Cancer through the Houses

Posted on 20 Feb 2010 by in Signs through the Houses, Zodiac Signs • 37 Comments

Cancer in the 1st house

Giant crabA sensitive approach to the world. An approach that is caring, nurturing and motherly. An approach that is smothering. A person who tends to smother the people around him. Cloying. Meddling. Not knowing when to leave “well enough” alone. A nag. A person who approaches the world in a needy and clingy manner. Someone who carries a bag of snacks everywhere. Someone who only likes to eat her own cooking. Someone who is very sensitive about her appearance. A good cook, or someone who thoroughly appreciates good cooking. A person who makes other people feel welcome and cared for. A natural mothering type. A knack for parenthood. Wanting to be the leader of a family or close-knit group of people. Leading with sensitivity. An emotional outlook. Leading on the domestic front. A sympathetic approach. Liking to wear fleece. Someone who loves the Snuggie. Someone who wears warm woolly socks. Someone who likes classic colors and shapes. Someone who likes to wear vintage. Looking forward to being a parent. A private person. A shy person. Erecting emotional barriers. sensitive approach to the world. An approach that is caring, nurturing and motherly. An approach that is smothering. A person who tends to smother the people around him. Cloying. Meddling. Not knowing when to leave “well enough” alone. A nag. A person who approaches the world in a needy and clingy manner. Someone who carries a bag of snacks everywhere. Someone who only likes to eat her own cooking. Someone who is very sensitive about her appearance. A good cook or someone who thoroughly appreciates good cooking. A person who is welcoming and caring. A natural mothering type. A knack for parenthood. Wanting to be the leader of a family or close-knit group of people. Leading with sensitivity. An emotional outlook. Leading on the domestic front. A sympathetic approach. Liking to wear fleece. Someone who loves the Snuggie. Someone who wears warm woolly socks. Someone who likes classic colors and shapes. Someone who likes to wear vintage. Looking forward to being a parent. A private person. A shy person. Erecting emotional barriers. Having a protective shell. Having a hard outer persona and a soft interior. Acquisitive. (Angelina Jolie, Albert Einstein, Julia Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Cameron Diaz, Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mariah Carey, Mel Gibson and Robert Pattinson)

Cancer in the 2nd house

Valuing nurturing qualities and motherhood. Valuing women. Defending your personal income. Defending possessions. Collecting baby dolls. Holding onto sentimental possessions. Collecting antiques. Shopping at thrift stores. Liking to purchase things from bygone eras. Nurturing and mothering are survival needs. Earning power is based on mood. Collecting things that mom would like. Collecting lace. Collecting “Precious Moments” figurines. Collecting Vermont Teddy Bears. Protecting belongings. Putting things in containers, sealed bags, glass cases, storage boxes and other containers. Collecting seashells. Collecting old coins and bills. Nurturing the growth of your own money. Saving for a rainy day. Difficulty parting with money. Difficulty parting from old banks or old savings accounts. Difficulty cashing in bonds. Having a safety deposit box. Wanting to keep money and possessions as safe as possible. Displaying mom’s china. Collecting old cupboards, armoires, dressers, hope chests and other furniture that hold or contain other things. Selling antiques on eBay. (Albert Einstein, Pamela Anderson, Milla Jovovich, Hillary Clinton, Mick Jagger, Robert Pattinson, Saddam Hussein, Marie Antoinette and Matthew McConaughey)

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  • Christine

    I’ve been learning about all kinds of kinky stuff on this series. This time, I learned about ‘squashing’.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I’m so glad you’ve learned some new things ;P

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      btw, I decided not to write a post about the effects of two (or even 3 signs in a house). I think, as you pointed out, that my Scorpio feelings about the 2nd house house have to do with having Pluto in the 2nd. I feel like making a poll about it instead.

      • Christine

        DO IT! I have that problem a lot with Astrology. I have a hard time knowing which traits to attribute to which aspects.

        • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

          I’m concerned that some people aren’t going to like getting a poll in their inbox. I’m starting to consider setting up a secondary blog for polls, pictures, links, updates, quotes, etc… and keeping this one solely for meatier posts. What do you think about that? I think I’m going to have to ditch dreamfix.net. It’s fun to post all those pix but it takes time away from working on astro stuff- which is more important to me.

