The Water Signs

Traits of Cancer

Cancer is symbolized by the Crab, because the Crab was believed to carry his house on his back. And, like their namesake, the home is very important to Cancer.

Those born under this sign are heavily focused on home life. Cancers are the domestic experts of the Zodiac, and would be the first to know how to fix an appliance or which drapes match the sofa. Unfortunately, they also have a reputation as packrats, because they attach emotions to their belongings. Every old photo becomes a cherished heirloom because of the memories that go with it.

Cancers are sensitive and caring. Only Pisces comes close to the sensitivity of Cancer.  Crabs are the truest and closest companions, always coming to the aid of their friends, ready to bail them out at a moment's notice.

The crab's defense is to curl up behind his shell. Cancers have a reputation for being tough and unfeeling because they keep their emotions hidde - —for their own protection, of course.  They can be frustrated that people can't see through that shell to the deeply caring person hidden behind it. They tend to dress down, not attracting attention to themselves.

Cancers have a tendency to be worried, moody, or even depressed, but this can be lightened with water-based activities like fishing or sailing. Because of their affinity for the home, many cancers enjoy fixer-upper hobbies, like adding an extension to the house.

Because they care about people, Cancers are most at home in a career where they can help people in some way. Pushing papers or operating machinery will make for a very crabby Crab. Cancers, with their innate skills at knowing what people need and feel, tend to make very good managers. However, they tend to build on existing ideas, rather than creating their own, so they don't make good entrepreneurs.

Traits of Scorpio

Scorpio is one of the most complex of all the signs.

Scorpio has been known as the Mystic and the Investigator, and the Eagle and the Phoenix have both been associated with this sign. Scorpios are driven to learn about people, and have an innate ability to see what others can't. They are intuitive, passionate, and exciting. They hate shallow relationships or being taken advantage of, and they are persistent, determined, and focused.

Scorpio has ego. He knows himself, insults do not phase him. Outwardly, he's calm, focused, serene, but inside, he's boiling. It's very difficult to read a Scorpio's mood by the look on his face, because he has a natural ability to keep the reactions small. He has ambition, but it's impossible to tell his goals because they won't be obvious. With the ambition, he has the focus and drive to accomplish anything he wants, and when he succeeds, it will seem like it was natural, meant to be, rather than by his will.

More United States Presidents have been Scorpio than any other sign.

Don't ask a Scorpion for advice unless you really want it. You won't get false compliments or empty reassurances, you'll get the cold hard truth.

Scorpio is intensely loyal, and never forgets a favor. On the other hand, he never forgets being wronged, either. Hurting a Scorpio is like planting the seeds for your own destruction, because they won't be satisfied with simply evening the score - he'll have to outdo the offender. This is the weakness of the Scorpio - jealousy, resentment, vindictiveness, and obsessiveness are very easy for him to fall victim to.

Scorpio has always been associated with dark things, which is only natural considering their rule by dark, distant Pluto. But there is a need for someone to show us what is hidden in dark corners of the world and the soul, and Scorpio is the one to do that.

Traits of Pisces

The last sign, Pisces, the two dancing fish, is the most deep and sensitive sign of them all. Ruled by both Jupiter and Neptune, Pisceans are creative and adaptable, but not very organized. Traditionally, Pisces is considered to be at the highest spiritual plane.

Pisces is the ultimate artist of the Zodiac. There are more Piscean poets than any other sign, and their empathy for others is legendary. No other sign is better able to understand another's pain like Pisces. At the same time, Pisces is the most free-spirited of all the Signs, too.

The empathy of a Pisces makes them not only artists, but also perfectly suits them for nursing and medical careers.

All of the Water signs"Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces"are sensitive. But the other two have one thing that Pisceans lack, and that's the hard outer shell. Pisces do not have the natural defenses around their sensitivity, and when insulted or hurt, will often "swim away" and hide. Pisces is very good at withdrawing from the world or turning invisible.

There is a bright side to that invisibility talent, though. It manifests as an almost chameleon-like ability to fit in. Pisces will happily join into their mate's hobby, not because they're interested in the hobby itself, but because learning it allows them to understand their mate better.

Many Pisceans are fascinated with movies and photography. There's a natural affinity there, because film, like Pisces, is very sensitive and picks up everything it sees.

The Piscean's sense of style is practically none at all. Pisces is far more concerned with spiritual enlightenment than on the annoying little detail of whether or not their socks match. Personal style is trivial and meaningless in a monastery. Far more important than style is the emotion attached to things; the furniture may not match, but the battered rocking chair that Aunt Edna told her stories from, that's important, it stays put.