Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the Sun transits during the first month of summer, from about June 21st to about July 22nd. The symbol for this sign is The Crab; its polarity is negative; its element is water; its quality is cardinal; its cosmic ruler is the Moon; and on the human anatomy Cancer rules the breast and the stomach...

In Cancer the activity of cardinality, the emotionality of water, and the instability of the Moon combine to produce a paradoxical individual whose extreme sensitivity does not always show on the surface. Like the crab that is their symbol, Cancer people develop a tough outer shell in order to protect the vulnerability within. This shell may be their home, a place they can retreat to – full of familiar treasures they have collected to console their psyche in an alien world. It may also be a system of psychological defenses they have created in order to avoid pain.

Also like the crab, Cancers will move sideways to avoid a confrontation, but when attacked, they will hang on tenaciously. The crab will actually risk losing a claw before it releases its prey!

The Moon rules infancy and motherhood, and Cancer people – who include not only Sun-sign Cancers, but all in whose horoscopes the sign is emphasized – remain deeply connected to the early part of their lives, even though it may not have been especially tranquil. As infants they are given to inexplicable crying spurts, and they seem more subject to visceral discomfort than any other infants. Cancer children are famous for their protective attitude toward younger siblings and their worried concern for the well being of every family member, and, as they grow older, this innate maternal quality becomes more conspicuous.

Even adult Cancers are deeply connected to their mothers. They crave the total intimacy of the baby at the breast, and since no adult relationship can re-create the perfect fulfillment of those moments, they may often feel unsatisfied. They may hold on to old hurts and resentments simply out of fear of the unknown. And yet in their very sensitivity there is a great source of strength.

Once Cancer people can overcome their preoccupation with themselves – their shyness, their passivity – and can learn to master their turbulent moods, there is almost nothing they cannot accomplish. With their gifts of imagination, intuition, insight, profound retentiveness, and their ability to get in touch with their inner experience, they can reverse the tide of negativity and adversity, and turn suffering into success.

Because relationships are so important to them, Cancers in love can be both demanding and generous. They are passionate and possessive, sometimes holding on to a relationship long after it has proved unrewarding. Since Cancers like to perpetuate the mother/child bond, they often pick partners they can mother or whom they can look up to as a parent-figure, or, better yet, partners with whom they can alternate between the two roles – playing the child today and the mother tomorrow, as the mood strikes them.

Their sensitivity to others' moods is a two-edged sword, however, making them both impossibly touchy and wonderfully sympathetic. But Cancers will atone for their moodiness by their loyalty to their mates, and will make their home and family the center of their life. The kitchen is their natural domain, for they love to eat and are the best cooks in the world!...

Cancers’ most compatible signs are: Scorpio, Taurus, Pisces and Virgo; Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius are neutral; Aries and Libra are likely to be difficult. With Capricorn, their polar opposite and complementary sign, there is both attraction and tension. And with another Cancer there may well be too much water – and someone might drown! But in all cases the success of the relationship will depend on how the two horoscopes interact, and not on the compatibility of the Sun-signs alone...

With their acute perception, psychic ability, and profound sense of memory, those born under this cardinal water sign can succeed in many professions, but they are at their best in activities where they can express their imagination and their need to nurture.

Cancer is associated with such diverse fields as homemaking, advertising, interior decorating, antique collecting, cooking, counseling, nursing, teaching, editing, writing, and the arts. Contrary to popular opinion, Cancers can be very successful at business, for they are cautious and conservative, with keen interest in changing public tastes and trends.

The colors of Cancer are deep orange and yellow; its birthstones are the pearl and the moonstone; and its day of the week is Monday, which is ruled by the Moon.

The following are some prominent African-Americans born under the sign Cancer:

Arthur Ashe, Ed Bradley, Georg Stanford Brown, Diahann Carroll, Bill Cosby, Andre Crouch, former NYC mayor David Dinkins, Billy Eckstine, Richard Hatcher, Valerie Briscoe-Hooks, Lena Horne, Phyllis Hyman, Lisa Leslie, Carl Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Dikembe Mutombo, Brock Peters, Della Reese, Wilma Rudolph, O.J. Simpson, Carl Stokes, Justice Clarence Thomas, Kwame Toure, and Mike Tyson...

