Imagine someone who’s sweet and sensitive one minute, moody and pessimistic the other. Yep, that’s a Cancer, but that’s not all there is to them. Read on to learn more.
Basic Info About the July 19 Zodiac
- What’s the sun sign? Cancer
- Element: Water
- Symbol: Crab
- Ruling planet: Moon
- Modality: Cardinal
- Celestial longitude: 90° to 119°
- July Birthstone: Ruby
- Flower: White rose
- Motto: “I care.”
- Main Traits: Loving, protective, emotional, sensitive, clingy
- Most compatible with? Capricorn
Positive Cancer Traits
First, let’s start with the good things a July 19 zodiac has to offer.
Affectionate
Cancers love expressing affection for their loved ones. A Cancer constantly thinks about doing nice things for someone else, especially someone close to them.
They’re caring friends who tend to “mother” the people around them, ensuring friends and family feel comfortable and loved.
Homemakers
Cancers are also natural homemakers. If you ever see a Cancer’s home, they make sure it’s cozy. Since they spend nights and lazy days at home, they want to make sure it’s up to their standards.
They spare no expense in interior design or decoration to make sure their living space is exactly how they want it.
Considerate
Living with Cancers will be easy. They’re empathetic and intuit the needs of the people around them. Cancers hate feeling like they’re bothering someone, so they make sure to be as respectful as possible to their roommates’ needs.
They might even bother to cook dinner or bake sweets for their roommates “Just cause.”
Loyal
You’ll never have to worry if a Cancer is a dishonest friend. They’re faithful peers who do anything for the people they love. When a Cancer’s in your life, they’ll be in your life for a long time. It will take a significant event to make a Cancer break off a friendship with someone.
Even if a relationship doesn’t work out, a Cancer will try to be friends with their ex.
Creative
Cancers are creative, funny people. They love telling jokes and making others laugh. They were the class clown in school for their friend group, even if they seemed shy and distant when you first meet them.
Cancers tend to gravitate towards the arts, such as writing, painting, performance, and more. Cancers love mental stimulation and creation.
Empathetic
Cancers feel another person’s emotions or moods deeper than other Zodiac signs. A Cancer is a great listener who tries as best they can to understand where the other person is coming from.
A Cancer is an excellent shoulder to cry on because they’ll comfort you while you become emotional and probably join in crying with you too.
Spontaneous
It’s hard to predict what a Cancer will do next. They give in to urges and impulses freely (within reason). Their spontaneity pairs well with their creativity. They’ll get a wild idea to do something weird or funny, and they’ll prompt the other people to do it with them.
No matter what they decide to do, a Cancer makes any day fun and interesting.
Protective
Cancers hold the people they love close to them. The people could be friends, family, or acquaintances they just met and took a liking to.
Should trouble arise, a Cancer will be the first one to spring into action. They’ll stand up for their friends and loved ones, making sure everything goes alright. When it comes to a fight or a verbal altercation, a Cancer is the person to call.
Negative Cancer Traits
What goes up, must come down!
Moody
Because of their sensitivity, a Cancer’s mental state changes because of the events or information they receive throughout their day.
Cancers feel their emotions intensely and feel a sort of emotional jet lag when going through their day. A negative event at the beginning of the day could carry into the evening when the energy is much more positive.
Clingy
Cancers love physical contact. When a Cancer loves someone, the Cancer wants to be with that person constantly. Their affection can turn to clinginess when the Cancer prioritizes their need for physical contact over their partner’s needs.
A Cancer’s clinginess can be cute and charming at the beginning of the relationship, but quickly grow tiresome.
Overemotional
Cancers wear their hearts on their sleeves. They find it difficult to hide what they’re feeling, so they’re prone to just showing their extreme emotions rather than trying to hide them terribly.
The Cancer may have to remove themselves from a situation to express their emotions privately. Still, a Cancer’s overemotional nature can inconvenience them and the people around them.
Fear of Rejection
Rejection hurts everyone, but especially Cancers. This fear can cause the Cancer to forgo pursuing a goal or dream they have because they don’t want the pain of getting let down.
While a Cancer is naturally creative and loving, they keep their talents stunted because they don’t want to put in a bunch of work for a project only to face rejection from gatekeepers.
Resentful
Cancers remember who and what seriously hurt them. If it’s a person, a Cancer will most likely cut that person out of their life.
However, since Cancers are caring and forgiving people. They’re also prone to keeping toxic people in their life because they don’t have the courage to cut someone out. This can make the Cancer grow even more resentful and angry towards the toxic person.
July 19 Zodiac Compatibility
How does this zodiac handle friendships, love, and relationships with others?
Friendship
Cancers make friends with people easily. They enjoy making new friends with a diverse group of people. However, Cancers are not able to become friends with some people as they are with others.
Cancers are excellent at reading someone, so a Cancer can tell when that person represents themselves other than their authentic self. A Cancer can sniff out someone who’s fake and instantly get suspicious.
They don’t like liars and they don’t like disingenuous people. While a Cancer can be polite to that person, they don’t let fake people into their lives.
