Cancer Weekly Horoscope Forecast
Astrological Symbol is The Crab (hard shell, sensitive feelings)
Cardinal Water Sign (actively emotional)
Ruled by The Moon (Diana the Huntress and Hecate the Crone)
This is a general weekly horoscope forecast for people born with Sun in Cancer, or with Ascendant in Cancer, or with Cancer Rising in their natal horoscope. (It is most accurate for Sun in Cancer people born near JUN 21 or anyone with their Ascendant near 0 degrees of Cancer).
The Sun was in Cancer if you were born JUN 21 to JUL 22, plus or minus one day, depending on the year. A more personal monthly horoscope reading with more details may be ordered by selecting any |Read-You| or |YOUR Horoscope| hotlink on any menu at the STAR SIGNS Astrology Zine website. If you think you were born "on the cusp" of the Sign next or previous to Cancer, read the notes about cusps at the end of this page. To read more about your Rising Sign and Ascendant see that section near the end of this page. This horoscope forecast is based on Tropical Astrology, the kind used by most Western astrologers.
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YOUR WEEKLY F O R E C A S T
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Cancer 01SEP1997
(c)1997 by MICHAEL STAR `For Amusement' Valid TODAY 01SEP1997 MON
81 Lakeshore E. #51 Mississauga ON Canada L5G4S7 #F10000970901003
As the Sun and Planets appear to travel through the 12 sectors of
the sky called the "Houses" they INDICATE (do NOT create) certain
emotions & experiences or events that could be manifesting in the
lives of certain people in whose Houses the Sun & Planets appear
during the time covered by the forecast. (The House boundaries
are based on the TIME of birth). This "forecast" lists several of
the MOST LIKELY EFFECTS as each Planet travels the House it was
in ON the forecast date--lasting until it reaches the next House.
While Sun is in House 3 22 more days 24AUG97->22SEP97
_you interact more with people in your everyday environment
_you live life at a faster pace; moving around more; doing more
_you're restless; and tempted to keep so busy you could burn out
_you need to communicate clearly in your casual conversations
_you're more aware of your surroundings and your neighbours
_you may start studying a new subject; or taking short trips
_any travel now goes best if part of your routine...not as escape
_it's a good time to tell people of your feelings and intentions
While Mercury is in House 3 32 more days 27JUL97->02OCT97
_your mind is quicker & sharper; you speak or write more clearly
_it's a good time for mental work requiring logic or concentration
_you want to talk...and have many calls/chats/discussions/debates
_you move around more; meet many new people; and may go on a trip
_life seems to be moving faster; and you feel mentally restless
_it's good to gather information now; but not make decisions yet
_it's time to talk possibilities but not make final conclusions
_you need to stay flexible and be open to new ideas or experiences
While Venus is in House 4 12 more days 18AUG97->12SEP97
_you can enjoy quiet times in the peace & comfort of your own home
_you can be congenial & friendly and relax with family & friends
_relations with parents can grow closer or get more comfortable
_you are tempted to over-eat and get indigestion or add weight
_you plan to redecorate your home to add warmth/comfort/beauty/art
_you are tempted to over-spend when buying foods or furnishings
_you seek warmth & affection and an ideal family-style closeness
_you feel new warmth in relations with women & children and family
While Mars is in House 5 28 more days 15AUG97->28SEP97
_your need for self-expression is great; you want "to be yourself"
_you want to show the world who you are and just what you can do
_you are more competitive & more interested in games or sports
_you are more playful & more interested in taking risks/gambles
_you desire more physical affection or sex; and may seek it out
_you are more into pleasure & fun than self-discipline & hard work
_your creative juices are flowing & you can create your best work
_children in your life are harder to handle; or create conflicts
Cancer 01SEP1997 12:00 AM DT Zn 5 Toronto ON
This general horoscope forecast is based on a technique called "the Solar Chart". Because the actual date and time and place of birth for a particular reader is not known, certain assumptions have been made to create this horoscope reading, which will apply to anyone born between JUN 21 and JUL 22 (plus or minus one day) with the Sun in Cancer, and also to anyone with Ascendant in Cancer or with the Sign of Cancer Rising in their birth horoscope. People often refer to a forecast such as this one -- or to the Sun Sign columns in the newspapers -- as a "horoscope". A horoscope is actually a MAP of Space-Time (an "image of the hour" as its Greek root words imply), which shows where the Sun and Moon and Planets are located in relation to each other and to a particular place on Earth at a particular instant in Time.
