Cancer June 22 - July 22

Cancer, the Crab, is ruled by the Moon, and inhabits the 4th house. It is the first cardinal sign in the zodiac, and the first water sign too. Cancer’s key phrase is “I FEEL” and the keyword is “devotion.“

Cardinal energy is action-oriented; takes the initiative in any endeavor. When combined with watery Cancer, the emotions are what spurs these leaders into helpful industry.

Some positive descriptions of the typical Cancer person would include tenacity, intuitive, maternal, domestic, sensitive, retentive, sympathetic, emotional, patriotic and traditional. They are known for having good memories.

Some of Cancer’s negative qualities can be displayed when they aren’t playing to their strengths of nurturing maturity. Those qualities are touchiness, selfishness, and feeling sorry for themselves.

Cancer rules the 4th house which shows the home and parents in the birth chart, the family you came from (your roots), and the home you will establish as an adult. Your roots are the legacy you inherited, your ancestry, as well as the psychological roots and your private life.

The 4th is the house of endings; the end of a life, the end of matters, the place of burial, and possibly fame after death. It is sometimes is telling about one's Mother, but it mainly means where you found your unconditional love in your early childhood conditioning, if you found some, and I hope you did. That could have come from anyone; most often it’s the Mom of the house.

The Moon’s influence in our birth chart represents our domestic, nurturing urge. Some other important areas of our life that the Moon rules is our relationships with all women in general. It rules our instincts, habit patterns, tides, phases, receptivity, fluctuations in feelings. The Moon also governs personal interests, desires, needs, magnetism, growth and fertility, the need to touch, impressionability, and consciousness. It ruels liquids, commodities, sailing (of course), brewing, nursing, trades-people and the public in general.