posted September 30, 2014 04:16 AM            

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3BEwpv0dM

I don't know what this guy's actual birth details are, but he is the perfect example of what i'd imagine a cancerian male to be like at their best. You can just feel the immense sense of loving, nurturing, motherly cancerian vibes especially when he talks about what's on the menu for that day LOL.

This video warmed my heart and made me wish for all those lost nurturing cancerian or piscean males out there to be able to have an opportunity to nurture someone like this. I feel like there are so many of them that have grown this horrifying shell because of the society they live in for example in the US, they are looked down on for expressing that loving nature and it becomes repressed.

I feel like its a match made in heaven, considering males can't really create children and nurture them like women traditionally do, that someone with that need to nurture and those who are in need of it could fulfill eachother in such a beautiful way.

posted September 30, 2014 01:09 PM            

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Originally posted by margym0o:
I'll have to watch the video later but I think Cancerian males get such a bad rap. Yes, sometimes they deserve it, but I think their true nature gets overshadowed by the negative traits people like to pick at. PATIENCE is key with this sign.

At their best they exude such a warmth, and they will show you in subtle ways just how much they care. I know with my partner when he is at his "best" he is so cuddley and affectionate and verbally expressive, I love it. Yes he has his mood swings and he can be defensive but we all have our "ish" and lord knows my scattered Gemini brain is probably no picnic lol. Even at his worst I know deep down in his core he cares very much.

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Yess, so true. Cancerians in general seem to have a bad rep, and it seems like most websites write so much more negative about cancer than positive. Cancerians really just want to nurture and give affection to people and they want to feel loved and needed :3

posted September 30, 2014 01:27 PM            

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Originally posted by arcturiann:
Yess, so true. Cancerians in general seem to have a bad rep, and it seems like most websites write so much more negative about cancer than positive. Cancerians really just want to nurture and give affection to people and they want to feel loved and needed :3

Gemini + Cancer is one of my favorite relationship duos! Maybe because my venus is in gem

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So is his Though I have heard my fill about Venus in Gemini and Cancer Sun/Gemini Venus combo but that's a WHOLE other topic lol...

posted September 30, 2014 06:33 PM            

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Originally posted by arcturiann:

This video warmed my heart and made me wish for all those lost nurturing Cancer or Pisces males out there to be able to have an opportunity to nurture someone like this. I feel like there are so many of them that have grown this horrifying shell because of the society they live in for example in the US, they are looked down on for expressing that loving nature and it becomes repressed.

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This is very ironic; given that the US is said to be under the Cancer zodiac sign(4 July).

But I think that the more "macho" traits of Cancer are applauded i.e kicking a** when challenged about your manhood etc.

The more "feminine" traits you describe are downplayed.It's true.

As a Cancer Moon guy,i express the feminine traits very easily. And it is not always easy because I get mixed reactions from both sexes.

Usually those who approve have some Taurus, Libra or Pisces in the mix. So they encourage these traits.

When i watched the video,it resonated with me a lot.I would do the exact same thing.

I don't like to see suffering and with my Neptune-Sun conjunct in Sag, it adds a strongly compassionate disposition to my nature.

Only that I try to make sense of all the suffering from a philosophical point of view.

posted September 30, 2014 09:32 PM            

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Originally posted by Aries23Degrees:
This is very ironic; given that the US is said to be under the Cancer zodiac sign(4 July).

But I think that the more "macho" traits of Cancer are applauded i.e kicking a** when challenged about your manhood etc.

The more "feminine" traits you describe are downplayed.It's true.

As a Cancer Moon guy,i express the feminine traits very easily. And it is not always easy because I get mixed reactions from both sexes.

Usually those who approve have some Taurus, Libra or Pisces in the mix. So they encourage these traits.

When i watched the video,it resonated with me a lot.I would do the exact same thing.

I don't like to see suffering and with my Neptune-Sun conjunct in Sag, it adds a strongly compassionate disposition to my nature.

Only that I try to make sense of all the suffering from a philosophical point of view.

Bravo to him!!

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Yes that is quite ironic lol. I don't see the US as much of a cancerian country, it makes me wonder whether there could be an alternate earlier date for the conception/birth of the US as a country.

posted September 30, 2014 09:36 PM            

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Originally posted by Vajra:
Great thread, arcturiann!

That's a very touching example and I'm sure the guy must have some Cancer/water influence somewhere!

Here is another example of a "nurturing" Cancerian male: Sir Edmund Hillary (*20 July 1919), who after his mountaineering and adventurer career became very active in humanitarian missions in Nepal. At the request of local people he befriended, he became active in founding schools and hospitals there, and this continues even after his death, as the site of his Himalayan Trust Foundation shows:

I especially like that he responded to what people actively asked for and needed, not what HE thought they needed.

