According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Cancer is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).
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The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Cancer area consists of:
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 井 | Jǐng | Well | 水位 | Shuǐwèi | Water Level[1] | ||||
| 8 Cnc | 水位三 | Shuǐwèisān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ζ1 Cnc | 水位四 | Shuǐwèisì | 4th star | |||||||
| 鬼 | Guǐ | Ghost | 鬼 | Guǐ | Ghost[1] | |||||
| θ Cnc | ||||||||||
| 鬼宿一 | Guǐsùyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 鬼宿距星 | Guǐsùjùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 鬼宿西南星 | Guǐsùxīnánxīng | Southwestern star | ||||||||
| 屏南星 | Bǐngnánxīng | Star of folding screen in the south | ||||||||
| η Cnc | ||||||||||
| 鬼宿二 | Guǐsùèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 鬼宿西北星 | Guǐsùxīběixīng | Northwestern star | ||||||||
| γ Cnc | ||||||||||
| 鬼宿三 | Guǐsùsān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 鬼宿东北星 | Guǐsùdōngběixīng | Northeastern star | ||||||||
| 军井西南星 | Jūnjǐngxīnánxīng | Star in the southwest of Military Well constellation | ||||||||
| δ Cnc | ||||||||||
| 鬼宿四 | Guǐsùsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 鬼宿东南星 | Guǐsùdōngnánxīng | Southeastern star | ||||||||
| 積尸 | Jīshī | Comulative Corpses[1] | ||||||||
| M44 / 40 Cnc | ||||||||||
| 積尸 | Jīshī | (One star of of) | ||||||||
| 积尸气 | Jīshīqì | Cloud of Comulative Corpses | ||||||||
| 天尸 | Tiānshī | Celestial corpses | ||||||||
| 爟 | Guàn | Beacon Fire[1] | ||||||||
| ψ Cnc | 爟一 | Guànyī | 1st star | |||||||
| λ Cnc | 爟二 | Guànèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| φ1 Cnc | 爟三 | Guànsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 15 Cnc | 爟四 | Guànsì | 4th star |