Moon in Cancer (Karka)
Cancer (Karka) is the 4th sign of the sidereal zodiac, from 90° to 120° of longitude. This page lists the rules Jyotishya applies when the natal Moon is in Cancer.
Sign data
| Sidereal span | 90° – 120° |
| Lord (traditional) | Moon |
| Element (traditional) | Water |
| Modality (traditional) | Movable |
| Chandrashtama sign | Aquarius |
Traditional attributions, listed as reference data. Jyotishya does not interpret them.
Nakshatras in Cancer
- Punarvasu (pada 4): Cancer 0°00′ – Cancer 3°20′
- Pushya (all four padas): Cancer 3°20′ – Cancer 16°40′
- Ashlesha (all four padas): Cancer 16°40′ – Cancer 30°00′
Moon-from-Moon transit scores (Chandra gochara)
For a natal Moon in Cancer, the transiting Moon's sign is counted from Cancer as house 1: house = ((transit sign − 3) mod 12) + 1. These are the scores Jyotishya adds to the tara bala score each day. Chandrashtama, the house-8 case.
| Transit Moon in | House from natal Moon | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 1 | +1 |
| Leo | 2 | 0 |
| Virgo | 3 | +1 |
| Libra | 4 | −1 |
| Scorpio | 5 | 0 |
| Sagittarius | 6 | +1 |
| Capricorn | 7 | +1 |
| Aquarius | 8 (Chandrashtama) | −2 |
| Pisces | 9 | 0 |
| Aries | 10 | +1 |
| Taurus | 11 | +1 |
| Gemini | 12 | −1 |
Cancer Moon in Western (tropical) astrology
Tropical longitude = sidereal longitude + ayanamsa (24.23° at the time this page was generated, Lahiri). A sidereal Moon between 0° and 5°46′ Cancer is also in Cancer tropically; from 5°46′ to 30° it is in Leo tropically. Why the zodiacs differ.