The Crab
June 22 to July 22
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Element: Water |
Glyph: Crab’s claws |
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Quality: Cardinal |
Anatomy: Stomach, breasts |
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Polarity: Yin/feminine |
Colors: Silver, pearl white |
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Planetary Ruler: The Moon |
Animals: Crustaceans, cows, chickens |
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Meditation: I have faith in the promptings of my heart |
Myths/Legends: Hercules and the Crab, Asherah, Hecate |
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Gemstone: Pearl |
House: Fourth |
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Power Stones: Moonstone, Chrysocolla |
Opposite Sign: Capricorn |
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Flower: Larkspur |
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Key Phrase: I feel |
Keyword: Receptivity |
The Cancer Personality
Strengths, Spiritual Purpose, and Challenges
You arrive on the planet brimful of sensitivity, adaptability, and the capacity to create a connection from something as simple as a good meal, a warm bed, or the best hug ever, because you put everything you are into everything you do. In your heart you feel everything but often aren’t sure exactly how to take those feelings and put them into practice in the outer world, because your experience in that arena tells you that your gift of feeling—which is in fact your spiritual purpose—isn’t valued the same way rational thinking is. This leaves you stuck in the belief that you are always at a disadvantage, that your gift is more like a curse. Therein lies your conundrum. How do you reconcile the truth that who you are and what you are doesn’t always match what the world identifies as good and valuable? The answer? By constantly bending over backward to take care of everyone in hopes that it will get you the acceptance and sense of connection that you not only desire but need.
Surely fulfilling the emotional needs of others with your innate sensitivity will finally be recognized, celebrated, and honored, right? Not so much. Instead, it seems people just want more, with little or no gratitude, never mind any acknowledgment. This leads to moodiness and a lot of defensiveness, because you feel you are giving your all and nobody notices or cares. While that may be accurate—after all, your perception is your reality—remember this: Cancer is the first sign of the zodiac whose major focus is the need for a connection based not on what can be initiated or done or thought, but on simply being present and aware. That’s a powerful invitation, but one that most people simply don’t know how to respond to, so you shut yourself off, believing that you must protect yourself by hiding the very essence of who you are. You numb yourself, which leaves you devoid of a vital connection to yourself. This is the deepest cut of all, because you are placing more value on others than on yourself. Value yourself and respect yourself, and the world becomes a more positive place.
Relationships
Number one on your list of relationships is family. They always hold a special place in your heart, even when they don’t live up to your needs or expectations. Your challenge is recognizing that who you are doesn’t necessarily spring from them. It comes from deep within your own psyche, your own self. Of course, they had a hand in shaping you, but you actually provided the raw materials. This is important when it comes to forming relationships with the rest of the world, whether it’s with your partner, your friends, your children, or your work colleagues. If you don’t recognize yourself as an autonomous individual, you run the risk of not being able to relate to others without your family as a subconscious filter. This leads to many complications, including not knowing whether you are being authentic or are simply being what you perceive others want you to be, projecting subconscious family conflicts onto unsuspecting people, and not being able to work through issues with anyone because you feel you are somehow being disloyal. You have such a tremendous capacity to connect, to nurture, to support, and to love, provided you maintain a healthy relationship with yourself that is not clouded by the opinions and attitudes of others. One of your biggest challenges is to accept how sensitive you are and how easily offended you can be. Once you embrace those parts of yourself, you can remain true to yourself while putting what others say in the proper perspective.
Career and Work
It is in this area that the battle between what feels right to you and the inner demand for security often comes to a head. In order for you to be truly content in whatever career or job you choose, it has to be an emotional fit, one that makes you feel warm and fuzzy and comfortable. However, if the practicalities of life demand an infusion of money, the push for security easily overshadows the desire for something emotionally meaningful in your work life. Oh, you may plan to go back in search of that dream career or job, but the predictability of what you have often hijacks that intention. You end up convincing yourself that the time is not right, that you will do it next week, next month, or next year or that following your heart is a luxury you cannot afford. The key is to use your need for security as a foundation on which to build a plan to make your dreams come true while maintaining your security. Then, when everything is in place, you are able to make the move toward what resonates with you.
