Post by Allan on Aug 8, 2007 20:20:45 GMT -5
Duality: Feminine
Triplicity (Element): Water
Quadriplicity (Quality): Cardinal; Cancer is receptive, sensitive, & imaginative, sympathetic, kind, & emotional, & possesses an active, shrewd, & intuitive mind.
Ruling Planet: The Moon; Earth's one satellite, which waxes & wanes & exerts a powerful magnetic influence. In astrology, the Moon governs emotions & intuitive behavior.
Glyph (Written Symbol): The pictograph represents the claws of the Crab. It is also a picture of the human breasts (a part of the anatomy that Cancer rules). In symbolic terms, the glyph is two circles of the Sun connected to two crescent Moons. The moons represent force & energy expressed through emotions & imagination.
Dominant Keyword: I FEEL
Polarity: Capricorn; Cancer is the sign of home & family life. Cancerians seek close personal relationships & are happiest surrounded by the familiar & those whom they love. Capricorn, Cancer's opposite sign, is the sign of reputation & public standing. Natives of Capricorn are concerned with the image they project, & they search for power & fulfillment in the outside world.
Parts of The Body Ruled by Cancer: The breasts & stomach; Cancerians love to eat & have to fight overweight in later years. They are also subject to digestive ailments caused by tension & emotional stress.
Lucky Day: Monday
Lucky Numbers: 3 & 7
Magickal Birthstone: Pearl; Changes bad fortune into good & discord into harmony. It also brings support from influencial people.
Special Colors: Sea green & silver: The shimmering colors of the water & the Moon.
Cities: Venice, Amsterdam, New York, Algiers
Countries: Scotland, Holland, New Zealand
Flowers: Larkspur & Acanthus
Trees: Trees rich in sap
Metal: Silver
Animals Ruled by Cancer: Those with shell coverings
Danger: Cancer people are susceptible to accidents in the home. They are also prone towards becoming vicitms of theft.
Your Most Likable Trait: Loyalty
No one has ever said Cancerians are easy to understand. You may appear gentle, kind, sympathetic, & a patient listener. Then someone asks for advice, & you turn cranky, snappish, & appear to be completely indifferent to anyone's problems but your own. You may wallow in self-pity & complain endlessly about how mistreated you are by the world. Turn another page of the calendar & suddenly you are back being helpful, solicitous, ready to do anything asked of you. What's your secret? Cancer, which is ruled by the Moon & has water as its element, can be likened to the shifting tides of the oceans. Like the tides, Cancer is the sign of powerful forces moving under the surface. That surface, however, is quite difficult to penetrate, for Cancerians tend to build up an elaborate array of defenses to hide their deep feelings & extreme sensitivity. Complex, fragile, unpredictable, temperatmental, the typical Cancerian needs constant support & encouragement. You want desperately to be loved & approved of but resent needing approval so badly. When you get what you need, you give the best you have in return. Those who make you feel secure command your undying loyalty. When you really care for someone there is nothing anyone can say about that person that will make the least bit of difference. You have a real blindspot when it comes to seeing a failing in those you love.
You tend to be a worrier & a silent brooder. People may pour out their hearts to you, but the flow never goes in the other direction. You guard your secrets well.
If offended, you do not strike back directly. Your method of retaliation is to sulk, & is often very effective. The technique is somewhat like being whipped to death by a dozen strands of boiled spaghetti.
Cancer's symbol, the crab, has a hard outer shell that protects soft, vulnerable flesh underneath. The same is true of Cancerians, who are often crusty, gruff, & grumpy, but possess a proverbial heart of gold. Beneath your tough exterior you are a sentimental softie who will make any sacrifice for someone in need. If someone asks for a favor, your first reaction will probably be no, but the final answer is always yes. You should be judged not by what you say but by what you do.
You are possesive. Anyone who becomes part of your life will never again be entirely free. You try to stay in touch with friends, ex-lovers, former spouses, business associates, persons you knew as children. If you let anyone go out of your life, it is unwillingly & never completely. This reflects your preoccupation with the past. An aura of nostalgia dwells about you; the events & people of bygone years continue to inhabit your memory & usually grow dearer to you as time goes by. You are devoted to family & home & continue to believe in the old fashioned idea that marriage is forever--even if the events of your own life contradict this.
It is hard to deceive you, for you can spot the tiniest nuances of behaviour. In fact, you are almost psychic in your intuitions. A photographic memory added to intense powers of observation makes you extremely canny about divining other people's inner motivations.
Cancerians are crab-like in their indirect approach to an intended target. Observe a crab moving on a beach & you will notice its strange sidewise movement toward a goal. People born under the sign of the Crab never take the direct approach. You step to one side, then step to the other side, & sometimes go completely around. But you get where you intend to go.
If channeled in the right direction, your enormous sensitivity can be a great source of strength. Once you overcome your shyness & touchiness & master your turbulent emotions, your intellect & imagination enable you to become a success in almost anything you undertake. Contrary to the impression you often give, you can be shrewd & canny in business. Cautious, conservative in your approach, you possess an antennae that quickly gauges public taste & opinion & senses new trends in the making.
