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96 Mercury, the ruler, rising in Gemini, sharpens perception, gives ability as a writer. or speaker, but makes the person born with that configuration extremely irritable, vacillating, fond of change of scene and employment. They are best fitted for traveling salesmen.

The chief peculiarities of the crab are a clumsy body, slender limbs and powerful caws; people born with Cancer rising express them all, They have a large upper body, augmented in later years by a prominence of the abdomen acquired by over-eating. The mandible or lower jaw is powerfully hinged to the cranium, the face is therefere widest between the ears, the mouth is also large, and the whole construction similar to the crab’s claw, The face is full, the hair brown, the eyes blue, complexion pale and sickly, for the Cancer person has the least vitality of any, The limbs are extremely slender in proportion to the large upper body, so the structure appears “top heavy,” and they walk with a “rolling” gait,

Cancer people are very fond of the home and its comforts, they are quiet, reserved and adapt themselves to conditions, hence they are easy to get along with, their anger is shortlived, and they hold no spite. Though lacking in physical prowess, they are no hypocrites, but always have the courage of their convictions; they voice and defend them too.