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posted September 30, 2014 10:45 PM            

The Cancer sun I'm closest to reminds me of the US as a whole (generally speaking) in many ways. Loyal to family and all he embraced their racist and conservative leanings (which was the norm at the time). However, after his white friends left him to die and he was saved by a black man whom he'd said nasty racist things about behind his back to his white friends he changed (this was in the 1970s), and would eventually stand up to his family (making him an outcast) and extend tolerance to all groups not harming others and seeing bigotry as disgusting rather than admirable (which the US as a society was starting to do at the same time).

He's still ultra-patriotic (and defensive) and won't stand for anyone putting down the military (which he served in), though he did once warn me about the problem of rape and how it was treated in the Army as he feared I might join (funny) which tells me that despite his intense patriotic loyalty he's still aware of a dark underbelly, he's just very careful about not attacking the institution itself. He also subscribes to "jobism" a bit too much (essentially defining his worth by having a job, and no job can make him as miserable as not having one, and his royalties as an author don't count). All in all he's a representation of the United States.

posted October 01, 2014 03:29 AM            

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Originally posted by Geeky:
Anyone else start bawling like a baby watching that video?

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Almost.. I think I became so galvanized and inspired by his passion that if tears were falling on my face I would not have noticed with how big my smile was

posted October 01, 2014 05:36 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I see the US as Cancer: moody, more emotional than intellectual, paternalistic smothering and condescending ....

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I agree that they seem very swayed by emotions and the whole "American dream" thing.

But then again,few other countries assert themselves as much as the US has(sometimes being called a "bully").

And so, it is likely that such a country would attract hatred and dislike from others.

I would understand why they would feel a need to stick together,be patriotic and "proudly" American etc.

The US also has Scorpio Ascending- so I think that's why so many counties have a very love/hate relationship with the US generally.

And I also wanted to add that racism, sexism, classicism,homophobia etc are all vile things but I consider them social "luxuries" that we are addicted to as a society.

If Aliens were to land and start attacking all of us and s** hits the fan, all of that will fall away. There will be no "you" and "me".. just "us".

I see crisis situations as always an opportunity for society to progress and the individual to change their minds about set belief systems and idea. We are all capable of loving/hateful acts. Not limited by colour,creed,religion or sex.

A "racist" gets stuck in a cave in with Chinese, Blacks, Indians and all sorts of people for a week.

She comes out saying that she managed to survive the ordeal with her "brothers and sisters" by her side. She has made friends for LIFE.

posted October 01, 2014 05:53 AM            

I feel especially uplifted because I have a cancer ascendant, cancer jupiter in 12th house and stellium in 4th house (sun, mercury and mars) - and pisces moon, scorpio venus so a lot of water!!

I like the idea of giving and sharing love to the world, but I also do admit that I have grown a shell around me and that my affection is not for everyone, because there are so many people out there who is not nice in return

posted October 02, 2014 12:28 AM            

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Originally posted by arcturiann:

This video warmed my heart and made me wish for all those lost nurturing cancerian or piscean males out there to be able to have an opportunity to nurture someone like this. I feel like there are so many of them that have grown this horrifying shell because of the society they live in for example in the US, they are looked down on for expressing that loving nature and it becomes repressed.

Hope this made your day too![/B]

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posted October 02, 2014 12:39 AM            

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Originally posted by next to neptune:

I like the idea of giving and sharing love to the world, but I also do admit that I have grown a shell around me and that my affection is not for everyone, because there are so many people out there who is not nice in return

Buuut I'll forget that one second and enjoy this vid

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posted October 02, 2014 12:52 AM            

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Originally posted by Brendan34:
You make such a great point. Thank you for this thoughtful video. What a beautiful story. Coming from a Cancer rising, Pisces sun male...you're right about how we sometimes grow a shell, and for me, withdraw in times of trouble, only hiding the true qualities we know we have to give. It's frustrating sometimes, because I absorb my environment too easily and the expectations of others (without even realizing it). But everyone should follow their own compass really.

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I know how hard it is to be so empathic, it almost feels like you have to have a constant poker face on. It's weird also to sometimes feel people's emotions when they are not so in touch with their own, almost like you could know something about them that they don't even realize about themselves. That was one thing I realized which helped me the most in "coming to" and accepting the fact that I was empathic, was realizing that my thoughts and feelings are not always necessarily my own, but are a reaction to my environment, and recognizing when it happens, so that I could ask myself "why am I feeling this way, and who or what is causing it", that way I can catch myself before I get too absorbed into something too far detached from what is true to me, if that makes sense.