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Venus sign in Cancer

Venus in Cancer

You show love by feeding, remembering and looking after. Deep need for safety before openness, and a long memory for who was kind when it mattered.

Also called Cancer venus sign

Why Cancer behaves this way

Cancer is a water sign of cardinal tempo, ruled by Moon. The element sets the medium — how the placement expresses — and the modality sets the tempo: whether it initiates, holds, or adapts. Applied to Venus, that is what produces the reading above.

Is your venus sign actually Cancer?

Venus stays in a sign for three to four weeks, so a birth time is rarely decisive here. A date and place are usually enough — though if you were born within a day of Venus changing sign, the degree shown below will tell you.

Compute it from your birth details →

Cancer in other placements

Venus through the zodiac