What constellation does Cancer belong to?

Cancer belongs to the water sign. Cancer was born from June 22nd to July 22nd. Its ruler is the moon, which is located in the fourth house of the zodiac. Gemini East, Leo West, the patron saint is Hera. Cancer is a medium-sized faint winter constellation with an area of 506 square degrees, accounting for about 1.2% of the celestial sphere. Every year, at the night of 65438+1October 29th, the tumor center passes through the transit.

Cancer is one of the darkest constellations, and the brightest star in the constellation is only 3.5. In cities with serious light pollution, it is difficult to see cancer directly with naked eyes, but its location can be determined by other bright stars around.

To the east of Cancer is the head of Leo, to the northwest are the bright stars of Gemini, Beihe II and Beihe III, and to the southwest are the bright stars of Canine, Nanhe III. The area between these bright stars is Cancer.

In late winter and early spring, observers in the middle and low latitudes in the northern hemisphere can see Cancer in the higher sky in the south, avoiding the light pollution in the city. The three brightest stars in Cancer, α, β and δ, are all around 4, forming a herringbone structure. In a good environment, you can see that the six stars of Cancer are arranged in an irregular bow.

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Cancer legend

Legend has it that a long time ago, when He Wuli was fighting the snake demon Xu Dela, a cancer rose from the sea and bit He Wuli's ankle to help the snake demon. Later, this cancer was killed by Hector Li Wu and landed on an island in the Aegean Sea. Cancer didn't finish the task of the goddess Hera, so it was cursed, and the curse spread to the queen of Athens.

When Princess Melo of Athens was born, a prophet predicted that when the princess got married, the queen died. For this prophecy, the queen has never proposed to the princess. Until Milo was twenty years old, a prince named Sosa came to Athens.

Sosa came here because he wanted to marry Milo, who fell in love with him at first sight. However, the curse is terrible, and the princess doesn't want to sacrifice her mother's life just for her own happiness.

So she tried her best to stop what she said and her desires. He set up nine levels, just like nine impossible tasks. Only by completing them one by one can he marry Milo. However, the brave things have been done one by one! The princess is in a dilemma. The great mother decided to marry Milo to Sosa for the sake of her daughter's happiness.

On the day Milo and Sosa got married, the Queen was not present. She didn't want any accidents to spoil the party. The queen quietly walked to the seaside, faced the waves of the Aegean Sea and drowned herself. When people couldn't find the queen ant, they found a huge crab at sea, with its arms around its chest, as if it were insecure and like a protector's mother.

Hera regretted it after knowing it, so she shaped her gentle and sensitive mother into a constellation in the sky, and its image was a cancer.