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Uranus in Cancer

Uranus stays about seven years in a sign, so this describes your generation: it breaks old rules tenderly and protectively; it works through home, family and feeling.

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What Uranus in Cancer means

Uranus stays about seven years in a sign, so this describes your generation: it breaks old rules tenderly and protectively; it works through home, family and feeling.

Uranus stands for freedom, sudden change and originality. In a personal chart its house, and its contacts with your own planets, say more than its sign.

At a glance

Planet: Uranus: freedom, sudden change and originality
Sign: Cancer, water and cardinal, ruled by Moon
Dignity: Peregrine: neither strong nor weak by sign
Time in each sign: about seven years

When Uranus is in Cancer

Everyone born in these months has Uranus in Cancer. The edges can shift by a day with the time zone.

Aug 1948 – Jun 1956: in and out with its retrograde turns (Aug 1948 – Nov 1948, Jun 1949 – Aug 1955, Jan 1956 – Jun 1956)
Aug 2032 – May 2040: in and out with its retrograde turns (Aug 2032 – Dec 2032, May 2033 – Aug 2039, Feb 2040 – May 2040)

Famous people with Uranus in Cancer

Only people whose Uranus stayed in Cancer through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

Vladimir PutinPresident of the Russian Federation7 October 19527Libra Vladimir Leninfounding leader of the Soviet Union22 April 1870 – 19246Taurus Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist2 October 1869 – 19489Libra Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist7 November 1867 – 19344Scorpio François HollandePresident of France from 2012 to 201712 August 19543Leo Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.24 February 1955 – 20111Pisces Angela Merkelchancellor of Germany from 2005 to 202117 July 19547Cancer Rafael Orozco MaestreColombian singer24 March 1954 – 19921Aries Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican architect8 June 1867 – 19599Gemini Henri MatisseFrench artist31 December 1869 – 19544Capricorn Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 201215 June 19533Gemini Lord ByronEnglish Romantic poet and lyricist22 January 1788 – 182411masterAquarius

Uranus in the other signs

Uranus in the houses

Other planets in Cancer

Questions and answers

What does Uranus in Cancer mean?

Uranus stays about seven years in a sign, so this describes your generation: it breaks old rules tenderly and protectively; it works through home, family and feeling.

Is Uranus strong in Cancer?

Cancer is neither Uranus's own sign nor its exaltation, detriment or fall, so Uranus is peregrine there: neither strong nor weak by sign. It takes on Cancer's style: tenderly and protectively; it works through home, family and feeling.

How do I know if I have Uranus in Cancer?

Everyone born Aug 1948 – Jun 1956 has Uranus in Cancer. For the exact day, use the free calculator.

When is Uranus next in Cancer?

Aug 2032 – May 2040.

Which famous people have Uranus in Cancer?

Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Lenin, Mahatma Gandhi, Marie Curie, François Hollande, Steve Jobs, Angela Merkel, Rafael Orozco Maestre