In astrology, Mercury rules communication, and travel, along with intelligence. Under this rule, you are ready for a trip at a moments notice. You are a shrewd business person and can excel in business mainly because of your communicative abilities. The Crab Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac and has a symbol of the crab and has the qualities of a cardinal sign and of Water and is ruled by the Moon. Your planetary metal is silver.
Cancer is represented by the color silver.
Cancerians seek close personal relationships and are happiest surrounded by the familiar and those whom they love. Just as the crab has a hard shell to protect its soft interior, so do you. Hiding behind your sometimes tough exterior resides a sentimental softy. Furthermore, you are very imaginative, sympathetic and overall extremely complex. Because of your receptive and kind nature, you make friends easily.