Cancer
Keywords for interpreting any planet in Cancer.
Cancer is ruled by the Moon and is a Cardinal Water sign. The key concept for Cancer is instinctive nurturing and empathy, so any planet placed here will be coloured by feelings and the need for self-protection. For example: Venus in Cancer will approach relationships and express affection protectively.
Cancer key phrase: “I feel.”
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Keywords for Cancer:
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Brooding
Caretaker
Clannish
Clinging
Collecting
Comforting
Cookery
Defensive
Easily offended
Emotional
Empathic
Family
Fussy
Hard shell
History
Home-loving
Hording
Kind
Insecure
Instinctive
Intuitive
Manipulative
Maternal
Memory
Moody
Nesting instinct
Nostalgia
Nurturing
Osmosis
Over-emotional
Quiet
Restless if stressed
Retentive
Reticent
Protective
Sarcastic
Sea
Security focused
Sensitive
Sentimental
Shrewd
Smothering
Snappy
Sullen
Subjectivity
Sympathetic
Tenacious
Tender
Touchy
Vulnerable