Q 01/05

In astrology, people born under Cancer are said to care most about which area of life?

A) Career and ambition

B) Home and family

C) Travel and adventure

D) Money and possessions

Answer · why

B) Home and family

Home and family mean everything to the sign, and astrologers read the crab's shell the same way: a guarded exterior around a nurturing and fiercely lo...

Q 02/05

Cancer is which sign in the order of the zodiac?

A) 1st

B) 2nd

C) 4th

D) 8th

Answer · why

C) 4th

4th in the zodiac's order, Cancer begins where spring ends: the Sun enters the sign at the June solstice, when daylight in the north is at its peak.

Q 03/05

Which celestial body rules the sign of Cancer?

A) The Moon

B) The Sun

C) Venus

D) Mercury

Answer · why

A) The Moon

The Moon stands in astrology for comfort, mothering and emotion, which is where Cancer gets its reputation as the zodiac's great nurturer.

Q 04/05

Cancer belongs to which classical element?

A) Fire

B) Earth

C) Air

D) Water

Answer · why

D) Water

Water is astrology's element of feeling, which is why Cancer, first of the three water signs, is read as the one who senses what other people are feel...

Q 05/05

What is Cancer's modality in astrology?

A) Mutable

B) Fixed

C) Cardinal

D) Angular

Answer · why

C) Cardinal

Cardinal comes from the Latin cardo, a hinge: the four such signs are the ones the year turns on, each opening a season, and Cancer's is northern summ...