June 22 – July 22

Symbol: The Crab
Ruling Planet: The Moon
Key Phrase: I Feel
Key Words: Fertile, domestic, nurturing, emotional, sensitive, moody
Physical Body Affinity: Breasts, stomach, solar plexus
Color: Silver and soft shades
Crystal: Ruby, pearl, moonstone
Mode/Element: Cardinal Water
House Association: Fourth

Cancer is the nurturer, the house and home, the source of emotional security and support. It is the urge to FEEL. Like the crab, Canceriens carry their home with them. They are the experience of emotion, feeling, and sensation; protective, domestic, sympathetic, responsive, dependent, caring, moody, supportive, comfortable. Cancers are motivated by the need for emotional safety and security.

Cancer is the mother of the Zodiac, always making a home, protecting and providing for others. A sensitive sign where feelings and real experience are valued more than logic or abstract ideas. Cancer’s highest priority is emotionally bonded and symbiotic relationships. Very protective of its emotions and its loved ones, it can become fierce [the crab’s claws] or cold [the shell] if a perceived offense occurs. This sign has a sense of substance, and needs a home base or foundation.

They often keep outsiders at arm’s length. This is to protect their deeply felt emotions. Once you find your way into a Cancer’s heart, it takes a cataclysmic event to kick you out. They tend to be highly intuitive, sensitive, and often possess empathic healing abilities.

Cancer’s must learn to honor their own boundaries. On a spiritual level, a Cancer helps people know that they are loved and cared for. The people who fall through the cracks of society or have unmet emotional needs fall into Cancer’s domain. Never insult the family of a Cancer person, as family is sacred to them. Where Cancer lies in your chart is where you are to learn nurturance.