CANCER
Sun
in CANCER - ruled by the Moon
- Planet of Emotions
Element:
Water
Color:
shades of Gray and Green
Gem:
Pearl
Metal:
Silver
You have powerful emotional attachments to the past, your
family,
your childhood, those places you associate with safety
and
security and your beginnings. Maintaining a connection with
your
roots and heritage and keeping family bonds strong are very
important
to you. Loyal, devoted, and sentimental, you tend to
cling
to whatever is dear to you, be it person, familiar place,
or
cherished possession.
You are sympathetic, nurturing, supportive, and very
sensitive
to the emotional needs of other people. You like to be
needed,
to care for others, and you often worry about the people
you
love. You have a very strong need for a sense of belonging
and
acceptance, and you center much of your life around your
home.
You are more concerned about people and their feelings than
with
power, achievement, or position in society. Kindness,
consideration,
and tenderness impress you more than any sort of
honor
the world can bestow.
You are primarily emotional and your views are often
dominated
by your feelings and by your own personal, subjective
experiences,
rather than reason, logic, or abstract principles.
It
is difficult for you to judge situations in a fair, objective
manner
for your personal sympathies and loyalties usually enter
in.
You take things very personally, and sometimes build a wall
around
yourself to protect yourself from pain and rejection. You
feel
rather shy and vulnerable at heart. You also tend to be
moody,
experiencing frequent emotional ups and downs. You need to
have
a place and time in your life to withdraw, introspect,
dream,
and replenish yourself; otherwise you become cranky and
unhappy
with those around you.
You function in an instinctive, non rational Maine's and like
to
immerse yourself in creative activities where you can express
your
feelings, imagination, and instincts. You often love to
cook,
since it can be both creative and a way to nurture and
nourish
others. You also have a great affinity for music, because
it
evokes and communicates feelings that may be difficult or
impossible
to put into words.
Your compassion, sensitivity, and imagination are your strong
points.
Your faults include an inability to release the past and
go
forward, clannishness and prejudice, and a tendency to be
self-pitying
when you meet hardships in life.
Your
Sign's Ruling Planet
The
Moon - A Luminary
The Moon is one of the most significant indicators of personality
and emotional
response that exists in the chart. The Moon
represents
the female energy that exists within each of us.
Whereas
the Sun is forward movement, the Moon can pull us
backwards
if it's influence is allowed to overwhelm the Sun.
The
Moon represents instinctive emotional responses that
often
seem beyond our ability to effectively control. The Sun
gives
life to this planet through warmth. The Moon moves the
tides
of the ocean; quite an impressive feat. We have learned
that
the brain is strongly influenced by body chemistry.
Psychoactive
drugs used to help people control emotional
responses
stem from this fact. Even astrological skeptics are
hard-pressed
to negate the well-known influence of the full Moon.
Those
who work in hospitals and law enforcement report
increased
activity during a full Moon phase. When the emotional
life
is out of control, we can become less effective in other areas of life.
The
Moon transmits a powerful temptation to stay in her comfort zone.
The
Moon in the chart represents strong needs.
The Moon also represents the masses of people. A crowd mentality
is
a force to be reckoned with because that instinctive urge to move
with
the flow of one's peer group significantly influence even those
who
under other circumstances might have taken a more logical,
intellectual
approach.
The
Moon moves through the signs faster than any of other planets.
This
fact combined with it's shifting new to full phases, creates an
energy
that is fluctuating and often somewhat unstable.
If
you are a Cancer............
Your
communication planet, Mercury, will be in either Cancer, Leo or Gemini.
Your love/money planet,
Venus, will be in Taurus, Gemini, Cancer Leo, or Virgo