Interesting Facts About Cancer

Cancer the Disease

People wonder about what the disease called cancer has to do with the constellation Cancer. They do come from the same origin.

An ancient physician named Galen who lived from 129 to 200 AD thought a cancerous tumor looked like a crab, so he gave it the name of cancer. Many writers, such as Chaucer, have referred to cancer in this way. Since the thought of cancer the disease is frightening for most people, sometimes you will see astrology horoscopes use the name Moon Children instead of Cancer.

Halley's Comet

Halley's Comet was discovered in the constellation Cancer in 1953!