The Moon rules, or has a particular relationship with Cancer. The sign and house (area of life) that the Moon is in at birth, reveals a major part of the way in which your potential can be reached.

In this incarnation you have chosen to come to know yourself through the energy of Cancer, which is sensitive, intuitive and protective. There may be a strong focus on the needs of the ‘self’, therefore the main path of development is in coming to recognise where needs of the self seem to have been overlooked in the early years. This would be through the mirroring of what seems to be a lack of attention to those needs, from those close.

Whether you are a woman or a man, with your Sun in Cancer you have an affinity with your mother, who will have been strongly influential. Through that energy link with your mother, there will have been a particular message absorbed about ‘womanhood’, feminine energy, family and nurture, which includes an emphasis on food. As a woman, you may apply this strong influence to yourself, as well as female friends and relatives. As a man, you will perhaps tend to project this onto your partner and those close, as well as being strongly in tune with matters of the home and family. Home will be important, a place to feel protected and safe.

Where there is vulnerability through a lack of nurture, there can be a strong urge to protect. Gradually, as development progresses, that protective shell can expand to include more than just the needs of the self.

With your Sun in Cancer, you have the potential through an intuitive sensitivity to become aware of, value and fulfil the unmet needs of the ‘self’. This will enable you to care for and nurture yourself, others, and all life wherever possible, and through that positive flow of nurturing energy, all of life benefits.

The Moon rules, or has a particular relationship with Cancer. The sign and house (area of life) that the Moon is in at birth, reveals a major part of the way in which your potential can be reached.