Astrology
Cancer
Cancer is water that starts a nest. Protect, belong, feel. The crab: a soft inside with a door.
What this is
Cardinal water: initiating care. A common map sits Cancer with The Chariot, and with the Moon. Home as a moving shell, mood as weather you travel in, protection that can also be armour.
Why it matters
The Chariot is often filed as will. Cancer weather reminds you the armour may be a home you are trying not to lose. Both can be true.
How to recognise it
Crabs, moons, houses, water, a chest, a child, a question about family, safety, or mood.
How to use it
Ask what is being protected, and whether the shell has a way in. Use the sign if it names care or belonging you could already see.
Light
True shelter. Care that initiates. Loyalty. Feeling as a compass you can check.
Shadow
Clinging. Mood as the only map. A home that becomes a bunker. Care that smothers.
Example
The Chariot. Cancer-like: the shell you drive, the moons on the shoulders in many decks, will as protection of something tender. If this Chariot is only speed, do not glue the crab on.
The Chariot
Major · VII
Practice
What is in the shell
Pull The Chariot or a Cups card. Write what is being protected. Then write whether that protection is shelter or a bunker.
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