Tuesday 10 October 2017

Crab (Latin cancer, Greek carcinus)

 
Genetically, Paedophiles have more in common with crabs than they do with you and me.  
 
Now, that's a scientific fact: there's no real evidence for it, but it's a scientific fact.





crab  (Latin  cancer,  Greek  carcinus)  

Thiscrustacean,  because  of  its  backward  movement,  was  widely  thought of as  a  bringer of misfortune,  but  it  was  also  used  in  magical RAIN  ceremonies.  


In  Christ ian  symbology the  crab,  because of its shedding of its shell, came  to  refer  to  the  "casting  off of the  old ADAM"  and  resurrection  from  the  confines of  the  grave.


A  sea  animal,  the  crab  symbolizes  great  flooding.  

In  the  ancient  world it  was  thought  of  as  an  enemy  of SNAKES, which  were  thought  to  feel  pain  when  the SUN  was  in  Cancer;  simil arly,  it  was  written that  DEER  ate  crabs  as  an  antidote  to  snakebite  and  that  it  was  possible  to  protect seed from  parasites  by  sprinkling  it  with  water which  had  contained  crabs  for  more  than  a week.  


The fourth sign  of the  zodiac  is named for  the  constellation  Cancer.  

The  sun  is  in Cancer between June  23  and July 22; Cancer is  a  water  sign,  and  "feminine."  

Cancer  is the  house  of  the  MOON,  and  thus  its  metal is  SILVER. 

Astrologers  associate  with  Cancer pregnancy, imprisonment,  baptism  and  rebirth,  the  awakening  of consciousness,  and a  tendency  to  prefer  seclusion. 

 Hippocrates (ca.  460-370  B. C.),  for  reasons  which  he did  not  make  explicit  (but  perhaps  in  reference  to  a  demon  of disease  popularly  believed  to  take  on  animal  form),  used  the word  for  "crab"  to  designate  tumors,  and this  is  the  source  of  our  word  "cancer."


According  to  Greek  myth,  a  crab  sought  to impede Hercules  as  he  fought  the  Hydra  of Lerna,  a NINE-headed  snake-monster;  the crab  pinched  Hercules  in  the  heel  and  was swiftly  crushed  by  him,  but  the  crab  was transported  into  the  heavens  (becoming  the constellation  Cancer)  in  recognition  of  its
bravery  in  the  face  of death.

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