Cancer (astrology)

Cancer (♋︎) is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer. It spans from 90° to 120° celestial longitude. In classical antiquity, the Sun transited this area between approximately June 22 and July 22,[2] and in the modern era, the Sun transits this area between approximately July 21 and August 9.[3][4]

Cancer
Zodiac symbolCrab
Duration (tropical, western)June 20 – July 22 (2020, UT1)[1]
ConstellationCancer
Zodiac elementWater
Zodiac qualityCardinal
Sign rulerMoon
DetrimentSaturn
ExaltationJupiter
FallMars
Astrology
New millennium astrological chart
Background
  • History of astrology
  • Astrology and science
  • Astrology and astronomy
  • Traditions, types, and systems
Traditions
Branches

In astrology, Cancer is the cardinal sign of the Water trigon, which is made up of Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpio.[5] It is one of the six negative signs. Though some depictions of Cancer feature a lobster, the sign is most often represented by the crab, based on the Karkinos.

Astrology

Those who are born from approximately June 22 to July 22 are born under Cancer.[2] Individuals born during these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called "Cancerians."[6] Cancer is a northern sign and its opposite sign is Capricorn.[7][8][9] Cancer is a cardinal sign.

Along with Scorpio and Pisces, Cancer forms the Water Trigon.[10] The water trigon is one of four elemental trigons, fire, earth, air, and water.[11] When a trigon is influential, it is said to affect changes on earth.[11] Cancer is said to be the house of Neptune and the exaltation of Jupiter, both astronomical bodies having influence over those born under Cancer.[7][8] In Vedic astrology the sign is named Karka and its Lord is Moon.[12]

In the arts

In Dante's Paradiso, he makes reference to Cancer, writing:

Thereafterward a light among them brightened,
So that, if Cancer one such crystal had,
Winter would have a month of one sole day.

— Dante, Paradiso[13]

Cancer is figured in Giovanni Maria Falconetto's 1517 painting, Cancer, as the guardian of the city of Verona.[14] The Cancer symbol is also depicted in Agostino di Duccio's sculpture View of Rimini Under the Sign of Cancer (1450).[15]

Cultural and historical depictions of Cancer
  • In the 14th c. Arabic manuscript, Book of Wonders
  • In Llyfr Llyfr Oriau 'De Grey (De Grey Hours), ca. 1390
  • In Jacob Jordaens's Les Signes du Zodiaque, ca. 1640
  • Mosaic in the Saint-Philibert de Tournus, Saône-et-Loire, France
  • Mural in the Kupa Synagogue, Kraków, Poland

References

Notes
  1. Astronomical Applications Department 2011.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica 2014.
  3. Astrology: Why Your Zodiac Sign and Horoscope Are Wrong
  4. Shapiro 1977.
  5. Shoemaker 1904, p. 45.
  6. Oxford n.d., s.v. Cancerian.
  7. Smith 1828, p. 64
  8. Lilly 1835, pp. 14, 60
  9. Simmonite 1896, p. 17.
  10. Allen 1899, p. 107
  11. Harkness 1999
  12. Charak 1996, p. 12.
  13. Allen 1899, p. 109.
  14. Battistini 2007, p. 47.
  15. Battistini 2007, p. 46.

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