Cancer June 22-July 22

Cancer in Love

Cancer is the cardinal water sign indicating that strong and rushing
feelings and emotions guide their actions. When they love they love
forever...period. Their extremely tough outer shell makes it hard to
truly get into their heart but once in the loved one becomes pampered,
adored and prone to being the intense focus of their feelings and
moods. A Cancer lover instinctively nourishes and dotes on the object
of their heart and can be all encompassing in all ways. Being
traditional and home oriented means male Cancers like to follow the
proper rules and ways to court, to fall in love and to make it
permanent. Likewise for females who tend to wait until the man makes
his move regardless of how strongly they may want to make a move. No
one can do love and give love like a Cancer can, but it is heart and
maternally oriented as opposed to sexually oriented and its worse
tendency is to be smothering. A Cancer who feels insecure in a
relationship is apt to become demanding: either sulking silently hurt
or verbally making it clear what is wrong and why. The outer shell
protects them from giving too soon and too often but those outer claws
(another Crab attribute) serve to hold onto a loved one with a
tenacious grasp that is almost impossible to break. Yet the true depth
of their feelings always drives their actions and the loved one almost
always holds a cherished spot in their heart even long after the union
is over. When it comes to protection...not even Leo can outdo the
fierce and loyal strength that a Cancer wields in the name of
protecting a loved one.

Cancers Sexuality:

Sex is not definable without emotions for most Cancers and they must
feel something with relative strength for their truest feelings to
come out in a romantic and sexual interlude. They are tender and
partner oriented lovers and more concerned with pleasing their mates
and feeling the returning emotions as nurturing proof of the partners
love. Sex for cancer is attached to all things, which mean security
and loyalty and truth of the heart. Their needs tend to fluctuate
according to their moods and emotional state as does their intensity
and their desire levels. In many ways sexuality is an empowered field
for Cancer as they are the zodiacs maternal nurturers it is the
literal act of sex, which has molded their 'job'. A cancer that is in
love and feels secure will intuitively understand that and will treat
it as the joyful gift it is.

The long-term story

In a solid, secure relationship a Cancer can easily support the
nuances of a long-term relationship as they naturally nourish and
supplement the changing nature of the union. On a lover's part it is
important to understand their emotional vulnerability and how they
cope with that through their built in defense mechanisms. Cancers are,
undeniably, prone to certain moodiness and such is the way they can
learn to bend and flow and give what is needed to nurture those around
them. The more a partner learns to enhance a cancers ability to detach
from what is going around them and to learn the truth of their own
power of emotional freedom the less this natural moodiness will
manifest in overt ways.

Positive Traits in Love

Loyal, supportive, nurturing, compassionate, caring, dedication,
faithfulness of emotions, tenderness, pampering, adoration

Negative traits

Possessiveness, jealousy, moodiness, volatility, control issues,
dependency issues, depression

What Cancer likes

Feeling appreciated, Sincerity, Tradition, Stability, Routine,
Loyalty, Commitment, Laughing, Feeling supported.

What Cancer Dislikes

Erratic ness, Sudden, unexpected changes, Insincerity, Being ignored,
Dishonesty, Not knowing how you feel, Being uncomfortable

Cancer Love Keywords

Emotional, fluid, nurturing, supportive, moody, insecure, loving,
loyal, tradition oriented, modest, generous, and sincere