Rāsi 4 of 12 · Moon sign
Cancerகடகம் · Karka
- Ruling planet
- Moon (Chandra)
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Movable
- Sidereal span
- 90°–120°
What Cancer means in Vedic astrology
Cancer — கடகம், Karka — is the 4th sign of the sidereal zodiac, spanning 90°–120° measured against the fixed stars. It is a water sign of movable quality, ruled by Moon (Chandra).
In Jyotish your Rāsi is your moon sign — where the Moon actually sat at the moment you were born. It describes the shape of your mind and feeling, which is why Vedic astrology leans on it far more heavily than on the sun sign used in Western horoscopes.
The birth stars inside Cancer
Each Rāsi contains finer divisions called Nakshatra. Cancer spans these three:
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