The twelve signs · VII The Chariot
Cancer
The crab sent by Hera to distract Heracles as he fought the Hydra. The faintest of the zodiac, it holds the Beehive, a cluster you can see with the naked eye.
Its card
VII The Chariot
The sign
21 June – 22 July
The Sun in the real constellation
about 20 July – 10 August
Brightest stars
Al Tarf, Asellus Australis, the Beehive cluster
Why two sets of dates? The signs were fixed more than two thousand years ago. Since then the Earth's axis has slowly turned, and today the Sun crosses each constellation weeks later than its sign. Our cards draw the sky as it truly is.