Sign of the zodiacKeyword: "I feel"11 Signature slots
Cancer is the Crab, Cardinal Water ruled by the Moon: home, family, memory, and the protective love that carries its shelter with it. It begins summer and the turning inward of feeling. Cancer is the sign of nurture and of intuition.
Work with Cancer for
- Protecting the home and family
- Emotional healing
- Intuition and dreams
- Nurturing and self-care
Working with Cancer
Work with Cancer on a Monday or at the full moon. Cleanse your home with salt water, then place a bowl of fresh water with a moonstone by the hearth or kitchen as a guardian. Cancer magic begins at home.
The Signature
What to reach for
★ = Signature pickChosen from the traditions below
Explore deeper: what each tradition says
| Attribute | Tradition | Says |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Common practice | Water |
| Modality | Common practice | Cardinal |
| Ruling planet | Traditional astrology | Moon |
| Exalted here | Traditional astrology | Jupiter |
| In detriment here | Traditional astrology | Saturn |
| In fall here | Traditional astrology | Mars |
| Magical intent | Common practice | Home, Nurturing, Emotional Healing, Intuition |
| Day | Common practice | Monday |
| Metal | Common practice | Silver |
| Color | Common practice | Silver, White |
| Color, King scale | Golden Dawn | Amber |
| Color, Queen scale | Golden Dawn | Maroon |
| Color, Emperor scale | Golden Dawn | Rich bright russet |
| Color, Empress scale | Golden Dawn | Dark greenish brown |
| Stone | Common practice | Moonstone, Pearl, Selenite |
| Golden Dawn | Amber | |
| Plant | Agrippa | Comfrey |
| Common practice | Jasmine, Lemon Balm, White Rose | |
| Golden Dawn | Lotus | |
| Perfume | Common practice | Jasmine, Camphor |
| Golden Dawn | Onycha | |
| Animal | Agrippa | Crab |
| Golden Dawn | Crab, Turtle, Sphinx | |
| Body | Common practice | Stomach, Breast |
| Tarot card | Golden Dawn | The Chariot |
| Minor arcana | Golden Dawn | King of Wands, Two of Cups, Three of Cups, Four of Cups, Queen of Cups |
| Hebrew letter | Golden Dawn | Cheth |
| Early Kabbalah (Sepher Yetzirah) | Cheth | |
| Angel of the sign | Agrippa | Muriel |
| Apostle | Agrippa | John |
| Tribe of Israel | Agrippa | Manasseh |
| Place on the Tree | Golden Dawn | Path 18 |
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