WHAT A sweet sign! I like Cancerian men because they're such cuddly crustaceans beneath their crusty coatings. Whenever you consider a Cancerian, you must recall the crab. which walks sideways into trouble, or sideways out of it, depending on the sort of crab it is! (Never judge a Crab by its cover!)
Most male Crabs are really soft and sentimental, and lots of them will cry at the drop of a tissue. (It's awful if you've got a cold.) They're very domestic, and a lot of Cancerian men adore being in their kitchens and cooking. Take my ex-boss from when I was at Breakfast Time, who is strongly Cancerian (although he's got the Sun in Gemini), and spends virtually all his weekends in his kitchen, cooking enough grub to feed an army. (Even the programme's called after a meal!) Cancer rules the tummy, and the old adage that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach will apply to just about every Cancerian maul (Don't believe what he says about going on a diet!)
Cancerians are very changeable crustaceans, and these moods motivated by the Moon can plumb the depths of despair, or soar way beyond the bounds of rationality and logic. (Two words Cancerians don't understand.) Both men and women born under this sign let their hearts rule their heads, because they have such pulverizing powerful passions. Cancerian men can let their feelings rule their lives, and find it easier to express their emotions than the men in any of the other elements of Fire, Air, or Earth. (And that's good news for anyone in love with one of them!) In the Watery wonderland, Scorpio men tend to express their feelings sexually, and Pisces men express them romantically. but Cancerian chaps express them emotionally.
The main problem with the Cancerian man, actually, is going to be his mum. He will have a tremendously strong link with her, and that can mean love or hate. Some Crabby chaps can loathe their mothers so obsessively that they destroy every other relationship. Every woman becomes an extension of the odious object, and is abhorred also. Alternatively. they will love their mum munificently. Sometimes. these sentiments can be so strong that a Crab's mate feels left out, and resents her mum-in-law. And unless this 'other woman' is a cool Air sign, she'll become like the mother-in-law of countless music-hall jokes, who's always dropping round to keep an eye on her little soldier, even when he's forty-five! (She'll also appear clutching a cake tin in case 'she's' not feeding him up!)
Before getting totally tied up to a Cancerian man, it wouldn't be a bad idea to find out exactly what his relationship with his mum is, and whether he's cut the maternal strings that bind him. If she was the doting sort of mum who mollycoddled him all his young life. you could be in for trouble. You'll wonder sometimes if he's a man or a mouse, a chap or a crab. (Put down a trap and see what happens I)
As you might have gathered. Cancerian men tend to look for mates who remind them of their mums. though sometimes they shouldn't! Very often, because they are a Water sign, this will be a subconscious search. But whether they realise it or not. they may provoke a rivalry between their mothers and their loved ones, which will be hard to resolve. (It can also be very awkward when they get the names mixed up!)
It's incredibly important for the Cancerian chap not to develop a lot of bad habits, because it's very difficult to teach an old crab new tricks. (When did you last see an old Crab balancing a plate on his nose? There you are, then!) Old habits die hard. An evening of edited highlights, featuring his bad behaviour and boyhood every now and then won't go amiss, because if he's positive, he'll be able to shrug off some of the shackles of the past. (Crash!) He's very good at carrying on family traditions, but sometimes doesn't realise that what was good in the fifties doesn't work so well in the nineties. (Here, he's not a Teddy Crab, is he?)
Roots are all-important to Cancerian men, and often they'll live and die in the town in which they were born. Some may even try to live in their childhood homes, either by hanging on to them through the years, or buying them back when they're up for sale years later. They bate to rip out their solid foundations, unless they have an ascendant which gives them some get-up-and-go. (Then you'll see a Crab with a knapsack on his back.)
Usually, the male Crab is a creature of habit, never straying too far from his beginnings, and needing a mate who will mother him. But this is getting on to dangerous ground, because if he can't find someone to fit the bill, passion-wise, he can lapse into an emotionally entangled connection with his kith and kin, which may elevate a few eyebrows!
One man who looks truly Cancerian is Eddie Large, with his round face and curly hair. He was also born under a Full Moon, which accentuates his Cancerian qualities. This sign is said to have the best sense of humour in the zodiac, and other naturally funny Cancerian men include Tim BrookeTaylor and John Inman.
It goes without saying that the Cancerian man will make a delicious and doting dad. But even so. he will be more maternal in his feelings than paternal. For example, he can go home after a hard day at work, put on a pinny, and cook for his kids without a murmur. He'll look after his family, take the kids out at weekends, and his life will revolve around his home and all who sleep in it, (He'll even care about the canary.) He's a natural dad, and will find it very
hard to come to terms with not having any offspring of his own. If that's the case, he'll adopt colleagues or pals, and consider them as his kids. Don Revie used to do the same with his football teams and call them his little families.
All Cancerians live in the past, and the best-known book full of one man's memories is Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust. And yes, he was a Cancerian! Now do you believe in astrology? (You're reading this book, aren't you, dear?)
