The origin of cancer

Zodiac 12 symbolizes the psychological level and reflects a person's behavior. Why are all the zodiac animals called by these names? For example, why is cancer called cancer? Next, let me explain the origin of the name cancer.

Introduction to Cancer The center of Cancer is 10, 8: 00 right ascension and 20 degrees declination. Gemini East, Leo West. There are four brighter stars in the constellation, and there is an open cluster M44 (Ghost Cluster).

Cancer is in the west of Leo, and the snake head is in the north. It is the darkest of the twelve constellations. The brightest star in the constellation is only 93.8m, and you can't see the shape of a crab at all. This may be because Hercules had already hit it with a stick.

Cancer Palace is the fourth house of the zodiac. The longitude of the Yellow River varies from 90 degrees to 120 degrees. It originally came from Cancer, hence its name. The sun comes to this palace around June 22nd every year, when the solar term is the summer solstice, so the summer point is also called? The first point of Cancer Palace? .

The guardian star of Cancer is the moon, and the patron saint is Artemis in Greek mythology, that is, Di Anna in Roman mythology, representing motherhood and harvest. People born in this constellation are eager to pursue family security and have a strong maternal spirit.

Why is cancer called cancer? Why is cancer called cancer? We can get the answer from the legend of constellations. The following Yiju Fortune-telling Network provides many similar Cancer legends for your reference. I hope these legends can help you have a relatively comprehensive understanding of the origin of the name Cancer.

Legend one

The sensitive and affectionate Cancer is a symbol of motherhood, and the arms around the chest show the mother's nature of protecting her children. However, in another symbolic sense, the baby in the arms represents the helpless and fragile self, and the surrounding arms illustrate the strong self-protection consciousness of Cancer. A story in Greek mythology emphasizes the unique aggressiveness of Cancer.

The story comes from a hero in Greek legend? Hercules said. Hercules was born by Zeus and Akmeni, a girl on earth, so she was jealous and hated by Hera, the queen of heaven. According to legend, when Hercules was a baby, Hera sent two poisonous snakes to assassinate him, but he trampled him to death. Later, Hercules became the greatest hero in Greece and the strongest man in the world. Even the gods conquered the giant with his help. Later, he married the princess of Durbeyfield, gave birth to children and lived a happy life. It was because of Hera's spell that Heracles lost his mind and killed his wife.

In order to make him atone, Zeus asked him to complete ten feats, and the second task was to get rid of Xu Dela, the hydra who harmed people and animals. In the fierce battle, a crab from Xu Dela came to help and clamped Hercules' foot, but Hercules smashed the crab shell with a big stick and died. Xu Dela, a monster in the swamp, was also killed and became Ophiuchus.

Hera, the queen of God, hated heroes so much that she put cancer in the sky and turned it into a constellation. On nights in February and March, you can see Cancer in the southern sky.

Legend 2

The origin of cancer began in Heracles (Hewuli, another translation). Heracles is the son of Zeus and mortals, and Hera (Sheila, another translation) tried to kill him again and again: he was also the greatest hero in Greece and the strongest man in the world. There is nothing he can't do. Even the gods conquered the giant with his help. Of course, Hercules also made great contributions to the gods. One day, he came to the Kingdom of Messini and was about to receive a hero's welcome. However, Hera instructed the king to give him a difficult problem, killing hydra who lived in the swamp. This is very difficult, because every time a head is cut off, countless heads will be born immediately. Hercules figured out a way to burn snakeheads, so he easily solved eight snakeheads. Seeing only one left, Hera flew into a rage in the sky. Did you fail again this time? She is unwilling! So a huge crab was called from the sea to stop Hercules, and the crab stretched out a pair of powerful crabs to hold Hercules' feet, but everyone knew that Hercules was the strongest person in the world! The cancer finally died under his brute force. Hera failed again, but she felt sorry for the desperate sacrifice of cancer. In order to appreciate the loyalty of cancer, even if it didn't succeed, Hera put it in the sky and became a cancer.

Legend 3

In Greek mythology, it is said that Zeus had an affair with many women and gave birth to many children. This time, Zeus took a fancy to Jacques myna, a beautiful woman on the earth, and went to seduce her again. Later, he gave birth to a son named Hercules, a Hercules. Before Hercules was born, he was cursed by Zeus' jealous wife Hera. In the future, when a child is born, he is destined to bear heavy sins and twelve dangerous challenges until he dies. ? When he grew up, Hercules once met Hydra, one of the twelve challenges, and launched a big war. At this time, Hera used magic to create a huge crab to help Hydra fight. Although cancer clamped the leg of Hercules, the first Greek hero, he was trampled to death by Hercules. Later, Hera put the crab in the sky and turned it into a cancer.

Legend four

In Greek mythology, great men regard fighting for the people as their ideal, and they have achieved countless things in their lives. Hercules, the most famous hero, is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, showing superhuman courage. He is the one who talks about it. Twelve great achievements? . One of them is to subdue the monster Xu Dela. Xu Dela is a hydra, killing its accomplice-cancer. The giant lion killed by Hercules became a Leo in the sky; Hydra Xu Dela became a hydra in the sky; Hydra Xu Dela's accomplice, the big crab also ascended to heaven, which is cancer; There is also a big scorpion killed by Hercules in the mountain stream, which was also sent to the sky by Zeus and became a scorpion in the summer night sky.

Legend five

The legend that cancer was first born in Babylon. In Egypt, the symbol of this constellation is two turtles, sometimes called? Water sign? , sometimes called allul (an unknown aquatic creature). It can be seen that this constellation is closely related to water, but the detailed legend has been lost.

Why is cancer called cancer? In fact, when writing the English name of cancer, the first letter must be capitalized, because cancer is a specific noun. Cancer refers to both cancer and crab. Cancer has other English names, such as cancer, cancer, cancroid, etc., all referring to crabs.

The English names of cancer and cancer come from Latin cancer, which means crab. Because both are like crabs.

There is a saying that cancer, like cancer, can inadvertently enter other people's bone marrow and heart, giving people fatal attraction and pain. There is another saying: I thought falling in love with cancer was like getting cancer. Constantly spread, distributed to the blood skin, falling angle. Obviously, this is wrong. The name cancer is definitely not derived from cancer. Cancer? The word comes from the meaning of crab.