How To Dress If You Are Cancer Rising?
To be Cancer Rising is to be MOON Ruled. Their moods and even image fluctuate as often as the Moon changes sign; every 51 hours on average. Capricious or just in touch with lunar rhythms imperceptible to the less nuanced? There are many other gifts of being Moon ruled, of course.
Here are some of the ones that pertain to Crab Rising style. Unsure of your Rising Sign? Get an Astral DNA for my unique, non-cliche and supportive take on your whole natal birth chart.
The lady Crabs really suit necklaces. The part of the body traditionally ruled by the Moon-Cancer is the chest area and they can oomph it up with brilliant results. The men too: Saggo Sun/Crab Rising Ricky Whittle, for instance.
Symbolically, you could say that they were energizing their most vital chakra via supportive metal and gemstones. Moonstone is the Cancerian rock of cosmic choice. This is Julia Roberts (Scorpio Sun) in her Ruby & Moonstone necklace.
Related to the ability to pull off BIG necklaces? The famous Cancerian Rising rack. I once had a hoary old astrology textbook with this memorable phrase: “the women with Cancer Rising have the most exquisitely sensitive breasts and impressive decolletage.” It’s rare that you read an astrology book where it seems like the author was typing with just one hand.
The men do it with superior pecs, delts and trap development. That, with empathy, is devastatingly attractive. Voila, Mark Wahlberg.
When it comes to wardrobe, the rumors are true – Cancer Rising people do have a poncho fetish. Voila (Aries) Kate Hudson.
Sun Taurus/Crab Rising Cher back in the day
And Liv Tyler – a triple Cancerian.
Cancer Rising People Are Fragile Rocks
Though they are usually emotionally resilient and commercially adaptable, Cancer Rising people can project as vulnerable. They’re like the ‘fragile rocks’ that Rupert Everett writes of in his autobiography. Their lucid, often sanpaku eyes transmit empathy even when they’re calculating. Emphasizing the eyes is an easy win for Cancer Rising. They don’t try to over-ride their emotional wisdom with intellect or received opinion.
Hence their dominance in the arts.
Exhibit One: Marvin Gaye.
The Sixties supermodel Twiggy, showing off the famous Crab Rising goo-goo eyes and weapon number one for Crabs on le pull – the angora jumper.
And even the classic Mars-Neptune rat-bag Steve McQueen. These characters can be the most venal, rock-like canny creatures on the planet but people still want to take care of them and do things for them.
Crab Rising looks best in natural, soft jewel-like tones – moss green, moonstone or aquamarine, and salmon pink. Their aura is WAY too nuanced for the harsher vibe of black, white or a primary red. Their instincts make them secretly super-Yang – they KNOW what time it is, whether or not you love them when someone is freaked and whose got the money face. But the best Crab Rising look is SUPER-YIN.
What Crab Rising peeps really like to do is have enough clout so that they can prioritize comfort. Juicy Couture is probably the ultimate Cancerian rising brand and sweatpants their true classic. Here is Julia Roberts again, proving the point.
I’m a Cap rising BUT — Moon is on the ASC, in Full phase, as my Sun is in Cancer directly opposite. So I read the Cap rising style post, loved it: I’ve got the brows (when I was super-young it was heading toward unibrow), tend to dress in black or charcoal gray, and metallics look weirdly good on me (I’m also a minimalist when it comes to jewelry, and “girly” styles look mad stupid on me); but the Moon definitely throws a monkey wrench into it. In brief: from the neck up I look like a Capricorn, but from… Read more »
I just came across these pics of Iggy Pop….
I remembered this post when I suddenly realised he must be cancer rising. The eyes, the pecs and the poncho. Always a giveaway.
Lol this
Sir Walter Ralegh MUST HAVE been Cancerian. His birth year is in dispute (much less the day of the year) but check him out in this portrait, dripping with pearls and silver silk, a discreet moon in the background …
AND so is Ben affleck, her hub. They are like the definition of normcore in hollywood / anywhere.
jennifer garner is another cancer asc. super soft/fem look, but also really muscular (aries sun)
Love this! I am kataka sun and Saturn conjunct with Juno in cancer too.. I agree with so much of this.
