Moon Sign · Overall
Cancer / Karka — Yearly
कर्क · 2026
Casting your yearly reading from the live sky…
Cancer profile
Cancer (कर्क) — The nurturer — protective, intuitive, deeply feeling. A water sign of cardinal modality, ruled by Moon (Chandra), governing the chest & stomach.
Element
Water
Modality
Cardinal
Ruling planet
Moon (Chandra)
Symbol
The Crab
Sun-sign dates
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Lucky number
2
Lucky colour
White
Lucky day
Monday
Gemstone
Pearl
Polarity
Negative
CaringIntuitiveLoyalSentimentalMoody
Most compatible with: Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus
About this reading
A quarter-by-quarter outlook for the year — the big transits, the strongest and most cautious phases, and the long-game themes for career, love and finances.
This yearly reading for Cancer is a general sun/moon-sign forecast. For guidance written for your exact chart, generate your free Kundli, check Kundli matching, or ask Acharya Vedic Jyoti.
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Frequently asked
- What is the Cancer (कर्क) horoscope for this year?
- This page gives the yearly Vedic horoscope for Cancer — covering love, career, education and finance. It refreshes automatically each year, so you always see the current reading for this year.
- Which planet rules Cancer?
- Cancer is a Water sign of Cardinal modality, ruled by Moon (Chandra). Its symbol is The Crab and the tropical sun-sign window is Jun 21 – Jul 22.
- What are the lucky number and colour for Cancer?
- For Cancer, the lucky number is 2, the lucky colour is White, the favourable day is Monday, and the recommended gemstone is Pearl. These are classical correspondences — a personalised gemstone needs your full birth chart.
- Which signs are most compatible with Cancer?
- Cancer generally harmonises best with Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus. Compatibility from sun sign alone is indicative — true Kundli matching (Guna Milan) uses both birth charts.
- Is the Cancer sun sign or moon sign reading more accurate?
- Western astrology uses the sun sign; Vedic astrology weights the moon sign (rashi) more heavily. Toggle Sun ↔ Moon on this page to compare. For a precise reading, generate your free Kundli so the prediction is grounded in your exact chart.
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