Moon signs

Moon in Cancer

The Moon is your inner world: feelings, instincts, habits and what makes you feel safe.

Moon sign: Cancer
Element: Water
Modality: Cardinal
Ruler: Moon
Keywords: care · intuition · belonging

What Moon in Cancer means

The Moon is at home here. Intuition runs deep, and memory, family and the past hold you close. You absorb other people’s moods and need a safe base.

What soothes you

Home, familiar people, cooking, water and being looked after.

Your growth edge

Telling your own feelings apart from everyone else’s.

How to find your Moon sign

The Moon changes sign about every two and a half days, so you need your exact birth date, and ideally your birth time and place, to know your Moon sign. Kapparo calculates it from astronomical positions: enter your details to see it on your own chart.

Sun, Moon and rising sign together

Your Sun sign shows who you are at your core, your Moon sign how you feel and what makes you feel safe, and your rising sign how others first meet you. Cancer · Cancer rising