Planets in signs and houses
Venus in Cancer
Tropical zodiac, Western astrology
You love by caring, looking out for people and building an emotional home for those you are attached to. Your affection is tender, remembers small details and needs a sense of safety before it opens. When unsure of the relationship you may go quiet, sulk or hold your partner too close. Say what you need instead of hoping to be guessed. Valuing yourself keeps love from being driven by fear of loss.
Venus in a birth chart
Venus is the planet of attraction and value. It describes what and whom you love, how you give and receive affection, what you find beautiful and what you consider worth having. It also shows how you create harmony and how you handle pleasure and money in a gentle, non-technical sense.
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.