Omnipresent
in the native of this sign is "feeling." Emotions run both deep and high
in this sensitive - even touchy - character. �Cancer/Dogs seem to carry
a blinking sensor-beam radar system on their very skins. Everything affects
them and affects them profoundly. �A word, a glance or - God forbid -
a harsh remark can dissolve these susceptible souls into a heap of nervous
prostration in a wink. Cancer/Dogs are born to be artistic. �Touched by
the magic wand of aestheticism, these people need protection from the
big bad world and its vicissitudes.
Yet,
despite their hyperreceptivity to stimili from the outside, Cancer/Dog
people do get on in life. �They secure jobs and have children and take
care of business in a serious and competent manner. �Cancer/Dogs get
involved in complex and difficult schemes and are always attracted to
the most baroque of problems, which they set about solving with quiet
grace.
Intricate
circumstances, in all their complexity and labyrinthine turns, do not
daunt this patient, serious character one bit. �Cancer/Dogs are the
people who burn midnight oil, smoke too many cigarettes and worry through
dense thickets of ideas and plans till they sort out a brilliant solution.
�Even the least of Cancer/Dogs will be drawn to improving on life's
scenery. �Dogs born in Cancer love to garden and redecorate and plan
buildings and books and paintings and musical composition. �Creativity
is their middle name.
And
worry is their main hobby. �Cancerian Dogs fret over any and everything
that comes along. �They panic and grow anxious at the least missed appointment
or deadline. �They agonize over the exhibition of their works and stay
awake nights gnawing at themselves over whether or not the woman in
the department store who sold them the paint brushes was lying when
she said the brushes were real sable. �Cancer/Dogs fret over what seems
to less testy creatures minor and petty detail. �For a Cancer/Dog the
air she breathes is rife with menace. �She's careful about absolutely
every part of her existence. �But no matter how cautious and picayune
she tries to be, life has ways of surprising her.
As
a result of her overly wary attitude, the Cancer/Dog sometimes gives
us the impression of being painted into her own corner. �She seems to
be afraid of her own shadow. �Is she a little paranoid? �To tell you
the truth, I think she is. �The average Cancer/Dog person has one finger
on the panic button at all times -- and it shows.
Being
on the qui vive all the time does not, however, stop this person from
being entirely reasonable and enormously just in her dealings with others.
�If she believes in someone she will go to the limits of her ability
to bring succor to them. �Her capacity for empathy is enormous and her
sixth sense about what is right and meet in any given situation is always
accurate.
The
Cancer/Dog is a giver, too. �She's generous and kindly and because she
wants very much for others to measure up to the heights of self-sacrifice
of which she herself is capable, she is adorably encouraging to the
people she loves. �Patient and gentle and good, the Cancer/Dog makes
an ideal partner. �If she is involved with others, whether in business
(which is rare) or in some artistic project (more common), she is never
after the fame or the glory a successful end result might bring. �Cancer/Dogs
merely want to get on with making something wonderful happen. �They
are anything but egomaniacal, but because they place beauty so high
on their list of priorities, sometimes their goals may seem selfish
or demanding.
Fact
is, Dogs born in Cancer are not really of this world. �Left to their
own devices, they would probably manage very well to set themselves
comfortably up in a cave somewhere, get themselves some books and papers
and invite along some pets to love them -- and maybe a mate to admire
-- and keep themselves busy till the cows come home with many useful
and beautiful pursuits.
�
Love
�
The
special province of Cancer/Dog people is their uncanny ability to love
others. �Although harmony won't necessarily invest their every affair,
you can be sure that the Cancer/Dog half of any couple is the one who
is making the most real effort to keep things on an even keel. �A snappish
person, the Cancer/Dog is often on edge and seems cranky when she's really
just insecure about something. �Her need for true affection and tenderness
is imperative to her very physical health.
Moreover,
the Cancer/Dog cannot live well without loving. She must have an object
for her bottomless well of emotion. Without somebody to shower with
indulgence and admiration, the Cancer/Dog will be tempted to give up,
lie down and die. �She must be loyal and faithful to another soul and
she desperately needs to feel awful if she dares betray said lover.
Cancer/Dogs thrive on the play between themselves and others in love
relationships. �Without it, they skulk about looking whipped and sorrowful.
If
you love a Cancerian Dog person, you must arm yourself with patience.
�There will be two big problems involved in maintaining a loving rapport.
�On the one hand, your Cancer/Dog sweetheart will seem thoroughly unavailable
at times and reluctant to step down from her creativity cloud. �And
on the other, this lovable bundle of feelings will seem to cling to
you until you choke. �With Cancer/Dogs it's all or nothing.
�
Compatibilities
�
You
will get along with Taurus/, Virgo/ and Pisces/Cats. Taurus/, Scorpio/
and Virgo/Tigers are just your cup of tea as well. �And you faint for
admiring Taureans born in Rat years. �Aries/, Libra/ and/or Capricorn/Dragons
and /Goats unnerve you. �As for Aries/Pigs -- forget it! �They seem sunnier
than they really are.
�
Home And Family
�
Of
course, this beauty-loving person will invariably abide in loveliness.
� Cancers of all persuasions need to make homes and are born with the
nesting instinct. �This particular Cancer subject, whose dogged pursuit
of the aesthetic knows no frontiers, will automatically want to evolve
in a safe and secure -- as well as beautiful and well-designed -- ambience.
The
Cancer/Dog's family is everything to her. �But, as I said earlier, sometimes
she seems absent or distant from her natural emotional ties. �The truth
is, no matter what the Cancer/Dog is preoccupied by, she's always most
at ease and feels best in her skin when there are family members about.
�She may be writing the greatest novel of all time or painting a masterpiece
in her hermetically sealed studio, but Cancer/Dog is listening for the
friendly noises of family life below stairs. �The smells and sounds
of everyday existence keep the Cancer/Dog's feet on the ground. �As
a parent she is dutiful and kindly.
As
a child this person may seem brittle and emotionally fragile. �All brands
of loving attention are in order. �She doesn't require applause so much
as she does tenderness, direction and sincerity from parents and siblings.
�The Cancer/Dog child needs to be understood and her creative side seeks
indulgence. �Lessons of all sorts, encouragements, slow patient teaching
and plenty of hand-knit afghans to curl up in front of the fire with
will ensure the stable future of this gentle talent.
�
Profession
�
The
life's work of Cancer/Dogs is cut out for them at birth. Learning how
to apply sensitivity and creative talents to life in a modern world is
as large a chunk as anyone can be expected to bite off. �Directing and
molding talent into workable forms will take a lot of this person's time
and energy. �She can be expected to work in a bank or to take orders in
a hamburger joint, but she will not be fulfilled by such impersonal work.
�Embellishing life is what she does best.
Were
I to hire a Cancer/Dog, I would never worry that she'd be late for work
or forget to add up a column of figures. �Cancer/Dogs know the value
of money and are careful to maintain their accounts and keep their debts
to a minimum. �They make excellent workers in areas where their creativity
is challenged, and can even be bosses -- and good ones -- provided the
area in which they're called upon to exert authority is a pretty one.
�We already know that Cancer/Dogs make excellent artists of all varieties.
�They can also try dealing in antiques or selling paintings or even
agenting or owning an art gallery. Cancer/Dogs make good commercial
artists, too, and decoration is one of their obvious career field specialties.
Famous
Cancerian Dogs: �Claude Debussy, Marcel Proust, Jean Anouilh, Alexander
Calder, Donald Sutherland and Sylvester Stallone.
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