Cancer season kicks off from June 21 to July 22, on the summer solstice, initiating a new season of warmth and water, two words ever so connected to this cardinal sign. Even if you’re not a Cancer, this sign rules a house in your chart, which means it governs some area of your life. Where you have Cancer in your chart is where you have the capacity to really take care of something or someone. This is where you are capable of devotion and depth of feeling.
What to Expect for Cancer Season
Cancerian energy is known to be maternal, natural softies, you might say, but crabs have pincers. They can operate like mama bears, comfortably killing anything that threatens their young. This is not a sign of pushovers, but rather one of tenacity and devotion.
Remember Solange in the elevator standing up for Beyoncé (IYKYK)? Thurgood Marshall spearheading the legal strategy that dismantled segregation? Or Nelson Mandela’s 27-year imprisonment for opposing apartheid? All Cancers, relentlessly defending the folks they belong to…their family, their people, their country.
Home
When Cancerians are attuned to their emotional intelligence, feelings can give rise to vision, intuition, creativity and imagination. Cancer is the caretaker of the zodiac, so a nurturing spirit, devotion, empathy and compassion are readily accessible. This is the friend you call when you need a hug or a home-cooked meal.
Love & Sex
Cancer season is the perfect time to channel your own emotional intelligence. Start with the Cancerian themes of belonging, family, the Moon, home, your inner mother, nourishment, and intuition. How well do you take care of yourself? How can you encourage a healthier, more compassionate perception of you? What steps can you take to feel safer and more secure, from the inside out?
Finance & Career
Try not to avoid your own feelings. Our inner world shapes our thoughts, which in turn dictate our behavior. Feel the feels. Some may be challenging, but they could also be beautiful. No surprise you’ll find a multitude of artsy types under this zodiac, moving their audiences in a variety of ways.
Under the Cancer sign, there are authors like Octavia Butler and the renowned poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Actors like Forrest Whitaker, Danny Glover and Diahann Carroll. Entertainers like Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, H.E.R. Fine artists like sculptor Edmonia Lewis and painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (look ’em up)! And, by the way, sometimes Cancer’s tenacity is just pure physical prowess: think Mike Tyson, Wilma Rudolph and Arthur Ashe.
Celebrity Cancers to Know
