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What zodiac sign is July 14?
Using the tropical zodiac, July 14 is located in Cancer. The Sun remained in Cancer at noon UTC on July 14 throughout the 101 years from 1930 through 2030, at 21.08° to 22.57° Cancer. July 14 marks day 23 or 24 of Cancer season within its late section, linked to the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
July 14 is Cancer
| Cancer at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 7 days away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
July 14 at a glance
| Sign | ♋︎ Cancer, the Crab |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | the Moon (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 21.1° to 22.6° Cancer at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 23 or 24 of Cancer season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of the Moon |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Gemini |
| Day number | 5 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Cancer
| Noon Sun | 21.08° to 22.57° Cancer |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Moon |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
July 14 by the numbers
| Day number | 5 (1 + 4 = 5) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 3 (7 + 5 = 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 | 23 or 24 |
|---|---|
| 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 July 14, this person arrives late in Cancer, when the season's pull toward home and kin has already been running for weeks. They notice who needs looking after before anyone asks. Friends bring them problems, and they listen well. The harder part comes when they must let someone else carry a burden, because helping has become how they feel safe. Their gift is steady care, and their lesson is accepting care in return.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Gemini, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Gemini | 27.6°–28.9° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on July 14
- Cardinal Mazarin (1602–1661), French cardinal and statesman
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
- Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Austrian symbolist painter
- Gerald Ford (1913–2006), president of the United States from 1974 to 1977
- Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007), Swedish director and screenwriter
- Ei-ichi Negishi (1935–2021), Japanese chemist
- Angélique Kidjo (1960), Beninese-French world music singer
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), heir apparent to the Swedish throne and eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
July 14 in history
Observed on this date:
- Bastille Day (France and dependencies)
- International Non-Binary People's Day
- Republic Day (Iraq)
- Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden.
- North Korean Defectors' Day (in South Korea)
Events on July 14:
- 1853: Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
- 1911: Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.
- 1957: Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
- 2015: NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
How the answer was worked out
The tropical longitude of the Sun on July 14 was calculated at noon UTC for every year from 1930 through 2030 by Astronomy Engine, with each year's sign read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is July 14?
In all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030, the Sun at noon UTC is counted in Cancer for July 14.
Is July 14 on a zodiac cusp?
No. Between 1930 and 2030, the noon Sun lay in Cancer on every July 14, and July 14 is at least 7 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is July 14?
In each sampled year July 14 occupies the third decan of Cancer (20°–30°), and so its Chaldean face ruler is the Moon.
What is the birthday number for July 14?
July 14 is described in modern numerology by day number 5 and month-day number 3, each computed through digit addition.
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: July 14 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .