Category: Symbols

♋️Cancer

♋️ Cancer belongs to Symbols. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

Meaning

Represents the Cancer zodiac sign (approx. June 21–July 22), symbolized by the crab.

Aliases

:cancer:

Keywords

cancercrabhoroscopezodiacCancer

What does ♋️ Cancer mean?

The Cancer emoji ♋️ depicts the astrological symbol for Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac. It's primarily used in discussions about horoscopes, astrology, and zodiac compatibility, or by people identifying their own sun sign. The glyph resembles the claws of a crab, which is the sign's associated animal.

Often used for

  • Identifying oneself as a Cancer sun sign
  • Discussing horoscopes or astrological readings
  • Posting during Cancer season (late June through late July)
  • Talking about zodiac compatibility with other signs
  • Sharing astrology memes or content
Tone: The word "cancer" also refers to the disease, but the emoji is virtually always used in the zodiac/astrology sense. Still, context matters — in mixed or sensitive conversations the dual meaning can cause momentary confusion.

Illustrative message examples with ♋️

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

  • happy cancer season to all my fellow ♋️
  • i'm a ♋️ and yeah i'm definitely the emotional one in the friend group
  • just checked my horoscope and ♋️ is supposed to have a good week finally
  • any other ♋️ out there or is it just me
  • my mom's a ♋️ and she's literally the most caring person i know
  • cancer season starts next week ♋️ who's ready

Combos, text art & scenes with ♋️

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How ♋️ Cancer looks

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Cancer emoji in OpenMoji style
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♋️ Cancer codes for developers

Every format below produces ♋️ — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji♋️
Unicode codepointsU+264B U+FE0F
HTML (decimal)♋️
HTML (hex)♋️
CSS\264B\FE0F
JavaScript\u{264B}\u{FE0F}
JSON\u264B\uFE0F
URL encoded%E2%99%8B%EF%B8%8F
Shortcode (GitHub):cancer:

♋️ in other languages

Source: Unicode CLDR

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