You won't read him like an open book, for he shows an opaque side to strangers. There are some secrets he never reveals, even to his closest friends.
He is restless, prone to brooding, idealistic, a daydreamer who is also very sentimental. Because he is ruled by the waxing and waning Moon, he has marvelous emotional highs and abysmal lows-and the alarming ability to pull people along with him in either direction.

At first meeting he may appear to be fickle and flirtatious-but that's just only one of his moods. He is strongly subject to the cyclical action of the Moon. The very next time you meet him he may be sullen, unfriendly.

After you get to know him, you may still find his swift alternation of moods bewildering. Opposed, he may flare into violence. But if you give in too easily, he'll be apologetic for having won the argument. He may believe in Women's Lib, but he is forced by his nature to be protective and tender toward the "weaker sex." He is courteous and gallant, a charmer of the old school.

He loves the company of beautiful women-especially if they are witty conversationalists. Who doesn't? you ask, but the difference is that Cancer male is also very attractive to such women. However, when he has wooed and won them, he quickly becomes possessive. The woman he loves will have difficulty living up to his expectations, for he expects far too much. It doesn't help that he tends to sulk and withdraw into his shell when disappointed rather than to say openly what is bothering him.

He enjoys food and drink, but don't expect him to dress up for an occasion. He doesn't care about clothes. He still has that old college sweater and those ancient tennis slacks that he now has trouble fitting around his middle. There is none of the peacock in the Cancer male.

He loves to talk and is often quite eloquent. His words alone can make people willing to follow him anywhere, do anything he asks. His fantastic memory and nearly total recall stand him in excellent stead in discussion and argument. He has firm convictions, and all goes well as long as you do not oppose those convictions. If you do, he will not let go until he has persuaded you. If he suspects you're not completely convinced, he will revive the discussion at the first opportunity in order to bombard you with further reasons. The debate will end only when you yield, if only for the sake of peace and quiet.

But he knows how to listen as well as talk. One woman I know described her Cancer man as "practically opening his pores to listen." He is deeply sympathetic, always ready to help someone else with a problem.

His keen, analytical mind can slice through the knottiest problem. This makes him adept in money matters. He spots a moneymaking opportunity quicker than a lizard can spot a fly. But he is interested only in the conventional, conservative, traditional ways of making his fortune. He won't take risks.

He is sensitive, insecure, and very sentimental, reluctant to part with old friends, old habits, or places he has become accustomed to living in. He will keep a friend forever. He calls up his childhood buddies and meets them for a friendly drink-even if they no longer have anything in common. He resists and fears change in his mode of life. He clings to memories, scattering family pictures throughout his living quarters, keeping old school mementoes. He broods over the times gone by; he holds on tenaciously to the past.

He always needs reassurance of your love.

Don't look for a once-over-lightly romance with this man. He takes amour far too seriously. What he wants from his beloved is mental and physical stimulation in about equal measure. Intensely loyal, he demands absolute loyalty in return. He believes in a lasting affection-the kind that looks on tempests and is never shaken. That's his prescription for peace of mind.

He is no gadabout. The pleasure of hearth and home are best for him. He thinks compatibility begins in the home and contentment grows in his own backyard. But he does have a tendency toward self-satisfaction that borders on smugness, and a blind spot about the one he loves. I know one Cancer male who actually encouraged his girl friend to go off an overnight car trip with a very attractive man. She was going to visit her mother, and he saw no reason to worry. Much later, after he married her, he discovered that she had spent the night in a motel room with her driving companion. He was so disturbed that he went to a psychoanalyst, who could not convince him that he had in any way contributed to the "betrayal." He never forgave her, and shortly afterward they ended up in the divorce court.

Cancer male look for a long-term permanent relationship with a oman. Yet if a rupture does occur, he can move on to a new love, for he has the knack of establishing intimacy very quickly. However, anyone who has really touched his emotions will never be truly forgotten, no matter what happens later.

He is a complex individual, whose changing moods make life with him anything but easy-and anything but dull. His tenacity of purpose is a good omen for success, and his sensitivity and intellect make him a natural leader in politics, literature, and bsiness.
Warning: Beware of him on those nights of the full moon.