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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Cancer in October 2008


cancer, the crab

june 21 -- july 21




cancer in october

general

While you may begin this month feeling somewhat sensitive and inward, it won’t be long before you’re back in the middle of a kind of existential crisis...just what are you supposed to make of yourself, and your life as you’ve lived it so far? What exactly do you stand for?

These kinds of questions are natural at times like these. See, Crab Puff, people of your sign are rather traditional, security-minded, and stable. You’ve always been the reliable one, the one folks can turn to in times of crisis. Yet somehow, people have suddenly started seeing you as a maverick, maybe even a...a...a rebel. What gives?

Cancerians may be traditional, but they’re also born leaders. Here’s a little secret: managers run around trying to control things and make things work smoothly, but leaders are never afraid to forge ahead and shake things up when necessary. The good leaders—the ones with both vision and real compassion—rarely worry about this faction or that faction; they know that political sides change quicker than Paris hemlines. This tends to piss people off (which is why managers were invented in the first place—they’re like buffers between the leaders and the innocent bystanders.) Middle management is just not your place, not right now.

Your voice carries the weight of authority, but there’s only one way to get over the schizophrenic feeling that you’re both “one of the crowd” and a complete tradition-traitor at the same time—accept your responsibilities as a leader, however humble the position may be, and get on with it. You know what to do, now just do it.

sex life

There’s a lot of activity here, but for now, consider it all to be practice. You’re in training, see, for the Big Game, which will get underway next month and last for years. All the flirtations, the dates, even the dalliances here and there—they’re all preparing you for Pluto’s move into your opposite sign in late November.

If you’re already coupled up, you may already have hints of big changes on the way. Either way, focus on this month’s romantic action as a kind of sexual healing, no matter what it is. You’re tying up the loose ends of the past, getting ready to dump a few old fears and inhibitions, and shaping yourself up for what will be a very interesting time of your life, indeed.

public life

I went on an on about this in your general forecast above, but watch out for the time around the Full Moon of the 14th. You’ll be tempted to be disruptive out of sheer frustration; there’s really no need. Get on with your business, and try not to react one way or another to the rising cloud of “diplomacy” (read: vaporous bullshit) rising around you.
Trust me, nobody’s motivations are clear right now, least of all yours, so don’t back yourself into any unnecessary corners. If you can let things slide, a mood of cooperation will prevail eventually, and your ideas will be recognized for what they’re worth.
(Crabwoman image can be found here.)

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