Cancer

Cancer is the nurturer — deeply emotional, intuitive, and protective of home and family. Ruled by the Moon, Cancerians feel everything deeply and have a natural gift for caring for others. Their intuitive intelligence is remarkable, but their emotional tides can overwhelm them if not balanced.

Qualities

• Element: Water
• Quality: Movable
• Lord: Moon
• Guna: Sattva
• Body part: Chest
• Temperament: Nurturing, intuitive, protective

Strengths and challenges

Strength: Emotional depth, intuition, nurturing, protectiveness

Weakness: Moodiness, clinginess, oversensitivity

Career indications

Psychology, Nursing, Real estate, Hospitality, Culinary.

“I nurture myself as tenderly as I care for others.”