Great post. I wonder does your moon sign (ruler of ascendant) add an extra emphasis here? I never wear ponchos but I’m absolutely obsessed with scarves. The softer and cosier the better – they’re like a comfort blanket to me. I feel safe and protected when I wear a scarf. I’m definitely NOT into sweat pants, wouldn’t be caught dead in them. I like to be comfortable at all times, but I think this can be done in a more polished and glamorous way. Soft woolen jumpers, scarves and pretty flats. Perhaps my pisces sun demands I not dress like… Read more »
Nice article! I’m a Capricorn guy with Kataka rising, I always wear either black, blue, grey, white (not preferred) or lightbrown/green tone because it goes with my lightblue eyes and lighter brown hair. I found that asure/sea green also compliments blue eyes, almost sparkly.
I agree with the tips given here, I feel most socially and ego comfortable in the New York Chique style, I think my Capricorn sign plays a part there, but I always give it a playfull twist with fun prints on my shirts for example (not too much).
lollll forever at the angora jumper reference. i can totally see this. too funny. i have moon in the 1st, but can’t say i do much crab style beyond prioritizing comfort. you’d think such a placement would enhance the rack, but i’m the only female in my (rather cancerian) family with super minimal breasts. the ONLY one who doesn’t need custom bra in a massive/unreal size. idgi. some crab folk do pull of the vintage look but actual vintage is just not comfy enough for most — such scratchy, stiff & synthetic fabrics. is pin-up cancerian? eagerly waiting for pisces… Read more »
I ADORE this series of posts and am patiently waiting for Pisces…why O why does it have to be at the end of the zodiac…?
I love this post so much and I’m nowhere near Cancer anything. But now that I know their wily ways I am prepared! (Aries-rising-love-is-a-battlefield)
Love this post!
I have Mercury, Venus and Saturn in Cancer. I adore tracksuit softy pants, angora, and ponchos. I own at least three ponchos, but scarves are really my thing. Ouruborous scarves, big scarves.
My Gem Asc. looks better I think in something more ‘modern’ in look, but I am totally lunar in my tastes.
p.s. I think Tom Hardy is Cancer Rising, his wife is a Capricorn and it would give him Mars/Jup Rising and he is famous for his ability in scary roles while remaining sympathetic and goobly eye. Ok. I will stop talking about TH now.
I can appreciate most of these but MAN do I hate sweatpants in public….to me it denotes a complete lack of style versus having any.
But then again, I am the one suffering from discomfort due to some of my style choices so maybe my priorities are askew.
Cap sun/Libra rising
You’ll have to do all style ascendants now Mystic. What for Aquarius?
So I thought I was finally making peace with my ascendant, but this post is the EXECUTIONER for that. Sweatpants? Ponchos? i’m compulsively shaking my limbs at the thought. (Not that they can’t look fine on people who like them, but how “physically trapped in heavy cloth” means “comfort” to other people I’ve never wrapped my head around.) And pastels are for flowers. I’m allergic.
Okay, ciao to checking Kataka scopes ever. Clearly the eastern horizon did something funny when I was born.
Where is your Venus placed? I have Venus in Cancer and totally relate to this post. I read that your Venus can affect your fashion choices substantially.
My last boss was a Kat and I guess you could call her ‘style’ normcore…. She told me her $million house was living at St Vinnes cause it had no WOW factor – I had to hold back from telling her “that’s probably cause you have none” – I know, but seriously everything was about what you owned and how much it cost – style and taste did not come into it.
WHOAH!!! WHO IS THAT IN THE TOP PHOTO?!
I know it’s supposed to rep Cancer rising but my Leo MC was tingling strongly at the sight of a golden headdress… SWOON.
Had to laugh at the Whittle photo because the two male Cancer risings I know the best BOTH do the unbuttoned-shirt-with-the-sexy-chain thing. Haaa.
I also see something specific in the mouths of Cancer rising people, but it’s hard to describe…a sensitive mouth, a sweet mouth. Does anyone know what I mean?
That’s Ursula Andress in the top pic – you prob know her as Honey Rider in the James Bond film Dr No – she of the white bikini coming out of the sea, like Venus?
In this pic above, she’s wearing her regal gold threads as Ayesha – a mysterious queen from a lost and ancient city – from the 1965 movie *She* based on a H Rider Haggard story. It’s super fab 60’s fantasy fare.
Thanks for that Scarab. I was wondering. I love that headpiece so much. It reminds me of that terrible movie Queen of The Dammed – The Egyptian Vampire queen’s outfit just blew me away. I loved her costume so much and lately I have this headdress fetish. It’s just so Jupiter in Leo. I finally finished reformatting my hard drive. Added 4 TB of extra space to my system and began figuring out what was taking up so much space on my system. Time to Feng Shui my Mac. But not today. Today felt like the toenail scene in Wild… Read more »
I’ve been waiting with bated breath for this one; how to mix my Cancer Rising with my Sun Cap? Reading this, I realize I already do; sleek, minimalist lines, some yin colours (but deep ones & lots of black), and touchy crystals & textures. And I just bought my first cape (fancy poncho) after craving one my entire natural life.
