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Water is the element of feelings and imagination, and the English language is full of Water imagery which is descriptive of this type. The strongly Water type is able to get into the mainstream and go with the flow. They drink in life’s experiences, and nothing washes over them. They can gush with feelings, quickly go misty with emotions and dissolve into tears. Sentimental and nostalgic about the past, this type can wax lyrical about his longings for times gone by, as does the Anglo-Irish dramatist Oliver Goldsmith (Sun Scorpio, Moon Cancer):

I love everything old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

This type can also at times be a wet blanket, especially to more boisterous Fire types and restless Air types. In politics their compassionate natures incline them to be the caring and compassionate ‘wets’, rather than the airy ‘dries’ with their doctrinal purity. Heartier types may consider Water individuals to be ‘drips’ and ‘still wet behind the ears’. But ‘still waters run deep’, and the feeling strengths of the double-Water type give the capacity to empathize with others and to show caring concern for everyone in need.

This individual also has a rich imagination and often the ability to ‘get inside the skin’ of another; hence the poetic, artistic and theatrical talents often come easily. A confusion of personal boundaries is, however, an occupational hazard of the strongly watery type. They can be so sensitive that they become psychic sponges, picking up moods and emotional undercurrents in the environment, and unable to differentiate their own feelings and needs from those of others.

This type wants emotional security and emotional food, and because the two do not always come together in equal doses, they easily get hurt. If wounded he can withdraw into an icy silence, but once his feelings are recognized and addressed, his heart quickly melts and thaws out and he is soon back in the flow of things.