Venus in Cancer
What Venus in Cancer means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Venus is actually in Cancer.
The sign: Cancer
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Moon
Essential dignity
Venus 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 Venus is in Cancer
Every stay of Venus in Cancer from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| May 19, 2026, 01:05 | Jun 13, 2026, 10:46 |
| Jul 3, 2027, 02:00 | Jul 27, 2027, 12:29 |
| Aug 7, 2028, 15:25 | Sep 5, 2028, 23:17 |
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.