Cancer Traits

Cancer, the fourth sun sign of the Zodiac, has water as its element and is ruled by moon. This sun sign is represented by crabs, and similar to their nature, these people can be the sweetest and most sympathetic people at one moment, and turn into the most cranky and irritable the next. According to astrology, people born between June 22 and July 22 are considered Cancerians. Let us know a bit more about these moody, changeable people, by learning about the unique and peculiar cancer traits.

Cancer Personality Traits

Home Loving: Cancerians love their homes and value their relationships a lot. In fact, they need to have a sense of security, to progress and succeed in life. Cancer men need a loving home where they can retire at the end of the day after coming from work, while women look forward to exercising their maternal instincts in their homes.

Emotional: People belonging to this zodiac sign are highly emotional, and just like the crab, which represents them, they are hard from outside, but very soft and mushy from within.

Intuitive: Cancerians are known to be psychic, and can almost guess things before they actually happen. This power comes from their highly developed observational powers. They can truly understand human behavior, and rarely forget things. All these make them highly intuitive and psychic.

Indirect Approach: Cancerians follow an indirect approach in life. If they want something, they have a tendency to not go after it straightway. Instead, they will think the whole thing through first, even avoid it for sometime, and then take a completely different approach to get it.

Unpredictable and Moody: One of the negative character traits is their extreme moodiness and unpredictable behavior. Cancer, being a water sign, is very emotional and sensitive. They are very touchy and can get hurt at the slightest of provocation. It is this sensitivity, which makes them hide in their own shell sometimes, away from the world, to protect themselves from getting hurt. When they retreat into their shell and refuse to talk to anybody, people may find them to be moody and unpredictable.

Possessive: Cancerians are very possessive about their relationships. They can be very clingy and try to hold on to relationships, even after they have ended. In relationships, they give much more and expect very little in return. Being emotional and sensitive, they can be influenced by their loved ones very easily.

Unable to Trust: Another trait is that they do not trust people easily. They can get hurt at the drop of a hat, and rarely express their resentment and anger. This gives them a negative outlook of life, making them prone to depression, and unable to enjoy life.

Cancer Relationship Traits

Woman
A cancer woman is a very passionate, emotional and sensual woman. In relationships, she takes a lot of time to open up and share her true feelings. If she is in love, she will never ever make the first move and wait patiently for the man to take the initiative. She is very feminine and conservative, and prefers the traditional roles for men and women, i.e. man being the provider and the woman being the care taker. A cancer woman needs security to be truly in love. She is not the one to get involved in something frivolous and looks for a relationship which will last a lifetime.

Man
The cancer man is a true romantic who likes to win his woman with lots of gifts and attention, but he will take his own sweet time to approach a woman. Since he does not want to get hurt, he will wait till he is sure that the woman is interested in him too. Once a cancer man falls in love, his whole life revolves around it. He can become very possessive of his lady love. He will be deeply affectionate, sensitive, loyal and caring in his relationship and expects the same from his partner.

It can be concluded that cancer people can be extremely loyal, dependable, adaptive and caring. At the same time, they can be moody, self pitying, clingy and over sensitive. Trusting others and oneself, learning to let go, mastering one's moods, and being open to new ideas in life, are some of the important things that they have to learn, to lead a happy life.