If that instant is the time of birth of an individual, then THAT horoscope is called a "natal horoscope" or "natal chart" or "birth chart". What the average person calls "a horoscope" is actually a reading of that map, or an interpretation in words of that horoscope chart's symbolic meaning. Unless you are a student of Astrology who knows how to read the map, you will not get too much useful information from a real horoscope chart, any more than you would from looking at your own chest X-ray unless you were a doctor trained in reading X-ray images.
An interpretation of the meaning of the horoscope is called a "horoscope reading" or a "delineation of the horoscope". When a horoscope is calculated (ie. the horoscope is "cast") for the purpose of predicting possible or probable influences on thoughts, emotions, actions, or events in the human experience, that instant in Time used to calculate it is the present time or some time in the future. That horoscope is then compared to the natal (birth) horoscope of the person for whom the astrological forecast is being prepared. There are actually at least TWO horoscopes being used when making astrological forecasts.
The positions of the Sun and Moon and Planets at that particular time and place are compared to their positions at the time and place of the person's birth, by looking at their present or future positions in relation to the Signs and Houses in the birth horoscope chart, and to the angles they make to their original positions at the time of birth. Each is compared to each of the others, as well as to comparing its present or future position to its own original position in Space-Time at the time and place of the person's birth. Each of these factors has a meaning, and a complete reading of the horoscope integrates them all into a useful explanation. You can see how complex a FULL reading of the horoscope can be, compared to the few lines in a newspaper horoscope column, or to the one-page general Sun Sign forecast on this page.
This particular weekly horoscope forecast simply looks at what House in the birth horoscope the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars are presently transiting (or moving through) and then interprets the possible manifestation of thoughts, feelings, actions and events which are most likely to take place when each Planet is in that particular House. While a Planet is transiting a particular House in the horoscope, there is a focus on the areas of life represented by that House -- the issues symbolized by the Planet are most likely to "come up" in some form in those facets of one's life symbolized by that House.
Note that it is the issues which the horoscope indicates, and you should always look behind an event to see if it is just one of the possible forms in which a certain issue may manifest. Sometimes the issue or event involves someone else, and you are only a participant or merely a witness to the way this issue is coming up for them to experience, and for you to observe. It is still YOUR issue too, even if it appears not to be "happening TO you", and you should take a close look at how this issue could have some particular meaning for YOU. It is very likely a clue for you in bringing your attention to a belief or habit which needs to be corrected because it is keeping you from being happy or successful or at peace with yourself. It might be a clue to what is really happening in your life (what it's all ABOUT, not what it LOOKS LIKE on the surface). Or it might be a valuable clue to finding the solution which resolves the issue, or the best way of dealing with whatever is blocking your happiness. There are no coincidences -- if an issue is coming up in your face it is because you need to take a good look at it! Even if it appears to be a negative or painful thing, it is coming up to help HEAL you, not HURT you.
A person's strategies for dealing with those issues are indicated by the Sign the transiting Planet is in now, and also by the Sign in the birth horoscope which that House overlaps. However, since we do not know which Sign that would actually be for a particular person in the group (except for the Sun Sign), the Sign in the birth horoscope is not considered in this forecast. The Sign the transiting Planet is moving through THIS WEEK is the same for all people on Earth, so it is not mentioned in this horoscope forecast.
The Moon is not considered in this horoscope forecast because it moves so quickly that it would pass through three or four different Houses in a week. The Moon is used as a primary indicator in daily horoscope forecasts. The outer Planets move so slowly that they would remain in the same House for several weeks, months, or even years; and thus are considered in monthly and yearly forecasts instead of a weekly forecast like this.
To get more insights on what areas of your life are associated with a particular House read the article The Astrological HOUSES by Michael Star in the "Teach Yourself Astrology" series listed on the |HOME| page of STAR SIGNS Astrology Zine. Each of the transiting Planets is passing through a particular House in your natal horoscope, and the general Weekly Forecast on this page lists the House in your Solar Chart the Sun and three of the inner "Personal Planets" are passing through this week.
Check the article on Houses to find the kinds of things that are most likely to be emphasized in your life when the Sun or a Planet is moving through that House. The most common ones are mentioned in the forecast on this page, but you might find other things that apply more specifically to YOU by reading the article on Houses.
