Cancer zodiac sign
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Cancer constellation
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About Cancer

Cancer ♋ is the fourth sign of the zodiac.

Cardinal zodiac sign Cancer marks the Summer beginning with the Sun in ∠90°-120° sky sector of its constellation from June 22nd to July 22nd.

Planet ☽ Moon is the ruler of the feminine zodiac sign Cancer.

Triplicity element Water keeps it cold and wet, defining the phlegmatic temperament of Cancer and setting the qualities of its weak-voiced mute nature.

Cancer Sun sign is nocturnal, its quality of the night is analog of the dark Yin polarity of ☯ Tao.

Cancer zodiac sign in brief

Planets affecting Cancer

  • Zodiac sign ruler: ☽ Moon
  • Exaltation: ♃ Jupiter
  • Detriment: ♄ Saturn
  • Fall: ♂ Mars

Zodiac details of Cancer

  • Sun in Cancer: from June 22nd to July 22nd
  • Position: the fourth sign of zodiac
  • Tropical sector: ∠90°-120°
  • Constellation: Cancer
  • Direction: boreal (Northern)
  • Greek: Karkinos
  • Symbol: Crab
  • Body: single
  • Type: mute
  • Glyph: ♋

Cancer qualities

  • Season: Summer beginning
  • Modality: Cardinal
  • Element: Water
  • Binary polarity: negative
  • Heat: cold
  • Moisture: wet
  • Sect: nocturnal
  • Gender: feminine
  • Fertility: fertile
  • Temperament: phlegmatic
  • Voice: weak

Cancer zodiac sign specifics

  • Cancer motto: I feel, I wonder.
  • Colors: silver, white, grey and sea green
  • Numbers: 1, 2, 7 and 18
  • Day of week: Monday
  • Body parts: chest, breasts, stomach and female reproductive organs
  • Gemstones: moonstone and emerald
  • Metals: silver
  • Countries: South Korea, Scotland, Netherlands and New Zealand
  • Crucial years: from the 8th every 7th (8th, 15th, 22nd, etc.)
  • Tao analog: dark Yin ☯ Tao side

Cancer character

  • Cancer likes: home and country, children, sea, river, lakes, hobbies, romance and peeping
  • Cancer dislikes: cold, brutality, aggravation, bad manners, failure, mockery, opposition, insolence, interference and advices
  • Strength: loyalty, dependability, inertness, care, adaptivity and responsibility
  • Weakness: moody, clingy, oversensitive, self-absorbed and self-pity

Cancer relations to other zodiac signs

Partnership with Cancer

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