Mars in Cancer

Cancer is cardinal water ruled by the Moon, and Mars is in its fall here: drive runs through feeling, which makes it indirect. These people act to protect someone rather than to win, and they are fiercest on behalf of family. Effort follows the mood, strong when they care and largely absent when they do not. Anger is rarely stated plainly: it withdraws, goes sideways and surfaces later attached to something else. Saying the grievance at the time is the main work of this Mars.