CRUMBS! WHEN Cancerians care, they go the whole hog. (Or, if you prefer, the complete crab!) This is doting and devotion time, with lots of billing and cooing, though Crabs aren't love-birds like Librans.
It's incredibly important for Crabs who care not to let themselves go immediately. But, quite honestly, that's like trying to hold back a team of wild horses! (You can yell 'Whoa!' till you're blue in the face, but the Crab won't take a blind bit of notice.) Once a Cancerian has latched on to someone with those prehensile pincers, it's very difficult for him or her to remember that anyone else exists but the object of affection.
That's all very well, and a Crabette can still be in love with her husband thirty years after she did arabesques down the aisle, but she won't know anyone outside her family. Cancerians in love like to wrap themselves and their partners up in cocoons, and stay in the cosy chrysalis, away from the outside world. But this can cause terrible trouble and traumas if the Crab has a pash for a person who doesn't want to be restricted in this way. Once the affair is over, the Crab will feel rejected, rebufied and repulsed. Some signs could shrug it off, but the Cancerian will go home to mum. He or she can even refuse to go out with anyone else ever again, just in case lightning strikes twice. (Ever wondered why many Cancerians wear rubber-soled shoes? Well, now you know!)
The classic sign of a Cancerian who's in love and getting nowhere fast (or slowly), is that he or she will become stroppy, slink back into that shell, sulk and be silent. When asked what the matter is, the Crab will find it difficult to spill the beans, but may finally turn on a torrent of tears. (Tears are the ultimate, secret weapon, which every Crab will use to gain a heart's desire. Does that sound familiar? I thought it might! Pass the Kleenex again!)
A Crab in love can be the most angelic of amours, warm and wonderful, or an emotional tornado and a crabby crustacean who dissolves into weepings and wailings at a moment's notice. It will all depend on how much control the Crab has.
These are very affectionate creatures, and they'll nuzzle you with their nippers. But unless there is a focus for their feelings, their highly sensitive Watery Intellects may make them imagine things that don't exist, though they will never be as fantasial as Pisces. ("You don't love me any more" they'll say, if you haven't canoodled with your Crab for a full five minutes.)
Once a Cancerian settles down to a committed relationship, it will usually be for life. But Crabs rarely recover from the guilt ingrained from their first love. (And they'll keep all their old love-letters, tied up in a pink ribbon, to agonise over in secret. 'If only .. .' they'll sigh.) Cancerians have gallons of guilt, which they get from their opposite numbers, the Goats. They can even suffer from real persecution complexes. Crabs can replay scenes time and time again, on their mental videos, wondering if it was all their fault. They'll revel in recriminations, while howling into hankies.
All Water signs have a sensual side, and Cancerians like sex, often because of the cuddly closeness it can bring. Crabs can get really carried away over sex, but if they screw for the sake of it, they should see it as such. They're only asking for trouble when they think that a one-night stand will automatically lead to nuptial bliss! Because when the flingette floats off, without so much as an 'I'll call you', the Crab will be completely crushed. 'But this was It' they'll scream. The minute I saw mm, I knew he was The One. (Don't say 'But you said that last time'!)
If you want to make a Crab go crazy about you, be kind, considerate, and chat about your family. Mention your mother. Casually drop into the conversation that all you want is to live in a cosy little nest with the one you love. If you give your Crabette a Mary Baker Sponge Mix, a whisk and a pinny on your second date, she'll rush you off to buy the ring the minute the shops are open, then rip down the net curtains to use as a veil!
One word of warning. If a Crab you care for starts singing 'I'm getting married in the morning' it's not an edited highlight from My Fair Lady. It's a heavy hint! (Well, what about it? You'd look terrific in a topper!)
