Cancer

Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which gives people born under this sign great emotional sensitivity. They are thus often reserved and shy. Their reasoning, thinking and behaviour are very dependent on their mood, and this is the reason why they like to depend on people with strong personalities and choose partners they can lean on.

These people love their home, their parents and their family, but their romantic dreams and mood swings are responsible for the fact that despite their inner shyness they cannot remain faithful to their beloved partner. It is not their fault and they do not try to be mean; it's their character that is influenced by the Moon that causes emotional ambivalence, which is reflected in their relationships. They are the ones who suffer the most by it and they like to enrich their soul with new and new suffering.

People born under the sign of Cancer are often very artistic, and many of them know how to communicate their rich emotional cues with a brush, by word or through singing. Even though they are believed to be easily influenced by others, they actually influence their surroundings and they enrich other with their charming emotional personality.

When their characteristics are considered, they might seem to be impractical in life, but the reality is that when it comes to money matters and living standards, they know how to secure them, and their behaviour displays a sense for reality. They can get their way and ensure comfortable life for themselves and for their family, because pleasant, cosy home and family welfare are very important for their sensitive mind and restlessness.

They are peaceful and shy, but they are also very intelligent and smart so they can increase the value of accumulated experiences. This implies that if they ever find out that their timidity arouses sympathy and willingness to comply with their wishes, they know how to imitate this personal characteristic because acting is also one of their artistic talents.

Rather than of anger, their repertoire consists of lamentation and regret; and rather than aggression they will show agreeable helplessness. In their essence they are introverts who do not like to attract the attention of others, but this is what makes them even more fascinating.


Cancer oscillates between Pisces and Scorpio, and their innate ability to sense and interpret reality is more geared towards Earth as a collective or the small groups of individuals that make up family and friends. Through their heart centres, Cancer individuals feel a connection to the global collective, which strongly enables them to interpret specific patterns, groups, and archetypes particularly associated with Gaia. This direct interpretation of Gaia and her expressions is what gives Cancer a nurturing or motherly feeling to others. In many ways Cancer represents the global heart, the 3D, 4D, and 5D merging with Earth’s emotional, intuitive Self. Many know Cancer as the Moon, as the Moon holds the reflection of the Earth within it.

Cancerians find themselves exploring the balance between universal feeling and their own personal emotional experiences. The combination of these experiences is what brings Cancerians to a global collective consciousness as a point of balance. Many times being tapped into the collective emotions and progress of the planet can make Cancer people feel too exposed, raw, and desperately needing to withdraw. Cancer easily becomes overwhelmed by immediately feeling not only their own issues but also the issues of the collective. They do not have the lightness of Pisces to completely disassociate from this world, and their focus is not as based in individuality as Scorpio’s is. They cannot help but hermit, like the crab, in order to survive. You will see the Cancer folk in your life disappear and re-appear as they learn how to protect their sensitivity.

As Cancer pulls inward to regroup it learns the importance of self-care, self-nurturing, and self-love (not an uncommon theme for all mothers today). They learn that they cannot serve the world that they so deeply feel until they tend to their own energy. It is from this realization that Cancer people can rise into their true form: teachers of the heart and its processes. When Cancerians have learned to care for the Self first, they will go out into the world and affect people simply via their strong flowing emotionality and heart energy. Their presence will invite others to feel the connectivity and similarities we all share as they do. They will resonate other people’s hearts forward, loudly so they too can feel their purpose and place on this Earth.

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