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Moon in Cancer:   Ruler: Moon 

                                       

       In Cancer the Moon which rules the sea, is in its own watery element and therefore very powerful in a passive way.  The reigning need for a Cancer Moon is security  itself. With this moon there is a possibility of loss of the mother at an early age if the moon is afflicted. The mother was exceedingly important in the person's development and sometimes a person with this moon develops what we call "a mother complex".

     The mold into which they have been cast in the early years  of life often stamps lunar people for life. They tend to brood over old injustices and disappointments. Moon-children are profoundly aware of the hidden currents that swirl below the surface of events. They have to be careful that they do not become caught in the undertows of emotion that seep them beyond their depth. These hypersensitive individuals are impressionable even to the point of being unconscious mediums. Their mind is so receptive and sensitive that they become extremely psychic. They need peace and  quiet for their minds to operate. Any disturbance interferes with their acute sensibilities.

     They sense impressions with great perfections and delicacy. These people are placid and serene, content to contemplate the information they receive rather than act on it immediately. Sometimes they are too timid to take action  and usually take the line of least resistance in order to conserve their energies for more important work. They are so satisfied with what comes to them without effort, that they have a tendency to be too passive for their own best interests. 

     Unless the Moon is afflicted by other planets, moon-children have excellent memory and can recall every detail of a past experience. They dislike being urged on mentally and prefer acting at their own pace.

     Moon in Cancer people of both sexes are very domesticated and attached to their homes, parents and children. They make loving spouses and parents as they are gentle, romantic and very affectionate in disposition. Women with this Moon tend to be so passive that they are unduly influenced by others, especially by the men in their lives. The men with this lunation attract women who are warm, romantic, sympathetic, and loving them sometimes like a mother, sometimes like a sweetheart or wife. If the moon is afflicted, women can be a disaster in their  lives.

     The mother  has played a huge role in moon-children's lives. The mother was so very devoted and maternal toward them that they became very dependent on her and formed a very strong attachment to her also. As the result, some of these children never want to leave home and sometimes as adults, they  choose not to marry  till their mother dies.

     In disposition Moon in Cancer people are kind,  agreeable, sympathetic and humane to all. They allow imposition without an act of resentment. They express themselves through the emotions. They have a deep love for the standard traditional loyalties such as home, mother, country or church. They melt with tears, and boil  with rage, or burn with passion according to the need of the moment. They are sentimental, affectionate people with a gentle, loving attitude toward their intimates, and a warm sympathetic feeling for humanity in general.

     There is a great deal of universal devotion in their attitude toward life, as if they held themselves personally responsible for all the ills of mankind and sorrowered for every error. However, the emotions of these people are too personal for universal weal, but they do make ideal sons and daughters, loving parents, devoted servants and faithful friends.

     The hard reality of the business world is not a fit for sympathetic background for the Moon in Cancer temperament. Women highly gifted in the artistic fields of poetry or the drama will find this temperament an inspiration to their work. Others who are more domesticated, look forward to domestic responsibilities and take pleasure in serving their loved ones. Some of these moon-children decide to enter  religious covenants and take very strict religious vows. It is  an outpouring of the same energy toward a different goal.

     The men with this lunation also have this inherent softness in their nature and sometimes find it difficult to carve a successful future in the work place. They are successful as clergymen or in some branch of public service. Sometimes they can also succeed in politics and on a lecture platform. They supply the emotional appeal that is so necessary when financial help depends on the response of the public.

     Some moon-children possess an abiding conviction of being a beloved child of Mother Nature and therefore feel they have nothing to fear. Evolved lunar types can endure whatever comes to pass because they submit to the cyclic ebb and flow of events and know that as a part of this ceaseless life-process, they will eternally be reborn. The philosophy of conquest through surrender.

     Moon in Cancer people are too sensitive and should not react to feelings of those around them as they are subject to moods. The need to mother others is very strong. Everything that  they experience is held in feeling memory.

     Moon-children are fond of the occult, antique and curious things, family history, and history in general, patriotism and cooking. There is some ability for acting and expressing thoughts or emotions of others and usually for poetry and music.

     The stomach is one of their principal weaknesses-is affected by not only what they ear but by events. If the pace is exciting, it upsets them, and if life is disappointing, indigestion results. All of the complications  of a weak stomach belong to this type of lunation.

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