African-Americans are closely associated to the signs Cancer - due to our African origins - and Pisces...

Cancer, the sign of birth, rules tribes and closely-knit family groups. It also denotes a very sensitive and emotional people...

Pisces is the sign of service - of taking on the burdens of others and losing one's sense of individuality as a result. Pisces is also the sign of redemption through suffering; the sign of musical inspiration, dance, and the theatre arts...

Pisces is the sign of tremendous faith, while Cancer is the sign of the soul. The relationship between the signs Cancer and Pisces is very strong in the astrological lineage of Black people the world over...

The ancient Chaldean, Abyssinian and Egyptian priest/astrologers named the sky above them "Cancer," or "scarab" at the Summer Solstice, which marks the Sun's highest point in the Heavens from the celestial equator on the 21st of June, when the Sun's celestial longitude is 0 degrees Cancer in the Heavens. Symbolically, this point in the Heavens was known as the "Gate of Men," through which souls descend from the Heavens into human bodies. All people with African ancestral roots are under the signs Cancer and Pisces...

Those born under this sign make excellent teachers, for they realize that the best part of knowledge is to know one's own ignorance. As a rule, no other teacher is more qualified to instill knowledge into the minds of children than a Cancer female. However, in matters of discipline she is often lax, and her pupils tend to take advantage of her...

Astrological research shows that more millionaires are born under the sign Cancer than any other sign in the zodiac. Texas billionare H. Ross Perot (6/27/'30) is a TRIPLE Cancer! His Sun, Moon and Ascendant are in this sign, thus it's his nature to accumulate substance and amass resources. And he uses his "crab's claw" to hang on to his money...

The Cancer native will shuttle back and forth over the idea of the Internet before actually dipping into the web's vast ocean. Once they are in this enormous matrix, it is hard to get the Moonchild back to terra firma!

The need to roam slowly and ploddingly - like the crab (Cancer's symbol) on the bottom of the ocean floor - is there, but returning to the safety of their own home is comforting to Cancers. The marvelous thing about the Internet for Cancer is that it is right there in one's home that so much entertainment can take place.

On the Internet Cancers can visit or view an intriguing potential vacation spot that is off the beaten path, checking out all the different ticketing websites to get the very best price.

The Moonchild has a strong love of family, home, and gentle nurturing. Cancer is one of those souls that can get lost at auction websites looking for sentimental treasures to hold and then give away to cherished loved ones. When Cancer sees the the glow of happiness that these little surprises bring, Cancer reflects back the joy.

Food is always a big concern with the Cancer native, and he/she will want to have exotic tidbits in the kitchen for family and dear friends to nibble on. These delicacies will then be prepared lovingly by hand, and this sign will know where to go on the Internet to learn the art of food preparation and presentation. Here are a few websites that will aid this Cancerian desire:

www.vegetariantimes.com
www.epicurious.com/
http://www.dealtime.com/
http://www.travelocity.com
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Because Cancer is ruled by the Moon, the cosmic ruler of females, men born under this sign have on-going problems with women. For example, O.J. Simpson, Clarence Thomas (remember Anita Hill?), Mike Tyson, Geraldo Rivera, Nelson Mandela and Bill Cosby...

Okay Aquil, Dont tell nobody else about me! lol july 14.

CANCER (June 22-July 23) has as its non-human symbol that crustacean of the sea, the slow-moving crab. The crab carries its home on its back and is therefore never far from it. Cancers love their homes and are happiest when they are comfortably settled in for the night. Home, mother, the hearth, food—these are some of this emotional sign's values, for Cancer is insecure in some ways and the home is the protective shell that Cancer retreats to when the world and all its harshness are just too overwhelming. Cancer is the sign of the emotions, for like the tides of the ocean, this sign swells with highs and lows of emotional pulse. Cancer's lifelong search is for security, emotional and otherwise. Just as the crab might clamp its pincers to your toe and not let go, natives of this sign cling to people in their lives. Cancers are emotional, protective, nurturing, and affectionate—but they respond to life through their feelings. "I feel," is Cancer's song.

Keywords: Sensitive, nurturing, tenacious, protective, emotional, intuitive, caring, moody, dependent, absorptive, domestic, maternal, enveloping, sheltering.

Rules: the breast(s) and stomach.

Key phrase: I feel.

Aquil, i am just shocked about this piece you wrote just for me
lol aquil is this true, i mean i know i am a cancer but i never think about it, june 26

Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest men of our time, is a Cancer. He was born on July 18, 1918...

aqil, what would make a cancer male feel emotionally safe? and is it common for cancer male to have temper tantrums under frustration , then sudenly come into a calm spirit as tho they forgot their temper?

You will find answers here:


http://www.astrology-online.com/cancer.htm

i find them one of the sweetest man on the earth.........








Love l..




my dad is one..

NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is a Cancer (6/25/'66). He was born in Zaire, and his full name is Dikembe Notombo Mpolondo Mukembe Diken’s Jean-Jacque Wa Mutombo. In order they are: (1) his uncle’s name, (2) the family surname, (3) his father’s name, (4) his grandfather’s name, (5) his nickname given by his village, (6) his French name given at birth, and (7) his home village. “Wa Mutombo” means “from the village of Mutombo.”

Would an air sign and a water sign be an okay match?

:nono: Koolaid...air and water are incompatible elements...they cause storms...

Really? I read somewhere that all signs can get along with each other, it's just that some unions are more challenging than others.

There is a natural affinity between the earth (Capricorn/Taurus/Virgo) and water (Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces) signs...

The air (Libra/Aquarius/Gemini) and fire (Aries/Leo/Sagittarius) signs go beautifully together, with air both fanning and cooling the flames...

There is a natural affinity between the earth (Capricorn/Taurus/Virgo) and water (Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces) signs...

The air (Libra/Aquarius/Gemini) and fire (Aries/Leo/Sagittarius) signs go beautifully together, with air both fanning and cooling the flames...

earth signs are incredibly boring to me and too calculating and sneaky.....i prefer water signs, im fire.....

Aqil,

What do you mean by two cancers is too much water?

The mating of like elements – i.e., fire with fire, water with water, and air with air – is not the most desirable, Koolaid, and this kind of union can result in too much inbreeding. Water represents emotion in astrology, and Cancer is a water sign. Too much water and someone might drown...

The symbol for Cancer is the crab, and like their symbol, Cancer people develop a tough outer shell in order to protect the vulnerability within. This shell may be their home, a place they can retreat to – full of familiar treasures they have collected to console their psyche in an alien world. It may also be a system of psychological defenses they have created in order to avoid pain. Also like the crab, Cancers will move sideways to avoid a confrontation, but when attacked, they will hang on tenaciously. The crab will actually risk losing a claw before it releases its prey!

Aqil,

This is me through and through! i could not have explained my self and inner self more accurate.. July 22nd

And not to blow my own trumpet but ****!! can i cook!!...lol
I am still in shock how come you know me so **** well!!! ..how???!! :)

I cant believe this you are spot on mate!...lol..:)

The kitchen is Cancer's natural domain, for they love to eat and are the best cooks in the world! It was a Cancer who said, "The torch of love is lit in the kitchen."

:star:

You know Aqil, Once I use to consider that statement to be true, but now over the past 6 yrs my desire to concoct up a hearty meal has dissipated. I'm gradually losing my taste for certain dishes. I guess I'm in a transitional stage and age too play a large facter in this. Can you read anything in the stars that might confirm this sudden change?

Thank you! in advance as I know that you are a very busy man.

earth signs are incredibly boring to me and too calculating and sneaky.....i prefer water signs, im fire.....


LOL.... Hmmmm calculating and sneaky??? Boring! wow, it's unfortunate that you have not had the opportunity to meet ALL earth signs,cause I have never been any of those things listed... I'm a Taurus. I think it boils down to what Aqil was saying. Fire and Earth are not compatiable. However, neither is Fire and water. Compatiability is determined by other factors than just sun sign compatiability. I have had horriable experiences in love relations with Fire signs. I won't get into astro blasting the signs but I know that not every fire sign are like the ones I have encountered.

Peace...
Shadow.. who stays in the light.

Cancer men are wonderful. Sweet, sexual and serene. Giving, sensitive and silently strong. I find them refreshing.
However,they also have that 2 edged sword Aqil was speaking of. Moodiness, non-trust issues and impulsive romantic feelings that can send anyone topsy turvy. The advice I could give for anyone loving or wanting to love a cancer is PATIENCE, HONESTY AND CONSISTANCY. They are watching all that you do and say and must find trust and find security within you. Laugh alot, give them space a lot and just love a lot. You might just nab you a crab.

Peace, love and light, in while walking in the shadow's

Lady Bastet

Touché! Lady Bastet...and merci for your point d' appui...:star:

I find this information very useful in understanding why I'm the way I am. I do have a question about cusps though. My birthday is July 20th, so am I on the Cancer-Leo cusp? And if so, what does that mean?

I find this information very useful in understanding why I'm the way I am. I do have a question about cusps though. My birthday is July 20th, so am I on the Cancer-Leo cusp? And if so, what does that mean?These two signs might also be called Yin and Yang, the two opposing principles of Oriental philosophy. If they are out of balance, the individual may suffer schizophrenic shifts from supreme vanity to deepest despondency. If they are balanced, however, they unite power and sensitivity, action and passivity...in the ideal balance that allows the continuity of the Universe.

The two major celestial bodies in the solar system rule Cancer and Leo. The Moon, ruler of Cancer, provides an instinctive understanding of the balances and rhythms of nature; the Sun, ruler of Leo, produces self-integration through the projection of the whole self. The person who combines these influences will be self-sufficient and helpful towards others.

The element of Cancer is cardinal water, while the element of Leo is fixed fire. As with the signs themselves, there will be a struggle here for dominance within your personality, for water, being cardinal, will try to dominate. But the characteristics of water are prudence, foresight and sympathy, therefore, the fixity of fire may resist change successfully and produce aggression.

If, however, the elements work together, you will combine enthusiasm and vitality with sympathy and caution - and what cannot be accomplished with that combination? Thus you will have to meet the challenge of balancing the opposing influences in your nature. If you can, you will be powerful and sensitive, self-integrated, assertive, cautious and sympathetic...

IT IS THE TIME OF THE MOONCHILD!

The Sun enters the sign Cancer tonight at 8 p.m. It reaches its highest point in the Heavens from the celestial Equator. Cancer the Crab relates to the time of fecundation and mothering of crops...it is the sign of birth...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE CANCER BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON DESTEE.COM...

Thank you Aqil!

Let the festivities began!

:jumping: :jumping: :jumping:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY CANCER BROTHERS/SISTERS! :birthday:

:wave: :luvv: :luvv: :luvv: :wave:

:jumping: :jumping: Happy Birthday PurpleMoons and all other Cancers on this site!!

Happy birthday to Nelson Mandela (7/18/'18). He turns 86 today...

i was born exactly a month late (August 4) and I was told by someone who studies astrology that it is possible to share the main traits of two signs. The signs are Leo and cancer. The more I read on the two signs, the more I believe it to be true. I seem to indentify perfectly with both of them in during certain times. However, as I was reading this and found that Leo and Cancer are opposing signs, now Im confused...enlighten me please LOL

Kori:

It is possible to share the main traits of two signs if you are born on the cusp of a sign...in your case that would be July 24 & 25 (Leo on the cusp of Cancer), or August 23 & 24 (Leo on the cusp of Virgo). You were not born on the cusp. You are a Leo...it may be that your Moon is in Cancer or you may have Cancer rising, or several celestial bodies might have been in that sign at the time of your birth...

The Cancer native will shuttle back and forth over the idea of the Internet before actually dipping into the web's vast ocean. Once they are in this enormous matrix, it is hard to get the Moonchild back to terra firma!

The need to roam slowly and ploddingly - like the crab (Cancer's symbol) on the bottom of the ocean floor - is there, but returning to the safety of their own home is comforting to Cancers. The marvelous thing about the Internet for Cancer is that it is right there in one's home that so much entertainment can take place.

On the Internet Cancers can visit or view an intriguing potential vacation spot that is off the beaten path, checking out all the different ticketing websites to get the very best price.

The Moonchild has a strong love of family, home, and gentle nurturing. Cancer is one of those souls that can get lost at auction websites looking for sentimental treasures to hold and then give away to cherished loved ones. When Cancer sees the the glow of happiness that these little surprises bring, Cancer reflects back the joy.

Food is always a big concern with the Cancer native, and he/she will want to have exotic tidbits in the kitchen for family and dear friends to nibble on. These delicacies will then be prepared lovingly by hand, and this sign will know where to go on the Internet to learn the art of food preparation and presentation. Here are a few websites that will aid this Cancerian desire:

This is true for me for all but one thing. I don't like shopping on the net...so I'd never do an auction website

Is there anything specific for a Cancer born 7/11/67, at 1:40pm in seattle washington?

Is there anything specific for a Cancer born 7/11/67, at 1:40pm in seattle washington?

Oh my gosh!
I should have known! Smh

Hello fellow moonchild!!!! :wave: :luvv:

Hey purple moons...Cancers are the best huh?

Is there anything specific for a Cancer born 7/11/67, at 1:40pm in Seattle, Washington?Check the last page in the "Free Personal Astrology Chart" thread...

Cancer is a feminine sign - meaning receptive and centripetal in nature - that is ruled by the Moon. Males born under this sign have more problems with females than those born under any other sign. For example, O.J. Simpson, Clarence Thomas (remember Anita Hill?), Mike Tyson, Nelson Mandela, Geraldo Rivera and Bill Cosby...

The Sun enters Cancer tomorrow (6/21) at 2:46am. It reaches its highest point in the Heavens from the celestial Equator. Cancer the Crab relates to the time of fecundation and mothering of crops...it is the sign of birth...

IT IS THE TIME OF THE MOONCHILD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE CANCERS ON DESTEE.COM...

Thank you for that birthday wish
I am a cancer

You're quite welcome, Intrepid. Yes I know...started your chart on the last page of the "Free Personal Astrological Chart" thread...

Aquil, i am just shocked about this piece you wrote just for me
lol aquil is this true, i mean i know i am a cancer but i never think about it, june 26

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'll be 30 on June 26th.

Ditto Poetic Justice and Ledda...Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend, when a rare triple-planetary alignment promises a stellar show. The planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn will align in the Heavens, in the late degrees of the sign Cancer. As the planets orbit the Sun at different speeds, they will sometimes catch up and pass each other, just like cars on a racetrack. We are seeing a time when three planets just happen to be in the same direction from the Earth at the same time.
To see this rare planetary alignment (the next one will be in 2070), go outside after sunset this weekend and find a spot with a clear view of the western horizon. As the sky darkens, Venus will be the first planet to emerge, as it is the brightest celestial body in the Heavens after the Sun and Moon. Mercury and Saturn will show themselves soon afterward - both being about as bright as the other, and shining with a pale, yellowish light...

Happy Born day to all the Cancers within the community !

Hope all you Cancer's have enjoyed your birthdays? We are now on a Cusp getting ready to move into the sun sign Leo! If you are interested in finding out what a cusp is check out the thread!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER'S!!!:luvv:

Peace, light and blessings!

Lady bastet

This was very interesting. Thank you.

Nice layout......Real NIce!!!!

Peace

Wow ... there was a wealth of information on this particular topic ...

What makes the talk of Cancer so important ... I had this guy tell me that Africans were born under the sign of Cancer. I'm interested in learning more if someone has more information on this ...

I've been researching the sign of Cancer and the Cusp of Cancer--Leo for a while now ...

by the way, not that it matter much but my birthday is

07/22/71 ... What I've come up in regard to my birthday is based on Numerology and Astrology together .. with a little modern mathematics involved.

7/22 or 22/7 = 3.14 pi ... and according to Numerology (modern) 7/22/71 == 38/11 master number or reduced; 2. According to Ra Un Nefer Amen the number 2 represents Djehuti.

Birthday on the 22nd at 11:23am ... Cusp ... that I definitely am Cancer and Leo ... Yin and Yang ... balanced internally... working on it ... female and male relationship ... totally balanced!

If there is a totally different perspective please share ...

Peace!~