Cancer Crystals  

The symbol for Cancer is the Crab.The glyph can be taken to depict the crabs claws encircling each other in a protective structure. The crab has a hard shell to protect a soft body and the cancer person can also be like this; crusty and defensive on the outside but soft and squidgy within.

The glyph can also be interpreted as being representative  of breasts (a Cancerian part of the body, or cradling arms, both images reminiscent of the nurturing and maternal nature of the sign.    

Keywords for Cancer include:

Nurturing, emotions, defensiveness, sympathy, vulnerability, tenacity, moody, protective, touchy, nostalgic, sentimental, manipulative, home, family, past, belonging, sensitivity, mother, memory 

The Crystals

Moonstone 

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Moonstone is much prized for its vibrations of feminine or goddess energy. It is connected the psychic and spiritual world. A stone of protection that shields the aura and helps to facilitate spiritual growth and development. It is a stone of transformation and has a powerful connection to the spiritual world. 

This is a perfect stone if you feel you need to connect more to the spiritual world. The moon has always been associated with the emotions and as such this stone will help you to connect to your emotions. 

The nurturing energy of this stone will give you comfort and guidance in difficult times. 

Rainbow moonstone is helpful in love and relationships. It can help attract the right people into your life if you're looking for a love partnership. This crystal will protect you when you're feeling vulnerable. 

Personally, moonstone has always helped me to open up to my spiritual side. I always reach for moonstone when I start to feel disconnected from my psychic senses. 

I chose Moonstone because of it's capacity to enhance psychic perception bring protection and open up our emotions which are all archetypes  attributed to the sign of Cancer.  

Lepidolite   

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'Lepidolite is the perfect healing crystal to help a woman stabilize her emotions, dissolve the pain of deeply felt wounds, soothe the heart, and reduce stress and depression.' - Caroline Lucas

This mineral will help to build optimism and promote inner balance. Lepidolite dispels negativity. This stone helps to reduce the stress that comes with significant life changes. It will help to foster inner peace. 

It helps to balance the hormones bringing peace and calm during the sometimes stormy menstrual cycle. 

This stone increases your psychic faculties and has a very soothing energy. It helps you connect with your instincts. You will experience more synchronicities, coincidences, and become more in tune with you 'gut feelings'. 

Lepidolite helps you cope with upsetting experiences or traumas that make it difficult to keep our emotions balanced. This stone helps you to focus on happiness and positivity rather than drowning in your emotions. This stone is really helpful in emotionally difficult times. 

Lithium, a mineral that is a major component of lepidolite is often used in the treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and even schizophrenia. 

For me, I mostly notice how balanced my emotions are whenever I've used lepidolite. I did notice more sychronicities when I used it as well as more control over the 'pain body' during monthly cycles as described by Eckhart Tolle in the book 'The power of now' I believe that through this crystal, I was able to tune into more subtle energies and identify this phenomenon.  

I chose Lepidolite because of its propensity to balance emotions, heal from trauma,  help calm during the moon cycle, its ability to help tap into emotions as well as enhance your psychic perceptions.  

These are my choice of crystals for Cancer energy. I have focused on stones that allow clear communication as gemini being ruled by mercury is a very communicative sign.

with love and light xoxo Elizabeth

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