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Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac. It is symbolised by the crab, which can live equally as well in water as on land: it also goes through a metamorphosis in the earlier stages of its existence. This sign is at the head of what may be termed the psychic trinity, and to this psychic basis all expression of this sign may be related. It has the tendency to retain and hold the effect of the vibrations made upon it, and like a lake it reflects all that is mirrored upon it. This sign is concerned with sensation, and all consciousness that affects the feelings and emotions, from the most external physical sensation to that internal sensitiveness which is the first germ of the astral senses. It is a sign of receptivity and assimilation, and memory, in which impressions are retained, each wave creating a greater oscillation under the vibrations awakening the inner sensitiveness belonging to this sign. Its most distinguishing characteristics are its keen desire for sensation, power, or fame, and its power of insistence.

Of the three watery signs, Cancer presides over the ocean, Pisces over rivers, and Scorpio over lakes, ice, and stagnant waters. In another interpretation Cancer stands for the great restless stream of astral matter, formative and plastic. changeable as the Moon, the mother of all living, and Proserpine, the queen of the dead.