Money and Possessions
You really do get visceral pleasure as well as contentment and satisfaction from your physical surroundings, so you put a lot of planning and effort into turning where you live into the home of your dreams. It’s not so much that you wish to accumulate a lot or own a lot. You want security and you want to be surrounded by what makes you happy. The challenge is that you can get carried away if you start substituting money and possessions for emotional satisfaction or the feeling that all is right in your world. Money and possessions can never be a substitute for what you require and value most in life: love and support, belonging and being seen, acceptance and nurturing. If you have those, then the money and the possessions are a nice bonus, making it easy not to hang on to them for dear life.
The Light Side of Life
Nothing is more fun for you than hanging out with those you love most in the world. Combine that with entertaining at home and you are in seventh heaven, sharing all that you have and all that you have created with those lucky enough to be invited into your world. Your home is more than where you lay your head at night; it is your sanctuary, your inspiration, your retreat, your source of energy, your mirror—your everything. So where else can you experience the things that bring you the most joy, the most serenity, and the most security? Your answer? Nowhere.
Cancer Keywords for 2019
Self-determination, self-nurturing, joy
The Year Ahead for Cancer
Get ready to be pushed outside your comfort zone again and again and again in 2019. Now, before you hit the panic button, take a moment to reflect on the feelings of dissatisfaction and confusion that last year brought to the surface, and then acknowledge them, out in the open for everyone, including yourself, to see. No hiding them or glossing over them or pretending they don’t exist. Otherwise, you spend all of 2019 feeling like you are drowning under the weight of expectations and obligations, both your own and those of others. It’s time to get clear about who is in charge of your life, which leads to a litany of things that need to be done before you can even give yourself permission to do that, much less hand yourself the reins. This process begins with you casting aside any thoughts, beliefs, or ideas that leave you struggling to feel that your life actually includes you. Now, there’s no doubt that this feels like an enormous task, but it’s a necessary one, because 2019 is a pivotal year in your development. Take one thing at a time. And while you are confronting these limitations in an orderly fashion, make time for what brings you contentment, emotional satisfaction, joy, a sense of fun, and connection. Shine yourself up every chance you get. In fact, make it a habit every day to find something that lights you up from the inside, whether it’s making a gratitude list, buying yourself a treat, acknowledging something you’ve done, or recognizing a quality you like about yourself. Make sure you write down these rays of sunshine and look at them again once a week. Just one rule: Everything on the list has to be about you and who you are. Next, say no to anything that you quite frankly don’t want to do, especially if there’s a huge dollop of guilt attached to it. Refrain from offering reasons or justifications for your decisions. Just go with what feels right. This will take practice, but not only can it done, it needs to be done. Being able to say no is the first step in you being able to put yourself at the top of your list of priorities.
Saturn
Quite simply, Saturn can be and often is your archnemesis, because his approach to the world doesn’t fit in with your sensibilities. This doesn’t mean you don’t recognize that life needs structure, purpose, and practicality. You just wonder why it has to be accompanied by the hard edges that you associate with Saturn. Is it not possible to take care of business at the same time that you demonstrate empathy, tenderness, and respect for the feeling, emotional side of life? This question remains foremost in your mind and heart for the second year in a row as Saturn hangs out in his own sign of Capricorn, demanding—in your mind, anyway—that you tow the line. Follow the rules, keep your feelings to yourself, and suck it up. It’s true that Saturn doesn’t have much time for the very things that make life important to you. It’s not that he doesn’t see value in them; he’s too busy making sure you can survive to enjoy them. Granted, Saturn gets pretty stuck in that job, to the point that life is nothing but a series of duties and obligations. However, his deeper purpose is always to ask you to be accountable for your reality, both inside and outside. No matter what is going on, it truly is up to you to take charge and find a solution to the issues he presents. Since the end of 2017, those issues have a strong relationship flavor to them. Quite frequently, you find yourself at cross-purposes with just about everybody. Rather than lamenting what you think is an unfortunate turn of events, see these experiences as an opportunity to redefine where you want to make your mark, what your goals are and how you can achieve them. You can get so stuck in maintaining the familiar that you need a good challenge to get you to reexamine your life. And Saturn is more than ready to help you out.
