Cancer Horoscope 2025: What the Stars Predict for You This Year

Sophie Saint Thomas
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Welcome to 2025, Cancer. Cancers have a cozy reputation, but you also have pinchers and hard crab shells. There are a few instances this year when you might want to crawl inside and hide from the world, one of which arrives early as Mars retrograde enters your sign. This retreat is actually healthy. You're just not feeling ambitious, nor should you have to be. Mars retrograde could also see your libido dropping, so make sure to be gentle with yourself if that happens and honor whatever comes up.

Love could also feel a bit sluggish while Venus is retrograde. This backward dance could also slow down the arrival of any financial news, and it's ill-advised to make changes to your appearance around this date. However, once Venus goes direct in the summer and enters your sign, professional news should arrive, love abounds, and you can celebrate with indulgent beauty routines. Perhaps the biggest news of 2025 is that expansive Jupiter settles into your sign, making dreams come true.

Taurus season is best for celebrating with friends, although when the sun moves into your sign, its more important than ever to connect with those you love. Sexy Scorpio illuminates your pleasurable 5th House, and at the end of the year, Capricorn sees the sun moving into your partnership-oriented 7th House.

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Important 2025 Astrological Events for Cancer

  • Monday, January 6: Mars Retrograde Enters Cancer

  • Monday, January 13: Full Moon in Cancer

  • Sunday, February 23: Mars Direct in Cancer

  • Sunday, June 8: Mercury Enters Cancer

  • Monday, June 9: Jupiter Enters Cancer

  • Friday, June 20: Sun Enters Cancer

  • Wednesday, June 25: New Moon in Cancer

  • Wednesday, July 30: Venus Enters Cancer

Love & Relationships

Despite having pinchers and a crab shell to escape into, Cancers are emotional water signs that need healthy relationships to be their happiest. It's important to nurture your romantic relationships, which includes prioritizing your happiness and make sure that you're healthy. When the year starts, the assertive planet Mars is retrograde. On Monday, January 6, it enters your sign, where it will stay until Friday, April 18. It goes direct in your sign on Sunday, February 23. As a result, the first weeks of the year may see your libido ebb and flow, which is totally normal. If this happens, just be gentle with yourself and honor whatever comes up. During this time, while Mars is retrograde, from Sunday, January 19 to Wednesday, February 19, the sun is in your sexy and transformative 8th House. We associate this with hot sex, but it can also indicate a sex drive that ebbs and flows.

Love may continue to feel a bit sluggish for you, and everyone, while the romance planet Venus is retrograde. This lasts from Saturday, March 1 to Saturday, April 12. It's not an ideal time for weddings or first dates, but of course, don't let astrology stop you from living your life. Mark down the full moon in sexy Scorpio on Monday, May 12, as it's a night that could bring some super hot sex as it illuminates your 5th House of Pleasure. Just know that full moons can also lead to bickering, so make sure to take it easy. And once Venus is direct, and in your sign, which occurs from Wednesday, July 30 to Monday, August 25, love abounds. These dates are perfect for events such as first dates or weddings.

When you see people getting ready for Halloween, you will know that romance is coming.

Scorpio season, which lasts from Wednesday, October 22 to Friday, November 21, illuminates your pleasurable 5th House. That means that when you see people getting ready for Halloween, it's a sign that romance could be coming. Then, at the end of the year, when the sun moves into Capricorn on Sunday, December 21 (where it will stay until Monday, January 19 of 2026), the sun shifts into your partnership-oriented 7th House. The holiday season of 2025 should be especially romantic for you, Cancer. You're happiest when you're with family, but remember that can mean chosen family, too. For a romantic partnership to work for you, they need to feel like family.

Friendships

Your romantic partners should feel like family, and the same is true for your friends, too. Much of your task for 2025 will be working to maintain a balance that allows you to make new friends while nurturing old ones. There's a bright full moon in your sign on Monday, January 13. You'll want to party with friends around this date. However, beware that full moons are known to bring out the animal in people. Some single Cancers may find themselves making out with friends around this date!

