Rasi 4 of 12 · Movable Water
Kadagam (Cancer)
home-loving, protective and guided by feeling, the sign of the mother and the family table
The sign in short
- Where it sits
- 90° to 120° of the sidereal zodiac
- Lord
- Chandran (Moon)
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Movable
- Read for
- care
- Body part
- Chest — the classical Kalapurusha mapping, head at Mesham to feet at Meenam
- Varna
- Brahmin — the Ashta Koota varna of the sign, not of a person
- Vashya group
- jalachara (water-dwelling)
- Vasya rasis
- Viruchigam and Dhanusu — the signs this one draws, by the Tamil vasya table
The nakshatras in it
Nine padas fill a rasi, so a sign holds either three whole stars or two whole ones and parts of two more.
| Star | Pada | Degrees in Kadagam | Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punarpoosam Punarvasu · partly here | 4 of 4 | 0°00′ to 3°20′ | Guru |
| Poosam Pushya | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 3°20′ to 16°40′ | Sani |
| Ayilyam Ashlesha | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 16°40′ to 30°00′ | Budhan |
A person's rasi, unless a page says otherwise, is the sign the Moon stood in at birth — so it follows from the birth star and its pada. Every star ranked against one keeps the two together for that reason.
What the almanac attaches to it
Traditional and popular associations, as the Tamil almanacs and the daily columns print them — offered in the same spirit as the daily reading, not as fact.
- Colour
- White and Cream
- Number
- 2 and 5
- Day
- Monday
- Gem
- Pearl (Muthu) — the wearing rules
- Metal
- Silver
- Deity
- Sivan and Parvathi
- Direction
- Northwest
- Flower
- White jasmine (Mullai)
- Fasting
- Monday
- Mantra
- Om Chandraya Namaha — the texts
The name
The same sign in every script this app carries.
- English Kadagam
- தமிழ் கடகம்
- తెలుగు కర్కాటకం
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಕರ್ಕಾಟಕ
- മലയാളം കർക്കടകം
- हिन्दी कर्क
- বাংলা কর্কট
- ગુજરાતી કર્ક
- नेपाली कर्कट
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ କର୍କଟ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਰਕ
- සිංහල කටක
Also written Cancer, the Western sign of the same name — though the Western zodiac is tropical and this one sidereal, so the dates do not line up. The difference, and the glossary's entry for Kadagam.