Combined Western and Chinese Zodiacs
Cancer Sheep

The fourth sign of the Western zodiac, Cancers are forever imprinted with the time of early adulthood. Like a twenty-something beginning to make their own way in the world, Cancers find their attention continually shifting inward. On the physical plane, this manifests as a priority to establish and care for their own home and family. On a more abstract level, it means a fascination with individual identity, empathy, and the formation of close personal bonds. As with all three Water signs, Cancer has a natural variability, a tendency to hide away at times in darkness, yet at others to fill the horizon like an ocean. As a Cardinal modality, Cancer represents Water at its most essential, fluid, reactive. Thus Cancers are sometimes accused of being easily disturbed, yet when at peace they can enter effortlessly a rich dreamworld, filled with compassion, sensitivity, and reflection.

The eighth sign of the Eastern zodiac, the Sheep (or Goat), is the very definition of the artistic temperament. Sheep natives tend to be effortless in their command of creative expression, and to have a sixth sense for negotiating the most challenging of conceptual terrains. In person, they are delightfully social, sparkling conversationalists with limitless generosity and an infectious love of idyllic surrounds. Here and there, the Sheep personality is prone to being somewhat erratic. If anything, inspiration is more likely to strike at midnight than midday. Sheep natives are no strangers to crippling self-doubt, and are extremely sensitive to being overborne by threats or pressures. Ultimately, though, if people born under this sign are able to build resilience and find the tranquility they need, the love and kindness they infuse into their work and lives is a gift to all who experience them.