July 6 Zodiac Sign: Cancer
The short answer
People born on July 6 are Cancer. On this date the Sun sits between 13.1° Cancer and 15.3° Cancer in every year from 1950 to 2025, in the second decan of Cancer.
July 6 at a glance
| Zodiac sign | Cancer (June 21 to July 22) |
|---|---|
| Sun position, 1950 to 2025 | 13.1° Cancer to 15.3° Cancer (usually 14.2° Cancer at noon UTC) |
| Decan | second decan of Cancer: Scorpio (triplicity), Mercury (Chaldean), Three of Cups (Golden Dawn) |
| Element | Water |
| Modality | Cardinal |
| Ruling planet | Moon |
| Nearest sign change | About 13.3 days away |
What a July 6 birthday means
On July 6 the Sun sits between 13.1° Cancer and 15.3° Cancer in every year from 1950 to 2025, counting every hour of the day in UTC. Its usual noon position is 14.2° Cancer.
That places July 6 in the second decan of Cancer. The modern triplicity system gives this decan to Scorpio, the older Chaldean order gives it to Mercury, and the Golden Dawn tradition pairs it with the Three of Cups.
Cancer is a water sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by the Moon. Water signs read the mood first; feeling is how they know what is true. Cardinal signs start things: each one opens a season.
July 6 is about 13 days from the nearest sign change, so the Sun is in Cancer on this date in every year charted.
Where these figures come from
The Sun's position was charted at 12:00 UTC on every day from 1950 to 2025, and the start and end of each date were placed on the straight line between neighbouring days, which is exact to a small fraction of a degree. The range covers every hour of July 6 in UTC across all 76 years; someone born far from UTC can sit up to about half a degree beyond it. Decans follow two traditional systems: the triplicity system, which gives each third of a sign to the three signs of its element in turn, and the older Chaldean order of faces, which runs through the seven classical planets from Mars at the start of Aries.
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