A 30min talk on the sign of Cancer: 2021

Which applies to every human, not just those born with the Sun, Moon or Eastern horizon in Cancer.

To map the sign of Cancer to your own chart, regardless of whether or not you were born under that sign:

[ Note: if you If you were born at night—the Sun was definitely below the horizon when you were born—it could be helpful to read from the sign of your natal moon placement, because that is your “sect light.” ]

☽ CANCER, CANCER MOON or CANCER RISING, Cancer coincides with your first house of self: body, appearance, health, how you see the world and how you are seen.

☉ LEO, LEO MOON or LEO RISING, Cancer coincides with your 12th house of mysteries: the unseen as a space within consciousness as well as that which goes on “behind your back,” self-sabotage, how you are undermined and how you undermine yourself, loss, confinement and intentional retreat, hermitage, hidden matters, the place you go in meditation and paths toward enlightenment.

☿ VIRGO, VIRGO MOON or VIRGO RISING, Cancer coincides with your 11th house of groups of friends, followers and colleagues: alliances, community, audience and also your broad aspirations.

♀ LIBRA, LIBRA MOON or LIBRA RISING, Cancer coincides with your 10th house of your public life: reputation, advancement, superiors, achievements, your place in the human hive, what you give to the world (in a contemporary sense, what you give to the world can be through but not limited to “career”).

♂ SCORPIO, SCORPIO MOON or SCORPIO RISING, Cancer coincides with your 9th house of philosophies: overall life path, greater patterns of meaning, your overall base reality, travel, foreign places, foreigners, education/academia/legal matters, religion, spirituality.

♃ SAGITTARIUS, SAGITTARIUS MOON or SAGITTARIUS RISING, Cancer coincides with your eighth house of shared resources: collaborations, shared energy, mortality, inheritance, taxes, other people’s money, not what’s yours, but what belongs to “us.” The significance of mortality here doesn’t necessarily indicate literal death, it pertains in part to the inevitable, “death and taxes,” and the fact that physical bodies are a kind of resource shared with/debt owed to the Earth, deserving of the same type of stewardship and respect you might lend a shared home or bank account.

♄ CAPRICORN, CAPRICORN MOON or CAPRICORN RISING, Cancer coincides with your seventh house of your one-on-one relationships, those ephemeral and those evergreen: marriage, partners, whomever you are with or interacting with during a period of or moment in time.

♄ AQUARIUS, AQUARIUS MOON or AQUARIUS RISING, Cancer coincides with your sixth house of getting things done in order to avoid things falling into disrepair (brushing teeth, doing dishes, paying bills, etc.), illness, injuries, work, employment, subordinates. Pets also often fall within this (but not only this) purview, and you can see the connection if you draw a line back to original covenants of domestication (farm animals, hunting companions, mouse-catchers, etc).

♃ PISCES, PISCES MOON or PISCES RISING, Cancer coincides with your fifth house of use of your creative energy: Children—your own or in general—pregnancy, sex, art, fun, partying, and pleasures in general.

♂ ARIES, ARIES MOON or ARIES RISING, Cancer coincides with your fourth house of foundations—parents, home, family, where you’re from, where you physically live, your private life, ancestral matters.

♀ TAURUS, TAURUS MOON CANCER MOON or TAURUS RISING, Cancer coincides with your third house of your schedule, learning, communication, siblings or friends who are like siblings, short distance travel, quotidian conveyances, gossip, your neighborhood (physical or digital), periodicals and regular social media activities and the people and qualities thereof, daily rituals, daily spirituality, women’s work, feminism.

☿ GEMINI, GEMINI MOON or GEMINI RISING, Cancer coincides with your second house of material resources to support your life: your personal finances, physical possessions, and the food you eat.