depression the cause of my star sign?

Is this true that the cause of me being depressed atm has something to do with the fact that im a Cancer and that we're prone to getting depression and other emotional disorders? I haven't actually been classed as clinically depressed but I know I am and dont want to talk to anyone about it b/c i keep thinking that who ever i talk to about this will think im just being stupid and I dont want to burden anyone with my problems.
So would there be any other way to avoid going to a counciller and having them put me on medication or anything like this?
or maybe i'd just have to go get help.........i dont know, I do find this quite interesting though.
Some help would be greatly appreciated on this. Thanks

i got the info about cancer linking to depression from this link http://www.astrologycom.com/cancer.html

 

Yeah, its called figuring out why yer depressed and trying to change it/ work it out. I think cancers can kinda get stuck in that mode but being one doesn't mean you hafta stay stuck in the muck. I know I can fall into a depression over shit thats going on in my life but I try to do something about it, at the very least, change my outlook.~*Cancer sun/ Saggitarius acending/ Aquarius moon*~ Theres more to astrology than your sun sign too. If you believe in astrology than you should know that theres more than just the surface aka your sun sign.Have fun with it. Theres a cool and really easy book to use that you can pick up in any bookstore, new or used...the name eludes me but its on the large size and putple...and says something in the title about being easy to use.

 

In the same way that Leo's planet (?) is the Sun, cancers are ruled by the moon.
The moon, as we hear, is related to emotions and unlike the sun, it changes very, very often.

The answer is to read more astrology books.
I derived much benefit from reading about my sign, but also reading about other people's signs, and that is how you get a more cear perspective of yourself.

Depression can also be related to how other people treat you, and how they demmand that you conform to their view of life.(i dare say it is the only cause, though depression does alter your chemical balance).

Considering how we are absolutely unique, and individual, conformity is totally ludicrous.

Be yourself, but first discover what that self is.

Most depressed people are confused, because they have other people telling them what to do and how to be, and they are trying to be too nice all the time. They have been controlled by others too long.

I'ts not about telling people what to do, and how to be, but about pointing in the right direction.

Self-knowledge is the key to freedom.

 

Thanks for your help. im sure i'll work out my problems .

 

yes, that is so very true about cancers, they are very emotionally distressed people, its sad, like my ex ex who was a cancer, sheesh! whiney, mamas boy, ugh never again with a cancer!
=thrillkill

 

yes, that is so very true about cancers, they are very emotionally distressed people, its sad, like my ex ex who was a cancer, sheesh! whiney, mamas boy, ugh never again with a cancer! oh by the way im an aquarius so you might understand how i feel.
=thrillkill

 

haha yer i cant say i know many Aquarius' but this is probably why i dont, they avoid me lol jkz.

 

In fact i don't know if i believe in astrology...
I think i can believe in the basic laws who reign over every sign ...(even if there's always exeptions) ...but i can't believe in predictions...4 sure it's not my cup of tea.
In fact as a depressive man i used to think that be pisces is like "born under a bad sign"...you know the song of "the cream"...whatever. I want to have an opinion of someone out there ...I'm a Pisces with Aquarius as ascendant...what d'ya think of this ...?


sorry for my approximative english

bye

 

Well I wouldn't say it is true about every person that is a Cancer. Yes we Cancerians can be emotional, I can't speak for all of them, but I for one isn't "emotionally distressed".

 

Almost all under the water sign seem to suffer with some emotional or mental illness.
im scorpio and im bipolar... and i know alot , i mean alot of water signs and they all seem to have issues

 

A damm good combo

 

My best friend was Scorpio but both of us took the wrong way years ago...
I was (i still ,less, but i still) the kind of man who can't say no...he took the leadership ...and it ended both of us gettin in jail (me 4 just two weeks...).
He was the kind of man to live every month more and more over a cuttin' edge...and i followed him just to not loose my best friend(i never had many friends)...but now i think that i know where's the borderline...that was one of many versions of a pisces-scorpio friendship.

