Today's Horoscope for Cancer

May 9, 2026

This is a time to rely only on yourself and your own resources, gather in your scattered forces, and concentrate on your own work. You may meet numerous obstructions and delays so that you don't accomplish as much or work as quickly as you would like. You can, however, do a very thorough job, and also tackle the kind of difficult or disagreeable tasks you usually avoid.

Power Numbers: 40, 1, 16, 27, 4, 14

Born Today: Henry J. Kaiser, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Mike Wallace, Albert Finney, Glenda Jackson, Candice Bergen, Billy Joel

Quick Quote: "It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over."
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Random Fact: On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.

Today in History:
1927: 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
1993: Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City
1980: 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1519: Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
1785: British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
1962: Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
1993: "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 53 performances
1933: Spanish anarchists call for general strike
1964: Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love"
1944: Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness

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