Cancer in astrology to one of the constellations of the zodiac, the crab. It's small and dim and doesn't look much like a crab, and is best noted among stargazers as the home of the [beehive cluster]?. It lies between Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, Lynx to the north and Canis Minor and Hydra to the south. In Greek mythology, this corresponds to a brave little crab who tried to stop Hercules from defeating the Hydra and was squished for his efforts. Because this sign has a name with negative connotations, for a while in the 1980s, people born under this sign were called Moon Children. |
The constellation Cancer, the crab, is known in astronomy and astrology as one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. Cancer is small, dim, and does not resemble a crab; it is best noted among stargazers as the home of the [beehive cluster]?. It lies between Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, Lynx to the north and Canis Minor and Hydra to the south. In Greek mythology, the eponymous Cancer was a brave little crab who tried to stop Hercules from defeating the Hydra and was squashed for his efforts. Because this sign has a name with negative connotations, for a while in the 1980s, people born under this sign were called Moon Children. |
Its polar opposite is Capricorn. |
In astrology, its polar opposite is Capricorn. We need the standard sort of blurb about how Cancer people are supposed to be--you know, crabby. |
In Greek mythology, the eponymous Cancer was a brave little crab who tried to stop Hercules from defeating the Hydra and was squashed for his efforts.
Because this sign has a name with negative connotations, for a while in the 1980s, people born under this sign were called Moon Children.
In some cosmologies, Cancer is associated with the Classical Element Water, and thus called an Earth Sign (with Scorpio and Pisces). In astrology, its polar opposite is Capricorn.
We need the standard sort of blurb about how Cancer people are supposed to be--you know, crabby.