Cancers are generally human lie detectors.

Cancers are generally human lie detectors.

Cancers.

Unlike the other signs in the zodiac, with this particular one is most probably the most sensitive. They feel their feelings more deeply than others and are most likely the empaths of the planet. From the sample size of cancers that I was able to interview, those with partners have admitted to carrying most of the emotional weight in the relationship, and their partners have recognized to need cancers for emotional vulnerability. Here is a detailed list of my findings of this unique group.

• )Empaths.

Cancers do one thing better than most of the other zodiac signs. They feel their feelings in all their entirety. Their love for someone isn’t just sexual; it’s emotional, spiritual, and psychological. When they hate, it is with all their being. When happy, they are ecstatic. When sad, they are depressed. When they are jealous….they are beyond green with envy. They feel without inhibition and filters. That’s what makes them great empaths. Because they understand how their loved ones feel when something happens, they know precisely how to put themselves in their loved one’s shoes and comfort them accordingly. I hope you’ve noticed the emphasis on the phrase “loved ones” because cancers can be *itches to people they do not know or do not care about. From my studies, it seems like their feelings of positivity are only restricted to those that they care for. So, don’t be surprised when a Cancer is mean to you. They just don’t feel the need to invest in you enough to be kind to you emotionally. It’s nothing personal. Its just cancers.

• )Loyal Caregivers.

Cancers are great at taking care of the people they love. They can never be happier than when taking care of those that mean a lot to them. Granted, they can be a bit needy in the caregiving relationship, requiring more emotionally positive feedback on how they are faring on while taking care of you. But this is only to reinforce the stamina in which it takes to take care of you, especially if it’s for a long time. As long as you provide words of gratitude, a couple of smiles when needed, and if there are criticisms to be made, them being made positively, sensibly without any hint of disrespect, you’ll have the Cancer taking care the hell out of you. If you need them to stop (they can get suffocating at times), just stop with positive reinforcement, and they’ll leave. Cancers make great homemakers and could genuinely mean it when they say they can take a bullet for their kids.

• )Great Followers.

Cancers make great followers, which is a relief. Who would like to have a loud, overly sensitive, melodramatic boss anyway? They understand their role and have no problem with it as long as whoever is leading them towards the untended goal is someone sturdy that deserves respect. They are not power-hungry since their primary source of the drive is comfort, not opulence. They are the only sign of the zodiac that genuinely search for happiness in its purest most basic form with the intent of sharing it with those that they love. Since being power-hungry comes with so much stress, they instead let somebody else deal with all that as they take care of the stress bearer driving towards his/her ambitions.

• Surprisingly Intuitive

4.)Cancers are generally human lie detectors.

I witnessed two couples during the interviews where the women who were coincidentally both cancers claimed to suspect that their spouses were hiding something from them, and the spouses admitted it so. Of course, none of the secrets there were crazy enough to warrant a breakup, but it was sufficient evidence to this claim. Seeing as how they are emotional creatures, it seems as though they can tell when the spouse’s moods change. And when this happens, so makes posture and other physiological responses that they seem to be very observant of. Hiding something from them is one thing, but lying to them is usually pointless since they eventually find out. Just make sure whatever it is you are lying about has a good reason behind why you are doing so; otherwise, they will find it hard to forgive you.

• )Protectors.

Unlike Leo’s, when A Cancer protects, it is as a last resort. They are not naturally built for this and would instead let someone else do the protecting for them. But under the right conditions, those being, there being nobody else in site for defense and having to get into that mode for the people that the Cancer loves, they will do it most viciously than all the zodiacs. Because to them, when they are forced to protect, it is to the death. Giving it their all in that only makes sense in this case. They make the most nervous parents since they feel they should protect their kids from everything. They make great soldiers, especially when they truly believe in the cause they are fighting for, but they are not the most strategic. Since when it comes to the worst, unlike the very practical and decisive Capricorn, Cancers act on gut and feelings. How such a battle ends only depends on how strong the opponent is.

• )Fall in love too easily.
  

During the interview, it occurred to me just how quickly this sign committed to their conquest. While most people take their time to know someone, Cancers let their feelings sweep them off their feet. Even when they realize the relationship is a mistake, they get too invested in the relationship too quickly to leave. Whether that is a good thing or not, at least you will get to enjoy all the benefits of a full bond in a short amount of time.

• )Trouble with Old Flings.

When I had a one on one with the Cancers without the spouses present, it occurred to me that Cancers had the nasty habit of re-falling in love with their exes. The longer the string of exes, the bigger the problem. Though they may be enjoying their current relationship, the nostalgia of the feelings and memories the past lovers brought always makes them wish that they would go back to them, whether or not it is possible. As a warning to those dating Cancers, you shouldn’t worry about the guy/girl hitting on your Cancer as you are dating them. If the Cancer is with you, its because the Cancer s loyal to you. It’s the exes that you should be worried about. This is unlike most of the other zodiac signs that usually seek out new conquests as opposed to old ones.

