Vacation
Tips Suggestions on how and where to enjoy your
precious time off.
Cancer: Time Inside Your Little Shell
When a Cancer is stressed out, the little
crab will pull his shell over his head and refuse to discuss
things with anyone. This is Cancer's self-protective device,
and friends and family have probably gotten used to this in
you. Water signs need regular time alone, especially in turbulent
times, so don't discount this need if you yearn for it. Still,
Cancer needs tender loving care in tough times, so don't stay
out of touch too long. If you love and trust a partner, get
the affection you need, even if you can't get the words out.
Cancers have the capacity to remember events
and details well, but this can occasionally get in your way
when you allow your past to overly influence your future.
Some new experiences are just that--new--and you won't have
any past references to prepare you or guide you. Whether you
buy the wrong car, make the wrong recommendations at work
or handle a relationship less diplomatically than you should
have, as a Cancer you will tend to later beat yourself up
with Monday morning quarterbacking. In other words, your "coulda,
shoulda, woulda" tendencies hold you back. Let go, little
crab! Don't torture yourself that way!
Realize too, that emotionally, you are a delayed
reactor. Cancers tend to stay in situations long after they
have outlived their usefulness, mainly out of habit, misplaced
loyalty or fear of making the wrong decision. As one CEO once
remarked, to double your successes you might have to double
your failure rate. Life is a creative process, and as such,
there will occasionally be some wasted effort. That shouldn't
stop you from pressing forward!
Your secret asset is your profound intuition,
so use it to find solutions. It is waiting to help you. Don't
ignore that tiny inner voice of yours that wants to be heard,
no matter what your intellect is telling you. If you are pulled
in two directions, follow instinct over logic. The reasons
usually do appear later, and should give you confidence to
continue to follow your hunches. Your cardinal nature will
boost your ability to deal with change and help to investigate
a number of opportunities.
Cancer is soothed by walking barefooted by
the sea, collecting shells, or sailing. If you do feel like
a little company, make it someone as equally sensitive as
you, perhaps a Pisces, or a practical Capricorn, someone who
will not criticize you or tear you down. Perhaps the two of
you would like to go rowing, and pack a little picnic that
you can enjoy in a quiet, private place.
In the beginning period of your stress, when
you first hear that your boss is on your case, that your girlfriend
wants to date others, that your kid is getting terrible marks--your
stomach will start refusing food. Eating rice pudding, vanilla
custard, mashed potatoes, bananas with sugar and cream and
other comfort foods from childhood are your best bets (pick
one) until you get a grip. Later you will be feeling better
and can add other items to your diet.
Cooking is a favorite activity of Cancer, so
you might want to fool around in the kitchen even if you don't
feel much like eating yourself (certainly you won't find your
family complaining). The creativity will engross you and give
you pleasure. Cancers enjoy all parts of the process: carefully
going over the recipes in your favorite books, shopping for
the ingredients, even going apple picking for the perfect
apple pie or fussing at the green market for the freshest
herbs, the creative work in the kitchen, and the finally,
the closeness you achieve with adoring family or friends at
your table.
Your moon-ruled sign would enjoy playing with
a child as a great way to let go of tension. Mind a cute little
baby for an hour or two, and soon you will have forgotten
your problems while you bounce the baby on the bed or crawl
around the floor playing hide-and-seek. You'll soon be giggling
together and singing songs. Borrow a 6-year-old and go to
the circus--your stress will disappear, guaranteed. Even older
children are a real plus for Cancers, since they can communicate
with them easily. Some people find peace with pets--Cancer
finds it with children.
Since you are very sensitive to your home surroundings,
when you feel blue, try rearranging your furniture. Buy a
new red pillow for your couch, put a hand drawing of a sailing
vessel over your desk, or buy a copper bowl to whip egg whites
the proper way. Draw up dream plans to renovate your kitchen,
bath, or new guest room, when things improve. The process
of fantasizing about what you would like to have happen next
will be highly productive for you. Take a friend to the boat
show and imagine owning your favorite craft. Dream about the
work you really want to do, and see yourself in the environment,
down to every detail--smell the rich hot coffee in your cup,
see your office and even the view out your window. Yours is
a creative sign, and fantasizing is one of your best methods
to effect change.
