The constellation and zodiacal sign Cancer; = cancer, n. 1. Obsolete.

Astronomy. A zodiacal constellation, lying between Gemini and Leo. Also the fourth of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac, which originally coincided…

In form Cancer. Astrology. (The name of) the fourth sign of the zodiac (originally coincident with the constellation), usually associated with the…

Astronomy. Either of two signs of the zodiac, Cancer and Capricorn. Obsolete. rare.