• )Clingy
  

This really shouldn’t surprise you. If they are loyal to you, it is expected that you give them the same respect ten times fold. More of your time and energy should be poured into them as opposed to the other way around, but you will barely feel this imbalance in devotion since they will always do everything that you like to make you forget. Dare you to leave their side with permission though, and you will enjoy melodramatic waterworks and instances of blame games. At least they don’t make things boring, right?

• ) Jealous siblings and Jealous lovers.

As children, cancers want nothing else but undivided attention. Not shared, not distracted, and not lacking focus but pure, unadulterated, selfish, undivided attention. That said, when they are the eldest of the siblings, they’ll love to get that from their parents. And when made to love the younger siblings, when made to understand the importance of taking care of the younger siblings, they make great co-parents. But when they are not taught to do so, the siblings became competition for their constant desire, and they end up acting as though they hate their siblings. The same thing goes when they handle their lovers. Attention is to be theirs and only theirs. Should the lover spend more time at work or with his/her friends or generally other people more than his/her spends with the Cancer, they’ll experience acts of melodrama that root from the Cancer’s need for attention and resentment when you don’t provide that for them. Getting involved with a Cancer is a “good” prison of sorts. The Cancer will take care of you without question, but you have to pay it back by spending as much time as you can with the Cancer. If this is not a good deal for you, then I’d suggest you try other greener pastures.

• )Melodramatic much?

I had mentioned before that when a Cancer feels, they feel everything. That means that outbursts with accompanying tears and yells are to be expected. Deny them attention, they complain. Deny them what they want, they whine. Intend to devalue their worth to you, in any way, and they cause a scene. Cancers are not precisely the go-to when it comes to reasonability. Reasoning comes after the melodrama, but before that, it’s unreasonable crying, wailing, worrying, hysteria. Be prepared for this when intending to date one of these peeps. It will sometimes feel like you are dating a child.

• )Moody

Moody. Moody, moody, moooooody. The partners of the interviewed Cancers complained incessantly of this. They claimed that when the cancers go like this, they could not find common ground on which both parties would get to a similar understanding. One minute, things are going fine, the next thing you are arguing out of the blue or you are receiving the silent treatment for no reason. Eventually, the partners claimed to have received an explanation for some of these mood swings 50 percent of the time, and according to them, they still do not understand why such petty reasons resulted in such reactions. For those that survive several of these crab-like habits, they advised that the best way to deal with such is to listen hard at what is being said, and when this doesn’t work, they exhibit a “don’t ask, don’t tell” relationship. Eventually, the Cancer will come around after a long period of silent treatment (be secure, it gets worse before it gets better), after which they will realize that it is silly to be mad over whatever petty reason there will have been and apologize through actions.

• )Manipulative.

As great empaths, Cancer has a natural talent to evoke similar emotions on you that you see to elicit on them. They work best with a “bird with a broken wing” strategy which usually works on getting you to feel pity for them. Once they have that working for them, its only a matter of time until they get what they want from you. Be careful of this wounded soldier tactic, from what the interviewed spouse claimed; it seemed to work every time in the Cancer’s favor.

• )Vindictive.

From the interviews, this particular trait seemed to be split 50/50, literally. From my understanding, this depended on factors to do with nurture and spiritual beliefs. The Cancers that would swear revenge on any soul were those that worked on instincts and feelings, ready to evoke a similar hurt that they had to endure themselves. The other group seemed to have learned how to segregate sense from feeling after years of practice. This was observed in the age bracket above 25. Implying that they weren’t always like this and that some part of them still hold grudges enough to intend to inflict pain. It felt as though they were struggling to change from this and had to learn how to let go with a little help from time and their current spouses, using gratitude as a coping mechanism for most of them. It almost makes you wonder what they are truly capable of when they decide to unleash these hidden selves.

• ) Nosey
  

Cancers make the best journalists. You know why? When they decide to get interested in your life and or anything they find attractive, they will ask questions. Unapologetically. The more emotion they evoke out of you, the better because that means that they can et the truth out of you more easily. The trick, from what I found out from the interview s to stick to the facts you are willing to let them know and remaining as level headed as you possibly can. It doesn’t always work, but at least it makes you appear to everyone else that you are telling the truth, even if you aren’t exactly fooling the crab. Sometimes, that is all that is needed.

So, there you have it, all you need to know about Cancers in a nutshell. Hopefully, now you will be well advised on what to expect when you interact with them. Again, I got these findings from my interviews with the individuals under this sign. These are analytical facts, but since my sample population was limited, it does not necessarily mean that all Cancers act the same way. Nature and nurture have a substantial influence on a person’s character and their traits. But at least now you have somewhere to start from in your search to understanding the individuals under this sign.