Uranus
Well, there’s one thing that offers you a huge sense of relief this year, and that’s the shift Uranus makes from Aries into Taurus on March 6. No more topsy-turvy, chaotic, what-could-possibly-go-sideways-now moments. Before you get too comfortable, recognize this: all the things that Uranus touched still need attention. It’s just that his job now is to mentor you in the areas you feel he more or less blew up during the previous seven years. His intention is not to abandon you and leave you to cope with the mess he created by pushing you outside your comfort zone. He challenges you to look beyond that to see what else is out there. Certainly his methods leave much to be desired, but much of that has to do with your inherent desire to hang on to everything, just in case. Instead of trying to put everything back together the way it was, you now have the opportunity to create a new foundation using the awareness that comes from recognizing that nothing is permanent. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t build a sense of security from knowing that not only can you weather big change, but you can actually grow and expand the boundaries of who you are and what you can accomplish from that well deep inside of you that you so carefully guard. It’s time to draw on those resources if you are to make real use of Uranus in Taurus during the next seven years. Of course, the ride will be bumpy. There’s no hanging out with Uranus without turbulence. Just remember, his job is to make sure you don’t get so deeply entrenched in your comfort zone that you forget how to live.
Neptune
With Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto hammering away at your insides and your outsides, most intensely over the last two years, part of you would just like to disappear into the land of rose-colored glasses. And Neptune is definitely available to offer you that option. After all, he invented rose-colored glasses, illusion, and delusion. However, he can also be your guide to a deeper sense of clarity if you have the capacity to muddle through the fog that alerts you to the fact he is about to impact your life in a big yet indefinable way. Right now, he is busy vaporizing many of the things you hold dear, yet you can’t get a handle on how or why. All you can do is stop trying to make sense of the big picture and take one minute, one hour, one day, one week, at a time. Accept that this is an inner journey and that much of the time you won’t have a clue. Be in the moment and trust that creating space for a vision to emerge will lead to a new sense of purpose. This means immersing yourself in sensing, feeling, and knowing, acknowledging that your rational mind only inhibits the process and the experience of trusting the intangible. That way, a new vision of life’s possibilities can emerge, you can appreciate the gifts you have in the feeling realm, and you can be more comfortable in your own skin instead of always trying to protect yourself by hiding from everyone, including yourself. One word of caution: Neptune can make anything seem possible. So ask yourself if what you are feeling is a fantasy (something totally improbable) or a dream (something founded in a real awareness of self ).
Pluto
With Saturn cozying up to Pluto, it’s going to be difficult to determine which one of them is annoying you, challenging you, or just generally getting in your way the most. So here’s the litmus test: If you are fighting to take charge of your life, it’s Saturn. If you feel like you are at the bottom of a swamp fighting desperately to breathe, it’s Pluto. Granted, both descriptions are the extremes of what is possible, but they do give you a glimpse into the workings of these two heavyweight planets. When combined, they can create a deep and profound crisis that challenges you to take down any inner walls you have, to dig into your own psyche and clear away any emotional detritus cluttering up your path forward, to overcome fears and insecurities, and to be accountable for the role you have played in muddying up your own life. This might seem overwhelming, and at times it will be. There really is no way to get around that. Besides, trying to do that simply creates more problems than it solves. So give yourself completely to the process and a hidden treasure will emerge. (After all, we are talking about Pluto, who loves nothing better than to hide things that must be found at a later date.) The treasure? You discover just how strong and resilient you are. This allows you to let go of anything that no longer contributes to your life, creating the perfect starting point for the next phase of your life.
How Will This Year’s Eclipses Affect You?
Eclipses signal intense periods that highlight major growth opportunities for us in the process of creating our lives. They are linked to the lunar phases—specifically the New and Full Moon—and involve the relationship between the Sun and the Moon and the Earth. A Solar Eclipse is a magnified New Moon, while a Lunar Eclipse is a magnified Full Moon. Eclipses unfold in cycles involving all twelve signs of the zodiac, and they occur in pairs, usually about two weeks apart.
In 2019 there are five eclipses, three solar (two in Capricorn and one in Cancer) and two lunar (one in Leo and one in Capricorn). The first Solar Eclipse arrives on January 5 in Capricorn, leaving you feeling emotionally like you’ve been hit over the head with a baseball bat—certainly not the beginning to 2019 you had in mind. Nevertheless, it signals a deep need to take care of yourself this year, rather than putting on hold your own feelings, desires, dreams, or plans. This comes with a challenge that has plagued you for much of your life: How much of your security rests in nurturing (or babysitting) those around you and how much of it actually resides in taking care of yourself? Too often, you feel these two things are mutually exclusive when, in fact, taking care of yourself actually amplifies the amount of love and energy you can give to others. The first step you need to take is to define what nurturing looks and feels like. To do that, it is imperative that you ask yourself if you can detach yourself from others. Or are you so entwined with them and their needs that you feel doing anything purely for yourself is selfish? Remember, detaching isn’t the same as disconnecting. In order to be a healthy human being, to take a step back so you can be in your own space. Only then can you really know what works for you.
