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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Signs · Beginner

Cancer

Also called Cancer sign

The fourth sign, beginning at the June solstice; astrologers associate it with care, memory and home.

Astrologers associate Cancer with protectiveness, feeling, family and belonging. Jupiter is traditionally exalted here. In the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Cancer from about 21 June to 22 July, the exact moment varying by a day from year to year.

How it is worked out
Tropical longitude 90° to 120°; element water, modality cardinal, polarity yin; traditional ruler the Moon.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Water signs, Cardinal signs, Polarity, Zodiac sign, Moon, Solstice

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