The Horoscope : Cancer

Cancer : "Cancer" is an ancient word derived from a root meaning "to scratch." Some depictions of Cancer feature a lobster, the sign is most often represented by the crab, based on the Karkinos. Cancer the "most inconspicuous figure in the zodiac," adding that its mythology "apologizes for its being there by the story that when the Crab was crushed by Hercules, for pinching his toes during a contest with the Hydra in the Marsh of Lerna, Juno exalted it to the sky."