Planets in signs

Jupiter in Cancer

Your kitchen is a temple and everyone is welcome in it

Jupiter in Cancer is exalted, so kindness comes naturally and lands softly. You grow through care and belonging, remember the people who matter, and make others feel safe enough to grow too.

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Is your Jupiter in Cancer?

Add your birth date and place, and your time if you know it. Hali will find the sign your Jupiter was in the moment you arrived.

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What it feels like

Your faith begins at the kitchen table. Family, chosen or given, is where you learned that the world can be kind, and much of your life is spent passing that lesson on. The Moon rules Cancer, a cardinal water sign, and Jupiter here is emotional and deeply intuitive. Friends tell you things they have never told anyone, sometimes within moments of meeting you, and you hold those confidences carefully.

Home is your temple and your classroom. Growth often comes through looking after someone, a child, a friend, a plant that everyone else gave up on. The overflow shows when you care so hard that receiving starts to feel awkward. Let other people feed you sometimes. Your generosity is real, and so is your right to be held by it in return.

Your gift

Your kindness turns a house into a home and a group into a family, and people feel looked after without quite noticing how.

Your growing edge

Protectiveness can tip into holding on too tight. Sometimes the most loving thing is to let someone grow away a little.

In love

Your whole heart and your whole pantry go into love, and you want a partner who values family as much as you do.

In your work

Teaching, hospitality, history, food and anything that builds a sense of home suit you well.

How Jupiter works

Jupiter's sign shows how you grow, what you put your faith in and where your generosity flows most naturally. Jupiter spends roughly a year in each sign, so you share it with most of your classmates from the same school year, and the difference lies in how you live it.

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What Cancer brings

Ruled by the Moon, Cancer is cardinal water, full of tenderness, memory and a fierce instinct to protect.

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When was Jupiter in Cancer?

Between 1900 and 2100, Jupiter spends about 8.6% of its time in Cancer.

Jupiter moves slowly, so everyone born within one of these stretches shares it. Dates are Greenwich time.

  • July 31, 1906 to August 18, 1907
  • July 13, 1918 to August 1, 1919
  • June 27, 1930 to July 16, 1931
  • June 10, 1942 to June 30, 1943
  • May 24, 1954 to June 12, 1955
  • September 21, 1965 to November 16, 1965
  • May 6, 1966 to September 27, 1966
  • January 16, 1967 to May 22, 1967
  • August 21, 1977 to December 30, 1977
  • April 12, 1978 to September 4, 1978
  • March 1, 1979 to April 19, 1979
  • July 31, 1989 to August 17, 1990
  • July 13, 2001 to August 1, 2002
  • June 26, 2013 to July 15, 2014
  • June 10, 2025 to June 29, 2026
  • May 24, 2037 to June 12, 2038
  • September 24, 2048 to November 12, 2048
  • May 6, 2049 to September 26, 2049
  • January 14, 2050 to May 22, 2050
  • August 21, 2060 to December 27, 2060
  • April 12, 2061 to September 4, 2061
  • February 27, 2062 to April 19, 2062
  • July 30, 2072 to August 16, 2073
  • July 12, 2084 to July 31, 2085
  • June 26, 2096 to July 15, 2097

When Jupiter turns retrograde it can slip back into the sign before, which is why some stretches come in pieces.

Questions about Jupiter in Cancer

What does Jupiter in Cancer mean?

Jupiter in Cancer is exalted, so kindness comes naturally and lands softly. You grow through care and belonging, remember the people who matter, and make others feel safe enough to grow too.

Is Jupiter in Cancer a good placement?

Yes, Jupiter is traditionally exalted in Cancer, one of its most celebrated positions. The planet of growth and kindness feels very welcome in the sign of care, so your generosity tends to come easily and land softly.

When was Jupiter in Cancer?

Between 1900 and 2100, Jupiter was in Cancer June 10, 1942 to June 30, 1943, May 24, 1954 to June 12, 1955, September 21, 1965 to November 16, 1965, May 6, 1966 to September 27, 1966, January 16, 1967 to May 22, 1967, August 21, 1977 to December 30, 1977, April 12, 1978 to September 4, 1978, March 1, 1979 to April 19, 1979, July 31, 1989 to August 17, 1990, July 13, 2001 to August 1, 2002, June 26, 2013 to July 15, 2014, June 10, 2025 to June 29, 2026, Greenwich time. The full list is on this page.

How do I know if my Jupiter is in Cancer?

You need your birth date and birth place, and your birth time if Jupiter changed sign that day. Use the check on this page, or see your whole birth chart.

Jupiter in every sign

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Every planet in Cancer

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