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July 29 birthdayZodiac sign, famous birthdays, personality and your 2027 numbers

The short answer

July 29 is a Leo birthday in the first decan of Leo with birthday number 11 and a Personal Year 11 in 2027; Fernando Alonso (1981), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805) and Eyvind Johnson (1900) were born on July 29 too.

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July 29 zodiac sign: Leo

Sun sign: Leo
Sun at noon UTC: 5.5° to 6.9° Leo
Decan: First of Leo, 0° to 10°
Element and mode: Fire, fixed
Ruling planet: The Sun

In every one of the 91 years from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stood in Leo for the whole of July 29, in every time zone on Earth, between 5.5° and 6.9° of the sign at noon UTC, so a July 29 birthday is a Leo birthday whatever the year or the hour.

At noon UTC on July 29 the Sun is in the first decan of Leo, 0° to 10°, in every one of those years, a face that belongs to Saturn in the Chaldean order and is read through Leo, ruled by the Sun, by triplicity; in most years the decan runs from July 23 to August 1, and July 29 is its seventh day.

In most years July 29 is the 7th day of the Sun’s season in Leo, which runs from July 23 to August 22 counted at noon UTC, with 24 days of it still to come. July 29 is the 210th day of a common year and the 211th of a leap year, with 155 days of the year still to come after it.

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Famous July 29 birthdays

The earliest born of the twelve is Alexis de Tocqueville, in 1805, and the most recent Fernando Alonso, in 1981; two of them were born after 1949.

Born since 1950

Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Spanish racing driver
Josh Radnor (born 1974), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Born from 1900 to 1949

Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), Swedish writer
Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), Dutch writer
Clara Bow (1905–1965), American actress
Daniel McFadden (born 1937), American economist
Mircea Lucescu (1945–2026), Romanian football player and manager
David Warner (1941–2022), British actor

Born in the 1800s

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French political thinker and historian
Isidor Rabi (1898–1988), American physicist
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian marine painter
Theda Bara (1885–1955), American actress

Birthdays from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia’s “On this day” births: the twelve best known of the 63 people the Almanac’s table keeps for July 29, by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

July 29 birthday personality

Saturn opens Leo in the Chaldean scheme while the Sun keeps it by triplicity, a pairing the old books read as dignity under discipline: the heir who has to earn the crown. The warmth is real here, and so is the weight of wanting to do everything properly.

Born on the 29th, 2 and 9 add to 11, a master number the Almanac keeps whole, with 2 underneath it: intuition and sensitivity raised toward inspiration. Numerology reads it as a deeply feeling birthday that needs calm ground under it. In fire the master 11 is read as inspiration that spreads, the vision spoken aloud before anyone else has seen it, and a need to rest after the blaze.

A question to carry from July 29: what has your warmth already sensed that you have not yet trusted enough to say?

The Sun in Leo and the number 11 are only part of the story: your Moon, your rising sign and the rest of your chart have as much to say, and the tradition offers all this as a mirror, never a verdict.

Birthday number 11, a master number

Born on the 29th, 2 + 9 = 11, a master number the Almanac keeps whole, so your birthday number is 11, with 2 underneath it: an 11 vibration is a Master Number connected to intuition, inspiration, sensitivity, and vision, with vision and inspired perception as its gift and nervous intensity, overwhelm, or self-doubt as its strain. On an ordinary day the 11 is lived through its 2, and a 2 vibration supports sensitivity, partnership, diplomacy, and careful listening.

Your 2027 numbers

A Greek sphinx with a lion's body, folded wings and a serene woman's face, seated on a stone plinth, an engraving — The Sphinx, keeper of riddles

For a birthday on July 29 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: July, the 7th month, gives 7, the 29th reduces to the master 11, and 7 + 11 + 11 = 29, which reduces to the master 11, so 2027 is your Personal Year 11.

Kept whole as a master year by the Almanac’s method, a Personal Year 11 is read as a year of illumination and sensitivity, with 2 as its everyday ground. In a Universal Year 11 the tradition reads a double portion of intuition, and advises calm routines to hold it.

Personal Months of 2027, a Personal Year 11: Jan 3 Feb 4 Mar 5 Apr 6 May 7 Jun 8 Jul 9 Aug 1 Sep 2 Oct 3 Nov 22 Dec 5

In 2027 July 29 falls on a Thursday, the day the old reckoning gives to Jupiter, and is a Personal Day 11 (9 + 29 = 38, then 11) in a Personal Month 9 (11 + 7 = 18, then 9), while November is a master month 22; the Personal Year itself turns on 1 January, not on the birthday.

July birthstone and birth flower

Birthstone: Ruby
Birth flowers: Larkspur, and water lily as the second flower

July’s ruby comes from the modern list (the Jewelers of America list of 1912, as since revised), and its larkspur and water lily from The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

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Common questions

What zodiac sign is July 29?

Leo: from 1940 to 2030 the Sun stayed in Leo for the whole of July 29 in every year and every time zone, 5.5° to 6.9° into the sign at noon UTC, so no birth year or birth time changes it.

Is July 29 a cusp birthday?

No: the Sun stays in Leo all day on July 29 in every year from 1940 to 2030, wherever on Earth the birth takes place, and the nearest cusp birthday is July 23, six days earlier.

Who was born on July 29?

Among the best known people born on July 29 are Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) and Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), with Isidor Rabi, Harry Mulisch and Ivan Aivazovsky and six more named on this page.

What is the birthday number for July 29?

11. Born on the 29th, 2 + 9 = 11, a master number the Almanac keeps whole, so your birthday number is 11, with 2 underneath it: an 11 vibration is a Master Number connected to intuition, inspiration, sensitivity, and vision, with vision and inspired perception as its gift and nervous intensity, overwhelm, or self-doubt as its strain.

What is the 2027 Personal Year for a July 29 birthday?

11. For a birthday on July 29 the house method reduces the birth month and the day on their own and adds the Universal Year of 2027, 11 (2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11, a master number kept whole), as it stands: July, the 7th month, gives 7, the 29th reduces to the master 11, and 7 + 11 + 11 = 29, which reduces to the master 11, so 2027 is your Personal Year 11.