          Although, I own dreamfix.net and it’s my primary blog on Tumblr, so I may have to keep the URL and switch it over to being all astrology. hm…

          • Christine

            Well, I think you’re going to have a whole extra blog to manage, which means more HTML bugs to fix, etc. It seems like a lot more hassle that you can save yourself, if you can figure out some way to add those things to this blog. I’m still new to Tumblr and really haven’t had time to figure it out, but, is there a way you can build a side module for things like that (pictures, links, Twitter updates)? A poll would be perfect there! If you can’t, couldn’t you just have a poll as a whole blog? Also, I don’t know if you know this, but Google has a feature (looks kind of like this: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cjVhdnByV2FsbTVvb0VXdWJqVDRnTEE6MA..) that you can play around with. That way, you can post the poll as a link on your page, and people can vote from there.

            Go to G-mail / Documents / Create New / Form.

            • Christine

              I forgot to add –

              the form is also convenient because Google organizes it into a spreadsheet for you.

              • Christine

                More thoughts: (Sorry, this might be annoying to you and all those who subscribed to the comments)

                Having too blogs might be a little inconvenient for your readers.

                • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

                  True.

  • Anonymous

    lol MM’s :O GUILTY! Cancer 6th here and I concur. I don’t have many of the traits though as I am only 1 degree and my Sun is fairly unaspected. I have never had any issue with changing careers, I actually struggle to stay within one longer than a year. Smothering, I have to watch with the kids, but the animals thrive! Other than that, my biggest issue, was attempting to fill the family void with people I would meet in the day to day. Disaster 9 times out of 10, so we, my personalities and I, tossed that one away.

    I tell you, I have attracted a lot of Cancer rises over my years and they are shocking with boundary setting. Lenient one moment, firm the next. Very confusing.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I missed that connection between Cancer and the 6th- turning coworkers and other everyday people into family. I know a lot of people who create little office families.

      My Mom is a Cancer rising (with Moon in Scorpio in the 4th) and Sun conjunct Uranus in Leo in the 1st- very confusing.

      I just added a few sentences to the 1st house and 6th house descriptions.

    • Anonymous

      We’re moody. :p

      • Anonymous

        just a tad :P

        • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

          um, yeah!

  • Christine

    Michelle, do you think Cancer on the 8th could also mean someone with a lactation fetish?

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      Yes, I think that’s possibility. I think a general breast fetish would be likely- I don’t think I wrote that.

  • Anonymous

    I see Cancer on the first as a Suit of Armor, like the hermit crab. The only problem is when progressed moon ingresses a new sign and you find you need a bigger suit of armor. My progressed moon just moved out of Sagittarius (where it was never comfortable) and into Capricorn, and I’m oh so happy to pick out something new! My natal moon is at 4 Virgo so soon progressed moon will trine it, and my Cancer asc will be happy again. But Cancer on the Ascendant can be very uncomfortable when it feels exposed in any way. Coincidentally, I have social phobia which I am just learning to beat right now, while transiting Pluto in Capricorn trines my natal moon and conjuncts progressed moon in capricorn! If you look at people like Angelina Jolie, you can definitely see that same “Suit of Armor” appearance. I give it off in person too, seeming very composed and sometimes aloof, although a bit of that is my Mercury sextile to Asc.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      “Composed, yet aloof” is an interesting way to put it especially considering that Cancer is a nurturing sign. But, I think that these contradictory traits can coexist. Cancer is not necessarily warm- even in it’s nurturing.

  • Anonymous

    On Cancer on the 12th: Justin Timberlake has this, and there was an episode of Punk’d where Ashton Kutcher had an entire company pretend to repossess Justin Timberlake’s dream home, and it all seemed very real, and the first thing Justin did was break down in tears and call his mommy. A very Cancer on the 12th thing to do, I think! He was paralyzed. Even though he’s a multi-millionaire multi-platinum recording star and adult, he didn’t know what to do and called his mom amidst sobs! I love astrology. :)

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      lol, that’s awesome. I think that “the fear of losing one’s home” is a good 12th house Cancer addition. I think the only person who would take it harder is the 4th house Cancer person.

