Element: Water
Mode: Cardinal
Zodiac Symbol: Crab
Key Motivations: Emotional expression, domestic harmony, family, relationships, connection to the past, children
Outstanding Attributes: Nurturing, sensitive, feeling, caring
Center of Body Activity: Heart and stomach
Mythological Character: Hera, wife of Zeus, Goddess of Hearth and Home
Planetary Ruler: Moon
Number: 2
Archetype: Mother, nurturer, sentimentalist

Information from the book Astrological Secrets for the New Millennium by Laurie A. Baum, M.S.W. For full information on Cancer and the other signs, check this book out!