CancerVirgo

Sun & Moon · combination 42 of 144

Sun in Cancer, Moon in Virgo

You are practical and caring. Home, family and the needs of your loved ones are at the heart of your character, and your big goals in life are connected with your family in one way or another. Optimism and self-confidence do not always come easily to you. You look at life critically and pragmatically. You like to stay out of the spotlight for as long as you can. You do not like to use power, and when you do, it is a quiet, gentle pressure, built on your ability to sense and understand people well. When you do hold the reins, though, you can become quite strict about rules and about keeping to what you have said, and a little flexibility makes you easier to follow.

You always make decisions with a degree of caution and doubt. You are afraid of making a mistake and of what it might mean for your safety and the safety of your loved ones. You carry your decisions out methodically and meticulously, yet flexibly, adapting to changes around you with dexterity and even a touch of shrewdness. Your intuitive sense of the world around you is very well developed, and you use it to reach your goals. On one side you have a rich emotional life, and on the other you are practical and down to earth, with excellent analytical skills and a talent for organizing and structuring information.

Your mind is critical and sharp. You like to work with information and then put it to good use in practice, for very tangible results. You express your emotions in a fairly dry, rational and restrained way. You surround the people close to you with thoughtful care and attention, and you are very sensitive about anything that touches their health. You look after your own health anxiously too, eating only natural, fresh food. You work a lot at home and keep everything under your control. You pay attention to every detail and want not a single speck of dust to spoil the spotless order of your home, and it can help to let home be lived in now and then.

You like to rest in a cozy, calm and romantic place near the water, among your family and the people you love. You also relax in your usual work setting and when you switch between fields of activity. You are very cautious about the future and try to stock up on everything you can. Generosity does not come easily to you, because you are very careful with money, and opening your hand a little now and then can bring you joy.

Your outer goals and your inner needs agree, and both are aimed at taking care of yourself and your loved ones. At times you may lack drive, energy and self-confidence.

In a man's chart, this combination gives a love of home, family and native places, along with romance and caring, and he is often attracted to a partner who is intelligent, flexible and practical. In a woman's chart, it gives great changeability, an analytical mind and thrift, and she is drawn to a partner who is thrifty, gentle, affectionate and home-loving.

The classic view

Your power over people arises from your sensitiveness to what they are thinking and feeling and your ability to put yourself in their places without giving up your own individuality.

Grant Lewi, Heaven Knows What (1935)

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