I woke up this morning in my childhood room, where I slept from age 9 to 17. It’s been redecorated since then, but the furniture placement is largely the same. The walls surrounding me now hold photos of ancestors. My mother, whose Sun is in Cancer, has become the family historian, preserving the documents left by my grandparents and others.
Like the other water signs (Pisces and Scorpio), Cancer is connective, reflective, and motivated by emotion. People with strong Cancer placements are often drawn to maintain ties to home, family, and culture. They are known for nurturing behavior, sometimes in the physical sense of providing food and beverages. After all, in horary astrology, the kitchen is a Cancer-associated location.
Watery or moist places, in general, are associated with Cancer. Outdoors, Cancer areas include ponds and rainwater collection devices such as gutters and cisterns. In the home, look for kitchens, bathrooms, utility, or washrooms.
In the body, Cancer corresponds to the stomach and breasts. Another reason why people with the Sun in Cancer like to feed others?
Like Pisces, Cancer also influences the body's fluids. Water is the body's most abundant element and profoundly shapes its function and homeostasis. The average adult is about 60% water, while newborns are about 75% water.
The thema mundi is a hypothetical birth chart for the world, and in it, Cancer is the rising sign. From the waters, the Earth emerges. It makes sense to me.
Happy New Year’s Eve,
Denise
