Sabian Symbols · Cancer
Cancer: all 30 Sabian symbols
Every whole degree of Cancer has its own Sabian symbol, a small traditional picture first recorded in 1925. Find the exact degree of your Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or any planet in Cancer, and read what that degree adds to it.
Cancer 1°
An old flag is lowered from a ship's mast, and a new one raised in its place.
Cancer 2°
A figure hovers motionless on a magic carpet, taking in a vast, level landscape below.
Cancer 3°
A person bundled in fur leads a shaggy reindeer through a cold, dim northern canyon.
Cancer 4°
A hungry cat argues earnestly with the mouse she intends to catch.
Cancer 5°
A car races a train to the crossing and loses; the driver does not survive.
Cancer 6°
Wild birds gather soft material to feather their nests in the first flush of spring.
Cancer 7°
Two nature spirits dance together by moonlight.
Cancer 8°
A procession of rabbits, dressed in human clothes, walks as if on parade.
Cancer 9°
A small, unclothed child reaches into the water, trying to catch a fish.
Cancer 10°
A large diamond, still rough, in the earliest stage of being cut.
Cancer 11°
A clown makes faces, exaggerating the mannerisms of people everyone recognizes.
Cancer 12°
A woman nurses an infant whose quiet glow marks it as an old soul, returned.
Cancer 13°
A hand is held out for examination, its thumb unusually strong and prominent.
Cancer 14°
A very old man stands facing an immense stretch of darkness to the northeast.
Cancer 15°
A group of people who have eaten far past fullness, and enjoyed every bite of it.
Cancer 16°
A man sits before a square shape, an old handwritten scroll unrolled in front of him.
Cancer 17°
A single seed pushes upward, becoming, in time, both knowledge and life itself.
Cancer 18°
A hen scratches at the ground, working to find food for the chicks behind her.
Cancer 19°
A priest conducts a wedding, joining two people in front of witnesses.
Cancer 20°
Gondoliers sing to their passengers as the boats move through the evening canals.
Cancer 21°
A celebrated singer performs alone before a full, attentive audience.
Cancer 22°
A woman stands at the water's edge, watching for the sailboat that is coming.
Cancer 23°
Members of a literary society gather for their regular meeting.
Cancer 24°
A woman and two men, stranded together on a small island, share the same sunlit patch of land.
Cancer 25°
A sudden dark shadow, like a heavy cloak, falls across a man's right shoulder.
Cancer 26°
In a wealthy home's library, guests sit among the cushions, reading.
Cancer 27°
A fierce storm tears through a canyon lined with costly, secluded homes.
Cancer 28°
A Native woman, educated away from her tribe, returns and presents her partner to her people.
Cancer 29°
A Greek muse holds newborn twins on a golden scale, weighing them.
Cancer 30°
A woman descended from patriots walks proudly to the podium at her society's meeting.
Don't know your exact degree?
A Sabian symbol is specific to the whole degree a planet or point occupies, so you need the exact placement, not just the sign, to find yours. Cast a free natal chart to see every planet's precise degree, then look up its Sabian symbol here.