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Cancer in BaZi and the Day Pillars
The gentle goat that holds the meadow
The sign that shelters home and people. In the table of twelve stations it pairs with the Goat (未) and belongs to the Wood Three Harmony (亥卯未).
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Cancer at a glance
| Dates | Jun 21 to Jul 22 (2027 dates in UTC; can shift by a day with the year and your time zone) |
|---|---|
| Sun longitude | 90° ~ 120° |
| Western element | Water (same element: Scorpio, Pisces) |
| Chinese station and branch | Juxie 巨蟹宮 = 鶉首 = 未 (Goat) |
| Three Harmony frame | Wood frame 亥卯未 (Pig, Rabbit, Goat) |
Cancer personality
Cancer begins at the summer solstice, 90° of solar longitude. The West calls it a water sign; in BaZi terms it is the Goat branch, earth that holds water and feeds young wood. Your feelings run deep and your memory is long, so kindness you receive stays with you. The shell looks hard, but inside you are soft, and caring for your people is never half-hearted.
Cancer in love
You want the comfort of family, and you show love by feeding and looking after someone. You tend to bottle up hurt, so mention it while it is still small.
Cancer at work
Care work, cooking, teaching, counseling and HR suit you: work that raises and protects people.
What Cancer should watch
Your mood can change like the weather. The Goat branch is midsummer earth and tires when the heat builds, so keep a place where you can rest alone.
Cancer: Day Pillars sitting on 未 (Goat) (5)
The day branch is the same branch this sign is paired with, so both traditions point to the same animal.
Sin-mi Day PillarMetal Goat
Gye-mi Day PillarWater Goat
Eul-mi Day PillarWood Goat
Jeong-mi Day PillarFire Goat
Gi-mi Day PillarEarth Goat
Cancer: Day Pillars in the same Three Harmony (10)
The day branch belongs to the same Three Harmony as Cancer: Wood frame 亥卯未 (Pig, Rabbit, Goat). They face the same direction.
Jeong-myo Day PillarFire Rabbit
Eul-hae Day PillarWood Pig
Gi-myo Day PillarEarth Rabbit
Jeong-hae Day PillarFire Pig
Sin-myo Day PillarMetal Rabbit
Gi-hae Day PillarEarth Pig
Gye-myo Day PillarWater Rabbit
Sin-hae Day PillarMetal Pig
Eul-myo Day PillarWood Rabbit
Gye-hae Day PillarWater Pig
Cancer: Day Pillars in Six Harmony (5)
The day branch forms a Six Harmony with 未. Each fills in what the other lacks.
Gyeong-o Day PillarMetal Horse
Im-o Day PillarWater Horse
Gap-o Day PillarWood Horse
Byeong-o Day PillarFire Horse
Mu-o Day PillarEarth Horse
Cancer: Day Pillars in Clash (5)
The day branch clashes with 未, sitting directly opposite it. Outer style and inner pace pull in different directions.
Eul-chuk Day PillarWood Ox
Jeong-chuk Day PillarFire Ox
Gi-chuk Day PillarEarth Ox
Sin-chuk Day PillarMetal Ox
Gye-chuk Day PillarWater Ox
Your sign is set by the 30° stretch of ecliptic longitude the Sun was crossing at your birth. The cusps (the mid-month solar terms such as the spring equinox) shift by about a day from year to year, so if you were born on a cusp day, add your birth time too. The sign-to-branch pairing follows the names in the traditional Chinese table of twelve stations, whose boundaries sit about 15° off the Western signs. Read it for fun.