Cancer

The astrological sign, Cancer is associated with the constellation Cancer. Its opposite sign is Capricorn. The individuals born under this sign are connected with family and domesticity.

Cancer

Zodiac Symbol
 Crab
 
Birth Dates (Tropical)
 June 22 to July 22
 
Birth Dates (Sidereal)
 July 16 to August 15
 
Birth Dates (Solar)
 July 22 to August 9
 
Constellation
 Cancer
 
Zodiac Element
 Water
 
Zodiac Quality
 Cardinal
 
Positive Traits
 Emotional, loving, intuitive, imaginative, shrewd, cautious, protective, sympathetic
 
Negative Traits
 Changeable, moody, overemotional, touchy, clinging
 
Likes
 Hobbies, romance, children, cooking, nursing, home and country, parties
 
Dislikes
 Aggravating situations, failure, opposition, being told what to do, advice from others
 
Body Part
 Breasts and Stomach
 
Domicile
 Moon
 
Detriment
 Saturn
 
Exaltation
 Jupiter
 
Fall
 Mars
 
Birthstone
 Moonstone
 
Colours
 Silver, White, Seagreen
 
Numbers
 Two, Three and Seven
 
Day
 Monday
 
Gemstones
 Ruby, Moonstone, Pearl
 
Metal
 Silver
 

The astrological sign, Cancer is associated with the constellation Cancer. Its opposite sign is Capricorn. The individuals born under this sign are connected with family and domesticity.

They are kind, emotional, romantic, imaginative, sympathetic, nurturing, and intuitive. They are purposeful, inventive, original, energetic, shrewd, intuitive and wise with excellent organizing skills and good sense of value and economy. On the negative side, they have changeability, moodiness, hypersensitivity, depression, and clinginess.

They make an excellent chef or housekeeper. They form a successful leader in business and industry. They also make good real estate brokers, gardeners and sailors.

The cancerians have broad shoulders, small feet, slender limbs, plump hands, small fingers, a round face, a broad forehead, a large mouth, and a well-rounded chin along with very variable height.

The Cancer rules the breasts, epigastria region, elbows, stomach, digestive organs, upper lobe of the liver, thoracic duct, pancreas, blood serum, and the womb.

Geographically, the Cancer is linked with New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scotland, Africa, and Italy. The Greek myth of the Lernaean Hydra, one of The Twelve Labours of Herakles and the mythical figure of Perseus, from the Greek myth of Medusa is associated with the Cancer apart from the Greco-Roman goddess Selene or Luna and the goddesses Artemis or Diana and Hecate or Trivia.

Some of the popular personalities of Cancer are Pamela Anderson, Kevin Bacon, Beck, Mel Brooks, George Bush Jr., Bill Cosby, Tom Cruise, Woody Guthrie, Jessica Hahn, Tom Hanks, Anjelica Huston, Ann Landers, Juliette Lewis, Richard Lewis, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Tobey Maguire, Princess Diana, Carlos Santana, Fred Savage, Sylvester Stallone, Patrick Stewart, and Donald Sutherland.