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Horoscope Quilt - Pattern No. 30

May 23, 1933
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A pattern leaflet for the Cancer border quilt block. This is the thirtieth in a series of pattern leaflets for The Horoscope Quilt.
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The Detroit News
Horoscope Quilt - Pattern No. 30
Cancer


By Edith B. Crumb.

No wonder tenacity is the characteristic of people born curing June and part of July if this crab is any indication. Mercy! just think what would happen if it put its claws into you.

But if you give it a shove from behind it loosens its hold at once. It is not so bad if one knows how to deal with it.

And that applied to all people born when the ancients said the Crab constellation was riding high in the heavens. It applies, too, to the dread disease which need not be so terrifying if taken care of in time. It is tenacious and grasping at the last, but by taking care of disturbing symptoms early the danger is little.

Worrying is a characteristics of Cancer people and here is an old saying that applies to them: "I am an old man and have had many troubles in my life, but most of them never happened."

This design is a companion to the Ram, the Bull, and the Twins; and, as you know, these figures are designed to be used on the border of the Horoscope quilt.

If you will read back over the directions on the other leaflets you will see that at least two arrangements have been suggested.

If you are putting only four on each side and three at the bottom and three at the top then you want to know which two to repeat on top. The first is the one we have today (Cancer), if it happens to be your birth signb and with it you place the sign which represents the person most congenial to you. That person, according to the old lore, is a person born under the sign of Pisces or Scorpio. Next best are persons who call Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn their zodiac signs.

The birthstone of Cancer people is the ruby and their favorite color is green or silver and the flower which they like is the lily.

These people are industrious, versatile, adaptable. They like approbation, as we all do. They make good preachers, teachers and excellent parents. They like the home and the children and the hearth fire.

The ancients used to believe they had many faults - these Cancer people, but fortunately they can overcome the faults much more easily than a headstrong Aries or a stubborn Taurus or a variable Gemini.

The Daily Horoscope is a fascinating feature which appears every day on the Women's Pages of The Detroit News - The Home Newspaper
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Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
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