The Lunar Eclipse on January 21 challenges you to begin building your capacity to hang out with yourself, take care of you, and do what you want to do. Stepping into these unfamiliar waters promises two things: a deeper understanding of and appreciation for who you are and an abundance of life-affirming experiences for the rest of 2019. So stand tall and don’t back down. No matter the stumbling block, know that you will prevail. Without this level of confidence and determination, the remaining eclipses of the year on July 2, July 16, and December 26 will continue to hit you hard instead of providing you with further opportunities to build a strong sense of your own identity (apart from what you can do for others) and to know just how deep the inner waters are that nurture you. Shocking, isn’t it, to know that what you seek from others has always been inside, just waiting for you to recognize the truth and turn inward? This is the message of all the 2019 Solar and Lunar Eclipses, so take the risk and you will emerge from this year a more integrated and content human being.
Cancer | January
Overall Theme
No one is affected more by eclipses than you, because both the Solar and Lunar Eclipses involve the Moon, your avatar. The only thing that changes is the degree of impact, and this month brings you two extremely powerful eclipses designed to amplify issues connected to self-love versus your love of others. Take a stand and put yourself first. Resist the pull to give in to others.
Relationships
You feel under siege both within and without as you grapple with your innate inclination to take the road of least resistance when it comes to other people. It is natural for you to attend to the wants and needs of others. However, the relationship that is most important this month is your relationship with yourself. Remember, you are setting the tone for 2019. No more putting off the need to make yourself number one.
Career, Success, and Money
Be careful that you don’t disappear into your work in an effort to avoid the emotional challenges rocketing around inside you, because in the end everything suffers. Accept that your attention is elsewhere and stick to maintaining the tried and true rather than initiating new projects or pathways. Your heart really isn’t in the game.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
January presents the first big test of 2019, and you aren’t at all sure you are up to the challenge. Nothing feels the least bit secure, and your usual coping strategies don’t bring any relief. The more you try them, the less effective they are. This further rocks your reality, and you aren’t sure you know which end is up. Draw on the considerable emotional resources at your core to ride out the turbulence.
Rewarding Days
15, 16, 25, 26
Challenging Days
5, 6, 20, 21
Cancer | February
Overall Theme
There’s a big push to get out into the world and make your mark, but after last month’s challenges your inclination is to take a break, keep your head down, and refrain from drawing attention to yourself. This may seem like avoidance, but the truth is you are hard at work on a deep level and there isn’t space for a lot of running around.
Relationships
You are certainly convinced that your only value to others is what you can do for them. Your greatest strengths—sensitivity and a profound capacity to care—often become your greatest weaknesses. The key is not to abandon who you are, but to recognize that it is entirely up to you who gets the benefit of your gifts. It’s the only way you can begin to dismantle the pattern you helped create.
Career, Success, and Money
No matter what provokes you, triggers you, or just plain annoys you, don’t act on impulse, whether it’s connected to work, future plans, or money—especially at work, where the demands on your time are so far beyond the hours in a day that you are fairly certain you’ll go crazy. Instead, make a list of all the things asked of you and forward it your boss.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
You are highly resistant to being pushed in any direction, which leads you to dig in your heels, get defensive, and/or lose your temper. In turn, this leaves you feeling embarrassed and a little unsure about what exactly is going on. It’s simple. You are shifting your priorities to yourself, and in order to do that, you find yourself taking things to the extreme.
Rewarding Days
11, 12, 24, 25
Challenging Days
1, 2, 21, 22
Cancer | March
Overall Theme
Take time to recognize that not everything is a life-or-death decision, even if it feels like it. The changes going on inside you feel like an internal earthquake, and in your quest for a release from the pressure, you need to be careful not to act out your inner five-year-old. Instead, find new creative or physical outlets.
Relationships
The truth is, you still like people, at least you think you do. You just aren’t crazy about what they say, what they think, and how they act. The root of your discontent is a lack of authenticity. But the more you look at others, the more you become aware that your deepest desire is to become more yourself and less the picture of what others want.