If you observe your life carefully from a detached viewpoint, you may see certain themes or issues coming up in several situations around the same time, even though the events or the people involved may be different in each case. If you ask yourself, "What is this all ABOUT?" you may find the answer is something that you will see being presented to you in more than one situation or event while the Sun or the Planet is moving through the House that "rules" those kinds of things. If you see three or more similar situations coming up around the same time, it is no coincidence -- it is the Synchronicity between the movements of the heavenly bodies and issues and events in the lives of people on Earth who are attuned to certain angles and positions the Planets may move into, relative to their positions in the birth horoscope of certain people.
Synchronicity is a term invented by the great Swiss psychologist, Dr Carl Jung, to describe an a-causal relationship between two things or events. One does not cause the other, but they can be seen to occur together at the same time. So if you observe one of them occurring, you can assume the other is also happening at the same time. That is basically "how Astrology works".
This synchronization is what allows astrologers to interpret the positions of the Planets as indicators of motivations, feelings, actions and events for the people whose individual horoscopes would be attuned to particular positions of the Planets at any given time. This is the basis for making astrological forecasts and predictions by examining present and future transits of the Planets to the planetary positions in the birth horoscope (which you might describe as being "imprinted" at that particular time and place). There are a few other techniques astrologers use in prediction, the most common of these being "secondary progressions".
GROUPS of humans like countries and corporations, and all living things like dogs and cats and horses, have a time and place of birth; so a natal horoscope chart can be cast for them, as well as for human beings. A corporation is "born" when it is incorporated. A country is "born" when it declares independence or when its leaders sign its charter. THE WORLD THIS WEEK column ("NewsScope") in STAR SIGNS Astrology Zine is based on the natal horoscopes of world leaders and people in the news, as well as countries and/or corporate entities like multi-national companies and public institutions.
Because the horoscope forecast on this page is being done for a large group of people instead of an individual, the actual time and place of birth for each one of them is not known. But because our calendar is based on the motion of the Earth revolving around the Sun once per year, if we know our month and day of birth we also know what Sign the Sun appeared to be in at the time OUR own birth horoscope was cast. The Sun, Moon and all the Planets appear in a narrow band across the sky called "the Zodiac", and the Signs are just equal sections of that 360-degree circle. The distant fixed stars form the stable background of the zodiac, which helps us observe where the moving Planets ("planet" means "wandering star") are located at any time in relation to this fixed field of star patterns. People often refer to their "star sign" when they are talking about their "sun sign" -- but the Sun is a star, so the two terms really mean the same thing!
Because our MONTH and DAY of birth corresponds to the position of the Sun as it appears to move across the zodiac, we CAN make some general assumptions using the SUN and its natal (birth) position; namely that for everyone "born under the Sign of Cancer" the Sun was SOMEWHERE in that 30-degree section of the sky called Cancer. And we DO know exactly where the Sun, Moon and all the Planets are located at the present time, and where they will be located at any time in the next week or in any future month or year; so we can compare their present or future positions (called their "transiting" positions or just "transits") to the natal position of the Sun for everyone in that group. We can assume an average position in the center of the Sign, or we can know that at SOME time in the next month the Moon and the faster-moving Planets like Mercury and Venus will move into a particular angular position with respect to the Sun, no matter where it is positioned within that 30-degree Sign sector.
We cannot actually SEE the zodiac when the Sun is "up" during the daylight hours, because its strong light keeps us from seeing the stars; but we can see the zodiac just before sunrise or just after sunset, and know what Sign the Sun was in by looking at the point in the zodiac which just disappered or appeared on the horizon when the Sun was rising or setting. Nowadays, most astrologers can simply calculate the position of the Sun and Moon and Planets using tables called "ephemerides" or use the latest astrology software; so they do not have to watch "the heavens" with the naked eye, as the ancient astrologers had to do.
We can also cast a "Solar Chart" for all the people born with the Sun in the astrological Sign of Cancer, by assuming the Cusp of the First House (a position known as "the Ascendant" or "rising degree") is at 0 degrees of Cancer. We could also assume a position at 15 degrees in the middle of Cancer; but the first method aligns the solar chart's Houses with the Signs and is considered more accurate by some astrologers. All of the other 11 "house cusps" (border lines) are then calculated from that point, so that each House represents an equal segment of the sky as viewed from Earth. We do not know the actual place or time of birth for any individual in the group, but the decision to locate the Ascendant at 0 degrees of Cancer also implies that a time and place has been chosen to represent the whole group in a "symbolic" sense.
