Sign 4 of 12
Cancer
Cancer begins at the summer solstice. It is protective and feeling-led, builds a shell around the people it loves, and remembers everything.
Cancer pairs the Water element with the Cardinal mode. In the tropical zodiac the Sun passes through it from 21 June to 22 July.
In the sidereal zodiac used by Vedic astrology the same 30° sit about 24° further on, so the Sun is there from about 16 July to 16 August.
- Element
- Water
- Mode
- Cardinal
- Traditional ruler
- Moon
- Sun (tropical)
- 21 June – 22 July
- Sun (sidereal, approx.)
- 16 July – 16 August
Gifts
- care
- loyalty
- emotional memory
Watch for
- moodiness
- guardedness