Cancer - Cancer

Japanese: 巨蟹宮 - きょかいきゅう
Cancer - Cancer
The fourth of the twelve zodiac signs. It was originally located near the constellation Cancer, but due to precession, its origin (the summer solstice) is now in the constellation Gemini. (Ensei Kansho Zusetsu (1823))

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Japanese:
黄道十二宮の四番目。もと黄道帯のかに座付近にあったが、歳差のためにずれて、現在その原点(夏至点)はふたご座にある。〔遠西観象図説(1823)〕

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