If you are male, you are likely to be attracted to someone who projects or embodies Cancer-associated traits. Thus, if you are female with Venus in Cancer, you are likely to model your femininity in order to incorporate characteristics typically associated with Cancer. Venus also symbolizes the anima in the psyche. However, when Cancer’s protective nature symbolically places a crab shell over the Venusian energies, relationships may be negatively affected. This is conducive to harmony and a warm, emotional perception of well-being. Venus is symbolically bathed in the waters of Cancer and emits a soft effulgent glow.
Venus’ placement in Cancer is somewhat ambivalent, as is symbolized by the natural sextile between Cancer and Venus-ruled Taurus combined with the natural square between Cancer and Libra, which is also ruled by Venus. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Venus in Cancer are a result of your need to feel cared for and emotionally safe in your relationships and values. Venus in Cancer symbolizes an emotional approach to those functions symbolized by Venus. This sometimes manifests as a protective or defensive attitude, if you feel threatened or if you have too much sensitivity. The placement of Venus in Cancer indicates that you have a need for nurturing and for an emotional outlet, both within your relationships and in the way in which you formulate your value system.