You're bipolar! Craig Nicholls ...the singer from the Vines is bipolar too ...so you can be a bipolar star or artist ! (i don't like this jet-set word...star)

bye

i hope you had understand my text

 

A damn good combination ?
You're talkin' like if i was walkin into a fog in search of the golden key of mystery...
In short... : "Tell me more !?"

 

Excuse me? Getting emotional, or a bit depressed from time to time does not make one mentally ill. I don't know what emotional illness means....
Actually know quite a few ppl that do suffer from some mental illness, and out of 6, only one is a water sign. And I am talking about having a clinically diagosed illness, not a this guys nuts response to someone. By the way, bi-polar is a very common illness and i think i remember reading on an info pamphlet that it affects like 1 out of every 300 people. I know it freaked me out to find out that its that common. But its affects vary alot with different people.

 

I'm a Cancer with depression and mild bipolar disorder... Someone already suggested it, but Water signs are very deep and emotional. Sometimes all that we see is our feelings and logical reasoning gets thrown out of the door... that's where my problem lies for the most part.


I get so wrapped up on how I feel about things and situations that I become blind to the untainted reality of the situation. For example, when I lost my job a couple of years back, I became so depressed about not having a job, that I wasn't really putting the effort I should have into making a sharp new resume and actively looking for work on a daily basis. Once I attempted to balance my thinking in this way, I wasn't quite as over-run by my emotions.

So in short, yes, your star sign may contribute to your depression, which means that you'll have to put forth more effort into keeping your head on straight than the next person. Sorry, kiddo...

 

It's all good, I mean yes being a water sign can affect your emotions but so can being really sick for awhile also, example, Glandular Fever or anything for that matter, did you know that being Bi-polar can be hereditary.Anyway, I dont regret being a Cancer, we actually have some really useful traights like being able to observe situations before making big decisions etc (cancers do anyway). It was hard to deal with my depression (when i had it) and it didnt help that i was sick at the same time as my depression (my sickness kinda fuel'd my depression really) but i guess when u get better, you can kinda see straight again, there was the odd time there when i didnt want to be a water sign anymore , and i realised i was just looking for something else to blame my depression on when i really new why i was depressed, i think i was just in denial.
Thanks for all your help people.

 

That would be cancer scorpios and pisces...mmmmm, I thinks so, problems caused by addiction and indulgence.

 

I can definitely realte to what u guiys r talking about. I am a pisces and I am very sensitive. I am sensitive to others moods-even if they are not directing their emnotions at me-thus I am affected by them. When someone I care for is emotional -I can become in-tune with their feelings whether happy or sad.
I have had a strong rollercoaster friendship and romance with a Scorpio b4 and the last guy was very depressed-moody and dependent upon controlled substances. He was also cool,sensitive,sweet,deep, and we had an unspoken understanding. But it was very frustrating playing the weird emotional games that water sgins such as he(Scorpio) and me(Pisces)played with each other.But at the same time I loved it and still do....

This is the perfect example, emotional,bi-polar, dependent water signs...
But man oh man-they are my fave group of signs and I am glad to be in the number of insanely sane guys and gals!

 

Everyone gets depressed. If it is protracted I would rather guess that it is because of Progressions to the Natal Chart or transits to the Progression.

If you are a Cancer and you told me that it is the cause of depression, I would have to say, "How could it be? The Moon is only in one sign for 2.5 hours. So why doesn't your depression go away after 2.5 hours?"

Do you have hard aspects to the Moon? Is it adversely aspected, in a bad sign, bad house, etc?

 

Yet, depression is a sign of the times, and I think you can't find one single person on the planet that has not gone through long periods of sadness and discouragement, and even thinking about ending it all.

I would dare to say that maybe there has never been a decade or century where people have been consistently happy under many different circumstances, rich poor young and old.

It actually diminishes its weight to know it has more to do with the passing of signs and inner biorhythms, and many more uncharted causes.