Tag: Cancer

Wise Counsellors for Cancer, Leo and Virgo

You may have read some of my previous posts on the “tutelary deities” used by Roman astrologers. These came as a surprise to me when I read about them last year since I’d not come across them in any astrology texts or lectures that I’d attended previ…

Cancer, Family And The IC

“We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.”
–Paul Tillich

Cranky Mars and the Difficult August

On August 3, visiting Mars moved into Cancer, a tourist destination in which the warrior planet is inclined to feel especially cranky – a bit jet-lagged, a tad homesick, with a jangly stomach and an unnerving tendency to burst into tears. Mars is built for arid, inhospitable landscapes; when he ventures to the sandy shores of Cancer’s natural habitat, the result looks less like a quiet, reflective seaside vacation than a recreation of the Normandy invasion…

Compatibility: Venus in Cancer, Mars in Gemini

Excerpt from my latest Sasstrology post: Venus in Cancer can experience the entire spectrum of moods in a few hours while Mars in Gemini flickers through ideas like the wind. This can make for an intriguing, though unstable, relationship that … C…

Home and Dry- Mars in Cancer

My Personal Trainer has a title fight coming up next weekend.
That in itself is not that unusual- this is something he does fairly regularly- and he usually wins.
This time around things aren’t going to plan. His diet is clean, his training is mean, …

Mars in Cancer and the Cardinal Cross

Tense times are ahead as Mars transits Cancer from August 3rd to September 18th. The warrior planet does not function well in this withdrawn sign. Will, initiative and aggression do not have an easy outlet. Anger is submerged into sulks … Continu…