Comfort-loving, cuddle-giving, clan-supporting, crafty-cooking, child-adoring – all of these should strike a chord with you if you’re born under the zodiac’s most nurturing and home-oriented sign, Cancer. As a Water sign, Cancer is ruled by emotions, and in the skies Cancer is also ruled by (and very much influenced by) the ever-changing phases of the Moon. Intuition and gut instinct are strong with all Water signs (the others are Scorpio and Pisces), and with Cancer this extreme sensitivity is particularly linked to all things female and especially to the maternal instinct to nurture and care for others. So how does this work with a male Cancerian? He might be more in touch with his feminine side, be a great cook or he might be fantastic with children, or simply be totally devoted to his home and family.
If you’re true to your sign, you’re certainly likely to have a thing about food. You’re the one who makes sure that the fridge is always well stocked, that friends or partners are well-fed and nourished. Or you might be a dab hand at baking as you never forget a special occasion and adore celebrating with comfort food made with love and made for sharing.
You’re more of a Mother Nurture rather than a Mother Nature, though you are often very in tune with what the planets are doing and may be particularly affected emotionally or physically when the Moon is Full or New. Keep an eye on your horoscope so you know when to expect a rush of overwhelming emotion as, though you might not be able to fight it, you will at least be able to understand why it’s happening and why things that you’d normally brush aside seem extra intense.
Your favourite domain is your home, and whether you live in a luxury apartment, a camper van or a tent it will be a haven of comfort, warmth and love. The kettle will always at the ready to make copious amounts of tea for yourself – your sign really needs to keep hydrated – or for visitors, especially family, who you usually love to be surrounded by.
Family is a huge thing for you, and it’s likely that you keep in touch with parents or siblings more than perhaps other more independently-oriented signs tend to be. You like to know where everyone in your clan is and how they’re doing, and you often extend a communal hug to include close friends who feel almost as important to you as your own kin do. Everyone’s welcome under the protective carapace of the Cancerian.
But you may find that you’re often overlooked when it comes to having the love that you so generously give out to others returned, and that’s when the easily emotionally wounded Cancerian draws back into her shell and brandishes those claws defensively at anyone who tries to overstep her boundaries. What is it in particular that has this effect on one of the zodiac’s sweetest and most loving signs? Dishonesty, disloyalty and a lack of appreciation. Forgetting their birthday feels like a snub, being rude about their family is tantamount to treachery – they can be rude about their clan but nobody else can! – and showing a lack of respect for their hospitality and home or for the things they’re most proud of can cause wounds and rifts that are not easily forgotten or healed.
A love of tradition, heritage, country and roots is often a big feature if you’re a Cancerian. Knowing your family history or tracing your family tree is something you may find fascinating to study at some point in your life.
However, there’s more to your sign than just the home-focused, mothering, soft, gentle, emotional side that others usually associate with Cancer. You’re pretty darn frisky when it comes to love and lust! This side of your world is ruled by your sister Water sign, that dark dominatrix Scorpio, an influence that makes you the kind of gal who may lead a double life, perhaps as a wholesome nursery school teacher by day and a vampish, pleather-clad doyen of the dance-floor by night. Love, romance and sex are all intense for you, and are also areas where you may like to get experimental and break some taboos.
If you love to express your emotions artistically, as many Cancerians do, this may also reveal a dark inner core that most people, even if they know you well, might not expect to see. Think: yarn-bombing or erotic watercolour-painting rather than the sometimes twee assembly of traditional handicrafts and skills that are expected to float your sign’s boat.
On the subject of boats, you’re often happiest near or on water. Whether you swim surf or sail, or simply paddle in the sea up to your ankles, being close to H2O makes you feel truly alive, so aim to spend as much spare time as you can soaking in the healing vibes of your nearest ocean, river or stream.
Health issues for you tend to focus on the stomach and on water retention, so make sure you balance your gut flora to avoid indigestion and discomfort. Again, trust your gut instincts with health as well as with emotional issues, because if something seems to be ‘off’ in your world it may literally be your gut trying to alert you to something important so listen up. Anxiety and comfort eating, or potentially self-deprivation, may also be issues for your food-centric sign, so aim to keep things in balance rather than go to extremes with what you consume when you feel unloved or under pressure.
Balance is especially important with your career, which is ruled by the relationships sign Libra. You’re all about creating a comfortable, harmonious atmosphere at work, and you thrive – and help others to thrive also – by ensuring a calm and co-operative environment where equality reigns. You’re likely to be the one who makes the coffee or brings in sweet treats to help meetings go with a sugar-rush-driven swing! Ideal roles for you are in any creative, home-related job, where the aim is to surround others with comfort and pleasure. Interior design, working as a chef, especially as a pâtissière all have potential for you, though you may also excel in roles where mediation and counselling are required.
Away from work, at home you can be a force of nature. You want things done a certain way and you want them done now! You really rule the roost chez vous and, if others think you’re a soft touch or a pushover in other areas of life, home is where you put your foot down and don’t take any nonsense from anyone. We all have places where we can kick back and be ourselves without fear of judgment or ridicule and home is definitely where you feel you can safely let off steam. You might have a punchbag in the cellar or a pole-dancing pole in your boudoir, but whatever it takes to release tension, home is the best place for you to express it in whatever way it suits your own personal style!
When it comes to relationships, you want someone to be a rock to build your dynasty upon. All that sexy flirtation is all very well and so much fun, but longterm you want a totally reliable and solid Significant Other. If he or she is a pillar of the community, so much the better. It’s not that you just want to hang out with someone who has status, it’s the fact that they’re likely to have the accompanying assets of being well-respected, reliable, trustworthy and loyal that appeals to you most of all. You want a keeper even if it means playing the field for a long time before you finally find ‘The One’. And you’re kind of okay with playing the traditional role of homemaker, even if you have a fabulous job outside of the home. Taking care of business and taking care of your family are equally important to you.
Babies may come along pretty quickly if and when you decide to settle down. Building a secure nest – and financial nest egg – for your brood may become all-consuming. You’ll love to have your children around you as much as possible when they’re tiny and will want to support them when they’re grown. Cutting those apron strings loose to let your offspring fly away and do their own thing may be your only difficulty. And even if children are not a desire or an option for you, you may find that your nurturing ways and ability with children makes you everyone’s favourite Aunt, so that you get to help raise the little ones of friends or your siblings by proxy.
Another less well-known talent of your sign is your ability to soak up knowledge like a sponge, so that you know a little about a lot, and that makes you able to move fluidly through all kinds of social situations. You can read a room and pick up on atmospheres with ease, and you can sense discord or hurt in others often all too easily, so protect yourself from being overwhelmed by those who want to share ’too much information’. You have a healing way about you and a wealth of tips and handy hints that makes you the go-to gal for solving problems and mediating in tricky situations, so be firm with any ‘lame ducks’ who may drink in your energy and drain you. While you’re a marvel at handing out love, advice, nurturing and hugs, make sure you get enough of these rare and wonderful commodities back in return, because you’re worth it and you deserve it.
Curiously Cancer:
- Element: Water, makes you sensitive and intuitive
- Sign: Cardinal, makes you proactive, so that you make things happen rather than wait for others to get things started
- Ruling planet: the Moon, you’re moody but magnificent and a little bit psychic
- Look after your: stomach, you have a tendency towards bloating and water retention
- Most compatible with: Scorpio and Capricorn
- Plus points: you’re the perfect person to initiate a group hug and make sure everyone’s fed
- Things to work on: beware of comfort eating and a tendency to retreat into your shell when you feel slighted or snubbed
- Secret super power: your healing powers and your sexual prowess
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