Cancer

Your Cancer friend is one of the more sensitive, emotional, and nurturing individuals, but you may never know it! This is due to the symbolic shell they wear, which protects them from past hurts. The energy of this sign is like an ocean. It hides its wounds and tends to churn and turn inward when it feels criticized. Its feelings are vast, complex, and come from very deep and hard-to-understand places. Cancer will want to be there for others; to nurture, protect, and provide a safe respite. But how can they do this if they don't feel safe to venture out of their self-created shells? Therein lies the conundrum of this emotionally powerful sign.

Cancer’s lunar energy seeks the light and warmth of others to feel safe and secure, but when it experiences encouragement, support, and respect, it has more than enough of its own talent and ingenuity to move quickly and quietly ahead on its own. It isn't that Cancer needs a partner per se, but rather is at its best when it can be a place of respite or a safe haven for the light of others to shine, much like its ruling body, the Moon.

The confidence of a Cancer isn’t a guaranteed or overnight thing, but when it does begin to emerge, it grows and flowers and gathers strength. There are endless amounts of emotional energy available to the Cancer native, and if they choose to be open, Cancers can excel in just about anything.

On the professional front, you may find members of this sign excelling in business, finance, real estate, counseling, psychology, and entrepreneurship. This is, of course, just a partial list. This sign is usually very adept professionally and their careers sometimes have the sense of being for the greater good of humanity. Particularly adept at making something out of seemingly nothing, Cancer people often have great success in start-up businesses or new initiatives at more established organizations. However, their business acumen can hide a fair bit of imposter syndrome. Even the most materially successful Cancer natives can suffer from the insidious feeling that they just are not good enough. It is a shame because they most certainly ARE good enough.

To summarize this deep and protective sign, Cancer potential is best achieved by meeting any challenge head-on, risking exposure and criticism for the greater gain of self-knowledge and fulfillment. Without this confident attitude, then that shell, which the Cancer originally donned in order to provide safety can instead end up becoming their worst enemy.