Illustration of the sign Cancer

Cancer ♋

If your Sun is in Cancer, you carry a way of being in the world that is very much your own. This is what Western astrology sees in you.

Dates

Jun 21 – Jul 22

Element

Water

Modality

Cardinal

Ruler

Moon

Your essence

Your identity is deeply linked to home, family and emotions. You are the zodiac's natural protector. Your sensitivity gives you extraordinary intuition to perceive what others need. Your inner world is as vast as the ocean that rules you.

Your emotional world

The Moon in its domicile: your sensitivity is extraordinary. You are the emotional heart of the zodiac. Your intuition borders on the psychic. You care for others with innate maternal devotion. Your home is your sacred sanctuary.

Your mind

Your thinking is colored by emotion. You have extraordinary memory, especially for emotional events. You communicate with intuition and empathy. You protect your ideas like a crab protects its home.

How you love

You love with protection and maternal devotion. Your home is your love nest. You need emotional security to give yourself fully. When you love, you care with all your soul. Sentimental memories are your treasure.

Your drive

Your energy is defensive and protective. You fight fiercely for your family and home. Your anger can be passive-aggressive. In intimacy you are tender and deeply emotional. Your maternal/paternal instinct is powerful.

Your sun sign is only one part. In your full birth chart, the Moon, the rising sign, the planets and the houses tell the rest of your story. Your Sonia reads all of it, just for you.

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