A new moon in Taurus that could see you running into someone who becomes a new best friend arrives on Sunday April 27. New moons are associated with beginnings, and this one falls in your 11th House of Friendship.

All of Taurus season, which lasts from Sunday, April 19 to Wednesday, May 20, sees you expanding your social circle. In fact, you may want to give any romantic partners a heads-up that you are going to be more interested in hanging out with friends than you are going on dates while the sun is in Taurus.

It's very important to celebrate your birthday with friends.

The sun moves into your sign, signaling the start of Cancer season on Friday, June 20, and stays there through Wednesday, July 22. It's very important to celebrate your birthday with friends. And don't just assume they will throw you a surprise party. Communicate with them ahead of time. And speaking of communication, take note of the days that messenger Mercury goes retrograde in 2025—Saturday, March 15, to Monday, April 7, Friday, July 18, to Monday, August 11, and Sunday, November 9, to Friday, November 29—as these periods could lead to misunderstandings and cause travel delays.

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Career

One of your tasks for 2025 is finding a work/life balance that allows you to have time for family and friends while also achieving your dreams. However, don't be surprised if early in the year, you don't feel too interested in work. When the year begins, Mars, the planet that rules assertiveness, is retrograde. When that happens, we just want to be lazy on the couch. Mars retrograde shifts into your sign on Monday, January 6, but then goes direct in your sign on Sunday, February 23, and stays in Cancer until Friday, April 18. Therefore, from the end of February to mid to late April, you will likely feel highly ambitious. This is compounded by the fact that when the sun is in Aries, from Thursday, March 20 to Saturday, April 19, it's also in your ambitious 10th House. While we can't promise anything, promotions, and raises are more likely to happen around this time.

Just mark down the dates that Venus, which also rules money, goes retrograde: Saturday, March 1 to Saturday, April 12. Venus retrograde can lead to slowdowns and delays for anticipated events like promotions or raises.

Starting in June, many Cancers will see some of their dreams come true.

On Monday, June 9, the lucky planet Jupiter moves into your sign, Cancer. It will stay there until the summer of 2026. Jupiter is the planet of expansion and blesses everything it touches. Starting in June, many Cancers will see some of their dreams come true. This is especially true when the sun is in proud Leo from Tuesday, July 22 to Monday, September 22, as it lights up your 2nd House of Possessions.

And the opulent planet Venus is direct and in your sign from Wednesday, July 30, to Monday, August 25. During these dates, while we can't promise anything, the stars are feeling very generous with you, so raises and promotions may occur.

Health & Wellness

A full moon arrives in your sign on Monday, January 13. While full moons are very beautiful, they can also leave you feeling anxious or on edge. As noted, you may want to spend this lunation with friends, but if you're feeling run down, use this date to rest.

You're advised against making major changes to your appearance while Venus is retrograde, which takes place from Saturday, March 1, to Saturday, April 12. However, when Venus is direct and in your sign, from Wednesday, July 30 to Monday, August 25, feel free to celebrate with a haircut or new tattoo.

There's a Sagittarius full moon that arrives on Wednesday, June 11 and lights up your 6th House of Health. When you see your 6th House come up, it's not cause for alarm but a gentle reminder to rest and practice self-care. As full moons can be stressful, spend this one unwinding at home, enjoying long baths or skin care rituals. A few weeks later, when the sky goes dark with a new moon in your sign, on Wednesday, June 25, you'll feel called to try a self-care technique or beauty routine that's different than what you normally do.

It's especially important for you to make sure you get rest and alone time in between seeing family.

And, towards the end of the year, during Sagittarius season, which lasts from Thursday, November 21 to Saturday, December 21, the sun stations back in your 6th House. The winter holidays can be stressful for anyone, but it's especially important for you to make sure you get rest and alone time in between seeing family. Keep an eye out for your monthly horoscopes for more detailed instructions on how to unwind.

Originally Appeared on Allure

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