by Dawn Rose
Because The Moon rules Cancer, its position in this zodiac sign is extremely strong.
The Moon is the third most important factor in the horoscope after the ascendant and the Sun. It controls our instinctive reactions.
The main reaction in different life situations of those, born with their Moon in Cancer is protective, as the key word for this sign is protection. This applies to material possessions and loved ones, as well as to social life and everything else.
Just imagine a cancer, which is the animal symbol of this sign. He feels truly protected in his shell, where he cannot be attacked from behind and where he can use his strong claws to protect himself from anyone, who tries to attack him frontally.
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Please also note that this Moon in Cancer analysis is based on the Moon placement by sign only, and it does not take into consideration aspects and stelliums in your unique birth chart, which may be overriding the effects of your Moon Placement. Nevertheless, this is the most detailed and in-depth Moon in Cancer analysis you will find online.
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Moon in Cancer Karmic predispositions
If you were born with your Moon in Cancer, you come with the karmic experience of being the head of a family, a tribe, or any kind of community. You have most likely been taking care for the nourishment, nurturing, and protection of others. Or, in one way or another, you have been using your mind, imagination and/or intuition by being a writer, a history researcher, or even a clairvoyant.
You bring with you an inherent sense of compassion and sensitivity, and you take very much to heart the pain of others, who intuitively seek help and support from you. As a kid, you were very impressionable and very easily hurt by other people’s insensitive behavior. You loved to live in your imagination and create fantasies in which you felt comfortable.
Moon in Cancer emotional profile
Those born with the Moon in Cancer perceive the material reality around them in a highly emotional way. Their auras are like absorbent fungi that absorb the energy around them, both positive and negative. Therefore, they must be careful and surround themselves with positive people and situations. They can change their mood extremely quickly and it is difficult for others to understand the reason for these frequent changes.
Their main lesson is to learn to constructively and purposefully control their vast supply of emotional energy.
Otherwise, they are very compassionate and sensitive and are always willing to help others both emotionally and materially. They have the ability to feel others instinctively and to get along with many of them without words.
People with a Moon in Cancer can provide emotional support to everyone around them. They have a very strong maternal instinct, which stretches out to anyone, who becomes close to them. Although they are very emotional, those with a Moon in Cancer can be extremely stable and purposeful.
Those born with a Moon in Cancer constantly crave harmony, stability, emotional exchange, and love between them and their family and close friends.
Those born with a Moon in Cancer can easily give others warmth, acceptance, and love to those around them – family, children, relatives, and friends. At the same time, they take what is said very personally and although they can forgive, they cannot forget their family and friends, especially when they feel underappreciated.
Moon in Cancer emotional attachment
Many of those born with a Moon in Cancer are known for their inability to part with favorite objects. These are completely irrational objects. For example, a shoelace, chocolate foil (when he first kissed me), a buttonhole (when he proposed).
This is often because of the sentimental significance they have for them. They tend to accumulate a significant amount of such unnecessary items at home. Basic cleaning of the house and freeing up space for something new can be a task that is avoided at all costs.
They form an addiction to these objects, because they give them “security,” and any dependence must be avoided.
If they realize their emotional connection to these objects and the minimal real significance that they have for them, maybe it will be easier to start taking steps to get rid of this addiction. They should try to live more in the present than in the memories of the past.
The biggest challenges Moon in Cancer need to overcome
In my practice, I have noticed that people with a Moon in Cancer begin to defend themselves even before I have started saying anything about their natal chart. It doesn’t matter whether I intended to express some constructive criticism or to point out some of their strengths. People with Moon in Cancer automatically expect the worst and enter a safe mode of operation not only when they are actually threatened by something, but also in far calmer circumstances.
They need to take down the guard and to understand what they are told if they want to get the most out of any situation.
The only way to overcome some negative personality traits is to recognize them as such. The defense mechanism of people with a Moon in Cancer can play a bad joke on them.
One of the biggest problems caused by this position of the Moon in the natal chart is the constant excitement and anxiety.
The Moon is a planet of feelings, and Cancer is one of the most emotional signs. With this combination, feelings change quickly and the decisions of people with this disposition are largely subject to their current emotional condition. Any movement in the stock market can cause great excitement in them because they perceive the loss of a certain value of securities or shares as undermining their sense of security.
For Cancer, security is everything.
The instinctive reaction of those born with the Moon in Cancer is to ensure their safety. They feel safe only when they have built confidence at every possible level – material (money, houses, belongings, real estate), emotional (partner, children, parents, acquaintances), social (social status, career, business). Undermining any of these components leads to the fear that the whole structure supporting their security, can collapse. Hence the anxieties, worries and concerns associated with this Moon position.
