Why is the cancer sign given this name?!
Question: From what I know cancer is the only sign that's given the name of a disease. Sometimes you are asked what your sign is and if your answer is cancer someone next to you will ask who has cancer. lol
Answers: From what I know cancer is the only sign that's given the name of a disease. Sometimes you are asked what your sign is and if your answer is cancer someone next to you will ask who has cancer. lol
"cancer" is Latin for "crab"
[ "bummer coincidence" ... July b-day here I always wanted a "nicer" sign-name ]
Citing:
"Scholars believe that astrologers later added the crab to the myth in order to have the Twelve Labors of Hercules reflect the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. While it is difficult to associate all of Hercules' labors with the zodiac, it is true that the crab figured in Hercules' Second Labor, and is in fact the Second Sign of the Zodiac.
In any case, apparently for following its masters command and sacrificing its life, the crab was awarded with a heavenly home. But, because Cancer failed to defeat Hercules, the gods did not give Cancer bright stars to mark the constellation. "