Past, the June solstice
Sun in Cancer, 2025
Sun enters Cancer on Saturday 21 June 2025, 02:42 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Leo on Tuesday 22 July 2025, 13:29 UTC, after 31 days.
The June solstice fell on 21 June 2025 at 02:42 UTC, the moment the Sun moved from Gemini into Cancer. Here the Sun stands at its northernmost point, bringing the longest day to the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest to the Southern. It spends 31 days in Cancer, a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon, and moves into Leo on 22 July 2025 at 13:29 UTC.
The tradition links Cancer with home, family, memory, care and emotional security. Astrologers read the Sun's passage here as a season that turns attention toward the people and places that feel safe, and toward the ways we look after others and ourselves. As a cardinal sign, Cancer is also taken to begin things, often quietly and from the inside. A practical suggestion is to spend an evening on your living space, mending, clearing or simply sharing a meal there.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Sun in Cancer falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Taurus | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Gemini | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Cancer | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Leo | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Virgo | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Libra | tenth | career and public role | |
| Scorpio | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Sagittarius | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Capricorn | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Aquarius | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Pisces | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.