even though the sign is Cancer. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

Everything about CancerExact Cancer dates every yearAll birthdays

Your Sun sign is one star in a whole sky. Your Moon and rising sign tell the rest of your story.

See my birth chart