♋︎Cancer

The Sun in Cancer

The Sun is the lasting self, what you are slowly becoming. What Alan Leo wrote of it:

The keeper of memory. Sensitive, imaginative and tenacious, you are bound to home and family, and you save, collect and protect what you love. You feel others' moods deeply and want their approval; your growth lies in trusting your own judgement as much as theirs.

The colours of this sign: tenderness, memory and a fierce instinct to protect.

Correspondences

Dates

June 21 – July 22

Element

Water

Mode

Cardinal

Ruler

The Moon

The cardinal mode leads: you are made to start things, to open new seasons.

The dates are approximate: the Sun enters each sign at a slightly different hour every year, so people born on the first or last day should check their chart.

In love

In love, Cancer is tender, protective and deeply attached; it needs security, family and a partner who makes a home with it.

At work

At work, Cancer excels in care, food, the home, history and anything that protects; it works best where it feels safe.

Counsel

Do not let old hurts close the shell; feel, then let go.

The Moon in Cancer

The Moon is the inner child: moods, habits and what you need to feel at home.

You are homely, affectionate and attached to your family, especially your mother. Sensitive and imaginative, you absorb the moods and suggestions of those around you. Leo notes a talent for acting, music and poetry, a psychic streak, and a pull towards water.

The Ascendant in Cancer

The Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth, is the door through which you meet the world.

Imaginative, receptive and tenacious, with a shy, cautious reserve. Your path is bound up with home, family and attachments, and you are much shaped by your surroundings. Leo counts economy, receptivity and tenacity as its virtues; its troubles come from a very sensitive, emotional nature.

The planets in Cancer

Mercury · You think with your feelings and remember everything that ever touched you. Your mind is tender, intuitive and protective, and it learns best where it feels safe.

Venus · You love by caring. Your love is tender, protective and deeply loyal; you need a home in someone, and you never forget a kindness.

Mars · You act from feeling. Your energy rises and falls with your moods; you defend your family fiercely, but anger tends to come out sideways rather than straight.

Jupiter · Jupiter is exalted here: your luck comes through family, home and kindness. You grow by caring, and your generosity returns to you many times over.

Saturn · Your lesson is the heart and the home. You may have felt emotional coldness early; you learn to build the warmth you once missed.

Compatibility with every sign

Cancer · Aries · Cancer · Taurus · Cancer · Gemini · Cancer · Cancer · Cancer · Leo · Cancer · Virgo · Cancer · Libra · Cancer · Scorpio · Cancer · Sagittarius · Cancer · Capricorn · Cancer · Aquarius · Cancer · Pisces

The signs

♈︎ Aries · ♉︎ Taurus · ♊︎ Gemini · ♌︎ Leo · ♍︎ Virgo · ♎︎ Libra · ♏︎ Scorpio · ♐︎ Sagittarius · ♑︎ Capricorn · ♒︎ Aquarius · ♓︎ Pisces