The sign of Cancer

4th sign - Summer solstice in the northern hemisphere

Water sign, cardinal, negative, feminine.
Ruler: Moon
Exaltation: Jupiter

The essence of Cancer is fecundity, motherhood in all its forms.

Symbolises

Motherhood, generation, childbirth, the family, the home, parents, oscillation, affectivity, the past, the common people, women and crowds.

Qualities

Emotion, abundance of feeling, sensitivity, imagination, receptivity, memory for facts and dates, tenacity, family life, sociability, maternal affection, thrift and a romantic nature.

Flaws

Laziness, being easily influenced, impressionability, unpredictability, oscillation, changeability, capriciousness, shyness, impatience, exaggerated sensitivity, sickly imagination, complaining, lunacy, irrationality, inertia and weakness.

Correspondence

The house 4