  • http://lucywatchthesky.com/ Lucy

    Cancer 2nd House was peculiarly lacking any reference to food. I think it has a lot of loaded issues around interconnecting security and food, and having enough, feeling nourished, etc.

    I do love vintage things, though, particularly cameos and bird motifs. And I’ve had a secret desire to start up a baby doll collection to put on display just to freak people out. :)

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I think that you are right: the 2nd house has to do with survival needs and different aspects/planets/signs involving the second can distort a natural relationship to food- Cancer or the Moon in the 2nd being at the top of that list. I did consider writing “Food is a survival need” but that is true for everyone ;)

  • Anonymous

    Cancer on the 7th with Gemini Dsc. I definitely want a nurturing partner and one who can ‘take care’ of me…at least emotionally. I self sufficient otherwise, but I would be nice to have a partner who prevents me from reaching burnout. A man who can cook is always sexy as hell in my boo…I swoon over a man in a kitchen; cutting, dicing, tasting :) Moon in the 3rd is very spot on. Siblings helped in raising me…huge age gaps. Writing about emotions & family comes naturally to me.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I think that Cancer/7th wants emotional support from the partner- like you said- to avoid burnout. Capricorn Ascendant people are natural workaholics, so they want to come home and feel taken care of. After a hard day’s work they would love to come home to a good meal and a warm embrace.

      • angeline/elise

        Also, lets not forget about projection! Cap risings can be emotional, nurturing, and cook…we just prefer to have others do it for our image of ourselves as the man of the house (1st house). It’s funny, I used to always see my partners as emotional and domestic…until I realized it was a part of myself I never wanted to explore so I just projected it (7th house) on to my partners! “Oh…I’M NOT UPSET that I didn’t get what I want, but my partner IS!” It’s hilarious when you see your 7th house for what it really is and have to own it! I’m not saying I can cook or am any great nurturer like a Cancer…but I realize the work my partners put in now is voluntary and therefore all the sweeter!

        • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

          That’s true. My boyfriend is a Cap rising and he actually loves to cook and he is very nurturing. I didn’t want to get into the projection aspect of the 1st/7th too much. I wanted to keep these delineations fairly simple. I could have totally burned myself out on this one series of posts alone! ;)

  • Watergirl

    I have 5th and 6th Houses in Cancer. 5th had some accuracy, mostly about my children, but 6th i couldn’t really relate to anything. Just fyi.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      Did you relate to the Leo in the 6th description?
      Interception with the houses is strange. In writing these, I thought about my boyfriend’s placements, especially his 2nd and 3rd houses.
      He has:
      Aquarius on the 2nd house cusp with Pisces intercepted in the 2nd. Aries on the 3rd.

      The Aries/3rd doesn’t fit him at all- he’s not an aggressive driver, he’s not brash or rude, he never gets into fights and he’s not at all impatient.

      Pisces/3rd fits him really well- he’s imaginative, kind of spacey, frequently stops talking mid-sentence, and he had trouble concentrating when he was in school.

      I haven’t worked out my thoughts on this yet… but, writing this series did make me give more consideration to the equal house system, which- similarly to your natal chart- puts his 8th house stellium in the 9th house, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. He’s very spiritual/metaphysical, definitely interested in traveling and other cultures, but this could also be because he has a Saturn/Chiron-Jupiter-Moon/Neptune Grand Trine in Water. /shrugs

  • Watergirl

    Hmmm, not so much. Kind and generous nurse, maybe? Not there yet, though. I do have some slight back issues (scoliosis), also food allergies/sensitivities, but not the way you have it written. I don’t find i can relate to that much at all.

  • Watergirl

    Thanks for all your hard work Michelle–you did an excellent job!

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  • Mert

    Cancer in 5th house ouch!!!… many says i am born lucky yeah cancer is in 5th house is one of the worst creativity combinations(pisces is bad too)…

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      one of the worst creativity combinations(pisces is bad too)..
      Do you know a lot of people with these placements?