Elemental Symbol ~ Water
Astrological Ruler ~ Moon
Astrological Correspondence ~ Cancer
Cancer
Cancers accomplish some remarkable goals and accomplishments through thei course of their lives and many Cancers make a global impact. Those Cancers who learn to balance their emotions and rely upon their instincts and intuition to guide their daily decisions often leave a lasting legacy. Because they are intimately familiar with the hidden aspects of themselves, they know that most people and situations are not what they appear to be on the suface, but ironically, few people know this about them. Their outer shell protects many thing about and within them - like their vulnerabilities, their strengths and all of their secret desires, plans and ambitions. Their feelings make them highly creative and super-imaginative. Where they can manage it, tapping into their inner worl is time well spent because they have tapped into it, their ability to sense things in the air and delve deep inside their own inner resources, highlights and show them their innate psychic abilities. Their psychic sense together with their emotions make them a powerful negotiator (and manipulator) whether they admit it to themselves or not. They are the zodiac's most successful weaver of invisible magic.
Moon's Influence on Cancer
Just as the moon can be jolly when it is full, and rather intimidating when it as it its lowest ebb, Cancers can run hot and cold too. The ruling planet, the Moon, ensures that their emotional world is kept in a constant flux and for that reason their feelings sometimes take over and run their lives. Usually, life does tend to pich them up and dust them off when they need it, because like the moon they are a reflection of everything and everyone around them and if they are allowed to lose their lustre, it isn't a great reflection of the world at all. They do try to be good and to rise above their moon-ruled unsteady emotions but often this is no easy task, because the moon has such a powerful, magnetic hold on Cancers that it's not easily broken. Remember that like the moon in its spiral dance across the sky, they must circle through darkness and light, thunderstorms and rainbows before they reflect their fullest, brightest light. The moon phase and whether the moon was harmoniously or discordantly connected to other planets at the time of their birth, all influence their emotional range and degree of their mood swings. If they were born under a more discordent moon aspect, they are one of the most emotionally charged up, over-reactive types of Cancer and their mood swongs can spin and twist them around in crazy circles. If they were born on a more favourable moon phase, their feelings are generally more balanced and harmonious and they experience less dramatic emotional "tick-tocks". Most Cancers have warm and loyal hearts and they are all operating under the magicel lunar forces fo the moon, so they are among the world's greatest and most mysterious magicians.
The Moon
It shows the everyday activities of life - how you get along with people, especially with women. The moon affects moods, memory and subconscious thoughts. The moon represents the mother, domestic matters and home life. Lunar types are emotional, sensitive, imaginative, domestic, instinctive and changeable. Some positive characteristics of the moon are inspiration, magnetism, visionary and positive psychic powers, flexibility, amorousness and creativity. Some of the negative characteristics of the moon are self-destructive or negative psychic powers, dreaminess, moodiness, possessiveness, smothering love and a tendency to be clannish. The moon rules nutrition, the stomach, the breasts, womb and impregnation, body fluids, the subconscious mind, insanity, instincts, memory and digestion.
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