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Mae West (source: Quotabelle)

August 17 is Mae West’s birthday.

I did not expect to find a birth time when I looked up Mae West’s chart, and I’m reluctant to believe the accuracy of the time listed on astrotheme.com.

But if the time is correct (or even in the ballpark), Mae West’s moon is nearly in the same place as my natal moon in Cancer. We also share our natal Mars placement by just a couple of degrees in the sign of Aquarius.

I am firm believer that Cancer natives are funny for a few different reasons. I have the same belief about people who have their natal moon in Cancer. I was taught that Cancer corresponds to memory, and without a decent memory an individual cannot understand that context is a big part of humor. The funniest things we say are funny because they are contextually inappropriate in…