Talk:Cancer (astrology)

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[edit] Physical traits

I added physical traits back into the article. Some 'helpful' person deleted it. Why?

IT's not fully accurate.Read Linda Goodman's description

[edit] Notable persons

In case you're wondering what's happened to the Notable persons section, it has been deleted in favor of the page Category:Subjects of the Sign of Cancer. If you want to add a notable person go there. --Carmelita 21:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

The astrology section in the Cancer (constellation) article requires some serious culling since there is already this article.--JyriL talk 20:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Astrology is a separate topic from astronomy. It is a good idea to keep astrological reflections in a separate series of articles, interlinked with the astronomy constellations via some consistent and neat system, for those who happen to be interested in both topics. Astrological texts can be long and extensive, while astronomical texts can be overly technical and full of listings. I believe astronomers and astrologers alike thinkt that would be a good solution. Myth is another topic however - myth is important for amateur astronomers for memorizing the constellations, and I can imagine it's important for astrologers for motivating their beliefs... Rursus declamavi; 15:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Don't Merge

  • These are really different disciplines sharing a somewhat common nomenclature but interpreting it in vastly different ways. Merging astronomy and astrology would be akin to grouping chemistry with alchemy because both share the same roots. --09:17, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Dmuk

[edit] Where is the famous persons page?

Carmelita said it was moved, but i can't find it. Was it deleted?

[edit] Compatibility

Can someone explain the whole "compatibility" thing somewhere? On each of the twelve astrology sign pages, there is a compatibilty section that shows whether that sign has Compatablity, Possible Compatabilty, Incompatibility, Squared Compatibility, or Opposite Compatability with another sign. I understand compatible, possible and incompatible, but what does "Squared Compatibility" mean, and is "Opposite" any better or worse than "Incompatible"? I'm sure that if I don't understand it, there are other visitors to the website that also would like an explanation. BucsWeb 12:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

  • It seems that, instead of answering the above question about "Squared Compatibility", someone has decided to remove that category. Now, someone checking this page has no clue what their compatibility is with Aquarius, Aries or Gemini. Removing a section doesn't answer a question, it only creates more questions, so I am reverting this section back to how it was before I asked my first question. BucsWeb 20:42, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Characteristics and related sections, removal

Notice Relevant discussion of inclusion or removal of Characteristics, Compatibility, Sexuality, Exaltation and related sections is taking place on Talk:Aries_(astrology)#Trimming. Since this an issue which relates to all the astrological sign articles, please direct relevant comments there.

[edit] Name of this sign

Does anyone have a problem with the name of this sign, and the fact that one of the worst human deseases shares that same name? --Nathanael Bar-Aur L. (talk) 13:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

  • It's not as though the astrological sign was named after the disease. The word Cancer comes from the Latin Cancri which literally means "crab". The word has been used as the name of the astrological sign far longer than it has been used as a disease. According to its entry on Wiktionary, the word cancer was applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. If anyone has a problem with the two sharing the same name, perhaps they should have a problem with whoever named the disease rather than the name of the astrological sign. BucsWeb (talk) 13:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable people who share this sign section

Notice Relevant discussion of inclusion or removal of notable people who share this sign is taking place on Talk:Gemini_(astrology)#Notable people who share this sign section. Since this an issue which relates to all the astrological sign articles, please direct relevant comments there.