i heart you, in darkness and in sunshine

and anywhere in between the color spectrum

photo by RAS

cancer - the zodiac

Crabs live in the inter-tidal zone of the oceans, where tides rise and fall twice every day. This is the most dynamic and changeful place on earth, but also the most nutrient rich. Because of the constant change, Crabs have developed a hard outer shell for protection. You Crabs can use the hard outer shell of your home as your protection. But it's more than just that. Typically, your sensitive Crabs can hold your feelings quietly behind your own walls.

Crabs also have large pinching claws, and your Cancerians can hold onto things, especially from the past. You are fiercely loyal and have a difficult time letting go. But you are also quick to bring those you love inside the safety of your outer shell while you nurture them. Your love is protective, but unless tempered, can be smothering.

Your motto could be, "A good defense is the best offense." Like a Crab in its cave, your attack can consist of baiting your opponent into your territory. What appears to be a retreat to others can be your best aggressive tactic. As you feel your way through life, building your security by developing your home and family relationships, remember that unexpressed anger can turn into resentment and depression, so find someone you can trust and share your feelings.

Element: Water
Astrologically, the water element symbolizes emotion. Water runs deep; it seeks its own level and will flow until it has found it. The cycle of water is endless with the snows falling in the mountains and melting. The mountain streams join to make the great rivers that run to the sea. The tides and currents churn the oceans. Similarly, our feelings are flowing as they connect the present with past experiences. Sometimes the waters are so deep that we cannot put words to our feelings.

The water of Cancer is that of the changing tides. Regular rhythms that bring food and nurture the creatures who live there. But this is also about the water of a smoothly surfaced lake. No movement is apparent, yet beneath the surface there is movement, currents and much hidden activity.

House: Fourth
The Fourth House is related to the mother. It is where we are nurtured, and takes in not only our real mother, but all those who nurture us -- especially early in life. This is the house of childhood surroundings. It is where we retreat from the noise of the outer world.

Key Planet: Moon
The Moon is always changing, not even the same two nights in a row. It races around the Earth once a "month," and as such we are familiar with her regularly repeating patterns. Women's menstrual cycles are naturally tied to the lunar rhythm, putting them in closer touch with the subconscious realms of the Moon. But to man and woman alike, the Moon is the key to our feelings and our emotional cycles. As the key planet of Cancer, the Moon symbolizes our basic needs -- how we need to be nurtured and how we nurture others.

Greatest Strength:
Your ability to nurture others

Possible Weakness:
Fear of the past repeating in the future


thanks adis for the info! :* by the way, princess diana was a cancer.

from www.tarot.com

while you were sleeping...

apparently, you can learn a lot about yourself while you're sleeping..

especially now that i'm married, i've discovered a few things:

1. that sometimes i sleep with my mouth slightly open (and hubs gladly snaps a pic at every opportunity)
2. turns out i sometimes snore, softly. i must've been very, very, very tired.
3. that i take up 3/4 of the bed, and sleep diagonally every chance i get.

thanks for the info (and pics) hubs. grmbl.

6 for two

6 months. together, you and i. it's not a long amount of time to some people, and it surely felt short to us.. but these 6 months have been... wonderful. i don't know how else to say it, i'm not the one good with words. you've been nothing but loving, understanding, knowing and all the good "-ings" that exists in the dictionary.

i love how we're beginning to create our own traditions :)

you couldn't have given me a better gift for our 6-month anniversary: in 2 islands in one day, part of the day with my best friends, and the rest of the day with you. you listened patiently to my stories of the trip, we had steak dinner then walked to our favorite coffee shop...

i'm truly a lucky person to have you in my life, honey. i love you forever.

no you nor me only us.

six words. six months. now, just the two of us.

image by RAS.

what would you do...

on your birthday, if this year's your last? (tony stark, iron man 2)

we both agree on this one. our answer would be to spend it with each other, at home. him cooking the main meal, me making the dessert. easy conversations about nothing and everything, over wine on our balcony, perhaps him with his gin and tonic. snuggling under the covers. as simple as that.

of course i'd want a present that's really over the top :P

let's get things straight here

you know how some husbands worship the ground the wife walks on? you don't do that, i don't think.....

of course not, i'd rather worship you than the ground.... then again, i don't worship you, i worship God.

errr..