•Symbol: Crab
•Element: Water
•Quality: Cardinal
•House: 4rd, Home, Family, Mother
•Planet: Moon, emotions
•Color: White, silver, teal
•Body Part: Stomach
•Semi-precious stone: Moonstone,
mother-of-pearl
Cancerians has the same nature as
the crab: hard on the outside and soft on the inside. They often keep outsiders
at arm's length to protect their deeply felt emotions. Once you find your way
into a Cancer's heart, it takes a cataclysmic event to kick you out.
They tend to be highly intuitive,
sensitive, and possess empathic healing abilities. Cancers must learn to honor
their own boundaries, meaning that they should not pick up every stray animal
or person - or at least let them go after they are nourished and healed.
On a spiritual level, Cancer helps
people to know that they are loved and cared for. The people who fall through
the cracks of society or have unmet emotional needs fall into Cancer's domain.
Never insult the family of a Cancer person, as family is sacred to them.
Ruler-The Moon
The Moon embodies your feelings and
emotions. Just as the moon cycles in phases around the earth, so too are your
emotions likely to go through phases. If you know the house that your natal
moon falls in, you will know what area of your life is likely to go through
phases.
The Moon is the ruling planet of the sign
Cancer in the fourth house. The moon is associated with the mother, nurturing,
family, and your ability to tap into the feelings of others
The moon rules the public as well. This is
because the intuitive nature of the moon helps you to sense what the world
around you is feeling.
The sign the moon was in at your birth will
help you know how you express your feelings. In an intellectual air sign like
Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, you may have difficulty tuning into your own
emotions. However, it can make you quite good at counseling others because you
have the ability to detach emotionally. In water signs like Cancer, Scorpio, or
Pisces, you may be highly in tune with the emotional undercurrents of life.
However, you may need to go off in private to separate your feelings from the
emotions of those around you.
Physically, the moon is associated with your
digestive system, the disease cancer, and breasts.
The Fourth House
The Fourth House, Home Life. The
Fourth House represents home, family, parenting, traditions, and your general
attitude about where & how you live. Because the fourth house is Cardinal
or "angular," its emotional undercurrents can become quite
complicated. The 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses are action-oriented and add to
the complex dynamics of your chart.
Ruled by Cancer, it is the place of seeking
emotional security.
The difficulty is that to find true
emotional security, you must face your insecurities.
How this will manifest in your life
depends on the sign on its cusp. A Taurus fourth house cusp may find security
in owning a home, only to find that they may lose their home due to unforeseen
circumstances. This teaches the person that true emotional security comes from
within, not from a physical object like a house. Naturally, a Taurus fourth
house cusp does not mean you will lose your home; it only means that you will
have to look at your values regarding security in some way.
Information regarding your early
childhood can be found in the fourth house. An Aquarius fourth house cusp, for
example, may indicate a home with unusual circumstances. This could include
moving frequently, eccentric visitors, adoptions, or unusual family relationships.