Although no one has ever mentioned my “vulnerability”… Ice Bitch was more common. Guess the Cap vibe is stronger there…
my boyf and my brother are cancer rising, and they are SO CUTE in sweatpants. it’s literally my favourite thing on the both of them.
Living in sweats is applicable to every Cancer I’ve ever known, except for one – my son. My son is a Cancer Sun/Taurus Moon/Sagg Rising. The only thing in this list that equates with him is his eyes. He is THE most photogenic person I’ve ever encountered and from his birth to this day, when he’s happy his eyes sparkle like the most glorious diamonds you can imagine. He has deeply sensual features, it looks like his eyes were painted with watercolors, they seem like liquid due to being soft and striking at the same time. He is attached to… Read more »
God he sounds dreamy Venus!
I joke that of course, I gave BIRTH to my dream guy – go figure 😛
He’s dope. Fiesty as hell. My greatest joy is we have insane creative chemistry, he’s the ONE person I’ve ever met who can keep up with me, hell, even surpass me on occasion. My first, and best soulmate – love him to bits.
It must be fun watching your child trying out his own sense of style. 🙂 The way kids/people relate to clothes can reveal a lot … but – what’s with Goth(esque) and kids? they’re all into it – here too. It’s like a juvenile global goth situation … little gothlings everywhere.
Also “Living in sweats is applicable to every Cancer I’ve ever known, except for one – my son.”
Count me in with your son! Sweats are for running and sweating in. I do normcore and hard comfort real well, but i draw the line at living in sweatpants ..uh-uh.
On the rare occasion I wear sweats I glam them up. The big gold hoops, with a fitted hoodie and metallic flip-flops or matching kicks. I used to collect the Adidas Caribbean jackets and rock them to the gym but you wouldn’t catch me dead in the Juicy Couture crap. Not genuinely sexy enough for me, faux sexy isn’t sexy at ALL. I have a ‘thing’ for leather big-time. I j’adore winter because I get to break out my leather gloves and coats which get packed away during the summer (thankfully boots can remain year round, lol). My style is… Read more »
I gave birth to my dream guy
LOL
Love that!
I dig the sports luxe look too but adidas all the way, no velour, no juicy couture- perish the thought, soon tacky!
And yeah only to the gym and back. I’m in leathers when I’m not in workout gear too and blame my teenage attire on Marlene Dietrich too!
oh and hell yeah to the equestrian look. I groaned when Ralph Lauren sent me a VIP invitation to their “sample sale” and chucked it straight in the bin. sorry Mr & Mrs Lauren I have ENOUGH of your clothes and you’ve had all the cash from me you’re ever going to get.
Love this! I’m Cancer Asc./Libra Sun. My Virgo in Venus is like ugh, ponchos? But I love necklaces – like omg gimme that glamorous diamond monstrosity right now please. Right on with the natural and jewel-like colors. And the rack — true for me.
(* my Venus in Virgo. oops)
Being both Kat Asc n Sun, l don’t know where one stops n the other starts.
I spose it’s better than a square or an opp
FUQ I love the Style Your Ascendant posts!!!!
OMG I know a Kataka rising bloke who cuddles his cat just like that, with devastating effects on the ladies!! Beyond adorable.
I also know someone with Venus in Kataka who goes nuts for women in onesies….and I thought they were an effective contraceptive!? He says he finds them “cute”.
I’ve noticed Cancer Risings tend to do vintage really well. The ladies also are apt to look good in super femme things – lace, tulle, floral prints, etc.. As for lingerie, bustiers are a must!
Spoiler alert. Comment below is unrelated to astrology so I’m not going to craft any astro talk into it. If that bothers you please do not read on. I need to take an executive decision here. Boy been in touch. By text. Wants to see me tomorrow evening. I want Saturday. Major big time stressed here on the work & money front. Tech snafus abound and just way behind on the writing front as time being sucked up having to reformat hard drive and deal with admin swamp. Also, truthfully I want a second proper “official” date. And tomorrow is… Read more »
Nice going. Do it all on your own terms, or not at all! Trust the gut!
Yes. Go with the gutz.