The Cancer is also caring and protective. If a Cancer feels as if someone has negative characteristics, the Cancer will extend their time to help that person improve. Cancers are fixers, especially when it comes to people, so they’ll take on people as “projects” in the hopes of helping them improve.
The Cancer might have multiple people like that in their life. The Cancer continues to help these people hoping their effort will pay off and the person will be thankful for the Cancer’s input. Such gratitude rarely happens, and both parties end up frustrated.
The Cancer feels as if they’re wasting their time and the helped person feels like they’re being forced to change.
Cancers tend to accumulate a large friend group because of the Cancer’s effervescent energy, optimism, and constant kindness.
The Cancer will have a few close friends but may feel as if they’re surrounded more by acquaintances than people with whom they have a strong connection.
Romance
Romance comes easily to a Cancer. The Cancer gets to flex their love and appreciation skills to suit the need of one particular partner. Since the Cancer knows how to read people and listens deeply when they talk, a Cancer knows how to single out the one or two ways that really expresses their love that means the most for their partner.
Cancers are Cardinal signs, meaning they take charge in a situation and are action-oriented. They’re adaptable to some degree, but they usually find the best course of action and try to stick to efficiency.
When it comes to picking a partner, they’ll find it difficult to stay with someone who’s stubborn and stuck in their ways like a Taurus or Leo.
Cancers are prone to butting heads with people on certain issues, but they’re also natural compromisers and can let other people take control from time to time. Cancers don’t like feeling powerless, though, and would hate for someone to make all the decisions for them.
Cancers need someone who is fun-loving and caring, genuine and loyal, and loves the Cancer as much as Cancer loves other people. Knowing this, a Cancer fairs well with another Cancer, since the two will deeply understand how the other operates.
They’ll be able to read each other’s emotional mood swings and understand when to engage or to leave each other alone.
Cancers also fair well with Capricorns. Capricorns are ambitious go-getters who are a bit traditional yet overall compassionate. Capricorns are genuine and honest people, perhaps bluntly so, but their genuine aura will attract the Cancer’s home-body spirit.
Capricorns can be stubborn at times, but always give way to cogent, logical arguments.
Sex
Cancers need to know someone very well before they enjoy sex. While a Cancer is certainly capable of having one-night stands, they won’t enjoy the hollowness behind the act. For a Cancer, sex means expressing affection for a partner in the most intimate way two human bodies can.
Cancers won’t want to rush into sex. A Cancer will want to slowly build up a relationship with their partner. Cancers will communicate their intent and emotions with their partner, making sure that both are on the same page at all times in the relationship.
A Cancer will sense when something isn’t right and will be sure to bring it up with their lover.
Such communication will edify the sexual experience. A Cancer knows they can tell their partner anything that comes to their mind, so a Cancer will feel comfortable taking on such an intimate act like sex.
Cancers excel at emotional vulnerability and communication with a partner of any Zodiac sign, so Cancers will be compatible with any sign if given enough time.
Best Careers for the July 19 Zodiac
Anything that requires creativity will suit the July 19 Cancer well. While they can learn to follow structure, they don’t enjoy it. The July 19 Cancer will want the freedom to take their mind wherever they want, not simply to stay confined to the strict limitations their employer imposes on them.
Since they’re such a people person, careers involving working with people will help them too. Cancers make excellent therapists, psychologists, physical therapists, journalists, even school teachers.
If a Cancer decides to go into a field that involves working with a lot of people, the Cancer must be cognizant of emotional burnout. Since Cancers feel and empathize with other people easily, they can feel as if their emotions are stretched thin over the people they have to help.
The emotional strain of some jobs, such as psychiatry or teaching, may be too much for the Cancer.
Since Cancers have a Cardinal sign, they take charge and are typically the first to make a decision. A Cancer will make an excellent leader, so they can become a CEO, president of an organization, or a manager in some other regard.
Cancers are good at making sure their followers’ feelings are handled carefully while still being firm enough to get stuff done.
There are many career prospects for Cancers. No matter what the Cancer chooses, they’ll bring joy and positive energy to their workplace.
Famous People Born on July 19
- Benedict Cumberbatch – An English actor famous for his role in Sherlock, The Hobbit, and various other film, TV, and theatre productions.
- Brian May – An English musician most known as the former guitarist for Queen.
- Shane Dawson – Famous YouTube with over 20 million subscribers. He self produces makes docu-series on his channel.
- Jared Padalecki – American Actor known for his role as Sam Winchester on the TV show
General Advice for the July 19 Zodiac
You’re a caring friend, colleague, and partner. Just be sure to prioritize your health (of all forms) and make sure you’re caring for yourself as much as you’re caring for others.
Despite being symbolized by the crab, you have a notoriously thin skin. You can give criticism but not take it. Learning to graciously deal with negative comments (constructive or not) will allow you to improve yourself in ways polite comments can’t do.
Finally, be sure to give your loved one’s space. While you want to make sure they feel your affection for them, they need time away from you to process that love. But never stop loving!
