Cancer is the fourth sign. The Sun stays in Cancer from 16 July to 16 August as per sidereal zodiac which is followed by Vedic Astrologers. Cancerians have a strong nurturing instinct. The glyph for Cancer depicts a mother’s breasts, because the first nurturing a child receives after birth is usually suckling at their mother’s breast. The crab is also an apt symbol for this sign because, like the crab, Cancerians have a hard outer shell and a soft center. They rarely move forwards to achieve a goal, preferring to approach it sideways, as if siding up to their opportunities. Being a cardinal type, they are ambitious and will initiate action to achieve their desired goals.
Cancer is a watery sign and is ruled by the Moon, it is cardinal, watery, feminine sign, governs stomach, breasts, nutrition, digestion, uterus and the fourth house of the horoscope. Its characteristics are feeling for support and maintaining, developed feeling nature, traditionalism, love for family, nurturing of others and introversion. It symbolizes basic conditions and material support for achieving the goals, yearning for security and endurance, womb, ground of personality.
The Moon which is considered the coolest of all the nine planets in Vedic Astrology and is also considered as the fastest moving planet in Vedic Astrology. Therefore most of the planets placed in Cancer tend to show their positive or negative results in a less aggressive way compared to some other signs. Jupiter which is the planet that rules knowledge, spiritualism and prosperity, becomes exalted in this sign which means that out of all the twelve zodiac signs, Jupiter is considered strongest when placed in Cancer. A positive Jupiter well placed in Cancer can bless the native with great knowledge, spirituality and prosperity among many other things depending upon the other important aspects of the horoscope.
Cancerians are patient, sympathetic and protective people. They are suited to careers that involve caring and compassion, such as child care, infant or primary school teaching, or managing a bed and breakfast or private hotel. They have a subtle sense of color, which suits them to interior design and interior decorating. They can enjoy working in the hospitality industry and when grounded by financial fears and insecurities, they often seek clerical or accounting work as it is secure.
Cancerians enjoy the sea, rivers and lakes, but prefer appreciating the beauty of these things to getting wet. Work involving boats or liquids (including alcohol) appeals to them.
Cancerians are inclined to be emotionally possessive of their loved ones and need to curb their tendency to worry about family and friends. As parents, they can find it difficult to let go of their children when they want to leave home or assert their independence. With smaller children, however, Cancerians excel. They are patient and doting, and because of their vivid imaginations, are excellent storytellers.
Essentially romantic, Cancerians enjoy travel and learn languages easily by absorbing the sounds around them and committing them to memory. They are much better learning a language when immersed in the culture than in a school-type environment.
Cancer like all other zodiac signs contains three Nakshatra or lunar mansion, which are one third of the Punarvasu Nakshatra, entire Pushya Nakshatra and entire Ashlesha Nakshatra.
Cancer Facts
Duality: Feminine
Element: Water
Quality: Cardinal or movable
Ruling Planet: Moon
Symbol: Crab
Part of the Body: Breasts & stomach
Exaltation sign of: Jupiter
Debilitation Sign of: Mars
Determent Sign of: None
Positive traits of Cancer: Sympathetic, sensitive, tenacious, loving, imaginative & protective.
Negative traits of Cancer: Timidity, moody, indolence, sentimental, over emotional, touchy & clingy.
Things Governed by Cancer
Flowers: Larkspur, acanthus, lotus, water lily & white flowers in general.
Trees: Alder, willow, maple & trees rich in sap.
Herbs: Peppermint, saxifrage, verbena & tarragon.
Animals: Crabs & frogs.
Cancer Health
Cancer rules the fluid of the body other than blood, such as the brain, lung and heart membranes, sinus cavities, eyeballs and bone marrow. The womb, posterior and pituitary gland, the breasts, sternum and chest are also governed by it. Cancer’s primary ruler-ship, however, is of the stomach and the digestive processes that take place within the organ. Planets afflicted in Cancer can cause imperfect digestion in the stomach, breast disorders, edema and problems related to the pituitary gland.
Cancer Career & Profession
All occupations related to the Moon and the fourth house thus it indicates nursing, fisherman, tavern owner, people working or dealing with real estate and mine business, home appliances, house-furnishings, sailors, liquor dealers, cheese manufacturers, boat owners, brewery workers, brewers, dairy farmers, household help (female), chinaware and glassware midwives, milkmen, obstetricians, restaurant proprietors and workers and the like are within its guardianship.
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