Nothing to lose, ‘cept maybe a putz.
But seriously, you said it all, Invicta. And if he’s cool, you’ll find out soon enough.
Damned right skarab! I texted him just after I wrote that. Need to keep on working here. Have deadline and need to deliver words by Friday evening so nix on tomorrow night. No apology, no x, nada. He texted back right away “Not a problem..” Instantly I got a new message from some other admirer on Tinder. Haven’t checked it but feel soon much better already. Hey it’s fair game. He was there two weeks before taking himself off the app, I’m sure he collected A LOT of numbers! His profile was the most engaging and sophisticated one I’ve ever… Read more »
Thank you Lux xoxo
Now, I am certainly not suggesting this as a response, but I wanted to share how a Capricorn moon with Pressing Career Business might want to respond.. by turning me into a crazy shut-him-down snapping turtle at a line like that , hahaha. Relax?!! Do you know how much I have to get thru? Do I know you? DO I EVEN KNOW YOU??? It’s Saturday, take it or leave it. Bye. Can’t blame him for trying 😉 But I think your answer is much more diplomatic.. I do enjoy this fine art of deftly postponing a rendezvous by just opting… Read more »
Lol. Right?
Pi honey, I don’t do sugar. You know that.
but yeah. It’s game on.
and I got game.
I go so much damn game this boy is going to WORK for it now.
I DO have work to do and frankly I found that whole
“i could help you relax” proposal insulting
Who the fuq does he think he is?
I guess he’s not that awesome as I first thought.
“If you want to love me, you’ll have to climb some fences.”
Lesbians on Extasy. Great band.
Hmmmm. Under 32’s are strange. But pop over before dates are a big no no for moi. You want, you woo – no exceptions.
Totally. I’m so over NSA sex.
I didn’t pick up that vibe from him but I’m new to the dating game. I probably gave off the impression I’m not up for anything serious without even realising it. But who knows and frankly ..who cares? I really do have a shedload of tech snafus I’m still buried under and word count today (bar goofing off here) is ZERO. So men can wait. This woman is just busy. Period.
Pisces ascendant here, gonna have to wait til next year to read mine at this rate! Enjoying the others though
For the future audio series Taurus was last. It will pass quicker than you think 🙂
This post is almost a bit too accurate! Though i’m a Kataka Sun, i obviously relate to most of this. Esp the ponchos – i have various styles in different fabrics. They’re like an extra shell. But above all – comfortable! BTW, I bought a poncho in an unassuming shop about 3 years ago, and the shop assistant told me that Kate Hudson had bought 3 of them in that shop the previous month…that’s hardcore fetish. Yes to necklaces, as i love my stones – any stones – deepending on the mood. I like the feel of them on my… Read more »
…and MOHAIR – also a kataka staple/weapon.
I totally relate to all of this too! Where is your Venus and Moon located Skarab?!
Really? Lol. Both my Venus and Moon are in Leo. I like that placement – because it stops me from being a complete slob! I like my comfort but also love style in equal measure – and fabrics have to be natural, and interesting – but above all natural – otherwise i feel like there’s a film of cloying ethereal slime surrounding me.
Where are yours??
Uh – ok, Venus in Cancer – makes sense!
Yep, Venus/Moon in Leo sounds tres glam. I also feel the slime of weird fabrics and react. I can’t wear stockings either, that’s so ick.
I would wear angora, but I am not sure a rabbit can be deprived of it’s coat with pain..
Yes Venus in Cancer, Moon in Scorpio. So, very water based look-feel appeals.
WITHOUT pain.. yes, I need more pain with my abuse of animals, not.
Super-taurus with cancer rising and a deep and abiding love of cardigans. Hater of heels and dressing up in general. And you’re so right about the angora. If I put it on with my good jeans, that’s dressed up, right?
“It’s rare that you read an astrology book where it seems like the author was typing with just one hand. 😛 😛 😛
Love this hahaahaha
I laughed at that too!
I have Crab ascendant and everything in this post is characteristic of me….everything!
…..also, pearls……right? Lately I’ve been on the look out for a double strand necklace of very small freshwater pearls…..
Funny, last night I went on a date with a super psychic Crab Sun musician guy and I wore my moonstone earrings on the date…..hadn’t even thought of that connection in the moment…
……aaaaaand I wore my black angora sweater! haha! Just classic, eh?!
