Since the 22nd of last June, the sun has been moving through the zodiac sign of Cancer and will remain there until July 22. Cancer! Everyone thinks of a dark-colored animal that is terribly skittish, can move forwards, backwards and even sideways, has long antennae and can bite so hard with its claws that only brute force can help it free itself again. In astrology, Cancer is a cardinal sign, just like Aries, Libra and Capricorn. Cardinal, therefore important and significant. But where is this hidden in Cancer? You have to go deeper, that's the only way to reveal its cardinal powers. This is also the first characteristic of people born with this sign: it takes time to really understand them.
This is another popular term for the animal Cancer. And it also characterizes Cancer people: they can be tough as nails - and just as fragile and terribly jumpy. This often leads to two alternatives. A: You hide your soft side and are then treated as if you were made of stone. B: You forget your armor and find yourself unprotected and in agony. Everyone shares in the sign of Cancer, even if you were not born in this section. It is therefore good if you know it and treat it with care, look after it and know how to protect it.
Furthermore, Cancer embodies the lowest point in the general zodiac and is therefore something of an origin, a source. This can also be easily transferred to people: they embody security and safety - provided they open their shell. Security and safety are the basic prerequisites for calling, growing and giving birth to a child. This brings us to the most important aspect: of all twelve zodiac signs, Cancer is the most fertile. Not only does it give birth to children, it also gives birth to many more ideas. Again, this can be applied to any horoscope: where the sign of Cancer is located, there is also a source where ideas are born. If this sign of Cancer is on the Descendant, for example, your own life receives thoughts and ideas from your partner. If this sign is connected to the medium Coeli, the profession also becomes a birthplace for new ideas.
It should also be added at this point that the sign of Cancer is not only a source of life, but also a point in eternity. For my children (ideas) will give birth to other children (ideas) - and so on, for all eternity. Hermann Hesse always comes to mind in this context. He was a cancer. His famous novel Siddhartha is about freeing oneself from all knowledge, including all schools, even the wisdom of Buddha, in order to find oneself, one's very own core - which is of divine origin. Without calling it that, of course, this Siddhartha is searching for his Cancer origins.
The crowning glory of the zodiac sign Cancer is its ruling planet, the moon. No other celestial star is as close to us - both actually and symbolically - as the moon. It accompanies us every night and we now know that it not only protects our sleep, but all of nature. We also know how important it is to respect the waxing and waning phases of the moon in our lives, especially the new moon and full moon.
Now it is only a small step to the deepest and most comprehensive interpretation of this sign Cancer, namely as the origin of all being. Getting involved with it means first of all relating to your own subconscious. But behind this, the collective subconscious still exists. This is also accepted by psychoanalysis. But astrology goes even further here, namely to the core of all being. In this respect, it is right and important to know the sign of Cancer in the horoscope and to take it as a gateway to the origin of the world and of life. Then the moon in the sky is also a light from eternity that connects us with the divine being.
Now it is your turn. Take your horoscope and find the sign of Cancer. If you go clockwise, in which house is the sign of Cancer? Are there planets in the sign of Cancer? Then proceed very meditatively, i.e. feel inside yourself, let your innermost self "have its say". If Cancer is a source of my deepest inspirations and ideas, what do I experience?