Cancer (The Crab)

June 22 - July 21

Symbol: The Crab
Ruling Planet: Moon
Water - Cardinal - Negative
Night Forces - Feminine
Growth Phase: The Adolescent
Secret Motivation: "I Feel"

CANCER IN A NUTSHELL
The sign of the Teacher, the Prophet

Personality: Sensitive and sympathetic, moody, tenacious, ambitious, caring, mediumistic.

Positive Qualities: Tenacious, sensitive, sympathetic and psychic, persuasive, loyal and idealistic, imaginative.

Negative Qualities: Moody, marked inferiority complex, vacillating, unforgiving, pessimistic, easily hurt.

PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER

Sensitive or psychic. His will is often centered on pocket-book security. Moody, chameleon-like. Nurses grudges, collects hurts. Loves to eat and feed others. Sympathetic. Pride in home and property. Fixed affection or dislikes! Confidence has to be won. Reserved, retiring - or the opposite, as he is very changeable. Usually low vitality. Deals in or works with hospitals, restaurants, dairies, real estate, liquids!

KARMIC MISSION

To lead - in a sensitive, secretive, reflective and strategic manner.

ENERGY PATTERN

Each of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac represents specific energy patterns, or modes of expression. They act as modifiers of the elements with which they are associated, be it a Planet or a House. Cancer is healing, nurturing, sensitivity seeking psychological understanding, emotional self-expression, and the capacity to heal others.

INFLUENCE OF THE PLANET

Those who are born under Cancer are the Moon type. You have a round face, pale skin, light colored eyes, generally drooping on the outer edge, a long and beaklike nose, plump body and small, podgy hands. You are sensuous, imaginative, emotional, kind, impressible, very moody, quick to take offence and stubborn. You are untidy in your dress - even when you wear freshly stitched clothes, you manage to get them crumpled.

CANCER LOVE MYSTERY

You are not always able to sustain a happy relationship, being a creature of moods with a tendency to indecision. This is particularly noticeable in the Cancer male, as you tend to be erratic in your attitudes, even though you are very protective and also have a strong sentimental streak. You are a good provider, steady and reliable. You also have an instinctive almost psychic understanding of your partner's feelings and moods, but you must definitely learn to be firm and decisive and curb your tendency to nag and be over critical. Don't give too much importance to your parents in your married life, and don't make odious comparisons which can ruin a marriage. However, you can be called a good lover, if not a bold one. Cope with your sudden changes of mood rationally. You basically tend to settle down naturally and quickly after marriage. Home and domesticity mean much to you.

SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS

Sex plays an important role in the life of every man and woman. It lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to revere life until we know how to understand sex. Indian astrological science attributes certain sexual characteristics to persons according to the sign under which they have been born.

You are the type who falls easily to the tricks of the opposite sex. Kind and helpful, you cannot look after yourself where the opposite sex is concerned, and neither are you very demanding.

AS A FRIEND

You are worth your weight in gold where loyalty and attachments to people are concerned. You are always ready to give, but you are naturally disappointed when this is not always reciprocated. You will never sever a relationship, but do not expect too much out of friendship.

YOUR LUCKY ELEMENTS

Take a quick look at what is lucky for you.

Birth Stone: Carnelian
Lucky Gems: Rubies , Pearls And Moonstone
Lucky Colors: Melon-Pink, Pale Green and White (mainly)
Lucky Numbers: 2, 7, 11, 20, 29, 25, 34 (the 2 and 7 series)
Lucky Talisman: No Suggestion
Lucky Herbs and Flowers: White Rose, White Lily, Poppy and Honey-suckle
Lucky Day: Monday, also Thursday


FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
Following are some of the famous personalities who were born under your zodiac sign.

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Pearl S. Buck
3. Julius Caesar
4. Lord Louis Mountbatten
5. King Henry VIII
6. Ernest Hemingway
7. Rose Kennedy
8. George Orwell
9. Bejan Daruwalla
10. John D. Rockefeller

By Renu Shastri