4th sign of the Zodiac
Polarity: female
Element: water
Quality: cardinal
Domicile: Moon
Exaltation: Jupiter
Exile: Saturn
Fall: Mars
Anatomy: chest, breasts, stomach
The fourth sign of the zodiac and the first water sign, Cancer as a sign symbolizes roots, genetics, home, birthplace and family.
Character traits:
People born under this water sign are calm, withdrawn, mysterious, introspective and contemplative. Under the influence of their ruler, the Moon, which absorbs everything like a sponge, Cancers are generally very emotional, caring, sensitive people, quite suggestible and receptive to everything in their environment.
Due to their developed sensitivity and vulnerability, they have a developed instinct of defense and protection and are prone to withdrawal and solitude. They have a very complex psyche, rich inner life and abundant imagination. They often have a highly developed intuition that, when they rely on it, are almost never wrong in their judgment.
As a sign of motherhood and protection, home, family, homeland and especially mother have great importance in the lives of members of this sign. They themselves have a developed maternal instinct and often try to provide protection and support to loved ones. They are very compassionate and have a need to give love, to nurture and take care of others, especially children.
They often have a good memory, they remember in detail everything they experienced in the past, especially in childhood. They show great interest in the past and tradition. They tend to collect and keep old things and are basically the biggest collectors of the zodiac.
Since this sign symbolizes home and family, Cancers are often domestic types, they are inclined and able to spend a long time in their home, and are often professionally engaged in buying and selling real estate and land.
As they tend to attach the greatest value to family and birthplace, and then to their people and state, they can be great nationalists and patriots, while in extreme cases they can be prone to racism and confinement in small groups, gangs and clans.
Negative traits of this sign are oversensitivity, gullibility, whininess, moodiness, clinginess, unreliability.
In principle, Cancer is one of the most positive signs of the Zodiac, since it is the sign of the exaltation of Jupiter and at the same time the sign of the exile and fall of Saturn and Mars. Although sometimes they may lack the few positive qualities that these two planets give, such as firmness, sharpness and determination, they also lack the worst qualities that these two planets give, so they are rarely malignant, aggressive and cruel. As the sign of the domicile of the Moon and the exaltation of Jupiter, many members of this sign are born with innate kindness and especially developed empathy, which is the basis of morality, conscience and honesty. It takes really heavy afflictions and extremely bad planetary dignities for people born in this sign to grow into serious malefactors.
Various meanings:
egg cell, uterus, mother, home, family, motherland, country, masses, nation, folk, emotions, empathy, care, nurturing, fertility, liquids, crying, tears, water, milk, spring, pool, lake, fountain, faucet, tide, beer, milk, juice, cistern, child care, obstetricians, gynecologists, midwives, cradle, family tree, privacy, protection, patriotism, nationalism, clans, gangs, tribalism, real estate, architecture…
