Jupiter in Cancer
What Jupiter in Cancer means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Jupiter is actually in Cancer.
The sign: Cancer
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Moon
Essential dignity
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer: the tradition's sign of its most elevated expression, strongest at 15° Cancer.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Jupiter is in Cancer
Every stay of Jupiter in Cancer between 1900 and 2100, useful for checking a birth year.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1906 | Aug 18, 1907 |
| Jul 13, 1918 | Aug 2, 1919 |
| Jun 26, 1930 | Jul 17, 1931 |
| Jun 10, 1942 | Jun 30, 1943 |
| May 24, 1954 | Jun 13, 1955 |
| Sep 21, 1965 | Nov 17, 1965 |
| May 5, 1966 | Sep 27, 1966 |
| Jan 16, 1967 | May 23, 1967 |
| Aug 20, 1977 | Dec 30, 1977 |
| Apr 12, 1978 | Sep 5, 1978 |
| Feb 28, 1979 | Apr 20, 1979 |
| Jul 30, 1989 | Aug 18, 1990 |
| Jul 13, 2001 | Aug 1, 2002 |
| Jun 26, 2013 | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| May 24, 2037 | Jun 12, 2038 |
| Sep 23, 2048 | Nov 12, 2048 |
| May 5, 2049 | Sep 27, 2049 |
| Jan 14, 2050 | May 22, 2050 |
| Aug 20, 2060 | Dec 28, 2060 |
| Apr 12, 2061 | Sep 4, 2061 |
| Feb 26, 2062 | Apr 20, 2062 |
| Jul 30, 2072 | Aug 17, 2073 |
| Jul 12, 2084 | Jul 31, 2085 |
| Jun 25, 2096 | Jul 15, 2097 |
Dates in UTC, to the day: a slow planet takes hours to cross a sign boundary.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.