Cancer people hold onto money as tenaciously as they do to everything that belongs to them. To you money spells security, yet no matter how much wealth you accumulate you never feel really secure. That is true of your emotional security also. A Cancerian never gets enough love & approval, you always need more. It is very easy to fall in love with this loyal, devoted, affectionate, & protective Moon child
Triplicity (Element): Water
Quadriplicity (Quality): Cardinal; Cancer is receptive, sensitive, & imaginative, sympathetic, kind, & emotional, & possesses an active, shrewd, & intuitive mind.
Ruling Planet: The Moon; Earth's one satellite, which waxes & wanes & exerts a powerful magnetic influence. In astrology, the Moon governs emotions & intuitive behavior.
Glyph (Written Symbol): The pictograph represents the claws of the Crab. It is also a picture of the human breasts (a part of the anatomy that Cancer rules). In symbolic terms, the glyph is two circles of the Sun connected to two crescent Moons. The moons represent force & energy expressed through emotions & imagination.
Dominant Keyword: I FEEL
Polarity: Capricorn; Cancer is the sign of home & family life. Cancerians seek close personal relationships & are happiest surrounded by the familiar & those whom they love. Capricorn, Cancer's opposite sign, is the sign of reputation & public standing. Natives of Capricorn are concerned with the image they project, & they search for power & fulfillment in the outside world.
Parts of The Body Ruled by Cancer: The breasts & stomach; Cancerians love to eat & have to fight overweight in later years. They are also subject to digestive ailments caused by tension & emotional stress.
Lucky Day: Monday
Lucky Numbers: 3 & 7
Magickal Birthstone: Pearl; Changes bad fortune into good & discord into harmony. It also brings support from influencial people.
Special Colors: Sea green & silver: The shimmering colors of the water & the Moon.
Cities: Venice, Amsterdam, New York, Algiers
Countries: Scotland, Holland, New Zealand
Flowers: Larkspur & Acanthus
Trees: Trees rich in sap
Metal: Silver
Animals Ruled by Cancer: Those with shell coverings
Danger: Cancer people are susceptible to accidents in the home. They are also prone towards becoming vicitms of theft.
Your Most Likable Trait: Loyalty
No one has ever said Cancerians are easy to understand. You may appear gentle, kind, sympathetic, & a patient listener. Then someone asks for advice, & you turn cranky, snappish, & appear to be completely indifferent to anyone's problems but your own. You may wallow in self-pity & complain endlessly about how mistreated you are by the world. Turn another page of the calendar & suddenly you are back being helpful, solicitous, ready to do anything asked of you. What's your secret? Cancer, which is ruled by the Moon & has water as its element, can be likened to the shifting tides of the oceans. Like the tides, Cancer is the sign of powerful forces moving under the surface. That surface, however, is quite difficult to penetrate, for Cancerians tend to build up an elaborate array of defenses to hide their deep feelings & extreme sensitivity. Complex, fragile, unpredictable, temperatmental, the typical Cancerian needs constant support & encouragement. You want desperately to be loved & approved of but resent needing approval so badly. When you get what you need, you give the best you have in return. Those who make you feel secure command your undying loyalty. When you really care for someone there is nothing anyone can say about that person that will make the least bit of difference. You have a real blindspot when it comes to seeing a failing in those you love.
You tend to be a worrier & a silent brooder. People may pour out their hearts to you, but the flow never goes in the other direction. You guard your secrets well.
If offended, you do not strike back directly. Your method of retaliation is to sulk, & is often very effective. The technique is somewhat like being whipped to death by a dozen strands of boiled spaghetti.
Cancer's symbol, the crab, has a hard outer shell that protects soft, vulnerable flesh underneath. The same is true of Cancerians, who are often crusty, gruff, & grumpy, but possess a proverbial heart of gold. Beneath your tough exterior you are a sentimental softie who will make any sacrifice for someone in need. If someone asks for a favor, your first reaction will probably be no, but the final answer is always yes. You should be judged not by what you say but by what you do.
You are possesive. Anyone who becomes part of your life will never again be entirely free. You try to stay in touch with friends, ex-lovers, former spouses, business associates, persons you knew as children. If you let anyone go out of your life, it is unwillingly & never completely. This reflects your preoccupation with the past. An aura of nostalgia dwells about you; the events & people of bygone years continue to inhabit your memory & usually grow dearer to you as time goes by. You are devoted to family & home & continue to believe in the old fashioned idea that marriage is forever--even if the events of your own life contradict this.
It is hard to deceive you, for you can spot the tiniest nuances of behaviour. In fact, you are almost psychic in your intuitions. A photographic memory added to intense powers of observation makes you extremely canny about divining other people's inner motivations.
Cancerians are crab-like in their indirect approach to an intended target. Observe a crab moving on a beach & you will notice its strange sidewise movement toward a goal. People born under the sign of the Crab never take the direct approach. You step to one side, then step to the other side, & sometimes go completely around. But you get where you intend to go.
If channeled in the right direction, your enormous sensitivity can be a great source of strength. Once you overcome your shyness & touchiness & master your turbulent emotions, your intellect & imagination enable you to become a success in almost anything you undertake. Contrary to the impression you often give, you can be shrewd & canny in business. Cautious, conservative in your approach, you possess an antennae that quickly gauges public taste & opinion & senses new trends in the making.
Cancer people hold onto money as tenaciously as they do to everything that belongs to them. To you money spells security, yet no matter how much wealth you accumulate you never feel really secure. That is true of your emotional security also. A Cancerian never gets enough love & approval, you always need more. It is very easy to fall in love with this loyal, devoted, affectionate, & protective Moon child