It has been found that by interpreting this symbolic horoscope chart for an entire group of people (about one-twelfth of the population of any large group, or even of the whole world), we can make some astrological predictions about present and future influences and tendencies which will be true in a general sense for most of the people in that group. It's not as good, but it's much more convenient, to just read a generalized interpretation like this than to prepare and interpret a complex horoscope for yourself each week or month, or pay an astrologer to do it for you.
This kind of astrological forecast will not be as accurate or specific as it could be for an individual whose specific time and place of birth were used to cast the natal horoscope chart and calculate the exact Sign and degree of the Ascendant and all of that person's individual House cusps; but it does give some useful information which is the best available under the circumstances; and which is worth considering and observing as the emotions, actions, and events unfold over time -- even if only for entertainment, or out of curiosity. (By the way, you'll often see a disclaimer like "for entertainment only" printed on a horoscope reading for legal reasons; because some people tend to read more into a horoscope reading than was actually said or intended, and may make decisions based on their own interpretations which do not work out well for them, and then blame the astrologer. In some jurisdictions, it is considered illegal to make "predictions" based on astrology or other means of divination, and this disclaimer is required by law.) You can follow your general Sun Sign forecasts each week on this page just "for entertainment", or as an experiment to see for yourself if there is any truth revealed in them for you!
If you were "born on the cusp" of a Sign
IF you were born within one day of either of the above dates, the SUN may have been in the ADJACENT Sign in your birth horoscope, depending on the YEAR and TIME and PLACE you were born (being on the border line is often called "being on the Cusp"). Only by having your personal Natal Horoscope Chart (birth chart) calculated accurately will you KNOW exactly where the Sun was. But you can GUESS, by reading the horoscope interpretations for BOTH Signs to see if one seems more accurate for you.
Your "Ascendant" and "Rising Sign"
If you know your Ascending Sign or Rising Sign is Cancer, you may find this horoscope forecast even more accurate, since this simplified Solar Chart is actually created by assuming the Ascendant, which is the Cusp of the First House, is at zero degrees of the Sign the Sun was in at your time and place of birth. If your Sun was in Cancer, then your Ascendant will likely also be in Cancer if you were born within about one minute to 120 minutes BEFORE sunrise, so you and other Cancer people with pre-dawn births may find this forecast especially accurate. (If you were born within the two hours AFTER sunrise, try reading the horoscope forecast for the next Sign AFTER your Sun Sign). The "Ascendant" is a point at a particular degree within a particular Sign. The "Rising Sign" or "Ascending Sign" is just the Sign which contains the Ascendant in a particular person's horoscope.
It is the Sign on the Ascendant which is most noticeable in an individual's outward appearance and personal style, and thus you are more likely to be guessing a person's "Rising Sign" than their "Sun Sign" when you first meet them. You might say that the Sun Sign indicates a person's "character" while the Rising Sign indicates their "personality" or "personal style", habitual gestures or ways of expressing themselves verbally, and often their actual outward physical appearance (Gemini Rising looks young and/or acts young, Leo Rising often has a "lion's mane" of hair). Character and personality are not necessarily the same thing; in fact, for each Sun Sign there are twelve possible Rising Signs, since during each day people are being born while a different Sign rises on the eastern horizon about every two hours. Now you know why people you meet do not always "act" the way those "Sun Sign" books told you they would! They act like their Sun Sign when it comes to important decisions in life and when matters of integrity are at stake; but they act like their Ascendant Sign (Rising Sign) in their everyday superficial inter- actions with others. They act like their Moon Sign when they are re- acting emotionally, seeking emotional support, or trying to feel safe and secure. To see when and how people "act to attract" according to their Venus Sign read my article on Venus Love Styles. How they "act to attain" (or "act to attack") according to their Mars Signis described in my article on Mars Love Styles.
Depending on your actual time of birth, the date ranges given in this horoscope forecast would shift somewhat -- they would be earlier if born later. The best way to get a really accurate horoscope reading is to order your own Personal Horoscope Reading. Michael Star's horoscope readings may be ordered on-line and emailed to you within 24 hours, for fees ranging from $5 to $25. Payment may be made by personal check (US, UK and Canada), or cash, money order, or credit card in any major currency, the day AFTER you receive your Reading (on emailed orders up to US $80 only).
First published on WWW JUN 16 1997. Last Update SEP 01 1997 00:00 EDT.
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