Cancer can be a sign
of contradictions. Sometimes you are happy, sometimes sad, sometimes trusting,
sometimes suspicious. What is going on? It all depends on how you feel.
Cancer is the symbol for the capacity for emotional closeness and much
depends on the way you connected with Mom, home and family in the early
years. If you felt loved, protected, and secure in the family
pattern, you will tend to trust that you can make life work for yourself.
The reality as viewed by other family members is not the issue. Others
may have seen you as the favorite, however, if you didn’t feel
special and secure, it doesn’t count. If those needs
were not met early, the Cancer part of you will continue to seek that
comfort in some way.
Some will take on
the role of caretaker in order to nurture others. You may be secretly
waiting for the day when someone will say to you, “Poor Baby, sit
down, put your feet up and relax while I get you something to eat. Want
a cup of coffee?” You get the idea. The urge to take care of the
world can be showered on pets or even plants. In fact, you may have a
really green thumb. You can be a real grouch if the lonely blues
hit you. Gloom is bad for your health so quickly do anything that creates
a happy mood. Your mood improves when near water. When traveling, just
remember to take a few familiar things with you to the beach. Take a favorite
pillow, family photographs, snack foods, or anything that will re-create
home. The sunny side of your sensitive nature is your uncanny ability
to know others secrets, but this is a one-way street. On the other hand
perhaps you should warn friends, (but you won’t) that you get your
feelings hurt from real or even imagined slights. When you withdraw, close
the blinds, fail to answer the phone, and hide out they will not understand.
You don’t often reveal your own inner secrets. The trick is to develop
a level of trust so that you dare to accept friends into the family fold.
People lucky enough to be included into that inner circle will treasure
the warmth of your Cancerian friendship.
Your emotional sensitivity
can be a blessing when you get a hunch that makes money. Money is important
because it makes it possible to feel secure, to care for
the family, and save for a rainy day. Respect for money means that you
get value when you buy and waste nothing, unless your childhood taught
you to expect that Mom and the family would provide. In that event you
may choose a partner who is good with money and transfer that task to
them. In the final analysis, you will strive for emotional and financial
security.
Happy Cancerians
have reached that goal. The trick to knowing your special Cancerian style
is to know which sign the Moon was traveling through on your birthday.
The Moon travels very fast. It only stays in a sign two and one-half days.
(Some planets stay in a sign for years) So some of the books that give
you an estimate of your Moon sign may be wrong. In some cases it is necessary
to know the time of day when you were born to be sure of the placement
of the Moon.
Astrologers say your
sign is “ruled” by the Moon. They mean that the Moon’s
qualities are in harmony with the characteristics of the Sun in Cancer.
The Moon can be in any sign of the Zodiac, even your own sign, Cancer.
The Moon sign can show how you deal with your emotions. If it is in a
sign that blends with other factors in your chart, all is well. If on
the other hand, it is in a sign that conflicts with your sensitive nature,
you may feel misunderstood. It is therefore helpful to determine
the Moon sign.
