CANCER

YOUR ZODIAC SIGN DETAILS

Sunsign : Cancer
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.

DECAN INSIGHT
Each zodiac sign extends across 30 degree of the Zodiac. These can be further subdivided into three decans of 10 degree each. Therefore, though all those born under a particular sign are classified under the same sign, the decans yield further insight into your total personality.The pure Cancerian traits are very pronounced in you. Tenacious, sympathetic, loyal and idealistic. You can be moody, suspicious, pessimistic and vacillating, a nagger with an inferiority complex. Try to build up more on the plus side.

YOUR DUAL NATURE
Those born on dates coinciding with or very close to those where one sign ends and another begins are known as Cusp borns. There is a little difficulty in determining precisely the sign to which they belong. In general, it has been observed that cusps usually exhibit dual traits - those to which they strictly belong and those which they have either just crossed or just about to enter.You are Unusual people. Psychic, witty, moody. Both attractive and slightly elusive and sometimes distant. A beautiful blend of heart and mind is a possibility; otherwise, it could be a sorry mess of the one taking ascendancy on the other. But whatever be the actual case, it is certain, they are fascinating and fabulous creatures often living in a world of their own. Either very gregarious or taciturn and quiet. Like water they can take any shape, be almost anything they want to be - and that is their specialty. Their distinguishing quality. If only they realized this and made a steady, sincere, concentrated, prolonged effort! Chest stomach, intestines, attack of nerves, cold, chills, allergy, skin disease are the health culprits. Eventful years will be 2, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 20, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 38, 41, 43, 47, 52, 55, 59, 62, 65, 68, 70, 74, 77, 79, 83, 86, 88, 92, 95, 97, 101.

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.

COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SIGNS
The following section tells you about your compatibility with other zodiac signs in friendship, business, family or love relationships. The basic foundation will remain unchanged, though mutual aspects between planets will modify the relationship to a certain extent in a positive or a negative way.

Ideal Association (5-9 Sun Sign Pattern): Scorpio and Pisces
Not always, but surprisingly often, the extraordinary magnetism of 5-9 Sun sign attraction leads to easy sympathy, mental stimulation, emotional affinity, romantic fulfillment. There will be a strong sympathy between you and misunderstandings will not be severe or lasting. The chances for harmony are excellent, and a happy relationship on a permanent basis is more effortlessly achieved than with any other sign - be it friendship, business, family or love relationships. Hostile placement of planets between the two horoscopes will cause some personality clashes and tensions - causing the compatibility to rock from time to time - although the basic empathy and understanding will always remain. If the planets are in harmonious aspect, your relationships with these people will be most extraordinarily happy, smooth and sympathetic.

Ideal Association with some Problems (7-7 Sun Sign Pattern): Capricorn
Not always, but frequently, you either get physically attracted to or secretly admire and respect each other - in case of opposite sex. The individual possesses the qualities of character and personality traits you yourself lack. The urge to imitate will be strong. However, in case of same sex, you may become strongly competitive and feel uneasy or envious. Mutual aspects between other planets somewhat modify the relationship positively or negatively.

Compassionate Association (2-12 Sun Sign Pattern): Leo
In your association with this individual, one of you will feel that he or she has many lessons to learn from the other. The one who has lessons to teach will feel an inexplicable compassion for the weaknesses and mistakes of the other person, strangely understanding the other's markedly different motives and behavior.

Favorable Association (3-11 Sun Sign Pattern): Taurus and Virgo
You will feel a strong tie of friendship, whatever the association you share with these individuals. Mutual trust and ease of communication mark the relationship. In spite of strong differences, you connect closely with each other. A sense of responsibility and some sort of inescapable duty will bring you together. You will constantly stimulate each other into changing habits and existing situations. Any quarrels will usually be quickly resolved, forgiven and forgotten. Even when the association seems to be a closed chapter, it reappears months or years later, to be resumed once more.

Beneficial Association (6-8 Sun Sign Pattern): Sagittarius and Aquarius
There will be some problem in communication. Yet you will be powerfully drawn into each other. Irresistible sexual attraction in case of a love relationship. In case of friendship, business or family ties, attraction through some shared interest. Urge for mutual help. Service given will always be repaid. In some way, a great benefit will come from one to the other through the relationship, and the one who serves will usually remain loyal.

Reflective Association (1-1 Sun Sign Pattern): Cancer
You will each be tempted to magnify your own virtues and failings. All the positive character traits will be intensified - as will the negative traits. A constant effort should be made to encourage in one another the positive qualities of the zodiac sign you both share and to discourage the negative ones.

Unfavorable Association (4-10 Sun Sign Pattern): Libra and Aries
Not always, but surprisingly often, you will feel a noticeable tension or conflict of personality in the presence of these individuals. One of you may grow restless because of the strict disciplinary attempts of the other. For various reasons, there will always be some mental and emotional restriction.

YOUR LUCKY ELEMENTS

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