PREFERRED SAYING: "I Feel That...."

THE GLYPH: Resembles the claws of a crab.

MINERAL: : Calcium - Which can prevent problems with the eyes, stomach, and skin. It is found in oranges, lemons, grapes, plums, and cabbage.

GEMSTONE: Moonstone & Pearl are traditionally associated with the moon.

PERSONALITY TRAITS:  The fourth sign of the zodiac requires emotional security maternal, nurturing instincts. Thrifty and methodical, Cancerians are natural "collectors" and show great tenacity and perseverance. Setting and achieving goals with strong determination devoted to their home and family, they are affectionate, kind, loyal, and humorous. They intend to cling to failing relationships where others would abandon them. Due to the fluctuating phase of their ruling planet, Cancerians can become exaggerated with hypersensitivity, sentimentalism, and self pity.

RULING PLANET:The Moon, is the motherhood incarnate, as the sun symbolizes the father. Worshipped as a goddess and enchantress, her phases were sighted as: New moo, the white goddess of birth and growth, at full moon the red goddess of love, passion and war. When old she was the black goddess of divination and death. The moons ever-changing phases are echoed by tides and in human life by feminine rhythms.