Since June last year, your sign, your life force has been panning for gold. The gold being what is truly meaningful in your life. Jupiter is such an experiential teacher that some of you may have found that in this sifting process, you have been able to identify and release what was meaningless. Sometimes Jupiter takes us into the experience of existentialism to really get clear on what it is that fills us up in the most nourishing of ways. This process continues until June 30 this year and won’t happen again for another 12 years. This is like a Marie Kondo process but heavier on the non-physical. As a sign so deeply linked to those first primal waves of an emotional experience, your feeling senses are guiding you here, as is your own vitality (your Sun), what makes you feel alive, what makes you feel wonderment?
"This is like a Marie Kondo process but heavier on the non-physical."
Speaking of your inner waters, all three Mercury Retrogrades will take place in the three water signs this year, with yours (Mercury Retrograde in Cancer) running from June 29 - July 23 and all three will offer you an opportunity to not only feel into any stagnant waters but to bring reflection and curiosity into your own depths. You are beautifully sensitive and can read, “am I safe”, in every room that you enter, your crab shell either armouring up or opening up based off of your intel. Cancerian mastery arises from turning your lens on yourself for a while and drinking from your own cup first, tending to you. It’s less about reacting to the room and more to do with inner buoyancy. If there is any area in your life where you find yourself stuck in a loop of emotional reactivity, these retrogrades will aid you in finding and befriending their roots.
"Cancerian mastery arises from turning your lens on yourself for a while and drinking from your own cup first, tending to you."
Uranus moves back into Gemini in April this year until 2033 and this falls into your 12th house, a territory of dreams, visions and their meeting place, the imagination. With Uranus here, your dream worlds may become amplified, with messages of liberation and new worlds surfacing from the intangible. The sign of Aries rules over your 10th house, a territory that governs your roles and responsibilities out in the world, a fellow go-getter (Cardinal) sign like yours. Saturn and Neptune will both take up long transits here and your action-taking energy will be bolstered not only by the creative juice of Neptune but by the pragmatic, long-range thinking of Saturn. Here there is a merger between the vision, the how-to and the devotion to show up for your dreams. This is a potent year for you, one where the ingredients for a nourishing and meaningful life become wildly conscious and obvious for you. These are things you have tasted and understood many times, now there is more of this foundation-building energy to plant yourself here and blossom.
Cancer 2026 words to live by
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Want to understand why the zodiac signs are the way they are? Look no further than our comprehensive guide to the personality traits of each zodiac sign. Plus, you can find all the answers to the year ahead in our 2026 astrology forecast.
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