In the same unspeakable vein as an M.R. James story, a shadow will linger today, dear Cancer. Objects seemingly innocuous may reveal themselves as fetters for themes of dread and unease. An old paper you might unexpectedly discover spilling from a dusty tome’s secretive confines, a cryptic annotation lying across its surface, might trigger a chain of events that exposes you to the uncanny and the supernatural. Invisible forces beyond the curtain of our comprehensible world taste your fear and delight in its potency; they may consider your nervosity an entertaining interlude in their own spectral existence.

True to your sign’s symbol, crab, you may perceive an intense desire to withdraw into the sanctity of your shell, away from prying incorporeal entities. The old walls of your home, hitherto friendly, might seem to whisper tales of terror unbeknownst to the layman’s mind. Ghostly knocks and undecipherable echoes will puncture the silence of your domestic tranquillity, pushing you further into the disquietude. Still, being a water sign, try to use intuition to navigate through this labyrinth of preternatural terror. There is something to learn, even from these ephemeral channels: perhaps an old debt resurfacing or a past mistake knocking at your conscience.

Today, oh sensitive Cancer, your typically robust shell might feel a bit more porous, more permeable like a skin through which alien sensations seep. The stars foretell a day of unsettling transformations as the world around you and within you take on grotesque forms. Strangely, your sense of touch could feel heightened – objects, other people, even the air might feel like it’s obtaining a malleable, almost viscous quality. Limbs may grow heavy, or light as ether, hinting at grotesque mutations that are currently beyond your field of vision. Don’t worry though, each challenge morphs you, just like a worm becoming a butterfly within its grotesque cocoon.

You might feel a crawling sensation under your skin, an insidious itch that burrows into your flesh and bones, as intimate whispers from a phantasmal parasite eating away at your physical reality. This could be your subconscious unearthing suppressed fears, clawing its way out of the dark pit it is usually confined in. Embrace the deformity today, it’s just a reflection of your inner turmoil. Remember, dear Cancer, it’s a time for change, terrifying it may seem, you need to let your darkest fears metamorphose into something you can fight in the daylight. Stand strong, for your evolution today may be gruesome but necessary.