2016 Cancer Horoscope Preview

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Cancer Horoscopes, Year 2016: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Cancer, the Crab.

2016 Cancer Horoscope Overview

The following is an overview horoscope for the zodiac sign of Cancer for the year 2016. See also Summary Horoscopes.

2016 Horoscope Previews

Areas of Expansion in 2016 for Cancer: Communications, Transportation, Learning, Home, Family

Your Cancer 2016 Horoscope, Jupiter Profile, points to areas of life that are destined to expand and grow.

Until September 9, 2016, your communications continue to increase and expand. Your ability and desire to express yourself is greater now, and your personal interests grow.

Good fortune with vehicles, transportation, through siblings, and with the communications industry can be experienced during this cycle that has been with you since August 2015. There can be an especially strong focus on communications or transportation in the work you do or services you provide.

Some of you could be working with relatives/siblings. It’s a strong time for updating your skills and learning new ones that you can apply to your job. You are more perceptive, and others are more receptive to your ideas. New opportunities to communicate or to get around town can open up to you.

Potential negatives: Taking on too many daily activities, communications, new interests, and learning endeavors or studies can be a problem now. Don’t overload your plate. The more excessive tendencies of this transit are more likely to be experienced in mid-February to March, late May, and mid-August. Be especially clear in your communications and watch for misrepresentation. You could experience some feelings of disillusionment with, or interruptions of, current studies or belief systems. A busy personal life can impact your focus in your career. There can be considerably more demands from your daily routines and work at times this year, and there can be less time to learn, study, connect with others, and pursue your mental interests.

However, for the most part, you are likely to enjoy more opportunities through your communications and contact with others during this cycle in 2016. You could make new friends and feel more connected with a partner this year, particularly until June, when opportunities can arise. Your perspective can change completely, in a very positive way, through a partner or new information that comes your way. Some of you could meet a significant other through communications, new mental interests, or studies. There can be growth in commitment or devotion in an existing partnership, largely through opening up the lines of communication and bonding as a result. Your views toward love and commitment can transform.

You might find that you travel less or not at all, and that you are busier locally. Your thinking is more upbeat, positive, and forward-looking, and so is the way you express yourself. In fact, this is an excellent time for improving your communication skills and your general attitude or mindset. There can be important opportunities through meetings, courses, teaching, and connections made in the neighborhood or through siblings. Some problems with siblings or neighbors could be put to rest now, although they might be magnified initially in order for problem areas to come out into the open and finally be resolved. Some might return to school or take some courses.

From September 9th onward, your inner world, family life, domestic activities, and domestic arrangements begin to expand and grow. Relations with family can be especially pleasant and supportive. You might move to a new home, likely a bigger one, or expand real estate holdings. Some of you can get a mortgage or support that allows you to expand your home base. Family itself can expand, or there might be an addition to your home. Some might take on a roommate for example, or bring more friends to their home. Others might pool resources with a partner and move in together. Entertaining in the home can be emphasized, if that is something that makes you happy. Otherwise, you can experience a stronger sense of peace and privacy in your home life.

Because Jupiter is the natural ruler of your solar sixth house of work and services, some of you could be working from home or your work can be related to home and domestic affairs.

Generally speaking, more positive energy is brought to your domestic world, and long-standing problems with family might be put to bed. Do be careful about overextending yourself with home improvements, or larger accommodations that are beyond your means. Your personal life tends to overshadow your professional life or material activities during this cycle. Relationships with family can improve significantly now, although pre-existing problems might be magnified initially.

On a more psychological level, confidence in yourself and feelings of security increase during this period.

Potential negatives: Excessive money spent on home improvement, too much emphasis on the home to the point that other areas of your life suffer, or some unwillingness to expand your horizons. Avoiding or escaping responsibilities is a stronger potential in late November and late December. Uncertainty in your career or lack of definition of your life plan and lack of direction can be a struggle and can impact your feelings of security and family life. There can be a conflict between partnership and family life. You may be wanting to please too many people, and overdoing things leaves you exhausted, as it seems there is never enough time and energy to meet all your needs. However, from late September to mid-October, stronger energy is available for enjoying the more positive effects of this transit. There may be increased resources available to you for improving your home life.

For the most part, you are likely to feel emotionally secure and supported during this cycle. This is a time of nest-feathering. It’s a strong time for psychotherapy and purging as you are willing to look at the root of problems. It’s a good time for long-term financial planning and strengthening your financial picture through some form of pooling of resources. There can be more power and resources available to you to establish yourself, especially through a home or property, but also for long-term business endeavors.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity: Work, Health, Daily routines

Your Cancer 2016 Horoscope, Saturn Profile, points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

In 2016, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with the sector of your chart that governs work, health, daily routines, employees, pets, and habits. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life, as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence began December 23rd, 2014, and will be with you until December, 2017. It can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Cancer. This year, those born with 10 to 21 degrees of Cancer Ascendant and those born July 2-13 are most directly affected.

Tests can come to work and working relationships during this cycle. Responsibilities in your daily life can weigh heavily – they appear magnified, although Jupiter’s influence in your solar third house from mid-August forward can certainly help to minimize this. Do be sure, however, that you are tending to your responsibilities, and not letting them pile up. Some of you might even experience some form of loss or scandal on the work front, or possibly some heavy-handed activity and power plays from co-workers.

