The Summer solstice (June 20, 10:42 PM EDT), marks the beginning of Cancer season! As the Sun takes a dip in this sensitive water sign, it brings out everyone’s softer side. Here’s your cozy Cancer season horoscope!
The 2025 solstice is on Friday, June 20, when Cancer season begins and the Sun illuminates our most treasured bonds—from beloved relatives to friends who have earned chosen family status. Summer solstice is the longest day of light in the northern hemisphere.
Set up the backyard loungers, prep the grill and fill the sangria pitcher. Homey and heartfelt Cancer season is ideal for cozy gatherings. Enjoy four weeks of nesting and guesting with your chosen family. Tap the nostalgic vibes of Cancer season and meet up for picnics, beach days or longer visits to your hometown.
Do this 1 essential thing during Cancer season
As much as Cancer season is about being with loved ones, be careful not to fill up every block of your calendar. Tender emotions can surface during the four weeks of the Sun in this water sign. You might prefer to process in solitude—then, turn those feelings into cathartic works of art. Set up an inspiring “studio” and be a vessel for the muse.
If you’re not feeling the vibe of a gathering, trust your intuition and retreat into your proverbial Crab shell, stat! (Yes, even if you aren’t a Cancer Sun or rising.) This isn’t the time to overdo social stimulation. It might be time to claim your right to FOBI (that’s fear of being included, the opposite of FOMO)!
In love, cuddly Cancer spins the classics
Cupid sings a sweet, old-fashioned love song until July 22 as the Cancer Sun casts a cheerful spell over our lives. A warm heart is the ultimate accessory—and aphrodisiac—during this annual solar cycle. Don’t be afraid to let your softer side show.
As a water sign, Cancer inspires us to be fluid. If you’ve been messing with players, you could flow right into a cuddle puddle with the “nice” type during Cancer season. (Bonus if their embrace makes you feel right at home.) Or maybe it’s time to test out some role-playing to work through those mommy and daddy issues? We’ll let you take it from here.
It’s equally important to create a safe container for processing emotions, so they don’t spill over into casual dating or muddy boundaries in a situantionship. This “container” could be a crew of close friends who can talk you down from a tree when you start trying to turn a f*buddy into your forever love. Or it could be a private place to retreat to when you’re feeling off-center.
Bottom line during Cancer season: Make room for all the feels now. Just don’t confuse them with facts!
Your Cancer Season Horoscope
For the next month, we’ll all radiate feelings of warmth, connection and nourishment that are hallmarks of this water sign.
Below are horoscopes for every zodiac sign for Cancer Season, from June 20 to July 22, 2025. You can read for your Sun sign or your rising sign (ascendant). Visit our Cosmic Calculators if you want to calculate your Rising sign or discover more about your personal astrology.
Every 30 days or so, the Sun visits a new zodiac sign. During this “season” everyone feels the prevailing energy, no matter what Sun sign you were born under.
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Aries (Mar 20-Apr 19)
Time to power down—or at least to slow to a gentle, flowing pace. On June 20, the Sun exits your hyperactive third house and fluffs up the pillows in domestic Cancer and your fourth house of sanctuary and sentimentality until July 22. Whether or not this is something you’ve been looking forward to, you can make good use of any downtime. Prioritize personal projects and put your inner circle ahead of random interactions. Pay attention to the relationship between food and mood. During this sensitive solar season, you may want to make a few dietary tweaks.
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Taurus (Apr 19-May 20)
Set an intention to keep your schedule open and adaptable over the coming four weeks, Taurus. With the Sun streaming into Cancer and your social third house for its annual visit, you may find yourself at the center of a buzzing hive of activity. Parties, festivals, even spontaneous out-of-town trips may fill your calendar between June 20 and July 22. You don’t have to abandon your sacred routines or even do anything super strenuous. But you might be pleasantly surprised by how much experimental energy you have under this solar power surge!
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Gemini (May 20-Jun 21)
Make one final wish, Gemini! On June 20, the curtains close on your birthday season, but here’s some good news. Between now and July 22, you can direct all that innovative energy toward a profitable project as the Sun sails through Cancer and your money-earning second house. If you’ve been a little too liberal with your spending, this month-long transit could be a fiscal wake-up call you can’t hit the snooze button on. You could secure a raise, land a new job or find a profitable sideline that doesn’t eat into your precious social time. If you’re in decent financial shape, how can you add more creativity to the daily grind?
