moonchild
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
moonchild (plural moonchildren)
- (astrology, euphemistic) A Cancerian.
- 2007, Holiday Mathis, Rock Your Stars: Your Astrological Guide to Getting It All:
- The punk icon and bottle-blond beauty is a moonchild who, like most Cancer women, has a "heart of glass."