Cancer... The Crab

June 20/24 to July 22/26**

Cancer
Cancer Constellation

'I Feel'

Cancer is the fourth sign of the occidental zodiac.

Element is Water
characterized by:

Emotion, Perception,
Compassion
Ruled by the Moon
representing:

Receptivity,
Emotion, Viscera
Qualities are Cardinal
(unlike Fixed or Mutable):

Dynamic, Authoritative,
Active, Energetic
Cancerians have the following characteristics:
Imagination, Insight,
Tenacity, Affection,
Caring, Caution
Cancerian sins
may include:

Avarice, Irritability,
Despondency, Possessiveness,
Moodiness, Hypersensitivity

**Please note: �For those of you born on June 20 - 24 or July 22 - 26,
you were born on the Cusp and may possess the qualities of TWO Signs.

CancerEmotion is the pitfall of Cancer people. �As changeable as their ruler, the Moon, these subjects may shift in minutes from stable, normal, "happy" individuals into purveyors of the darkest feelings of gloom and doom. There's a quality of despair in Cancerian moodiness.

CancerCancers make fabulous partners for home-loving people. The Cancer's nest is where she feels safest and at her most secure. �As security is the main preoccupation of most Cancers, a good home with comfy furnishings, a few kids and dogs and a built-in wall safe is about the best thing that can happen to them. �In this atmosphere of cushions and curtains, Cancer thrives. �For the Cancer subject, home is love is home is love, etc.

CancerCancers are good at making money; they hold executive positions and assume responsibilities with aplomb. �You will rarely find a poor-but-happy Cancer. �Cancerians very seldom decide to throw it all up and become a hippie or a free-lance bohemian. �They don't necessarily like the system or the constraints it places on them, but of all the signs of the occidental zodiac, Cancers are the most capable of placing nose to dull old grindstone and keeping it there. �The Cancer wants comfort for herself, but she also enjoys providing for her family in a generous way.

CancerCancers are traditionalists. �Where you might have hung a supremely abstract painting over your mantelpiece, the Cancer will have put portraits of her dour-looking grandparents, which she dug out of the attic because nobody else wanted them. �They will surely be framed in antique frames and will hold the place of honor in Cancer's heart. �Cancer prefers antiques to formica and longs for her son or daughter to become a doctor, a lawyer or a surefire accountant.

CancerIf you have a Cancer for a friend, you know what loyalty and devotion mean. �Cancer people usually make their friends young and keep them for life. �And, as Cancers are fairly intransigent, they are easily hurt if the friends in question do not return their devotion. �They will forgive. But Cancers never forget.

CancerIf someone asked me to describe the worst aspect of Cancer subjects, I would not say "moods" or "crabbiness." �Instead I would have to speak of the Cancer's tendency to hypersensitivity. �Cancer is easily offended and susceptible to criticism the way six-year-olds are susceptible to chicken pox. �A tiny word of criticism can bring on one of Cancer's legendary moods and the criticizer may go on the black list for quite a long time.

CancerCancers are jealous, too. �They own the people they live with and are possessive to a fault about their loved ones. They are not, however, tyrannical about this weakness. The idea is not "I bought you and therefore I own you." No, it's more like "I love you so much and care so profoundly for you that I cannot believe you listened to that other less serious person." �Cancer is not only angry. �She is hurt. �In love, Cancer gives her all. �It's practically impossible for her to understand someone who only gives a small part.

CancerFAMOUS CANCERS: �Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, George Orwell, Pamela Anderson, Mel Brooks and Princess Diana.

Symbol for Cancer
The New Astrology -
A Unique Synthesis of the World's
Two Great Astrological Systems:
The Chinese and Western

by Suzanne White

Western Astrology Chinese Astrology Western/Chinese Synthesis
Aries | Taurus | Gemini
Cancer | Leo | Virgo
Libra | Scorpio | Sagittarius
Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces
Rat | Ox | Tiger
Cat | Dragon | Snake
Horse | Goat | Monkey
Rooster | Dog | Pig
Aquarius/Rat | Cancer/Dog
Cancer/Snake | Leo/Horse | Leo/Snake Pisces/Dragon | Sagittarius/Rooster
Taurus/Pig | Virgo/Monkey

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