Dear Cancer, don’t cling to old beliefs that love equates to sadness. If past disappointment and disillusionment have taken a toll, this is a good year to finally sort through issues that affect your mental and emotional health. Consider how conditioning, negative thinking, or fear has impacted the ability to have a healthy relationship. Perhaps you no longer trust others, but more concerning is the inability to trust yourself and your own decisions.
It’s possible you’re projecting onto your partner the anxieties, insecurities, and moods trapped within the recesses of your own psyche. If you’re isolated, you may be afraid of sexual involvement for any number of reasons–health issues, misgivings about pregnancy or childbirth, fear of intimacy, or impotence. You may be closing off due to financial anxiety and concern for the future. A self-defeating cycle of reliving trauma and nursing old wounds won’t heal the loneliness. Learning to relax and enjoy yourself helps you to arrive at workable solutions and keeps you from misdirecting frustration. The better you feel about yourself, the less overwhelmed in your response to shifting circumstances that feel unsettling. As a result, you’ll release the unwarranted tendency to feel snubbed or criticized.
This year, it will be difficult to keep secrets and information that’s been hidden is very likely to be revealed. If coupled, either of you may be grappling with issues of addiction that require counseling or treatment. Alternatively, you may consciously choose illusion or deception by refusing to accept the truth about a partner or your relationship. The power lies not in blame, but in stepping out of denial and taking responsibility for your well-being.
In the positive, you could feel a deep spiritual alliance with someone where you both reflect the light of each other. Together, your union might be the romantic stuff that dreams are made of. You might even channel a creative endeavor through this connection. If you’re in search of your soul mate, trust your intuition to guide you. This might involve another Cancer or a Pisces person (sun, moon, rising).
Card Deck: The Dreamkeepers Tarot, Liz Huston, U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
