In Europe, traditionally, the constellation of Cancer was identified with the crab from Greek mythology that was crushed by the foot of Hercules and placed in the sky by Hera. In ancient Egypt, the Cancer sign was imagined as a scarab beetle, and in Mesopotamia as a turtle or tortoise, both of which may have pushed the sun across the heavens. Representing the sun at its highest point, Cancer is the zodiacal sign of the summer solstice. On June 21st we recognize Cancer, the astrological sign that Richard Hinckley Allen called the most “inconspicuous figure of the zodiac” (Allen, 107). John the Baptist, and the Apostles Peter and Paul. The “crab” is surrounded by feast days of Apostle Barnabas, the Nativity of St. Constellation of Cancer with “lobster-like” crab or crayfish (?) in calendar page for June.
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