♀︎ Venus in ♋︎ Cancer
Venus in Cancer places the power of attraction in a feeling, instinctive, tidal key. Being cardinal, it wants to start things and set them moving.
Cancer is the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon. Its keynote is protection, memory, the tides of feeling. Placed here, Venus (attraction and values) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Cancer arc of the wheel.
Here love, pleasure, and taste runs deep and receptive and initiating: Venus draws close, but in the Cancer manner rather than any other.
At its best that shows up as warmth that puts others at ease, expressed the Cancer way. Under pressure it can tip into a taste for comfort that avoids the hard thing.
When Venus is in Cancer
Venus next enters Cancer around 3 July 2027, staying until about 27 July 2027.
It returns to Cancer around 7 August 2028 (through about 5 September 2028).
It returns to Cancer around 2 June 2029 (through about 26 June 2029).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Venus’s aspects today
| Moon trine Venus | orb 1.7° |
| Venus trine North Node | orb 2.6° |
| Venus sextile South Node | orb 2.6° |
Venus through the other signs
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Venus or the sign of Cancer.