Career, Success, and Money
A new path opens up unexpectedly, leading you to take stock of commitments and plans you thought you would never change or abandon. You find yourself reconsidering everything, from what type of work satisfies you to what your definition of success is to where money fits into your life. Just remember, you don’t have to come to any conclusions this month.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
This month brings a shocking insight that you are ready to turn your life upside down in order to create a new start. At the center of this awareness is the realization that what you thought was truly important, valuable, and sacred in your life doesn’t seem to hold the same place in your heart anymore. Relax. This is not the end of anything, much less you. So don’t put on the brakes or do anything hasty. Meditate and contemplate.
Rewarding Days
5, 6, 10, 11
Challenging Days
13, 14, 23, 24
Cancer | April
Overall Theme
Some of the tumult subsides, leaving you with the feeling that you can actually breathe three or four times consecutively without being consumed by a tidal wave of unresolved issues. It’s just the respite you need to get yourself back on track in all aspects of your life. The result is that you get a lot accomplished and your self-confidence returns.
Relationships
Gone are those feelings of dissatisfaction that have been your constant companion for the first three months of 2019, and everyone notices. Just remember not to get upset when your loved ones, friends, and colleagues share their thoughts on how you’ve been acting. What’s more, don’t apologize or defend yourself. Some of the things you said or did were necessary. They needed to know your job isn’t to be a doormat.
Career, Success, and Money
Now this is the month to get what you want at work, whether it’s a raise, a promotion, or the green light for a new project close to your heart. It’s also a good time to add to your skill set by going to courses or workshops that increase your value and your employability. As for money, don’t buy all the bright, shiny things that seem to be calling your name.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
Be careful not to forget the insights that opened up your eyes recently. It’s okay to hang out in the world of Everything is Wonderful; just don’t plan to make it your permanent residence. Otherwise, you will overlook some very real facts about friends and financial matters that could threaten your long-term prospects. Enjoy the blissful feeling while staying focused on what is happening.
Rewarding Days
1, 2, 6, 7
Challenging Days
9, 10, 24, 25
Cancer | May
Overall Theme
You can’t decide whether the most important thing to do is rush around as if there were no tomorrow or kick off your shoes, have fun, get creative, and socialize. It’s not really a case of either/or. Too much rushing around leaves you exhausted and dissatisfied. Too much taking it easy creates a guilt complex. Find a happy blend of the two.
Relationships
Accept all social invitations, because it’s time to meet new people. This means setting aside your natural reluctance to go into unfamiliar territory. But it’s definitely worth it. First, you’ll have fun, something that’s been in short supply lately. Second, you’ll cross paths with the kinds of people with whom you truly connect. Third, you’ll meet someone who promises to have a long-term impact on your life.
Career, Success, and Money
The message is to hold steady in all three areas. No rocking the boat, no pushing the envelope, no taking big risks. That’s because you are really feeling like you have one foot on the brake and one on the gas pedal, which creates the kind of internal insecurity that could undermine any deviation from the usual.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
The biggest lows this month come from you spending too much time questioning yourself. The key is to go with what feels right to you. It may not be a good time to do a major overhaul on the structured parts of your world, but it is a good time to expand the length and breadth of you.
Rewarding Days
4, 5, 16, 17
Challenging Days
8, 9, 20, 21
Cancer | June
Overall Theme
Be careful to count to ten before you open your mouth, as the impulse to speak before thinking hits the stratosphere, leaving you a little dumbstruck that you could be so foolhardy. How could you say those things? Easily, when the internal pressure of feeling that no matter what you do it isn’t enough boils over. Be kind to yourself and know that what you bring to the table is worthwhile, not just necessary.
Relationships
You definitely want to speak your truth this month. Your challenge is doing so without needing or worrying about the kind of response you will get. Part of this process is sharing, with no expectations, your stress, your insecurities, your fear of loss, and your feeling that you are invisible. This is powerful and liberating, as well as an important step in honoring yourself and nurturing yourself in a newer, healthier way.
Career, Success, and Money
Expect to work hard, put out a lot of fires, and feel like there is no end to the feeling of drudgery that threatens to overwhelm you every second or third day. And the reason why is simple: everything on your plate isn’t yours. So return the work that isn’t your responsibility to the person it belongs to. That way you can breathe again.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
The ups and downs of this month signal an important step in your development as you stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone, beyond the subconscious belief that you are only as important as the last thing you did for someone, beyond the well-developed ways you created to hobble yourself to fit other people’s expectations. It’s a big job. Take care not to judge yourself too harshly.
