Cancer in Vedic astrology
Cancer — a water sign, movable, ruled by Moon.
Cancer (symbol: the crab) is the 4th sign of the sidereal zodiac — a water sign of movable (cardinal) quality, ruled by Moon, and the sign where Jupiter reaches its exaltation.
Cancer at a glance
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Movable (cardinal)
- Symbol
- Crab
- Graha exalted here
- Jupiter
- Graha debilitated here
- Mars
These are the classical significations of the sign itself. How it actually plays in a life depends on which planets occupy it and which houses it rules — which needs the person's own chart.
What does Cancer mean in your chart?
A sign only speaks through the planets that sit in it and the houses it rules from your lagna. Kundaly computes your sidereal chart from your birth details and reads Cancer where it actually falls for you.
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