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June 21 – July 22
Ruling Planet of Cancer: ☽ Moon
If tenderness, care, loyalty, and romance are what you want in a man, Cancer is your lucky find. He may seem reserved and quiet at first. Old friends may even take you aside and whisper that he's a miser and a confirmed bachelor. Don't let that first impression fool you.
True, he isn't a flighty charmer chasing every woman he sees or treating marriage as his next adventure. Perhaps that's a good thing. And this lover of beauty has a special gift for appreciating a woman's body, mind, and spirit, and expressing it in exquisite compliments.
He doesn't throw money away, preferring a healthy bank balance. That simply means he isn't a spendthrift. Watch how willingly he pays for something he's sure is useful, well made, and built to last. You may receive fewer presents than friends with more frivolous admirers, but his will be worth having: a beautifully engineered sound system instead of a cheap throwaway gadget, or an exquisite little antique that could grow tenfold in value over the years.
How to Win a Cancer Man's Heart
Unhurried and thorough, Cancer may spend most of his youth looking for the right person. Once he chooses, he acts. Before you know it, you're surrounded by care and attention, won over by the tenderness and sensitivity he usually hides beneath a thick shell.
Even in love, though, he proceeds carefully. Securing what he already has matters more than conquering new ground. He can take a long time over any important decision, while holding tightly to everything he's gained: a good job, savings, friends, or love.
If he's dragging his feet about proposing, jealousy may jolt him out of his indecision. Cancer is possessive. Realizing that the person he wants, you, might slip away can be a powerful argument against putting off the wedding.
Life with a Cancer Man
He takes marriage seriously for good reason: home and family mean everything. That brings advantages and difficulties alike. It's lovely to know your husband would rather spend an evening at home than out with his friends. It's lovely, too, that he enjoys making your home a cozy nest and both likes and knows how to cook. But before you, there was another home: the one he shared with his parents. It will always matter enormously to him.
If you marry Cancer, be prepared for his mother to become your main rival. She was the person who made home feel like home throughout his childhood, arranging the comfort and everyday life you now share responsibility for. Comparisons about housekeeping, cooking, and raising children will be hard to avoid. Handle this with understanding if you don't want an unusually serious rebellion from this normally peaceable man.
The way to his heart runs through good food, beautiful music, poetry, painting, tender conversations, and everything else that delights his refined senses. Give him those things and you'll become his goddess, the heart of his home, and therefore the center of his life.
The Cancer Man as a Father
It's hard to find a more attentive, caring father. He has patience and understanding for both a screaming infant and a rebellious teenager. Even at forty, his child will still be someone to look after and love wholeheartedly.
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