Cancer rising

Cancer rising gives a gentle, cautious and attentive first contact. You sense the mood before speaking, protect the people close to you and open up slowly. Behind an apparent reserve, the sensitivity runs deep and the memory is long.

With Cancer rising, you rarely walk into a party as if you owned it. At first you stay close to someone you know, you watch, you pick up who is uncomfortable and who is playing a part. Then, once the atmosphere feels safe, you become the person refilling glasses and asking about everyone’s children. Your face gives your feelings away easily, even when you try to hide them. In unfamiliar territory you move sideways, like the crab that stands for this sign, testing the ground before exposing yourself. An Aries or Capricorn born with this Ascendant comes across as warmer and more attentive to others than their Sun sign would suggest. Whatever the Sun, it also brings a strong attachment to home and family. The work is not to shut down at someone’s first clumsy remark.

The Rising sign changes roughly every two hours, so you need your birth time to know yours: compute my Rising sign.

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