Rewarding Days
9, 10, 27, 28
Challenging Days
16, 17, 25, 26
Cancer | July
Overall Theme
One day you feel like a million dollars and the next you want to crawl under a rock. This symbolizes your ongoing life’s struggle, which is in high relief in 2019: trying to integrate how to take care of yourself at the same time you exemplify your deep dedication to the welfare of others. Make this a time to celebrate yourself every day by doing what brings a smile to your face.
Relationships
Every time you turn around, you find yourself wondering why you worry more about others than yourself, why you often don’t consider your desires or needs important. This is a watershed month for taking deliberate steps to put yourself at the top of your list of priorities. Start with small things, like making your favorite meal or letting someone else take care of the chores. Time to let go of the need to be indispensable.
Career, Success, and Money
As you take charge of yourself and your life, you also examine the roles you play in the work world. Are you primarily a helper, a cheerleader, a support to others, while playing down your own skills and abilities? Do you give yourself permission to dream beyond your comfort zone? Those are big questions that need answers.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
Pushing yourself outside the spaces and places that make you feel safe comes with a mountain of resistance, especially if you find yourself absolutely overwhelmed by the call to shift old patterns and create new beginnings. Your tendency is always to opt for the known, yet that has become more than unsatisfying and uncomfortable; it is now unbearable. So take the risk and step over the line.
Rewarding Days
6, 7, 25, 26
Challenging Days
2, 3, 15, 16
Cancer | August
Overall Theme
After a month of soul-searching, you are now ready to conquer your inner fears, stand up for yourself, and take charge of the parts of your life that need an overhaul. You feel ready for any challenge that comes your way because your optimism is founded in reality and in a confidence you didn’t know you were capable of. Courage, thy name is Cancer.
Relationships
So far it’s been a difficult and challenging journey to selfhood, and you know there are a few more hurdles to overcome before you can feel you are living life from your own core, not from the center of other people’s demands. Take a moment or two to acknowledge what you’ve accomplished before you turn to the next task. Not only do you deserve it, but it’s important to refresh yourself.
Career, Success, and Money
Financial resources take the spotlight and you find yourself caught between the desire to hold on for dear life to what you have and the need to spend at least a little of your abundance on yourself. Accept that this is an important way to demonstrate—to yourself—that you are valuable. So buy what’s at the top of your wish list.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
You are pretty pleased with the changes you are making. Life feels expansive and hopeful and full of all the possibilities that you can imagine. Not that you expect all that you daydream about will happen. It’s just life-affirming to entertain them all. However, not everyone in your world sees it the way you do. Just remember that their resistance is their problem, not yours.
Rewarding Days
4, 5, 30, 31
Challenging Days
11, 12, 23, 24
Cancer | September
Overall Theme
The faceoff between what is real and what is fantasy, between perfection and imperfection, and between facts and knowing creates confusion and challenges your newfound commitment to trust life as it unfolds, without an attempt on your part to control the outcome. This kick-starts a compulsion to hyperanalyze everything. That’s fine. Once you are done, trust your instincts. This yields better results.
Relationships
What you seek is a good conversation, one that illuminates, challenges, lightens things up, expands your horizons. Translation? You are easily bored with people this month. Normally you are happy to hang with others if that connection is there. After all, your primary need is comfort. Well, you discover that your definition of comfort isn’t predictability.
Career, Success, and Money
Your need for more stimulation extends to your career, your work, and your purpose. You want more, but you aren’t sure what that is or what it looks like. Talk to those at work who know you best. Ask for their input and invite them to give you a vision of what your next steps might be. Let them know you truly want to challenge yourself and expand your capabilities.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
Your willingness to question everything and entertain every possibility while demanding an immediate resolution to the problems this creates is likely to leave you feeling like you are spinning your wheels. Instead, take time to sit with how you feel about what comes your way, rather than overthinking everything. This will make it easier to find the treasure you are seeking.
Rewarding Days
3, 4, 28, 29
Challenging Days
12, 13, 22, 23
Cancer | October
Overall Theme
This is the time of year when you find yourself wanting to hunker down and take a break from the world at large. Home is your favorite place to be, and you turn your attention to changing your physical surroundings to match the shifts going on inside you. It’s a perfect time to purge anything that doesn’t reflect how you feel right now.
