Vedic Moon sign
Cancer · Kadagam (கடகம்)
- Element
- Water
- Ruling planet
- Moon · Chandran
- Day
- Monday
- Quality
- Movable (chara)
- Symbol
- Crab
- Nakshatras
- Punarpoosam, Poosam, Ayilyam
Right now
This month's forecast
October is your final stretch with Jupiter in your sign before it moves into Leo on the 31st. Venus and Mercury both turn retrograde in your home sector, so this is a month to grow personally while you tend the foundations beneath you.
ReadThis week's forecast
Romance and creativity bloom midweek as the Moon passes through Scorpio. On Saturday the Sun enters Libra, turning a month-long spotlight onto home and parents.
ReadGuru Peyarchi 2026
FavourableRelief after Jupiter's year in your own sign: income, savings, family and speech are favoured, and Jupiter's move eases pressure on you.
Read the palanSade Sati (Ezharai Sani)
The next Sade Sati for Cancer begins on 30 May 2032.
The years ahead for Cancer
Nature
Kadagam is a movable water sign ruled by the Moon itself, so feelings run deep here. People with the Moon in Kadagam tend to be caring, intuitive and protective of family and home, with a long memory for kindness and for hurt.
Their strength is nurture: they make others feel safe and looked after. The lesson is boundaries, caring for themselves as well as everyone else, and not carrying moods that belong to other people.
In love
Kadagam loves with its whole heart and wants a partner who values home and family. Reassurance and small gestures of care mean more to them than words alone.
At work
Kadagam does well in healthcare, teaching, hospitality, food, counselling, property and family business, wherever caring for people is part of the work.
The nakshatras of Cancer
Cancer spans 30° of the sky, two and a quarter nakshatras. Your birth star is the nakshatra the Moon was in when you were born.
| Nakshatra | Padas in Cancer | Lord |
|---|---|---|
| Punarpoosamபுனர்பூசம் | 4 | Jupiter · Guru |
| Poosamபூசம் | 1–4 | Saturn · Sani |
| Ayilyamஆயில்யம் | 1–4 | Mercury · Budhan |
Compatibility
Signs of the same element share Cancer's instincts: Scorpio, Pisces. The opposite sign, Capricorn, is the natural complement. For marriage, Tamil tradition matches birth stars (nakshatra porutham), not only rasis.
Questions and answers
- Which nakshatras belong to Cancer rasi?
- Cancer rasi spans Punarpoosam (4), Poosam (1–4), Ayilyam (1–4).
- Which planet rules Cancer rasi?
- Moon · Chandran rules Cancer; its day of the week is Monday. Cancer is a Movable (chara) Water sign.
- Is Cancer rasi in Sade Sati now?
- The next Sade Sati for Cancer begins on 30 May 2032.
- What does Guru Peyarchi 2026 mean for Cancer?
- Favourable. Relief after Jupiter's year in your own sign: income, savings, family and speech are favoured, and Jupiter's move eases pressure on you.