Mercury in Cancer
What Mercury in Cancer means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Cancer.
The sign: Cancer
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Moon
Essential dignity
Mercury holds none of the four major dignities in Cancer: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Cancer
Every stay of Mercury in Cancer from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026, 11:55 | Aug 9, 2026, 16:28 |
| May 28, 2027, 17:07 | Jun 26, 2027, 07:23 |
| Jul 12, 2027, 13:45 | Aug 2, 2027, 10:52 |
| Jul 9, 2028, 01:36 | Jul 24, 2028, 01:50 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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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.