Birthday signs · Cancer season
What zodiac sign is July 20?
July 20 is situated in Cancer on the tropical zodiac. For all 101 years from 1930 through 2030, the Sun stood in Cancer at noon UTC on July 20, at 26.8° to 28.29° Cancer. Cancer season, day 29 or 30, is July 20, occupying its late part with the element water.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
July 20 is Cancer
| Cancer at noon UTC | 101 of 101 years, 1930–2030 |
|---|---|
| Nearest change of sign | at least 1 day away |
| Birth time needed for the sign | no |
July 20 at a glance
| Sign | ♋︎ Cancer, the Crab |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | water, cardinal |
| Polarity | negative (feminine) |
| Ruler | the Moon (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 26.8° to 28.3° Cancer at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 29 or 30 of Cancer season |
| Decan | third (20°–30°), face of the Moon |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Cancer |
| Day number | 2 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.6
The decan: late Cancer
| Noon Sun | 26.8° to 28.29° Cancer |
|---|---|
| Decan | third (20°–30°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | the Moon |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
July 20 by the numbers
| Day number | 2 (2 + 0 = 2) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 9 (7 + 2) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Cancer season | 29 or 30 |
|---|---|
| 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 late in Cancer, this person carries the season's care for others with a practical streak. They notice who needs a meal, a ride, or a quiet word before anyone asks. Over time they learn that looking after people does not mean holding everything together alone. The lesson of this stage is letting someone else carry a share of the load, even when it feels safer to do it personally.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Cancer, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Cancer | 3.3°–4.6° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on July 20
- Petrarch (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet
- Mahmud II (1789–1839), 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), Swedish poet
- Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
- Carlos Alazraqui (1962), American actor
- Enrique Peña Nieto (1966), 64th President of Mexico
- Gisele Bündchen (1980), Brazilian fashion model
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.7
July 20 in history
Observed on this date:
- Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)
- Día del Amigo (Argentina, Brazil)
- Engineer's Day (Costa Rica)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810.
- International Chess Day
- Lempira Day (Honduras)
Events on July 20:
- 1738: Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
- 1885: The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
- 1940: California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
- 1985: The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
- 2021: American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
How the answer was worked out
Astronomy Engine calculated the Sun's tropical longitude on July 20 at noon UTC for each year from 1930 through 2030, and the sign for each year was then read from it.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is July 20?
The 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030 all show July 20 in Cancer when counting the Sun at noon UTC.
Is July 20 on a zodiac cusp?
No. The Sun at noon was located in Cancer on each July 20 from 1930 through 2030, and July 20 lies a minimum of 1 day from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is July 20?
In all sampled years July 20 appears in the third decan of Cancer (20°–30°), giving the Moon as its face ruler in the Chaldean order.
What is the birthday number for July 20?
Within modern numerology, adding digits produces a day number of 2 and a month-day number of 9 for July 20.
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 20 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .