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What zodiac sign is June 26?
The position of June 26 in the tropical zodiac is Cancer. Every year from 1930 through 2030, totaling 101 years, the Sun stood in Cancer at noon UTC on June 26, at 3.92° to 5.41° Cancer. For day 5 or 6 of Cancer season, June 26 is in its early part, and the element is water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
June 26 is Cancer
| Cancer at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 4 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
June 26 at a glance
| Sign | ♋︎ Cancer, the Crab |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | the Moon (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 3.9° to 5.4° Cancer at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 5 or 6 of Cancer season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Venus |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Gemini |
| Day number | 8 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: early Cancer
| Noon Sun | 3.92° to 5.41° Cancer |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Venus |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
June 26 by the numbers
| Day number | 8 (2 + 6 = 8) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 5 (6 + 8 = 14, then 1 + 4 = 5) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Cancer season | 5 or 6 |
|---|---|
| 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 on June 26, early in Cancer, this person came into the year while the light was still climbing. Their first instinct is to check how the people around them are doing before they check their own needs. Friends notice that they remember small details, like which chair someone usually takes or what a colleague said last week. The trouble comes when they keep carrying other people's moods long after the room has emptied. Learning to set one small boundary can feel like a loss, yet it also frees them to be the warm one again.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Gemini, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Gemini | 10.4°–11.7° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on June 26
- Charles Messier (1730–1817), 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer
- Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), British physicist and engineer
- Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary
- Salvador Allende (1908–1973), 28th president of Chile (1908–1973
- Robert Coleman Richardson (1937–2013), American physicist
- Paolo Maldini (1968), Italian association football player
- Samir Nasri (1987), French footballer
- Ariana Grande (1993), American singer, songwriter, and actress
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
June 26 in history
Observed on this date:
- Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International)
- World Refrigeration Day (International)
Events on June 26:
- 4: Augustus adopts Tiberius.
- 1889: Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
- 1952: The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
- 1974: The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
- 2013: The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
How the answer was worked out
The sign for each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on June 26, calculated at noon UTC using Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is June 26?
When the Sun is counted at noon UTC, June 26 falls in Cancer in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030.
Is June 26 on a zodiac cusp?
No. At noon on every June 26 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun was in Cancer, and each June 26 lies at least 4 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is June 26?
Across every sampled year, June 26 lies in the first decan of Cancer (0°–10°), and its face ruler in the Chaldean order is therefore Venus.
What is the birthday number for June 26?
In modern numerology, June 26 is assigned a day number of 8 and a month-day number of 5.
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 26 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .