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Cancer
(Jun
22 - Jul 22)
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Emotion is the pitfall of Cancer people. As
changeable as their ruler, the Moon, these subjects may shift in
minutes from stable, normal, "happy" individuals into
purveyors of the darkest feelings of gloom and doom. There's a
quality of despair in Cancerian moodiness.
Cancers make fabulous partners for home-loving people. The
Cancer s nest is where he feels safest and at his most secure.
As security is the main preoccupation of most Cancers, a good
home with comfy furnishings, a few kids and dogs and a built-in
wall safe is about the best thing that can happen to them. In
this atmosphere of cushions and curtains, Cancer thrives. For
the Cancer subject, home is love is home is love, etc.
Cancers are good at making money; they hold executive
positions and assume responsibilities with aplomb. You will
rarely find a poor-but-happy Cancer. Cancerians very seldom
decide to throw it all up and become a hippie or a free-lance
bohemian. They don't necessarily like the system or the
constraints it places on them, but of all the signs of the
occidental zodiac, Cancers are the most capable of placing nose
to dull old grindstone and keeping it there. The Cancer wants
comfort for himself, but he also enjoys providing for his family
in a generous way.
Cancers are traditionalists. Where you might have hung a
supremely abstract painting over your mantelpiece, the Cancer
will have put portraits of his dour-looking grandparents, which
he dug out of the attic because nobody else wanted them. They
will surely be framed in antique frames and will hold the place
of honor in Cancer's heart. Cancer prefers antiques to formica
and longs for his son or daughter to become a doctor, a lawyer
or a surefire accountant.
If you have a Cancer for a friend, you know what loyalty and
devotion mean. Cancer people usually make their friends young
and keep them for life. And, as Caiicers are fairly
intransigent, they are easily hurt if the friends in question do
not return their devotion. They will forgive. But Cancers never
forget.
If someone asked me to describe the worst aspect of Cancer
subjects, I would not say "moods" or "grabbiness."
Instead I would have to speak of the Cancer's tendency to
hypersensitivity. Cancer is easily offended and susceptible to
criticism the way six-year-olds are susceptible to chicken pox.
A tiny word of criticism can bring on one of Cancer's legendary
moods and the criticizer may go on the black list for quite a
long time.
Cancers are jealous too. They own the people they live with
and are possessive to a fault about their loved ones. They are
not, however, tyrannical about this weakness. The idea is not
"I bought you and therefore I own you." No. It's more
like "I love you so much and care so profoundly for you
that I cannot believe you listened to that other less serious
person. 'Cancer is not only angry. He is hurt. In love, Cancer
gives his all. It's practically impossible for him to understand
someone who only gives a small part. |