My mother made me wear angora pricklefest jumpers. I wont even wear wool jumpers now bcos of that. She was too Neptune oblivious to know the utter hate l had for those stupid things. I’d even just go thru an Adelaide winter just wearing a flanno than being killed by by an inside out echidna (aussie style porcupine for you northlats)
But angora is as soft as baby animals. Do you have your , um, fibres confused?
No. “Don’t you boys look good in those Angoras!” l used to think when said “Like you must like gravel for breakfast”.
The only good thing about them was that my younger brothers weren’t ‘lucky’ enough to have any.
I used to think*when she said that*
I love a flanno. I always put that down to my Aries or sadge outdoors / bogan elements. Those shirts never die. Cold? Put on two.
And like any proper (work) garment, they improve with age 🙂
Yeah, my angora is so soft! Love wearing it! I’ve got quite a few…..
also: CASHMERE!
I love wool in general and I knit….most wool isn’t itchy for me…. Born in the Year of the Sheep, which corresponds to the sign of Cancer….. it all connects!
Flanno is the best! my flanno shirts which i “borrowed” from my partner over 20 years ago are still my staple winter wear and show no signs of wear – they are old friends and feel so good.
LOVE frezhwater pearls.
Izsoooo frezh baybay 😀
Oh and re the dailies. Tell me about it dude. What a churn! Constant laundry day! My favourite song atm is by The Mating Game and it’s called Dirty Laundry. Tech glitches and diary screw ups and general Sod’s law type shite goes on unabated. What could go wrong just seems to go wrong. I’ve been frantically trying to balance scheduling, working out, finding time to write, making money and not getting too sucked in to the admin swamp. It’s a bit overwhelming but I’m hanging tough here. This progressed 8th house Kataka moon his CRAZY. I just saw that… Read more »
This is great! Why is there nothing in the post about the Cancerian retro-fetishism though?
Julia Robert just makes me want to hug her. Same with Liv Tyler, Kate thingy looks fiercer but yes she does have that goo-goo quality, as does Twiggy, maybe more so now she’s older and still lovely but perhaps less graphically striking than in the 60’s. Perhaps thats why she was capable of being virtually androgynously skinny but still look so feminine. Julia Roberts DOES a great me reveal when she laughs or cries, you DO feel like it’s a part of her soul she’s showing you and not an act. Perhaps this also explains why she was so utterly… Read more »
Gorgeous smile and fantastic. But oh how she butchered my fav character, Barb, in ‘August: Osage County’. Ditto for Anna in ‘Closer’. Great star quality but def no character actor…
Oh that is SO TRUE! My all time favourite character actress is Francis McDormand. I may have misspelt her name but by Jove that woman can act the ass off any ‘star” She doesn’t alway play the same role either as stars tend to do. The female lead in the rom com (puke) Have you seen a film called Laurel Canyon? She is so sexy and brilliantly boho in that film. actually everyone in it is awesome. It’s am incredible little movie. I wonder what HER astro is? In Laurel Canyon she’s so Saggo but in other films she’s COMPLETELY… Read more »
Funny thing that about S McQueen. Kids at school say where did ya get to do that with your eyes- The Death Stare. I say I learnt it of Steve McQueen and Ian Chappell, Kidz say “Who?”. I didn’t know he was KatASC. maybe Chapps is KatASC too!
Steve McQueen just georgeous. He was a master of cool back in the day!
Yes he was. But he also used to annoy me for some reason – i can’t quite say why – maybe i read some bad press. But oh boy – i sure would like to be that kitty-cat!
I love these posts on styling your rising sign. Will you be doing Libra rising any time soon?
I agree about these posts, it was so hard to wait for my rising sign to finally come up. MM has been posting them in astrological order so far, so Leo and Virgo are next, followed by Libra.
As a Cancer rising I’ve been waiting for this post, ha. RE: air of vulnerability and goo-goo eyes, TOTALLY. My eyes are my best facial feature. I am so sensitive and I’m bothered that it shows because I have a Capricorn moon! Yet I’m told I’m very easy to read and my emotions show. I also have a kind face and strangers are always chatting with me, asking for directions, telling me their life stories etc. It’s a total baby face. (Looking young might also be due to how Mercurial I am though). My rack is not that impressive, as… Read more »
OMG! It’s like this was written by me. Same, same and same. Kind and baby face, not an impressive decolletage but nice collar bones. Don’t use necklaces, same thought on the ponchos… Nice! 🙂
Gemini/ crab rising, now it all makes sense
Mark Wahlberg if you’re reading this, call me.
😀
Ha! Good luck. Would totally take a phone call too!