Cancer

The sun passes this constellation from late July to early August. In former times the Sun used to lie in this constellation when it reaches the its point farthest north - the time of the summer solstice. Nowadays the sun lies in the neighbouring constellation Gemini on the time of the summer solstice (due to the effect of precession).
Although Cancer belongs to the Zodiacal Family it is associated with the Hercules constellation family.

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