Moon in Cancer people should accept the fact that none of these factors can contribute to their true security.
This is because nothing of a material nature can last forever. Children grow up and leave home, a career, even a brilliant one, eventually ends, money can be present in abundance, and suddenly disappear altogether. The only thing that gives real confidence and security is Hope, Faith and Love for the Divine Plan that guides our evolution.
When Moon in Cancer people build values from the spiritual nature, they have nothing to worry about being taken away from them.
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Nostalgia is another quality that is strongly associated with this position in the natal chart. Those born with the Moon in Cancer are prone to often go back in time, remembering the “good old days”.
Depending on the aspects of the Moon, as well as the planets located in the 4th house, whether the relationship was positive or negative, it is very difficult for them to complete the phase of their childhood. This creates the danger of trying to live in the past instead of the present.
Also, their childhood experiences can be influencing too much the views and understandings they have in the present. If their memories are positive, they need to integrate them into the present and move on. If they are negative, they should forgive the parents who played the role of a karmic agent in learning the lessons of life, and again move on with their life.
Finally, those with Moon in Cancer may have their skin more sensitive than usual, with a tendency of severe sunburn. A lot of them notice that even the slightest cut or injury is difficult to heal. The same goes for insect bites. They need to pay special attention to their skin and take care of it regularly. A lot of women with a Moon in Cancer complain of strong premenstrual tension, but this aspect should not be left to control their lives.
Moon in Cancer most positive personality traits
Perhaps the best thing about those, born with a Moon in Cancer is a strong intuition and highly developed instincts. This refers to the attitude towards the partner, as well as towards the children, relatives and acquaintances, the business partners etc.
A Moon in Cancer gives great business potential and a gift for investment.
Depending on the aspects of the Moon and its house position, it can be determined whether a person should rely more on his strong instincts in making important financial decisions.
People with this position of the Moon are usually also very good parents.
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They have a strong maternal instinct, and an inborn ability to take good care of others. They vivid imagination makes them great story-tellers, who can also make up games and all sorts of fun activities for their children.
If you were born with the Moon in Cancer, you also have a great chance at becoming a fantasy writer, an amazing cook, or a great real-estate agent. Indeed, all Cancer-related activities, from food, sea travel and cooking to property management, history teachers, and fantasy writers come intuitively to those, born with this Moon placement, unless of course the Moon is heavily hurt by other planets.
Those born with the Moon in Cancer are extremely magnetic, sensual, and they can use their strong visualization skills to attract what they desire in life.
Their greatest strength is to use the mild feminine energy, which passively attracts what it wants in life, rather than the more masculine-type of go-getter attitude.
The latter is more likely to exhaust and cause a lot of emotional trauma for those, born with a Moon in Cancer.
Moon in Cancer in Love
Those born with a Moon in Cancer approach their love life in the same way they approach other life situations – in a highly maternal, protective, and caring manner. Women with a Moon in Cancer are extremely tender, kind, patient, and compassionate. They take extreme care of their partner and children.
On the other hand, if unevolved, a male with a Moon in Cancer, rather than providing care and protection, can require this from a partner, and seek a wife, who acts like a mother towards him. Nevertheless, Moon in Cancer males can also be extremely protective and caring, striving to provide security and stability for their family.
The way Moon in Cancer people behave in a relationship, to a great extent depends on what their experience with their mother was.
If it was a good one, they will project this in their relationship, if it wasn’t – they will need to work on themselves to move on from the past and to build a healthy relationship which is not so dependent on their past life.
Those born with a Moon in Cancer are extremely family-oriented. Unless they have other aspects in their natal chart that contradicts this, they are not the kind of people, who like ‘flings’ and one-night-stands. They will start envisioning your future together before you’ve even gone on the first date!
For those with more free-loving placements, a Moon in Cancer partner may seem too clingy and too much of a homebody.
Moon in Cancer people love to stay home, cook good food, and cuddle on the couch. They are sensual lovers, who will always seek emotional attachment before they move on to physical intimacy, and who will always care about your experience and satisfaction, too.
Moon in Cancer compatibility
The Moon in Cancer can match well with others with a strong water influence in their chart (not necessarily their Moon sign)
. There are a number of factors to be considered for compatibility, and compatibility by Moon signs only is not enough.
To find out who you will be compatible with if your Moon is in Cancer, click here for an easy beginner-friendly step-by-step guide on What zodiac sign am I MOST compatible with and What Horoscope am I most compatible with?
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