SPEAK TO MY PSYCHICS
The Moon rules the life up to puberty, which is a very Moony manifestation indeed. Until you achieve adulthood, you are protected by your parents, and you'll have no real responsibilities. So childhood can mean heavenly halcyon happenings for most Crabs, even if it's just in retrospect. when they've forgotten the trials and tribulations of those tiny times. Children's emotions are usually carefree, and it's only when they become older that they get more complex and convoluted.
Crabs will be even more cheerful as kids if their parents get on well together and have made a happy family. But if the mum and dad have difficulties, the worst thing they can do is use the kid as a parental ping-pong ball. They'll end up with a very confused little Crab. who'll be distrustful of folk in the future. So as far as a Cancerian kid is concerned, life will be much rosier if the home fires are burning with love and not loathing. Crabs can't protect their peepers with their pincers perpetually, and they can usually uncover any uncomfortable undercurrents, which will upset and undermine them.
If you have a Crablette for a kid, you must show lots of love. reams of reassurance and crates of caring. Read your child bedtime stories, cover them with cuddles, dress up their dolls, and show that you care. Then the Crablette will feel that delightful, delicious devotion flowing from the family. But remember that once is not enough. Crabs need constant caring.
Crabby Kiddiwinks won't wander very far from home in fact their parents can have a terrible time trying to get them to scamper off to school. They can have tears and tantrums, and grab on to the garden gate, because it'll be the first time they have to leave home.
In fact, leaving home for a Crab of any age will be a tremendous trauma. Parents should plan the proceedings like a military manoeuvre. Even Crabby kids commencing kindergarten should be prepared six months ahead, so they can get used to the idea. If this is a parental problem for you, tell your Crablette how much fun school will be. (OK, lie a little!) But, most important of all, say that being sent off to school doesn't mean that you don't care for your Crablette any more. (Don't laugh Cancerians worry about these things.)
Make no mistake, the period up to puberty will provide the pattern for the Crablette's life ahead. If he or she was emotionally brow-beaten, bashed and battered in this important interlude, the scars will stay till senility sets in. They may be thinly disguised but they'll be lurking just beneath the surface. (They can convert a Moon maiden from Gentleman's Relish to crab paste.) If the childhood was happy and harmonious, you'll have an adult Crab who is extremely organised. But if it was a nasty nightmare, the demons won't disappear, and instead will invade every aspect of the Crab's existence. But most affected will be emotional entanglements.
The meanderings of Mercury in the Crabby kid's chart will indicate his or her intelligence. For example, Mercury in Gemini will add an extra snap. crackle and pop to the Moony mind. But if you were to ask me if Cancerians are clever. I could only reply that they aren't logical enough. (Which is an excellent example of an Aquarian answer!) Emotions are what make these Crabs click and tick. No sign is daft, but some are quicker at picking things up than others. So, your Crablette won't be blessed with the brilliance of the Twins. But, instead, this kid will have vistas of vision a lot of other signs are short of. What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts! But for Cancer, once seen and experienced, never forgotten. And who could forget a captivating Crab!
