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What zodiac sign is June 24?
Using the tropical zodiac, June 24 is assigned to Cancer. In each of the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, noon UTC on June 24 found the Sun in Cancer, at 2.01° to 3.5° Cancer. Its early part places June 24 on day 3 or 4 of Cancer season, with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
June 24 is Cancer
| Cancer at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 2 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
June 24 at a glance
| Sign | ♋︎ Cancer, the Crab |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | the Moon (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 2° to 3.5° Cancer at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 3 or 4 of Cancer season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Gemini |
| Day number | 6 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Cancer
| Noon Sun | 2.01° to 3.5° Cancer |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
June 24 by the numbers
| Day number | 6 (2 + 4 = 6) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (6 + 6 = 12, then 1 + 2 = 3) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Cancer season | 3 or 4 |
|---|---|
| Cancer season opened | June 21 (39 years) or June 22 (62) |
| Cancer season closed | July 21 (7 years) or July 22 (79) or July 23 (15) |
| Element and mode | water, cardinal |
| Traditional ruler | the Moon |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Cancer season
Born in the opening days of Cancer, this person notices mood before words arrive. At a crowded dinner, they catch a small drop in a friend's voice and drift closer without making a scene. Early in this stretch of the season, feeling things becomes a way of paying attention. Afterward they replay the moment, wondering if they read too much into it. Still, they would rather check and be wrong than miss the one person who needed them.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Gemini, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Gemini | 8.5°–9.8° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on June 24
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914), American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
- Victor Hess (1883–1964), Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–1995), Argentine racing driver
- Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), Argentine writer, painter and physicist
- Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), British astronomer
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927–2014), American scientist
- Julia Kristeva (1941), Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
- Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), president of Mexico since 2024
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
June 24 in history
Observed on this date:
- Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
- Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
- Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
- Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)
- Enyovden (Bulgaria)
- Catalan Countries National Day (Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Northern Catalonia, Valencia)
- Jaanipäev (Estonia)
- Jāņi (Latvia)
- Jónsmessa (Iceland)
- Midsummer Day (England)
Events on June 24:
- 1312 BCE: Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
- 1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
- 1963: The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
- 2023: The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine provided the Sun's tropical longitude on June 24 at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and each year's sign was read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is June 24?
Cancer applies to June 24 in every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, with the Sun counted at noon UTC.
Is June 24 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun was in Cancer at noon on every June 24 from 1930 to 2030, and June 24 sits at least 2 days from the nearest sign boundary.
What decan is June 24?
June 24 falls in the first decan of Cancer (0°–10°) in every sampled year, so its face ruler in the Chaldean order is Venus.
What is the birthday number for June 24?
Modern numerology finds June 24 has day number 6 and month-day number 3, each determined by adding digits.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I — LacusCurtius, University of Chicago. Verified .
- Decan (astrology): the faces of the planets (after Lilly) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Life Path Number — Numerology.com (practitioner site). Verified .
- Ayanamsa (Lahiri and other sidereal conventions) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Cancer (astrology) — Wikipedia. Verified .
- Wikipedia: June 24 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .