The Twelve Signs

Cancer

the Crab

June 21 – July 22

The lit window at dusk, the door that opens before you knock.

Cancer begins at the summer solstice, the year's longest light, and turns it inward toward home and kin. The Moon rules here, and the sign moves in tides: protective, intuitive, deeply loyal to its chosen people. Its shell is armor for a soft and remembering heart.

Element water
Modality cardinal
Ruled by Moon
Exalted here Jupiter
Season the turn of midsummer
homememoryprotectionintuitionbelonging

boundary days shift by a day with the year.

The Ecliptic Band