Birthday signs · Leo season
What zodiac sign is July 26?
The position of July 26 in the tropical zodiac is Leo. Every year from 1930 through 2030, totaling 101 years, the Sun stood in Leo at noon UTC on July 26, at 2.53° to 4.02° Leo. For day 3 to 5 of Leo season, July 26 is in its early part, and the element is fire.
Calculated across 1930–2030 · checked .
July 26 is Leo
| Leo 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 |
July 26 at a glance
| Sign | ♌︎ Leo, the Lion |
|---|---|
| Element and mode | fire, fixed |
| Polarity | positive (masculine) |
| Ruler | the Sun (traditional) |
| Sun on this date | 2.5° to 4° Leo at noon UTC, 1930–2030 |
| Day of the season | day 3 to 5 of Leo season |
| Decan | first (0°–10°), face of Saturn |
| Sidereal sign (Lahiri) | Cancer |
| Day number | 8 (modern numerology) |
Rulers: Ptolemy; modern list.
The decan: early Leo
| Noon Sun | 2.53° to 4.02° Leo |
|---|---|
| Decan | first (0°–10°) |
| Face ruler, Chaldean order | Saturn |
Faces after Lilly, in Chaldean order.3
July 26 by the numbers
| Day number | 8 (2 + 6 = 8) |
|---|---|
| Month-day number | 6 (7 + 8 = 15, then 1 + 5 = 6) |
| System | modern numerology, digit sums |
Digit sums as numerology guides give them.4
Where the date falls in the season
| Day of Leo season | 3 to 5 |
|---|---|
| Leo season opened | July 22 (7 years) or July 23 (79) or July 24 (15) |
| Leo season closed | August 22 (65 years) or August 23 (36) |
| Element and mode | fire, fixed |
| Traditional ruler | the Sun |
Seasons by the noon-UTC rule; rulers after Ptolemy.2
Born at this point in Leo season
Born in the first stretch of Leo, this person arrives with the season still warming up. Early Leo carries the Sun's appetite for being seen, but the steadier Saturn undertone asks for proof before the applause. Think of someone who rehearses a toast three times, then gives it with real heart once the glasses are already raised. They want to shine, yet they also want the shine to be earned. That pull between showing up loudly and checking the work first is a familiar part of who they are.
Interpretation, not prediction.
The sidereal sign
| Sidereal sign, Lahiri ayanamsa | Cancer, all 101 years |
|---|---|
| Noon Sun, sidereal Cancer | 9.1°–10.3° |
| Convention | Indian (Vedic) astrology |
Ayanamsa convention.5
Born on July 26
- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist
- Carl Jung (1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), English writer and philosopher
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), American filmmaker and photographer
- Helen Mirren (1945), British actress
- Sandra Bullock (1964), American actress and film producer
- Liz Truss (1975), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
- Jacinda Ardern (1980), Prime Minister of New Zealand
Birth dates checked on Wikidata.6
July 26 in history
Observed on this date:
- Emancipation Day (Barbados)
- Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
- Esperanto Day
- Independence Day (Liberia), celebrates the independence of Liberia from the American Colonization Society in 1847.
- Independence Day (Maldives), celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
- Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
Events on July 26:
- 1509: Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne as Emperor of Vijayanagara, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1822: José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
- 1892: Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1958: Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 2016: Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
How the answer was worked out
The sign for each year from 1930 through 2030 was read from the Sun's tropical longitude on July 26, calculated at noon UTC using Astronomy Engine.1 How the Machine works
Questions people also ask
What zodiac sign is July 26?
When the Sun is counted at noon UTC, July 26 falls in Leo in all 101 sampled years from 1930 to 2030.
Is July 26 on a zodiac cusp?
No. At noon on every July 26 from 1930 to 2030, the Sun was in Leo, and each July 26 lies at least 2 days from the nearest change of sign.
What decan is July 26?
Across every sampled year, July 26 lies in the first decan of Leo (0°–10°), and its face ruler in the Chaldean order is therefore Saturn.
What is the birthday number for July 26?
In modern numerology, July 26 is assigned a day number of 8 and a month-day number of 6.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine JavaScript reference — Don Cross, Astronomy Engine. Verified .
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I, sections 11-21 — 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 .
- Wikipedia: July 26 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .