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As
Cancers go, the Snake type is more independent of ponderous emotional fetters
than his kin. He's familial to be sure, and even clinging - after
all, he is both Snake and Cancer! But the Cancer born a Snake, unlike
certain other Cancers we all know and love, recognizes his own weaknesses,
comprehends his black moods and, because of his cool-headed sagacity, usually
manages to slither out of the lunatic coldrums for which Cancers can be
so famous.
As
Snakes go, the Cancer/Snake will be less cold-blooded than other serpents.
Cancer's brooding soulfulness and profound affectivity lend the
Snake a blanket, caress his cold exterior and warm the heart into something
close to affability. Snakes can be really cool customers. They
wiggle and squirm their way in and out of every variety of situation and
are clever as snakes at turning most circumstances to their favor. In
the Cancerian Snake, this tendency to want the leading role in all of
life's movies is tempered by common sense and natural reserve.
All Snakes are created liars. But some are more lying than others.
Cancer/Snakes are among the least slippery of serpents. They
might not bamboozle their grandmothers just to look good. Nonetheless,
even the sensible Cancer/Snake is capable of rank dissimulation and tells
ingenious and Byzantine fibs. He can't help it. Prevarication (even
to himself) is part of the challenge of seduction and capture. And
all Cancer/Snakes want to be thought of as captivating, charming, beautiful
to behold, better than their neighbors and taller and hansomer and better
dressed than anybody anywhere ever.
These
folk are not above name-dropping and label-flaunting either. Picture
the splendid home-loving Cancerian/Snake seated on his designer couch,
wearing his designer jeans. His tanned and braceleted arms embrace a brood
of beautiful towheads in designer frocks and Bermuda shorts. Behind
his head, a Picasso. At his feet, a giant Pyrenees hound found only
in the furthest darkest caves of Andorra. Everybody knows these
huge beasts eat at least one small cow every day, are tres, tres a'
la mode and fetch a fortune. Never mind. The image is
the message with Cancer/Snakes. No matter the cost or the travail
involved, count on your friendly neighborhood Cancer/Snake to own the
most chic and fashionable of everything.
Incidentally,
if you don't live in an upper-echelon neighborhood, you may never meet
one of these gorgeous creatures. Cancerian Snakes don't hang out
in scruffy sections. They may come from poverty, but they are determined
not to stay there for long. Up and over they go, attending the "right"
schools and rubbing shoulders with the "in" crowd, marrying
the one person in the whole gang who is sure to become famous and rich,
Cancer/Snakes don't only like comfort, they think they invented it.
These people love to entertain, too. Once they have achieved a modicum
of security and know a few of the "top" people, count on the
Cancer/Snake to throw some of the most lavish and well-attended parties
in town. Of course Cancer/Snakes will have catered food and a pair
of bartenders, set a team of servants to work shucking the oysters, and
then will circulate. The way he sees it, the Cancer/Snake cannot very
well move about among his guests, charm the pants off the chancellor of
Germany whose press secretary promised he'd put in an appearance, inveigle
the secretary of the art museum to give him a private showing of the new
upcoming work of the younger artists and serve drinks at the same time
- or can he? Well, it doesn't really matter, because he won't. Cancer/Snakes
like to be waited on. And as long as they can afford slaves, they
will be sure to have them.
These people are extremely artistic. They have a way of embellishing
everything that comes their way. And Cancer/Snakes are of good counsel.
They really can put themselves into other people's skins.
Cancer/Snakes are fun-loving, too. They are always up there dancing
till dawn with the heartiest of the youngsters, looking fabulous and enjoying
being the envy of all present. And don't put it past a Cancer/Snake to
be "that man who stripped to his undies last week at the posh club
over in Soho." Cancerian Snakes have a naughty streak. They
like to be considered a mite outrageous or exotic.
Love
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Possessive?
Exclusive? Demanding? Intractable? You got it - Cancer/Snake
is all of these and much, much more. The Cancer/Snake is so attractive
and sexy and lovely to watch move that people may gather just to watch him
enter a public place. These people have the market cornered on slink.
Underneath the slink is an amazing amount of good-
scouted, goodhearted fellowship and an enormous caring for friends and
lovers alike. The Cancer/Snake will not be faithful. But he
will always be seductive and alluring. Even if he's carrying on
a roaring affair with the German minister's secretary, the Cancerian Snake
will always attend to his mate as though he were the ruler of Germany
itself.
If
you love a Cancerian Snake, get ready to make a lot of money, spend it
all and then go out and make some more. As the mate of this exciting
person, you will luxuriate in perfectly glorious surroundings and have
scads of very decorous friends and acquaintances to whom you can complain
that your Cancer/Snake companion is too attractive to other women and
you wish you had married a nice solid Taurus/Dog. In order to get
the best out of life with a Cancer/Snake, you have to be able to fall
down laughing, ooohhh and aaahhh when he comes down the stairs dressed
to kill, and enjoy cooking your own meals and eating them alone by the
fireside while Cancer/Snake is out rounding up some new sculptures to
beautify your existence.
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Compatibilities
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You
get a charge out of Roosters. Your best shots with them will be found
among Taurus, Virgo and Pisces. The same goes for Oxen in all those
categories. You're not thrilled by Aries/Tigers or /Monkeys. Capricorn/Tigers
and /Pigs and Libra/Pigs leave you colder than you already are by nature.
Brrr.
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Home And Family
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Cancer/Snake's
main home will be located, it goes without saying, in the best possible
quarter of the closest metropolis to heaven. But then there is,
of course, the house in the country. This little manse is likely
to want to be situated right in the heart of the most celebrated verdant
horse and dog-breeding territory, not too far from the first paradise
we mentioned. Then, you have to have a place at the beach. That'll
be located on the prettiest seashore available at the highest price, please.
And don't forget the little mas in the south of France -
or was it Tuscany? Well, wherever, it won't be long before the Cancer/Snake
invests in some opulent, trendy foreign real estate.
Inside
these homes will live masses of children and dogs and cats and house guests
and maids and nannies - well, you name it, it lives at the Cancer/Snake's
house. You see, with all their elegance and savoir vivre, Cancer/Snakes
love pets and kids and guinea pigs and horses, etc. Cancer/Snakes
are really incredibly dear, sweet people. They really don't mind
if your Doberman jumps up on their new Jaeger tweed jacket.
If
you have a Cancer/Snake child, you must be careful to provide him with
lots of security and plenty of animals to love. As is true with
all Snakes, it's probably best for the exclusive Cancer/Snake child to
be an only child, or at least the baby of the family. Cancer/Snake
kids are bright in school and work hard to get ahead. They usually
don't cause their parents many problems and carry on with their lives
quite independently of the parents' intervention. These little people
are very affectionate. You must always kiss them goodnight.
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Profession
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In
the early part of his life, the Cancer/Snake, like all his serpent brothers
and sisters, will try to wriggle out of chores and tasks. And just
because he's a Cancer doesn't mean that he won't have to fight the great
battle against sloth that is native to all Snake subjects. But as
adulthood approaches and the Cancer/Snake grows more and more independent
of parental security, he will note that riches and work are irremediably
intertwined. Then his true Cancer nature will take over. He'll still
be on the sit-around-and-look-beautiful side of a lazy Sunday afternoon.
But the grown-up Cancer/Snake can be counted on to pitch in when
there's a need for a secound shoulder at the wheel.
Talented in everything related to beauty and the home, this person can
succeed at decoration, architecture, graphic design of all kinds, fashion
or advertising. Gifted in deception, persevering and supremely intuitive,
Cancer/Snakes might also choose law - even politics - as a life's work.
This character is more cerebral than manual but might employ his
talents well in some light labor such as landscape gardening. Cancer/Snakes
can very satisfactorily hold dominion over others. They do not have
to abuse power because their authority is so natural that people rarely
question it. As an employee, the Cancer/Snake might tend to be a
little on the snooty know-it-all side. I'm not sure I'd hire one
to do a menial job of any sort.
A
very famous Cancer/Snake: Andrew Wyeth, one of the best and
surely most successful contemporary painters in the United States, Peter
Maas, Ashley Montagu.
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