Cancer — dates and traits
Cancer: 21 Jun – 22 Jul. Caring, protective and home-loving.
Cancer
21 Jun – 22 Jul · Water
Caring, protective and home-loving.
This is the tropical Sun sign used in Western astrology. Vedic astrology reads you by your Moon sign (Rashi), worked out from the Moon's place at your birth — often a different sign altogether.
Find my Vedic Moon signAll twelve sun signs
Aries
21 Mar – 19 Apr
Bold, energetic and direct; loves a challenge.
Taurus
20 Apr – 20 May
Steady, loyal and fond of comfort.
Gemini
21 May – 20 Jun
Curious, talkative and quick to adapt.
Cancer
21 Jun – 22 Jul
Caring, protective and home-loving.
Leo
23 Jul – 22 Aug
Warm, proud and generous; likes to shine.
Virgo
23 Aug – 22 Sep
Practical, precise and helpful.
Libra
23 Sep – 22 Oct
Fair, charming and seeks balance.
Scorpio
23 Oct – 21 Nov
Intense, determined and private.
Sagittarius
22 Nov – 21 Dec
Optimistic, free and adventurous.
Capricorn
22 Dec – 19 Jan
Disciplined, ambitious and patient.
Aquarius
20 Jan – 18 Feb
Independent, inventive and humane.
Pisces
19 Feb – 20 Mar
Gentle, intuitive and imaginative.