July 23 Zodiac Sign: Leo or Cancer? Love Matches

July 23 is Leo on the dates most calendars use, but it is a boundary day: from 1950 to 2029, about 93 percent of July 23 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Leo and about 7 percent in Cancer.

Check a July 23 Leo against any sign

You were born on a boundary day. The exact changeover shifts by up to a day depending on the year and the time of birth, so both signs are shown.

Share of July 23 birth hours, 1950 to 2029, US Eastern time
Sign	Share	The Sun's degrees
Leo	93 percent	0.0 to 1.8 degrees of Leo
Cancer	7 percent	29.5 to 30.0 degrees of Cancer

The Sun's move into Leo landed between July 22 and July 23 (US Eastern time) in those years; the tropical year is about 365.24 days, so the moment shifts by hours from year to year and moves back after each leap day.

Check a July 23 birth by year and time

July 23 zodiac compatibility

If you are a Leo

By this site's zodiac points method, a July 23 Leo scores highest with Aries and Sagittarius, a strong match at 8 of 8 points, then Gemini and Libra, a good match at 5 of 8.

Pair	Verdict	Points	Aspect
Aries and Leo	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Leo and Sagittarius	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Gemini and Leo	good match	5 of 8	sextile
Leo and Libra	good match	5 of 8	sextile

who a July 23 Leo is compatible with

Today's Leo love horoscope

If you are a Cancer

By this site's zodiac points method, a July 23 Cancer scores highest with Scorpio and Pisces, a strong match at 8 of 8 points, then Taurus and Virgo, a good match at 5 of 8.

Pair	Verdict	Points	Aspect
Cancer and Scorpio	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Cancer and Pisces	strong match	8 of 8	trine
Taurus and Cancer	good match	5 of 8	sextile
Cancer and Virgo	good match	5 of 8	sextile

who a July 23 Cancer is compatible with

Today's Cancer love horoscope

Have your partner's birthday? Compare July 23 with your partner's birthday.

Scores come from this site's zodiac points method (formula 1.1), reviewed by Jahben R., astrologer, on 2026-09-23. How it works is on the methodology page.

Leo at a glance for a July 23 birthday

If you are a Leo

Element: fire
Modality: fixed
Ruler: the Sun
Position: day 1 of 31 of Leo
Next sign: Virgo, from August 23

If you are a Cancer

Element: water
Modality: cardinal
Ruler: the Moon
Position: the day after Cancer's last day on most calendars (July 22)
Next sign: Leo, from July 23

July 23 decan (Tradition)

In the triplicity system of decans, a tradition, July 23 falls at the end of the third decan of Cancer (20 to 30 degrees), ruled by Neptune (traditionally Jupiter), or the start of the first decan of Leo (0 to 10 degrees), ruled by the Sun, depending on the year and hour.

The older Chaldean system of decans assigns different rulers.

Famous people born on July 23

Sergio Mattarella, politician, born 1941
Daniel Radcliffe, actor, born 1989
Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor, born 1967
Woody Harrelson, actor, born 1961
Judit Polgár, chess player, born 1976

Birth dates from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-09-26.

A note on July 23 birthdays

This date sits on one of the year's cusp splits: about 93 percent of people born here read as Leo, opening its first degrees at 0.0 to 1.8, while the other 7 percent close out Cancer at 29.5 to 30.0 degrees. In astrological tradition the Sun rules Leo and the Moon rules Cancer, and Leo's easiest matches are Aries and Sagittarius, fire trines, while Cancer leans toward Scorpio and Pisces on the water side. By this site's points method those Leo pairings score 8 points each, a strong match.

Questions people ask

Is July 23 a Leo or a Cancer?

Either, depending on the birth. On the dates most calendars use, July 23 is Leo. From 1950 to 2029, about 93 percent of July 23 birth hours in US Eastern time fell in Leo and about 7 percent in Cancer; the year, the hour and the time zone decide.

Is July 23 on the Leo and Cancer cusp?

The Sun changes sign on or around July 23, so the day can belong to Leo or Cancer. A cusp is not a thirteenth sign in Western astrology or in this site's scoring: a July 23 birth is one sign or the other.

Who is a July 23 Leo or Cancer most compatible with?

By this site's zodiac points method, a Leo scores highest with Aries and Sagittarius (a strong match, 8 of 8 points), then Gemini and Libra (a good match, 5 of 8); a Cancer with Scorpio and Pisces (a strong match, 8 of 8 points), then Taurus and Virgo (a good match, 5 of 8).

Does the birth year change the zodiac sign for July 23?

Yes. The Sun's move into Leo landed between July 22 and July 23 (US Eastern time) from 1950 to 2029, so the year, the hour and the time zone decide a July 23 sign. The calculator on the zodiac sign dates page checks one birth.

Birthdays around July 23

July 22, Cancer or Leo
July 24, Leo
All July birthdays

Sources

astronomy-engine 2.1.19: the Sun's position; the methodology page records its check against NASA JPL Horizons, and the build checks it against published equinox and solstice times
This site's zodiac points method: formula 1.1
Wikidata (CC0): birth dates, fetched 2026-09-26