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Birthday astrology

Born on July 16.

Choose your birth year to explore the Sun on this date. The position below uses a reference time of noon Universal Time, not your personal birth time.

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1900 to 2026. This lookup does not save birth details.

July 16, 2023 · 12:00 UT

Sun in Cancer

23°43′ Cancer

The Sun stays in Cancer throughout this UT date. Use your local birth details for a personal chart.

The Sun on July 16, year by year

These positions are all calculated for 12:00 UT. The degree changes between years, even when the sign stays the same.

July 16 at noon Universal Time · tropical zodiac
YearSun signDegree
2022Cancer23°57′
2023, selected yearCancer23°43′
2024Cancer24°26′

Positions are shown to the arcminute. A birth before or after noon has a different degree. UT and your local calendar date can differ.

Closest sign change in 2023

The Sun enters Leo on 2023-07-23 at approximately 01:50 UT.

Explore the Cancer to Leo boundary

Reading Sun in Cancer

Sun in Cancer is associated with finding purpose in caring for people and creating a sense of belonging. Keeping friends connected after a move is one possible expression. Care also involves recognizing when someone wants room to act independently.

Cancer is cardinal water. Water introduces feeling and attachment; cardinal gives those concerns an active direction. The combination can be read through creating a place of belonging or taking the initiative to protect something valued.

Element
Water
Mode
Cardinal
Traditional ruler
Moon

Care involves both intention and response. Offering support, asking for support, and respecting another person's boundaries require different decisions. The chart cannot tell you which decision a relationship needs without information from the people involved.

Read the full Sun in Cancer guide

The same birthday can produce different charts

The Moon and other planets move independently of the Sun. People born on July 16 in different years can have different Moon signs and planetary aspects.

Birth time and location also change the Ascendant and houses. Astriel uses Placidus: the Sun's house follows its position between calculated cusps. Its zodiac sign alone cannot supply a house number.

If the birth time is unknown, choose that option in the calculator. A date crossing a sign boundary can leave the Sun sign unresolved; houses remain unavailable.

Reference time and calculation method

Noon Universal Time is a shared comparison time for these public tables. It is never saved as a birth time. Modern civil UTC stays close to UT; historical dates use the engine's universal-time convention.

Sun positions use Astronomy Engine 2.1.19, the tropical zodiac and the apparent geocentric ecliptic of date. Ingress times use the same adapter and are rounded estimates. Displayed minutes are not an accuracy guarantee.

A calendar date alone does not establish a personality, a Moon sign or a life-path number. The sign lesson describes an astrological convention. No biography or celebrity birth record is inferred.

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