Cancer
Symbol: The Crab
Birthstones: Moonstone, Pearl
Lucky Numbers: 4, 13, 22, 31, 40, 49, 58
Colors: Silver, Green
Compatible signs: Virgo, Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus
Dates: June 22 - July 22
In ancient Egypt, the scarab beetle represented Cancer and symbolized the
immortal life of the soul. Later, the crab became associated with Cancer. Both
symbols have hard shells that provide security for their interiors, just as the body is
a vehicle for the soul. And like the crab who carries its home on its back, you carry
memories of home and family with you wherever you go. A water sign, you're sensitive
and receptive to emotional stimuli. You rely on your feelings to navigate your path in
life and possess incisive emotional perception that verges on the psychic. You're
impressionable, and your sensitivity to jarring external forces requires you to
constantly reestablish emotional balance to function outside your shell.
SECURITY is your keyword. Memories of your early childhood emotional dependence
and parental nurturing -- whether optimal or dismal -- are a permanent reminder of
the importance of feeling safe. Once you get your grip on anyone or anything that
makes you feel secure, you want to hold on to it, store it or stockpile it. You form
emotional attachments to belongings that have sentimental value and will even
accumulate things that you feel you may eventually need through some unforeseen
circumstance. When your level of security is undermined, particularly by domestic
disturbances, you can lose your equilibrium, becoming irritable, hypersensitive,
snappy, unforgiving, self-pitying and brooding.
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