The tender crab has a hard shell and a far from straightforward approach. But people respond best to tenderness and an honest mind, and you will certainly be confused about people if you make snap judgments.
Sun Sign: Cancer/Moon
Decanate: Cancer/Pluto; Numbers: 2, 4
The eyes are the windows of this individual's soul, so expressive that others sometimes shy away from vulnerable July 4. This person cannot easily dissemble, so won't get on in industries where flattery is the main currency. Best to avoid a career in newspapers or television where July 4 may imagine the request ‘Give me an honest opinion' needs an honest answer.
Professions which demand exact skills are best. Good at teamwork, this sociable personality may enjoy a life in the army or medicine. July 4 has a skill for entertaining and pleasing others and this, combined with a meticulous nature, may mean that working in retail or tourism is ideal.
Those born on this date frequently dislike being alone. They are naturally sociable, excellent club members and always welcome to join the crowd. Some have a strongly developed idealistic drive to serve the community and will defend either groups of people who come under threat, for example the homeless or the countryside, even historic buildings with absolute dedication. On occasion they may behave too aggressively in pursuit of a cause, but will usually listen to advice and stop short of fanaticism.
Debate about issues delights this date, but they tend to squirm at talk about personal feelings. On the sociable side, they are happiest entertaining a houseful of guests to a memorable dinner, with gorgeous, infectious gusto. And then having them stay to a huge, late breakfast, laced with some sort of fascinating alcoholic pick-me-up, possibly their mother's secret Bloody Mary recipe.
Slow to give their heart, they are sometimes unpleasantly snobbish with individual strangers, but can be relied upon never to forget their mother and father's birthdays. In fact this person uses the family to road test all potentially serious partners and will fade out at the first intimation that a lover is either unhappy with this situation, or is failing to make a suitably warm impression.
People celebrating birthdays on this date are caring and affectionate but also suspicious and self-protective. You need love in your life, and your domestic side craves a home and a family. Naturally subjective in outlook, you view the world from an exceedingly personal point of view. Despite your innate kindness, you are clannish and mainly interested in helping friends, family, and other select members of your inner circle. In your intimate relationships, you are loving and exceedingly generous. However, if you are hurt or disappointed by a loved one, your nurturing, protective attitude can morph into an overprotective, smothering kind of love.
The intensity of your sexuality is closely connected to the depth of your feelings for your companion. The act of love can carry you to incredible heights or leave you feeling let down. Sex for its own sake is just not your style. You’re no prude, but you like to establish a strong emotional connection with your lover before you embark on a physical relationship. Your bedroom approach is sensual, tender, and always considerate of your partner’s wishes.
Ginger has always been popular in cooking for its extraordinary fragrance, but it is also well known for very many medicinal properties. Some swear by cooked ginger as a cure for the common cold. In Chinese medicine, a herbal brew of cinnamon, ginger, dried tangerine peel and Chinese liquorice mmm, delicious?- is used for added energy, to improve poor circulation and to give the digestive system a boost. Add equal amounts, 3-4 grms each, to 0.75 litre water and simmer until the liquid is reduced by a third. Divide into three portions and drink two to three times a day.
Inside your head, you’re bolder, more imaginative, and audacious enough to take risks you would never think of pursuing in reality. Your ideal lover is the one you trust to coax you out of your Cancer shell. In his or her arms, you reveal your most erotic sexual fantasies. With your bedmate in the supporting role, you can act them out together.
The tender crab has a hard shell and a far from straightforward approach. But people respond best to tenderness and an honest mind, and you will certainly be confused about people if you make snap judgments.
The secretive, self-protective Cancer native prefers to work beneath the surface of a situation rather than confront it head-on. You instinctively know the best way to manipulate circumstances and people, and like a crab, which moves sideways, you will do everything possible to avoid an out-and-out showdown.
Gulseppe Garibaldi, Italian unification leader. Eva Marie Saint, film actress. Tokyo Rose, propagandist traitor. Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film actress. William Byre, English Elizabethan composer. Thomas Barnado, Irish philanthropist, founded homes for abandoned children.
