What zodiac sign is July 5?

July 5 is Cancer

Exact sign finder

July 5 at a glance

Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.⁶

The decan: middle Cancer

Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.³

What a decan is

July 5 by the numbers

Digit sums as numerology guides give them.⁴

Where the date falls in the season

Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.²

• Cancer reference
• Cancer compatibility

Born at this point in Cancer season

Born on July 5, this person arrives in the middle stretch of Cancer, when the season has settled into its own warmth. Caring for others comes easily to them, and they usually spot who needs a meal or a kind word before anyone asks. When a friend cancels plans again, they feel the sting, then decide whether to say so. Their gift is steady loyalty. Their lesson is letting other people carry a bit of the load too.

Interpretation, not prediction.

The sidereal sign

Ayanamsa convention.⁵

Tropical and sidereal, explained

Born on July 5

• P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and politician
• Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa
• Clara Zetkin (1857–1933), Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights
• Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French writer and film director
• John Howard Northrop (1891–1987), American biochemist
• Georges Pompidou (1911–1974), President of France from 1969 to 1974
• Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Dutch theoretical physicist
• Hernán Crespo (1975), Argentine footballer

Birth dates checked on Wikidata.⁷

July 5 in history

Observed on this date:

• Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
• Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.
• Independence Day (Algeria), celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962.
• Independence Day (Cape Verde), celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975.
• Independence Day (Venezuela), celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811; also National Armed Forces Day.
• Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)

Events on July 5:

• 328: The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius.
• 1954: Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1999: U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
• 2024: Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.

How the answer was worked out

From 1930 through 2030, the Sun's tropical longitude on July 5 was calculated at noon UTC each year with Astronomy Engine, and each year's sign was read from that longitude.¹ How the Machine works

Questions people also ask

What zodiac sign is July 5?

Every one of the 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 shows July 5 as Cancer, counting the Sun at noon UTC.

Is July 5 on a zodiac cusp?

No. On every July 5 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon is in Cancer, with each such July 5 at least 13 days from a change of sign.

What decan is July 5?

July 5 remains in the second decan of Cancer (10°–20°) throughout every sampled year, so the face ruler under the Chaldean order is Mercury.

What is the birthday number for July 5?

Under modern numerology, the day number for July 5 is 5, and the month-day number is 3, each found by adding digits.