People with Cancer emphasis possess a great deal of motherly charm. They are natural born nurturers and are excellent at taking care of other people. King Louis XII had three personal planets in Cancer and was called “Father of the People.” However, there are times when negative characteristics of the sign manifest: clinginess and overprotective tendencies, which can have disastrous effects on a childs upbringing.
“The child psychologist Jean Piaget saw conflict as a critical part of mental development. Through battles with peers and then parents, children learn to adapt to the world and develop strategies for dealing with problems. Those children who seek to avoid conflict at all cost, or those who have overprotective parents, end up handicapped socially and mentally. The same is true of adults: it is through your battles with others that you learn what works, what doesn’t, and how to protect yourself. Instead of shrinking from the idea of having enemies, then, embrace it. Conflict is
therapeutic.”
— Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War.