Whatever you give a Cancerian, take the time to craft a heartfelt message. These sentimental softies hoard all their old cards for their anniversary, birthday, Christmas, engagement, Mothers Day, Fathers Day – you get the idea. They well up when it’s something really special and something they’ve been hinting at (but were afraid you’ll forget). Cancers are one of the worst signs of which to forget or overlook their birthday and they’ll hold a grudge if you do!

Many of them will even save (and re-use) their wrapping paper so don’t be surprised to see the same, (slightly wrinkled) paper on your gift. In fact, if they don’t like what you’ve bought, they’re not above regifting it to someone else, or straight back to you at some later stage.

They don’t take it well when you just shove them a birthday card with money in it  – “here, get what you want” and will honestly believe you don’t care (frankly, I wouldn’t think you cared either if you pulled that stunt on me and I’m not a Cancerian).

They’re big on their family and even the men are born Nannas. If they have small children they get a kick out of mummy-daughter, father-son matching outfits. Spending time with their children is their favourite thing so family tickets to a show, museum, theme park or other activity that builds a store of family memories would go down well.

They also lurrve their home and to make it beautiful for others to enjoy when they entertain (with Venus-ruled Taurus on their 11th house of friends and group activities they love to feed their friends with hearty home-cooked meals, while with Libra on their 4th house of home and family, they crave a beautiful home and a peaceful family environment). Beautiful candles or cookware are popular, as are hardware gift certificates so they can do a few fixes around the house. Stunning coffee table books on French Provincial/Italian/Paris interiors would go down well. Greenery works well too.

Many Cancerians are into history so you could give them one of those heraldic plaques for their surname perhaps, a real bodice-ripper by Cancerian Barbara Cartland, a guestbook, a leatherbound photo album or you could create a cool collage of family photos and frame them. If your budget extends that far, taking them to an antiques market where they can choose something in your budget would be a major thrill.

A lot of them like to work from home (whether they have kids or not) so while it’s not the typical touchy-feely gift Cancerian gift, something that makes it easier or more comfortable to have their own office could be a clever idea. And with Saturn in their solar 3rd house of communication until 31 October, many of them are trying hard to overcome their innate dislike of technology. A multi-function phone. fax, answering machine, laptop, scanner or home printer might be possible birthday gift idea options for a number of Cancerians.

Tags: birthday gifts, Cancer, gift certificates, Libra, Saturn, Taurus

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