Water · Movable · ruled by Moon · sign #4 of 12
Modern sign synthesis - not from a classical text. The lucky day, colour and number are the same.
Cancer (Karka) is nurturing, sensitive and intuitive. Ruled by the Moon, natives are deeply emotional and devoted to home and family.
Healthcare, hospitality, teaching, counselling, catering and caregiving roles.
Caring and protective, they bond deeply and value emotional security above all.
Counted from the Moon sign, vedha included. These grahas stay in a sign for months or years, so this is what sets the longer tone.
Neither Sade Sati nor dhaiya is running for Cancer Moon signs now. Check against your own chart
A sign's 30 degrees are nine nakshatra padas - two and a quarter nakshatras. The birth Moon's pada is also where the first syllable of a traditional name is taken from.
The syllables are the jyotisha almanac's table (the avakahada chakra). The Dharmasindhu (1888, p. 133) records that some name a child by it, and says the srauta and grihya texts do not agree; no text stating the table itself was found.
Counted from the janma rāśi (Moon sign) - Phaladeepika 26.2.
Based on the Vedic (sidereal) Moon sign. For educational purposes.