Q 01/05

What animal represents the zodiac sign Cancer?

A) A ram

B) A scorpion

C) A goat

D) A crab

Answer · why

D) A crab

Some depictions swap in a lobster, crayfish, scarab beetle or turtle, and the Swedish name for the sign literally means crayfish.

Q 02/05

Cancer is which sign in the order of the zodiac?

A) 2nd

B) 4th

C) 1st

D) 3rd

Answer · why

B) 4th

It follows Gemini and precedes Leo, and the Sun enters it at the northern summer solstice.

Q 03/05

Which celestial body rules the sign of Cancer?

A) The Moon

B) Neptune

C) Venus

D) Mercury

Answer · why

A) The Moon

Renaissance astrologers linked the sign to the lunar goddesses Luna and Diana for the same reason.

Q 04/05

Cancer belongs to which classical element?

A) Air

B) Fire

C) Water

D) Earth

Answer · why

C) Water

It shares the water trigon with Scorpio and Pisces.

Q 05/05

What is Cancer's modality in astrology?

A) Mutable

B) Fixed

C) Cardinal

D) Angular

Answer · why

C) Cardinal

Cardinal signs begin each season, and Cancer opens summer in the Northern Hemisphere.