Sun in Cancer: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
The Sun makes 36 visits to Cancer between 2000 and 2035, 1,132 days in all. The first stretch runs 21 June 2000 to 22 July 2000 and the last 21 June 2035 to 22 July 2035.
What the Sun in Cancer means
The Sun describes your sense of self and what you want to be recognised for. In Cancer, a water sign of the cardinal modality ruled by the Moon, that side of you runs on protection, memory, home and the people you count as family.
The Sun has no traditional dignity or debility in Cancer, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.
Between 2000 and 2035, the Sun is in Cancer 36 separate times, 1132 days in all. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has the Sun in Cancer in their birth chart.
Sun in Cancer at a glance
- Cancer is a water sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by the Moon.
- Dignity of Sun in Cancer (traditional table): none.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 1,132 days in all.
- A visit to one sign lasts about 30 days on average (shortest about 29 days, longest about 31 days).
Every date Sun is in Cancer, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Cancer | Leaves Cancer | Days | Retrograde in Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2000 | 22 July 2000 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2001 | 22 July 2001 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2002 | 23 July 2002 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2003 | 23 July 2003 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2004 | 22 July 2004 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2005 | 22 July 2005 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2006 | 22 July 2006 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2007 | 23 July 2007 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2008 | 22 July 2008 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2009 | 22 July 2009 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2010 | 22 July 2010 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2011 | 23 July 2011 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2012 | 22 July 2012 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2013 | 22 July 2013 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2014 | 22 July 2014 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2015 | 23 July 2015 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2016 | 22 July 2016 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2017 | 22 July 2017 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2018 | 22 July 2018 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2019 | 23 July 2019 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2020 | 22 July 2020 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2021 | 22 July 2021 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2022 | 22 July 2022 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2023 | 23 July 2023 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2024 | 22 July 2024 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2025 | 22 July 2025 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2026 | 22 July 2026 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2027 | 23 July 2027 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2028 | 22 July 2028 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2029 | 22 July 2029 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2030 | 22 July 2030 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2031 | 23 July 2031 | 32 | No |
| 20 June 2032 | 22 July 2032 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2033 | 22 July 2033 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2034 | 22 July 2034 | 32 | No |
| 21 June 2035 | 22 July 2035 | 32 | No |
Where these dates come from
Every date on this page is read from the site's ephemeris, the same one behind the daily horoscopes and birth charts. Positions are charted at 12:00 UTC each day from 1950 to 2045, and every five days further out for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each sign change is placed where the planet's path between two neighbouring days crosses the sign boundary, which lands within minutes of the true moment. Dates are UTC, so a change late in the day can fall on the next date in Australia or Asia. Retrograde spells run from the day the planet appears to stop and turn back to the day it turns forward again. Positions are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac.
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