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moonchild

noun

moonchild

noun

Etymology From moon + child, because the ruling planet of Cancer is the Moon. The term is used to avoid the negative connotations of the word cancer.

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Astrology, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences Euphemistic A Cancerian.

  • The punk icon and bottle-blond beauty is a moonchild who, like most Cancer women, has a "heart of glass."2007, Holiday Mathis, Rock Your Stars: Your Astrological Guide to Getting It All:

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