The Dark Side Of Cancer: Secret Personality Traits And Characteristics Of This Zodiac Sign You Should Know About Written By : GaneshaGrace Last Updated: April 18, 2025, 08:00 IST Cancer Personality Traits: Cancerians seem gentle, but beneath lies a sea of emotions that can turn complex, mysterious, and even destructive in dark moments. Being dependent on the movements of the moon, Cancerians have frequent mood swings. Cancer Zodiac Sign Personality Traits: Cancer is a water sign whose lord is the Moon. These people are emotionally deep, sensitive, nurturing, and domestic. But when these emotions are out of balance, this sensitivity can become destructive, obsessive, and manipulative. Cancerians may appear gentle and sweet on the outside, but inside they have a sea of emotions, which can make their nature complex, mysterious, and sometimes destructive when they are plunged into darkness. Learn in detail about the dark side of Cancer from celebrity astrologer Chirag Daruwalla. Traits Of The Dark Side Of Cancer related stories Cancerians take even the smallest things to heart. What may seem trivial to others can be heartbreaking for them, even if said unintentionally. When Cancerians feel they are being ignored or losing control, they try to influence others with techniques like emotional guilt, keeping quiet, or crying. The you don’t care about my feelings dialogue can become an emotional weapon. When Cancerians are hurt, they don’t speak up directly. They go into their shell and keep harboring anger silently from there. Then suddenly one day, revenge for some old pain comes out. Being dependent on the movements of the moon, Cancerians have frequent mood swings. One moment they are immersed in love, the next moment they are filled with anger or sadness. Because of this, people around them often feel confused and emotionally drained. Cancerians get attached to relationships very quickly and then are unable to let go of them. Their attachment to relationships can be so high that they start taking away the freedom of others. They want to provide more security than necessary. But this “security" can feel suffocating to others. Cancerians live in the past. If someone ever said or did something wrong, they remember it for years. They cannot forget old hurts and sometimes develop a victim mentality by making themselves victims. Sometimes they care so much that people become emotionally dependent on them. But then they start using this dependence as a power. I did so much for you, what will you do for me now? This turns the relationship into an emotional debt. Cancerians try to protect their loved ones from harm, but they never know when this protection becomes control. First Published: April 18, 2025, 08:00 IST