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What zodiac sign is June?

Gemini has June up to the 20th; Cancer takes the last ten days, starting on June 21, the day of the northern solstice.

June zodiac signs at a glance

Most-asked June dates: June 21 is Cancer, June 20 is Gemini, June 18 is Gemini, June 28 is Cancer, June 24 is Cancer.

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The June sky

Cancer begins at the June solstice, the instant the Sun reaches its most northerly point, so for the tropical zodiac the longest day of the northern year and the first day of Cancer are one event. The map still carries the name: the Tropic of Cancer marks the northern limit of the Sun's overhead path, and was named when the solstice Sun stood in that constellation.

June has thirty days. There is no June 31, a date a small but steady stream of people look up; whichever of June 30 or July 1 they meant, the answer is Cancer.

Born in June: what each sign means

♊ Gemini, June 1 to 20

June 1 to 9 closes out the Libra stretch, the diplomatic and charming Gemini. June 10 to 20 belongs to Aquarius, where the sign turns cleverer and more detached than anywhere else.

♋ Cancer, June 21 to 30

June 21 to 30 is Cancer at home: the homebody, emotionally attuned centre of the sign, before July 1 brings the Scorpio-ruled stretch.

The June birthstone is Pearl (also Alexandrite, Moonstone); see June birthstones.

The June cusp, and what it means for your birthday

The solstice, and with it the start of Cancer, fell on June 20 in 2024 and on June 21 in 2025 and 2026, so a June 20 birth is Gemini in some years and Cancer in others depending on the hour.

June 21 is not safe either. In 2026 the change came at 08:24 UTC, so a birth in New York before about 4:30 a.m. on June 21 was still Gemini.

Across 2000 to 2050 (51 years) the Sun entered Cancer on these UTC dates: June 21 in 37, June 20 in 14. Counting clocks from UTC-12 to UTC+14 over 1800 to 2099, the change can reach any date from June 19 to 23.

When the Sun enters Cancer, in UTC. Computed from our own ephemeris, accurate to about fifteen minutes; an almanac gives the exact minute.
YearSun enters Cancer
2025about Jun 21, 02:40 UTC
2026about Jun 21, 08:20 UTC
2027about Jun 21, 14:10 UTC

Born near that moment? The sun sign calculator takes your year, time and time zone. For the Moon and rising sign too, use the birth chart calculator.

June decans: the ten-day stretches

Each sign is cut into three decans of about ten days, ruled in turn by the sign itself and the next two signs of its element. Sources differ by a day on where a decan starts; these follow the sign dates on this page.

  • June 1 to 9: Gemini, decan 2, ruled by Libra
  • June 10 to 20: Gemini, decan 3, ruled by Aquarius
  • June 21 to 30: Cancer, decan 1, ruled by Cancer

June zodiac signs by date

Every June birthday, day by day. Rows marked cusp are dates a sign change can reach in some year or time zone; the note says which two signs are in play.

Full guides for the most-searched June dates: June 20, June 21.

DateZodiac signNote
June 1♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 2♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 3♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 4♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 5♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 6♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 7♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 8♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 9♊ GeminiLibra decan
June 10♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 11♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 12♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 13♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 14♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 15♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 16♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 17♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 18♊ GeminiAquarius decan
June 19♊ GeminiCusp: Gemini to Cancer (far zones only)
June 20♊ GeminiCusp: Gemini to Cancer Full guide
June 21♋ CancerCusp: Gemini to Cancer Full guide
June 22♋ CancerCusp: Gemini to Cancer
June 23♋ CancerCusp: Gemini to Cancer (far zones only)
June 24♋ CancerCancer decan
June 25♋ CancerCancer decan
June 26♋ CancerCancer decan
June 27♋ CancerCancer decan
June 28♋ CancerCancer decan
June 29♋ CancerCancer decan
June 30♋ CancerCancer decan

June zodiac questions

What zodiac signs are in June?

June holds two zodiac signs: Gemini from June 1 to June 20 and Cancer from June 21 to June 30. The Sun's exact move between them shifts by up to a day from year to year, so the four or five dates around the change are cusp dates.

Is there a June 31 zodiac sign?

June has thirty days, so there is no June 31. People who give that date usually mean June 30 or July 1, and both are Cancer.

Why does June have three birthstones?

Pearl, alexandrite and moonstone were added at different times and none displaced the others. Only a few months list three or more traditional stones.

Your Sun sign is one piece of the chart

Our astrologers read the Moon, rising sign, houses and transits that a birth month cannot show.

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