Cancer, June 21 to July 22

•Symbol: Crab
•Element: Water

•Quality: Cardinal
•House: 4rd, Home, Family, Mother

•Planet: Moon, emotions
•Color: White, silver, teal

•Body Part: Stomach
•Semi-precious stone: Moonstone, mother-of-pearl

Cancerians has the same nature as the crab: hard on the outside and soft on the inside. They often keep outsiders at arm's length to protect their deeply felt emotions. Once you find your way into a Cancer's heart, it takes a cataclysmic event to kick you out.
They tend to be highly intuitive, sensitive, and possess empathic healing abilities. Cancers must learn to honor their own boundaries, meaning that they should not pick up every stray animal or person - or at least let them go after they are nourished and healed.
On a spiritual level, Cancer helps people to know that they are loved and cared for. The people who fall through the cracks of society or have unmet emotional needs fall into Cancer's domain. Never insult the family of a Cancer person, as family is sacred to them.
 Ruler-The Moon
The Moon embodies your feelings and emotions. Just as the moon cycles in phases around the earth, so too are your emotions likely to go through phases. If you know the house that your natal moon falls in, you will know what area of your life is likely to go through phases.
 The Moon is the ruling planet of the sign Cancer in the fourth house. The moon is associated with the mother, nurturing, family, and your ability to tap into the feelings of others
 The moon rules the public as well. This is because the intuitive nature of the moon helps you to sense what the world around you is feeling.
 The sign the moon was in at your birth will help you know how you express your feelings. In an intellectual air sign like Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, you may have difficulty tuning into your own emotions. However, it can make you quite good at counseling others because you have the ability to detach emotionally. In water signs like Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, you may be highly in tune with the emotional undercurrents of life. However, you may need to go off in private to separate your feelings from the emotions of those around you.
Physically, the moon is associated with your digestive system, the disease cancer, and breasts.
The Fourth House
The Fourth House, Home Life. The Fourth House represents home, family, parenting, traditions, and your general attitude about where & how you live. Because the fourth house is Cardinal or "angular," its emotional undercurrents can become quite complicated. The 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses are action-oriented and add to the complex dynamics of your chart.
Ruled by Cancer, it is the place of seeking emotional security.
The difficulty is that to find true emotional security, you must face your insecurities.
How this will manifest in your life depends on the sign on its cusp. A Taurus fourth house cusp may find security in owning a home, only to find that they may lose their home due to unforeseen circumstances. This teaches the person that true emotional security comes from within, not from a physical object like a house. Naturally, a Taurus fourth house cusp does not mean you will lose your home; it only means that you will have to look at your values regarding security in some way.
Information regarding your early childhood can be found in the fourth house. An Aquarius fourth house cusp, for example, may indicate a home with unusual circumstances. This could include moving frequently, eccentric visitors, adoptions, or unusual family relationships.
 Most astrologers believe that the fourth house represents the mother, but it can more accurately be said that the fourth house indicates how you obtain your nurturing. A Cancer fourth house may prefer a home cooked meal. A Sagittarius fourth house may feel completely at home cooking a meal over a campfire stove.