Planets in signs and houses
Jupiter in Cancer
Tropical zodiac, Western astrology
Jupiter is exalted in this sign. Your generosity and compassion run deep, and home, family and caring for others are sources of happiness and luck. You make everyone around you feel warmly welcome. Beware of giving so much that others lean on you too heavily, and of living in the past. Offer yourself some kindness as well and let loved ones grow on their own. Your blessings will then spread beyond your family.
Jupiter in a birth chart
Jupiter is the planet of growth, optimism and meaning. It describes where you expand, what you believe in, how you extend trust and generosity, and how you look for the bigger picture. Where Jupiter sits, you tend to feel that more is possible.
Cancer at a glance
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
Cancer is cardinal water, and its ruler is the Moon, so your inner weather changes like a tide. With the Sun here, you take your bearings from feeling: you sense the mood of a room before anyone speaks and you remember how things felt long after the details fade. Home, family and belonging are central to you, whether that means blood relatives or the people you have chosen. You protect what you love by instinct.
Find this in your own chart
"Positions": each point with its degree, sign and house. A red R in the R column marks retrograde. The angles, including Descendant and IC, are listed too.