Cancer (22 June - 21 July)
Cancer (22 June – 21 July) is moved by its ruling element, water, just as Aries are by fire. Water rules emotions that often overwhelm the extremely sensitive and vulnerable Cancer who can be hurt deeper. Cancers are also kind and caring, like to make sure all those around them is happy. All this sensitivity makes them very empathic, easily take on others’ feelings which can make them excellent actors. (Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Meryl Streep – naming just a few).
No wonder, this exuberance of feelings makes them to build up defensive strategies; they often construct armors around them and can be surprisingly hard. Cancer tends to lock up their traumas that even for them can be difficult to get the pearls from the shell.
Cancers have gregarious personalities, being surrounded by warmth and intimacy is important for them. They have a tight filter of trust, but once one got through, will be treated graciously.
Cancer’s birthstone is the Moonstone, gem of emotions filled with Yin energy that opens a way to our own inner world and helps to connect to our feelings thus making unconscious matters conscious. That is really important to Cancer who tend to suppress feelings. The gemstone can relieve fears and ease overheated emotions thus gives emotional stability that is extremely important to Cancer.
Beryl is a great helping mate for those Cancers that are rather shy, encouraging them to let things go. The most characteristic feature of the gem is to create clarity by filtering energies that can also help in processing traumas.
Aquamarine also belongs to the water element, can help Cancers as well to open their armor by mobilizing gentle and delicate energies. It also provides the necessary courage and self-confidence.
Garnet will steady their stability, and is especially helpful in dissolving a crisis and step over it. Hessonite Garnet is particularly useful in getting rid of guilt and feelings of inferiority.
Blue Calcite liberates stuck and shut-off energies preventing them to become physical symptoms of an illness. This gemstone will help to verbalize their feelings, therefore building up the connection between emotions and mind. Understanding will ease anxiety, typical for Cancer, and help their communication.
Gemstone of the heart, the Rose Quartz can gently guide them towards more loving solutions whether with themselves or others. For those who apt to have a sense of guilt, Rose quartz offers to make peace with themselves.
Tourmaline, as the gemstone of sensitive, vulnerable people, can be a wonderful mate for Cancer. Its benign frequencies fill them with serenity and can be means of experiencing their own qualities on a higher level thus more harmoniously. Particularly the frequencies of Rubellite, rose Tourmaline that help self-acceptance, are blissful to Cancer who might be more concerned than others: Love yourself in order to live others!
And above all, Serendib gems bear all the energies characterizing Sri Lankan people so well: the lightness of heart, joy, hope and good will.
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