For those of you unhappy with your job or out of work, you are not likely to jump to grab just any position now. You are looking for something mature, long-term, and reflective of your values. Because you are more discriminating now, the pickings might seem to be slim. There can be confusion about where you are headed, ultimately, in your professional life.

The monotonous part of your work can seem harder to take, and it’s up to you to work on restructuring enough to make it work for you. Try not to see flaws and complain. Take it upon yourself to make whatever adjustments you can that will improve your working conditions.

This can be true of daily routines, not just working conditions. Health matters might be a little more problematic than usual.

While the work we do may sometimes feel too routine or boring, it can also give us a strong feeling of purpose. We want to be needed, we want to help and support others, and to do our share. If you’ve been overdoing a supportive role, which is quite possible with excessive Sagittarius on the cusp of your sixth house, or if you’ve been scattering your energies and haven’t truly noted just how much you do, then Saturn here will stimulate you to tidy up. In the end, you can in fact feel more joyful about the services your provide and the support you give, after taking a realistic look at these things and making the necessary adjustments.

However, while Saturn squares Neptune peaking in June and September, you might wrestle with a desire to escape the duller, seemingly lifeless elements of your routine. In late March and late May, the challenges of this position are also more likely to be felt. Your excitement about your mental interests, projects, or studies can lead you to take on too much, and your work or health could seem more overwhelming or restrictive as a result. Seek ways to balance your activities and responsibilities.

Because the ruler of your partnership sector is in your solar sixth house, work and partnership can be connected in some significant manner during this cycle, such as meeting a partner through work or services, or working with a partner.

This is also an excellent time for simplifying and structuring your life.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: Career, Reputation, Status

Your 2016 Cancer Horoscope, Uranus Profile, points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you are able to take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

In March 2011, you entered a lengthy cycle in which career and public image matters can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. This influence continues throughout 2016 and beyond, until March 2019.

Your career, professional projects, reputation, and public image continue to speed up, stimulate, and open up this year. These areas of life can be unpredictable – the wild card area of life – but also highly stimulating and innovative. You can bring fresh insight into your work. You can also learn to let go of limiting self-consciousness. As long as you don’t push it too far, you can free yourself from some of the fears you have of not living up to others’ expectations, particularly those of parents or society in general.

This may be a time when you take an unexpected turn in your work or in your life path or direction. Make sure you don’t jump on a bandwagon that is impractical. Also, while you prefer to set your own pace in your work, try not to become a loner in your professional life. Others can have important input. By nature, you are not the biggest of risk takers, but more courage is with you this year.

Challenges in these areas of life may come in March and August. For some of you, there can be gossip to deal with or challenges finding a balance between your studies or personal interests and your responsibilities. Watch that you don’t let either slip in preference for the other. In April and May, wonderful energy is with you for gently pushing the boundaries and making progress. From December forward and well into 2017, you are more able to manage your need for accuracy and attending to details and your desire to innovate and express your individuality, particularly related to your work. You might also build or rebuild your reputation now, particularly as a reliable and responsible person.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Partnerships, Friends, Groups, Creativity, Romance, Intimacy

Your 2016 Cancer Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new”.

Attitudes towards partnerships, close personal relationships, compromise, and significant others continue to transform this year. This is due to Pluto’s presence in your opposing sign – a long-term visitor. Until June is strong for any or all of these matters, when communications open and can boost or attract a partnership. You are exposed to new ideas, choices, and opportunities. Studies, writing, and other communications can open up and connect you with a partner or with opportunities to expand. This influence has been with your since October.

A more challenging period is possible in November, when family or domestic matters can seem to be at odds with a partnership. You will be pouring more energy into your personal life, domestic pursuits, and family activities now, and this can cause some friction in a partnership. The temptation is to do it all, and to do it all in a big way, but there is a natural limit to energy levels and your time, so don’t burn yourself out.

In 2016, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipse activity continue to affect your sectors of career and family, but only until March, when the final eclipse in this particular set gives you the final push to strike a better balance between the two.

As well, your sectors of learning, transportation, and communication continue to require transformation. Your ability to manage the demands of daily life is tested, and changes may be necessary in order to become more effective. Your personal belief system is also evolving this year. Transportation can be a sudden issue. Opening up communications with others is a challenge but also a potential joy this year. Learning to slow down, to be sensitive to social graces and networks, and to sensitize yourself to others’ needs and communications without fear of being tied down, will release you from some of your nervous tension and help you to achieve more happiness and inner balance. Try not to run from small talk, even if you fear that you’ll waste your time.

The North Node in your communications sector all year points to a real need to reach out, connect, make contact, learn, and communicate, as these things can bring wonderful benefits and much joy to your life, particularly around the eclipses in March and September.

A new eclipse set begins in August with a Lunar Eclipse in your intimacy and sharing sector, shaking up shared finances, material and emotional support, and your intimate life. This is a time for reaching a settlement or making changes in the way you depend on others.

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See also 2016 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign and 2016 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.

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