Sun in cancer ( Ravi kataka rashiye )

The Crab is the symbol of Cancer, the creature who lives in the ocean of feelings, continually adjusting to the ebb and flow of the tides, and clinging to the familiar through any kind of change.

The Crab carries her house with her wherever she goes, and the person born under the sign Cancer also tends to hang on to her experiences and surroundings as emotional ties. She clings tenaciously to each desired circumstance until suddenly she lets go and falls back into the sea of free flowing living.

The Cancer is sensitive and does not like to be hurt since she tends to stew in it; so she has a shell to protect herself as she scrapes over the rocks to a new pool of experience. The outer hardness is only superficial as inwardly Cancers are kind, sympathetic, and understanding.
The best way for them to go beyond the ego shell is to be detached, a difficult but worthwhile quality for them to develop. When attached or hung up in a situation emotionally, they can get tossed around and racked up because they are holding on.

Through detachment one can let go and back off a little bit in order to understand the situation clearly. Then the feelings will be able to support the proper attitude sympathetically, and the love will energize the action which will be able to smooth and calm the turbulence.
The sun is in Cancer beginning with the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. This is the beginning of summer when the daylight gradually recedes. The backward movement of the Crab symbolizing this reversal of direction.

Cancers often look back and can be very sentimental and nostalgic about the past. They usually have excellent memories because they can absorb and retain. However, this gradual change of direction of the sun's path this time of the year gives people the ability to sense things, increasing the intuitive and psychic abilities.

This occurs by living in the eternal now where all things take place. Then is heard the quiet inner voice which says in essence, "Be still, and know that I am God." By developing patience, the negative traits of touchiness, worry, and regret will change into kindness, imagination, and intuition.


Cancer is the cardinal water sign, being active and persistently emotional. The self-expression is I FEEL. It is the only signed ruled by the moon, which symbolizes the subconscious, the mother, and reflection. Due to the waxing and waning, they often experience fluctuating moods of elation and depression. They usually have a good sense of rhythm.

As the sign of birth and the mother, Cancer has the qualities of being protective, caring, nurturing, and loyal, with strong emotions and instincts. The breasts are associated with this sign as giving nourishment for the early growth of the child.

Cancers are much influenced by their home life, their early environment, and how they are brought up, the maternal influence usually predominant. They usually have a strong sense of family, and it can express tribally in cliques or with people and places where they find a home. They cling to their roots and are usually loyal to their cultural environment.

The moon reflects the light of the sun, and receptive Cancers respond to others well, flow with situations, and reflect ideas In the imagination. When flowing spiritually, their sensitivity and shyness open into a subtle understanding and refined intuition.














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