- Home
- The Twelve Signs
- Cancer
Cancer
- Tenderness
- Home
- Moon
You are a lamp that stays lit all night, always remembering who gets cold and who comes home late. You feel things deeply and keep the people you love close. You may seem soft, but no one protects their own more fiercely.
Share card
Vertical 1080×1920, made for Stories, Reels and TikTok. No birthday on the card.
Light · strengths
Caring, loyal to the past, intuitive
Shadow · room to grow
You tend to keep feelings to yourself, and caring a lot can make you anxious
In love
You give a deep sense of safety and hope to get the same back. Home is the center of your world.
At work
You are at your best looking after people and holding a team together. Wherever you are, people feel at ease.
The myth
Hera sent a giant crab to distract Heracles as he fought the Hydra. The crab was quickly defeated, but Hera set it among the stars for its loyalty.
Sky file
- Dates
- Jun 22 – Jul 22
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- Moon
- Symbol
- The Crab
- Sun's longitude
- 90°–120°
East meets West
- Solar terms
- Summer Solstice · Minor Heat
- Chinese months
- 午 Wu month (Grain in Ear to Minor Heat) · 未 Wei month (Minor Heat to Start of Autumn)
- Lunar mansions
- Three Stars 參 · Well 井
- Ruler's Chinese name
- 太陰 Taiyin
Getting along
Which sign × animal are you?
Enter your birthday to see your sun sign, your Chinese zodiac animal and the sky the night you were born, then make a share card of your own.
Your sign comes from your birthday and your animal from your year. A BaZi chart uses your year, month, day and hour together.
For culture and fun: personality and tradition only, no predictions.