CANCER PERSONALITY PROFILE
Ruled by the Moon, Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac and its symbol is the
Crab. The Moon rules our emotions and our subconscious and represents our
reactions and deepest personal needs. It is also associated with the Mother. Key
phrase: “I feel” is Cancer.
Cancer is intelligent, organized, generous, home-loving, and tenacious; their first
love being home and family. They are devoted to family members creating a cozy,
comfortable and safe existence behind the doors of their own home. In fact home
is their hiding place, where they can remain locked inside for several months at a
stretch going out only to get supplies (better still having their groceries delivered!)
as they don’t really need social interaction and have few friends.
Home and family give Cancers strength and stability, and the home is the safe
"shell" that the Cancer knows he/she can retreat to after a long, stressful day. Just
like the Crab, Cancer has developed a hard outer shell for protection and can use
the hard outer shell of their home as protection. Cancer love is protective, but
unless tempered, can be smothering. An expert hostage taker they use self-pity
and sarcasm to torment their victims and gradually destroy their self-esteem.
They are quick to bring those they love inside the safety of their “outer” shell while
they nurture them. The Cancer individual is a deeply emotional person inside, but
is smooth and confident on the outside (even appearing hard sometimes).
Crabs also have large pinching claws, and likewise Cancerians will hold onto
things, especially from the past, in a pincer like grip and has a difficult time letting
go. They often hold onto mementos of the past and reflect at length about their
childhoods and previous lives. There exists a real fear of the past repeating into
the future; that is going back and making the same mistakes.
A coldhearted Cancer (granted, a rarity) will give you a gift and then make you
pay for it, not with money, but with sexual favors, emotional blackmail and pieces
of your very soul.
Cancerian individuals are extremely romantic and passionate people and provide
enormous emotional support to those they love. They enjoy all the traditional
rituals of wooing and winning a sweetheart and usually opt for marriage or a longterm
relationship.