June is Gemini until the solstice and Cancer after it. People born from 1 to 20 June are Gemini; people born from 21 to 30 June are Cancer. The boundary is the June solstice itself, the moment the Sun reaches its northernmost point and enters the first degree of Cancer, so in June the change of sign and the change of season are the same event.

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The moment the Sun enters Cancer, for each birth year

Universal Time (UTC). Add or subtract the time zone of the birthplace.

The decans of June

Gemini to the 20th, Cancer from the 21st

Gemini is mutable air under Mercury: lively, versatile, interested in people and ideas and quick to tire of repetition. Cancer is cardinal water, ruled by the Moon, protective, tenacious and guided by feeling and memory. The step from one to the other is a step inward, from the street to the home. Where Gemini collects information, Cancer collects people, and looks after them.

A Boundary Set by the Solstice

Because the solstice has an exact time, so does the start of Cancer. From 1940 to 2040 it fell on 21 June in 81 years, on 22 June in 11 and on 20 June in 9, in Universal Time. The 22nd belongs to the middle of the last century and the 20th to recent and coming years, a slow drift that runs through the whole calendar. Anyone born on those three days should look up the year in the table and then convert the time to the place of birth.

June Gemini and June Cancer

June Geminis are described as the communicators of the zodiac: funny, alert, youthful at any age, happiest with variety and a little nervous without it. June Cancers are quieter and more guarded. Astrology gives them strong loyalty to family, a shrewd instinct for what people need, changing moods and a shell that takes time to open. Both signs are sensitive to atmosphere, Gemini through the mind and Cancer through the feelings, and both have long memories for a kind word.

June in the Calendar and the Sky

June is named for Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, and has been a month for weddings ever since. It has three birthstones, the pearl, the alexandrite and the moonstone, and its flowers are the rose and the honeysuckle. The solstice brings the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern, and north of the Arctic Circle the Sun does not set at all. After it the days begin to shorten again.

Frequently asked

What zodiac sign is June?

Gemini from 1 to 20 June and Cancer from 21 to 30 June.

Is 21 June Gemini or Cancer?

Cancer in most years. The Sun entered Cancer on 21 June in 81 of the 101 years from 1940 to 2040, on 22 June in 11 and on 20 June in 9.

What is the birthstone for June?

June has three: the pearl, the alexandrite and the moonstone. Its flowers are the rose and the honeysuckle.

June birthdays, day by day

The two signs

Zodiac signs, month by month