Cancer – Lovers Guide for Men and Women
Cancer is an astrological Water Sign, which is associated with the constellation Cancer. Under the tropical zodiac, Cancer is occupied by the Moon from June 21 to July 22 and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from July 21 to August 9. The sign opposite to Cancer is Capricorn. Cancer is the fourth sign of the Zodiac and associated with family and domesticity.
Urban Myths and Legends
Cancer has a reputation for being a bit of an ‘old woman’ that attempts to mother and smother everyone around them. This also has connotations of being devouring and possessive with regard to all relationships in which the apron string is ready and waiting to tie people up to make sure they do not escape. Mother and family life figure strongly in the make up of both sexes and quite often have big families themselves. There is an issue for the male Cancerian in that he is both mother and son, and while this may have incestuous overtones it signifies a natural force of new life such as that associated with the seasons, of something growing old giving way to the young. It is also associated with cycles like the old and new moon, which is Cancers ruling planet, of phases such as the ebb and flow of the tide. (more…)