Your cat is absolutely adorable! It doesn’t matter if it is cross-eyed or missing patches of fur, this cat is one that you can’t help but love. Cats born while the sun is in Cancer are loving, caring creatures. They always want to be at your feet, on your lap, or in your bed, and they will usually warm up to new people and pets once they know that it’s your friend, too.
Your Cancer is highly empathetic. If you’re ever feeling down, this is the perfect pet to have. Cancers, no matter if they are busy exploring (as they sometimes are), can sense a change in your emotional needs and are quickly at your side. If you are happy, your Cancer will usually reflect that, too, and enjoy some play time with you. After all, love isn’t only about petting and purring.
Cancers are brilliant animals. They are quick to sense danger and uneasiness. If the issue is something that they cannot resolve, they will always come to get you. While they do not often go out on their own, Cancers are comfortable with ranging about wherever it is that you have decided to keep them, though they usually prefer the indoors. Cancers do not hunt much. Also, they should not cause much trouble with strays; in fact, because your cat is generally non-aggressive, you shouldn’t ever have to worry about fights getting started. If a Cancer is attacked or feels threatened, it will of course defend itself and do the same for you (though it is more likely to come get you), but it won’t ever go looking for fights.
All of this apparent maturity comes with a price. Cancers are loving but touchy. It isn’t ever likely that your cat will fly into fits of rage, but when Cancers become accustomed to a certain amount of love and care, especially if you haven’t had a particular need for your cat’s stability to keep your spirits up, it may reveal a moody side. Cancers are very clingy. They warm up to other pets and people if you are there, but if you have a cat-sitter, your cat will be very slow to let you go. It may even grow irritable toward the person, waiting until its claws can reach. Cancers will whine or complain if they do not get their way and sometimes make themselves physically or emotionally ill over it. You plus love generally restores your cat’s naturally tender temperament, but the same intelligence and caution that your cat shows when in each other’s favor may keep it at paw’s length when you first try to make amends.
Speaking specifically to relationships with other pets, Cancers will always be a little bit jealous. Pisces and Scorpio offer the best options for matching them. Usually, they let their irritation out with the occasional mood swing, but if they ever feel that you pay significantly more attention to another pet, they may withdraw into themselves and become increasingly touchier. More than balance, Cancers need the lion’s share of your care—of course, since they are usually such loving animals, that isn’t terribly hard.
