Cancer is the zodiac’s soft, protective heart, tuned to feeling and to home. It remembers everything, and it loves by caring for the people it keeps close.
The basics
- Symbol: The Crab
- Dates: Jun 21 to Jul 22
- Element: Water
- Mode: Cardinal
- Ruling planet: the Moon
Every water sign shares a way of being: feeling, intuitive and receptive; it moves with emotion and depth. And as a cardinal sign, Cancer initiates: it starts things and sets them in motion.
Its ruling planet is the Moon, which governs emotion and need. That ruler is a big part of why Cancer feels the way it does.
Born under Cancer? Remember it’s only your Sun sign. Your Moon, your rising sign and every other planet add their own colour, which is what a full birth chart shows.
Keep exploring: see all twelve signs together, or learn how the whole chart fits in What is a birth chart?