Don't be a sponge

A grade school teacher of mine always told my class, not to be a sponge: someone who soaks information from others. Basically, don't be a leech feeding on others till you are too full to even move. Now to me this is similar to the cancer energy. "The cancer" has the natural tendency to soak an emotion, feeling, and overall environment till it's dry. If you've ever talked one on one with a cancer you will see and feel this. It's as if he or she has completely embodied the situation without even needing to know much about it. Now, whatever is present in the rest of a cancer chart, alters the ways they handle and show this innate ability, but it is an ability. Now, I guess the lesson for " The cancer" (or people with sponge like abilities), is to not become a harbor of the world's feelings and emotions, leave that for all Pisces out there (just kidding, kind of). Instead one should allow these situations to flow through them, in order for one to learn from the experience and grow, and in doing this allow others to grow.