moonchild

English

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.

Noun

moonchild (plural moonchildren)

  1. (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."

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