Relationships
You gradually begin to understand that life truly is a circle, and that in order for the circle to be complete, there has to be reciprocity. No more giving more than you receive. That means the people in your life must demonstrate the same level of commitment on a heart level that you do. You may find that it’s time to close the door on some of the relationships in your life.
Career, Success, and Money
Just when you are ready for some peace and quiet everywhere in your life, an unexpected challenge in your professional life leaves you wondering who you can trust. The first thing you need to know is that you will get the support you need to weather this tempest in a teapot created by someone else.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
Because life has been so taxing for much of 2019, your resilience is a bit low this month. Hence your need to be at home to recharge your batteries. Recognize that this is a wonderful step toward taking care of yourself and that you know how to do that when you give yourself the space and the permission to listen to your inner voice.
Rewarding Days
10, 11, 28, 29
Challenging Days
4, 5, 12, 13
Cancer | November
Overall Theme
You begin this month feeling rested and rejuvenated, only to find your stress level rises quickly as you take stock of the various parts of your life and find that things still aren’t quite coalescing the way you desire. Refrain from going into overdrive to fix what you perceive to be a multitude of issues. Take a step back and see that some of what is going on is just life, not a crisis, and trust yourself to do what is needed when the time is right.
Relationships
Recognize that you need space right now. That way you can ask for it, create it, and enjoy it without having to be cranky, feel guilty, or run away from everyone in your life. It’s not that you’ve stopped loving or caring about others. It’s that the simplest request feels like a prison door slamming shut on you at a time when the only person you are interested in is yourself.
Career, Success, and Money
This area is the least of your concerns, not because everything is smooth sailing, but because you are emotionally occupied with the essentials of who you are. This means a lot of your outer world feels a little like window dressing right now. Accept that’s how you feel, take care of business, and just be.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
It takes a lot of courage to turn inward and unearth all those emotional truths and realities that you tend to hide from yourself. Just be careful not to minimize or react in the extreme to what you find. This will lead to an internal polarization that divides you and then shuts you down. Instead, remain present and handle yourself with TLC. That way you can separate the wheat from the chaff.
Rewarding Days
6, 7, 20, 21
Challenging Days
2, 3, 13, 14
Cancer | December
Overall Theme
You are running this month, literally and figuratively, and you aren’t sure why. The only thing you know for sure is there’s a compulsion to keep moving and it’s not fear that is driving you. Recognize that it’s a search for passion. What you need right now is to find something new, something that ignites you from the inside out.
Relationships
You suddenly feel free to ask for what you truly desire from the people in your life, and with that comes a huge sense of liberation. The mere act of telling others what works for you creates something you weren’t expecting: a space in the world where you include yourself. You discover, much to your surprise, that that’s more important than whether everyone listens to you. You are listening to yourself.
Career, Success, and Money
Take time to keep this whole part of your life in the proper perspective because there’s just no predictability you can count on. It’s not that there is any real chaos; it’s more that things feel consistently inconsistent. Yes, it’s that kind of month: paradoxical, with no way to make sense of it in the moment. Just know that everything will sort itself out.
Pitfalls and Potential Problems
As you take a stand and declare yourself to be just as important in your own life as you have made everyone else, be prepared for disapproval, discontent, and, in some cases, backlash from those who depend on you remaining the same reliable, dependable person you have always been. Be clear that your job isn’t to babysit others. That might work for them, but you now know it doesn’t work for you.
Rewarding Days
3, 4, 17, 18
Challenging Days
6, 7, 26, 27
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Cancer Action Table These dates reflect the best—but not the only—times for success and ease in these activities, according to your Sun sign. |
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FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
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Move |
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1, 2 |
4, 5 |
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28, 29 |
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Start a class |
6, 7 |
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30, 31 |
5, 6 |
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Seek coaching/counseling |
9, 10 |
15, 16 |
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10, 11 |
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Ask for a raise |
20, 21 |
4, 5 |
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7, 8 |
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Get professional advice |
5, 6 |
15, 16 |
22, 23 |
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Get a loan |
26, 27 |
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5, 6 |
1, 2 |
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New romance |
27, 28 |
17, 18 |
28, 29 |
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Vacation |
23, 24 |
1, 2 |
9, 10 |
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16,27 |
8 |
20 |
27 |
31 |
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