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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.