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CANCER ASCENDANT/ KARKA
Cancer is a water sign and is generally weak because of the changeable Moon governing the ascendant and one's body. Cancer people are prone to diseases, or at least having a weak immune system. Cancer ascendants have the misfortune of having the malefic influence of Jupiter and Saturn, two slow-moving planets who carry a strong impact, so when there are difficult periods or unhappy events, they tend to be of a longer duration rather than short lived. Moon and Mars give the Cancer ascendant great strength that can fend off the effects that the malefics can give leaving the Cancer sometimes overwhelmed and emotionally overburdened.

Cancer people make great hosts and love to entertain in their own homes. They are imaginative, peaceful, moody and humorous. They are intuitive, caring and nurturing as this sign rules the mother and motherly instincts. They can be shy, over emotional attached and dependent yet they can gain social or political status and recognition due do their caring and sensitivity towards the public. They project caring and understanding towards people and this can bring about a positive response from others.

Cancer ascendants nevertheless have a volatile nature because of the constant changes of the Moon. The phases of the moon bring about weakness quite often, whether it is waning, or losing its strength due to transits over malefic planets. Since the Moon changes signs every two and half days and being the lord of the ascendant, the emotional impact is greater.

The well placed Moon in this chart gives the person affluence and recognition and makes the person charming and personable. The person will be attractive yet can give the body extra plumpness or heaviness. The Moon when well placed for the Cancer ascendant protects the immune system promoting good health and vitality. If the Moon is weak and badly aspected, the Cancer native can suffer from mental illness, weak body constitution or diseases of the body.

Mars has a great influence in the Cancer chart because it owns the fifth and the tenth house with Aries the mooltrikona sign in the tenth. When a planet owns a trikona house (first, fifth or ninth) and a kendra house (First, Fourth, Seventh or Tenth) then it gains status becoming a Yokakaraka planet.

A well-placed Sun brings status and income to the person. It can signify great vitality and a good marital relationship. Since Leo is the mooltrikona sign of the Sun and sits in the second house, then the signification of the second can be enhanced and therefore the person's family can have wealth and affluence. There can be harmony in family life. If the Sun is weak, then there can be loss of status, wealth and reputation and there may be disturbed marital life with difficulties to the spouse.

If the planet Mercury is strong, then the third house Virgo, mooltrikona sign of Mercury enhances courage and initiatives for the Cancer person helping the stability of the person who is already influenced by the ever-changing emotional Moon. So rather than changing ventures and being dualistic in lines of communication, there is the ability with benefic Mercury to be more constant and consistent. Weak Mercury has the opposite effect when weak or afflicted; it causes a lack of courage and a lack of vitality and initiative. The person is prone to nervousness and there is trouble with younger brother and sisters.

A strong Venus gives the person the ability of having a good education and a happy disposition. Since the mooltrikona sign for Venus is Libra, the fourth house would indicate happiness and a good relationship with the parents. Home would be important to the individual. A weak or afflicted Venus can bring about obstructions in education and troubles to the mother or the parents. There will be a general loss in comforts, happiness and peace of mind.

A benefic Mars will boost the Cancer native's career and enhance their vitality and good fortune. The Mooltrikona sign of Mars is Aries which is in the tenth house and this gives the person executive power or position of authority and blesses the person with happiness from the father. A weak Mars causes professional setbacks, weak health and short temper. Lacking courage or initiatives, the person suffers from impatience and difficulties with the father.

A well placed Jupiter can enhance and protect the health of the Cancer person. Since the mooltrikona house for Jupiter is the sixth, the house signifying health and constitution, which is already volatile for the Cancer ascendant, then it is important for the native to have Jupiter well placed. Jupiter can protect the native from opposition and disputes as well as protect finances. A weak or afflicted Jupiter affects the health of the person making one prone to bad health and to disputes as well as having hidden enemies, and all significatations of the sixth house. It can bring about financial losses, debts and problems with the male child as Jupiter signifies children.

A strong Saturn in this chart can bring about long life. Since Saturn rules the malefic eighth house where the mooltrikona sign Aquarius lies, it therefore becomes the most malefic planet. It is important for the Cancer ascendant not to have many or in fact any aspects from the natal Saturn on any other planets or houses in the chart. In this way a well-placed Saturn will promote its own signification's. It can bring about good structure, focus and inheritance. A weak or afflicted Saturn will bring about short life span, loss of inheritance, accidents, obstructions and troubles as well as many restrictions placed upon the individual in his or her life.

The planet Saturn is the most malefic planet for the Cancer ascendant, so it is essential that one never increases the energy of Saturn by planetary remedies. By doing so, the Cancer native would have to deal with more restrictions, worries, difficulties and troubles. Also if Saturn was afflicting a certain planet in the native chart and a gemstone was worn which favored and enhanced the planet Saturn, this would bring about more harm and destruction to that already afflicted planet, causing more misery.

Functional Malefics:	Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefics for Gemini
Ruler:	Moon rules Cancer, which is the moolatrikona house
Exaltation:	None
Debilitation:	None
Body Parts:	Breast, chest, heart, upper stomach and digestive region
To the Beginning	This article was written by John R. Fyfe