Kark rashi (Cancer Moon sign): nature, letters and lucky number

Kark (Karka) is the fourth rashi, a water sign ruled by the Moon itself. With the Moon in its own sign, feelings run deep and home and family matter most.

Kark rashi at a glance

Kark rashi nature

People with the Moon in Kark are often caring, sensitive and protective. They remember small kindnesses, read moods easily and feel most at ease among family and close friends.

Because they feel so much, their moods can rise and fall like the tide, and a hurt may stay with them for a while. A hard outer shell sometimes hides a soft heart. Rest, a calm home and someone to talk to help them find their balance again.

Strengths

• care for family and friends
• a good memory and intuition
• kindness and hospitality
• loyalty
• a strong protective instinct

Things to watch

• mood swings
• taking remarks too personally
• worrying about loved ones
• holding on to the past

Fields commonly linked with Kark rashi: nursing, healthcare and counselling, teaching young children, food, catering and hotels, property and home goods, social work, history and research.

These are tendencies of the Moon sign as commonly described, not predictions. The lagna, the other planets and the running dasha shape each person far more than the rashi alone.

Nakshatras and name letters of Kark rashi

Kark covers 30° of the sidereal zodiac, which holds nine nakshatra padas. Each pada gives a first letter traditionally used for a baby’s name.

See the baby naming tables and the name meanings for names that start with these letters.

Kark rashi lucky day, colour, number and stone

All four follow the rashi lord, Moon. A gemstone is worn only after the full Kundli is checked, never from the rashi alone: see which gemstone should I wear and the gemstone calculator.

Kark rashi in relationships and matching

A Kark Moon loves with the whole heart and looks after a partner the way they would look after family. They need emotional safety and reassurance. Gentle words matter to them, and they open up when they feel they will not be judged.

In Kundli milan two of the eight kootas depend on the rashis alone: Bhakoot (7 points, counted from one sign to the other) and Graha Maitri (5 points, the friendship of the two lords). For Kark, the rashis that score full Bhakoot and have a lord friendly to Moon are Mesh (Aries).

Bhakoot dosha has well-known cancellations, and the other six kootas (36 points in all) come from the nakshatras, so no pair of rashis decides a marriage match on its own.

Sade sati and Kark rashi now

On 27/10/2026, Kark rashi has neither sade sati nor dhaiya. Its next sade sati runs from 31/05/2032 to 13/07/2039.

Sade sati is a time that asks for patience and steady work, not a time to fear; how it is felt depends on the whole chart. The sade sati calculator lists every phase for a Moon sign.

Kark rashi and the Cancer sun sign

Your rashi is the sign the Moon was in at birth, in the sidereal zodiac used in India (Lahiri ayanamsa). The Western sun sign is the sign the Sun was in, in the tropical zodiac. The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days, so a rashi has no fixed dates and cannot be read from the birthday alone, and most people’s rashi differs from their sun sign.

Read the daily Kark rashifal (in Hindi) for your Moon sign. The English Cancer horoscope on this site is by Western sun sign, a different system: use it only if your sun sign is Cancer. The Cancer zodiac sign page explains that Western sign, its dates and traits.

How to find your rashi

• By date of birth: the rashi calculator works out the Moon’s sign, nakshatra and pada from your date, time and place of birth.
• By name: the rashi by name calculator gives the rashi linked with the first letter of a name.
• Your full chart: the Janam Kundli shows the Moon sign together with the lagna and every planet.

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Lord, element, quality, dignities, padas and letters follow the standard tables; the traits are as commonly given and differ a little between texts.