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Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for crab and it is commonly represented as one. Cancer is a medium-size constellation with an area of 506 square degrees and its stars are rather faint, its brightest star Beta Cancri having an apparent magnitude of 3.5.
Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere Those who are born from approximately June 22 to July 22 (depending upon the year) are born under Cancer. [2] Individuals born during these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called "Cancerians". [4]
The precise date of the Equinox varies from year to year but is always between 19 March and 21 March. The consequence is the start date of Aries and therefore the start date of all the other signs can change slightly from year to year. The following Western astrology table enumerates the twelve divisions of celestial longitude with the Latin names.
Although astrology is an extremely complex study, the most fundamental principle centers on the 12 familiar star signs of the zodiac. Over the centuries, each sign has developed its own ...
Here’s everything to know about Cancer zodiac sign’s personality traits, compatibility, birth dates, and more, per professional astrologers.
Western zodiac: 0°26' - 13°46 Cancer; 7 Punarvasu - पुनर्वसु (dual) "the two restorers of goods", also known as yamakau "the two chariots" Castor and Pollux: Lord: Guru (Jupiter) Symbol : Bow and quiver; Deity : Aditi, mother of the gods; Indian zodiac: 20° Mithuna - 3°20' Karka; Western zodiac 13°46 - 27°06' Cancer; 8 ...
Mars is in retrograde in Leo and Cancer from December 2024 to February 2025. Here's what each sign can expect during this time, per an astrologer.
This means the Sun crosses the equator at the vernal equinox moving backward against the fixed stars from one year to the next at the rate of one degree in seventy-two years, one constellation (on average) in about 2148 years, and the whole twelve signs in about 25,772 years, [38] sometimes called a Platonic Year. However the length of the ages ...