Sun in Cancer in the Twelfth House
Mit Ihrem Sun in Cancer, you may appear gentle, kind, sympathetic, and a patient listener. Then someone asks for advice, and you turn cranky, snappish, and appear to be completely indifferent to anyone’s problems but your own. You may wallow in self-pity and complain endlessly about how mistreated you are by the world. Turn another page of the calendar and suddenly you are back to being helpful, solicitous, and ready to do anything asked of you. More than any other sign, Cancer is a series of contradictions. With your Sun in Cancer, you prize security above all else, yet love new adventure. You are the soul of caution but you’re also a courageous initiator who goes out of your way to push over obstacles with your driving personality.
Complex, fragile, unpredictable, temperamental, the typical Sun in Cancer individual needs constant support and encouragement. You want desperately to be loved and approved of but resent needing approval so badly. Cancer’s big lesson is to recognize the hidden anger you carry within you and not allow this to corrode the Relationships that give you the emotional support you seek. Happily, when you get what you need, you give the best you have in return. Those who make you feel secure command your undying loyalty. With your Sun in Cancer, when you really care for someone there is nothing anyone can say about that person that will make the least bit of difference. You have a real blind spot when it comes to seeing a failing in those you love.
With your Sun in Cancer, you tend to be a worrier and a silent brooder. People may pour out their hearts to you, but the flow never goes in the other direction. You are cautious about revealing too much of yourself; you guard your secrets well. If offended, you do not strike back directly. Your method of retaliation is to sulk, and it is often very effective.
Having your Sun in Cancer, beneath your tough exterior you are a sentimental softie who will make any sacrifice for someone in need. If someone asks for a favor, your first reaction will probably be no, but the final answer is always yes. With your Sun in Cancer, you should be judged not by what you say but by what you do. You are possessive. Anyone who becomes part of your life will never again be entirely free.
For the individual with their Sun in Cancer, once you overcome your shyness and touchiness and master your turbulent emotions, your intellect and imagination enable you to become a success in almost anything you undertake. You have the ability to dig into your own inner life and turn creativity into practical ideas. Contrary to the impression you often give, you can be shrewd and canny in business. Cautious, conservative in your approach, you possess an antenna that quickly gauges public taste and opinion and senses new trends in the making. You’re also an on-the-mark judge of people. With your Sun in Cancer, this instinct for business combined with imagination is magical for acquiring financial security, and Cancer is called a “money sign” because of its ability to attract wealth. Cancer people hold on to money as tenaciously as they do to everything that belongs to them. To you money spells security, yet no matter how much wealth you accumulate you never feel really secure. That is true of your emotional security also.
The Inner You with your Sun in Cancer
With your Sun in Cancer, on the surface you’re the picture of calm and strength, but underneath you tend to feel insecure and inadequate. You are positive that other people know what they’re doing while you’re just winging it. Harmony is important to you—any kind of conflict or quarrel leaves you feeling depressed. However, you’re definitely not wishy-washy; you have the courage of your convictions and the strength to stick up for what you think is right. You don’t welcome change, and are hesitant about going ahead with something untried, yet this doesn’t stop you from doing what has to be done.
The position of the sun in a sign indicates how we try to express ourselves, develop ourselves, realize our potential, and assert our will and power to shape our environment. The House Position indicates the area of life on which we want to concentrate the energy of our sun sign and fulfill the purpose it represents.
Sun in the 12th house
Traditionally, the Sun in the 12th house is not a strong position for the Sun. Instead of expressing and affirming the self, the focus of the 12th house is on dissolving the self or turning the self away from the external world and toward its own inner life. Therefore, you may find it difficult to function in the world and assert your identity. In the 12th house, the natural state of self is non-assertion. With your Sun in the 12th house, in order to project a strong presence in the world, you must either overcome this centripetal tendency or isolate yourself by creating an artificial self that engages with the world and an inner self that observes and inwardly experiences the activities of the outer self. Often, your activities take place behind the scenes, from a hidden or private location. Sometimes you withdraw into yourself and don’t concern yourself with establishing a strong outward presence. You may also seek protection, either emotional and psychological or more obviously by retreating to a secluded setting.
Uncertainties
As an individual with the Sun in the 12th house, you become insecure when you subconsciously know that your ego-self isn’t real and therefore can’t truly participate in the world’s activities. Without a genuine self, you can’t truly assert yourself. This can lead to two reactions. First, you may deny yourself. You might be excessively shy and timid, lacking confidence or self-esteem. You might withdraw from the world rather than face it and reveal your secret—that you aren’t real. You might also try to destroy the “illusion” of yourself through drugs, alcohol, or self-destructive behavior. Alternatively, you might try to protect yourself from the discovery of your essential non-existence by projecting a false self that constantly operates in illusion. This persona has no concept of truth and tries to keep everything hidden and behind the scenes. You are essentially your own puppet.
Focus of Your Self-Identity
With your Sun in the 12th house, your self-identity can be problematic. You may lack a focus on your identity, or you may concentrate your identity on one of the characteristics associated with the 12th house. Perhaps you see yourself as someone who is alone and withdrawn from society. Perhaps you see yourself as someone who is compassionate and caring. Perhaps you identify with a larger institution in which you can lose yourself. Or you identify as a spiritual being. Perhaps you find it difficult to identify with or cling to anything physical. Instead, you may be seeking your identity as a transcendent being destined to merge into the One Essence of Being.
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Article referenced by:
- Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 2: The Planets in the Signs
- Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 3: The Planets in the Houses
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