Cancer Ascendant

Rashi

Cancer

Element

Water

Ruler

Moon

Lagna here means the ascendant, the sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. For Cancer (Karka) rising, the readings are as follows.

Body

The native is of medium height, with a round face and a stout yet soft body. The chest is raised and high, and the waist is thick.

Nature

Sociable and given to keeping clean and tidy, this person is fond of beautiful things. A sweet speaker, a lover of good and noble company, and devoted to duty, the native is religiously inclined and respectful toward elders and teachers (gurujana). At the same time, he is somewhat given to outward show, somewhat utilitarian, and not firm in his principles. The native heeds only the person he loves; one he does not care for he will not even keep company with.

Life

The native is fond of travel and movement, influential, and illustrious. The lifestyle is grand and full of pomp. Affectionate relations with close kin are maintained throughout life.

Health

The native is liable to diseases of the stomach and the digestive system, and so should take nourishing foods and medicines only after careful thought. Such people are apt to imagine themselves ill even when there is no illness; therefore, for peace and strength of mind, they should without fail practise yoga (here in its bodily-discipline sense), physical exercise, and meditation. They should also guard themselves against cold.

House Lords (Bhaveśa)

For this ascendant, taking each bhava (house, a domain of life) and its ruling graha (planet-force), the assignments are:

• Sūrya (Sun) — lord of the 2nd
• Chandra (Moon) — lord of the lagna itself
• Maṅgala (Mars) — yogakāraka (the special benefic that rules both an angle and a trine), as lord of the 5th and the 10th
• Budha (Mercury) — lord of the 3rd and the 12th
• Guru (Jupiter) — lord of the 6th and the 9th, the house of fortune (bhāgya)
• Śukra (Venus) — lord of the 4th and the 11th

Chandra, Maṅgala, and Guru give especially auspicious results. Śani (Saturn), Śukra, and Budha are generally (prāyaḥ) inauspicious in their results. Sūrya, though a mārakeśa, lord of a maraka or "death-inflicting" house, does not actually inflict death. In truth, Maṅgala is the rājayoga-kāraka, the bringer of the combination that yields power, status, and success.

Renowned Persons

Renowned persons born under Cancer ascendant: Gautama Buddha, Adi Guru Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Sri Tyagaraja, Emperor Vikramaditya, Yogiraj Aurobindo, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lokmanya Tilak, Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indira Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Swami Sivananda, Meena Kumari, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, and Vishwanath Pratap Singh.