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Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22)
Let’s get it started in here! Cancer season kicks off on June 20 as the life-giving Sun blasts into your sign. Between now and July 22, you have planetary permission to put YOUR desires first. This being the summer solstice, it’s one of the best days—and nights—of the year for setting new intentions. What do you want to release in the coming 12 months, and what do you want to call in? Really feel each of these goals as you write them down. Then come up with a list of action steps you can take to begin manifesting them!
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Leo (Jul 22-Aug 22)
June 20 begins your annual month of slowing down as your galactic guardian, the luminous Sun, slips into Cancer and your twelfth house of release and transition. Lighten your obligations and leave more time for processing any recent intense experiences, along with the complex emotional responses they may have triggered. It’s tempting to just race on to the next big adventure, but you won’t learn the lessons if you don’t stop long enough to integrate them. Treat the coming four weeks as an extended retreat, and indulge desires that don’t always get honored.
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Virgo (Aug 22-Sep 22)
Virgo unbound! On June 20, the Sun exits your hard-working career zone and sets sail for far more enticing ports of call as it enters Cancer and your innovative, eclectic eleventh house. From now until July 22, you have planetary permission to jump ship from any cruise liner that feels like its taking the wind out of your sails. Test the waters and see what you could create when you don’t feel limited by rules or judged by unqualified people. Unleash your inner visionary and seek out your fellow unicorns!
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Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22)
Don’t worry about revealing your ambitious side, Libra. After all, your sign is one of the four “cardinal,” or goal-oriented ones, and whether you realize it or not, people look up to you and follow your lead. On June 20, when the radiant Sun flashes into Cancer and your tenth house of professional success until July 22, you won’t be able to play small or hide your light. This is a prime opportunity to put your ideas out to the world and see what resonates with people.
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Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)
Welcome back, Scorpio! On June 20, the life-giving Sun blazes into Cancer and your adventurous ninth house until July 22. If you’ve been holed up in a private bubble or immersed in some larger-than-life emotional drama, you may decide to simply walk away from all that and explore the wider world. Have you got vacation time waiting to be cashed in? If you work for yourself and can transport your “office” anywhere with an Internet connection (or not!), get creative. Don’t overthink it. Even a long weekend will recharge your spirits.
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Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21)
Come closer, Archer. Don’t be surprised if you suddenly start craving more intimacy in your interactions. With the Sun heading into Cancer on June 20 and firing up your soulful eighth house for the next four weeks, you can deepen a special relationship or attract someone with lasting potential. This is a time for sharing secrets and forging iron-clad connections. Strong desires get sparked by this transit, so be a little un-Archer-like and take things more to heart. Make a habit of checking in and asking, “How does this make me feel?”
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Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 20)
Ready to turn a solo mission into a two-person act? On June 20, the Sun darts into Cancer and your seventh house of partnerships, giving dynamic duos priority seating. This is also the summer solstice, a powerful day for setting new intentions, particularly ones that have to do with relationships or any sort of partnered venture.
Get together with your favorite manifestation buddy to deeply reflect on what you want to accomplish by the end of the year. Write out lists or make vision boards (or both!). It’s easy to lapse into autopilot, but if you’re going to realize some of those lofty Capricorn dreams, you need to make sure you’re headed in the right direction, with supportive allies by your side.
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Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18)
Salud! Your fitness and self-care regimen become priority number one for the next four weeks as the life-giving Sun grapevines into Cancer and your sixth house of wellness from June 20 to July 22. It’s not enough to avoid the energy-zapping stuff, Water Bearer. Optimal health is about choosing the foods, supplements and exercises that will give you the most energy, clarity and peace of mind.
As the summer solstice hits, set some midyear intentions for improving your own vitality, focusing on small, doable actions that you can keep up for a lifetime.
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Pisces (Feb 18-Mar 20)
The red carpet is calling, Pisces, and you can’t leave this message unread! On June 20, the incandescent Sun sashays into Cancer and your fifth house of amour, glamour and celebrity until July 22, drawing all eyes, and quite possibly the spotlight, to you. This isn’t your lowkey sign’s usual jam, but when your 15 minutes of fame come a-knocking, you’d best oblige. If it’s too much pressure to have it be all about you, what message or good cause could you promote when you’ve got the mic? Think fast, because this could happen without much warning.
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