Cancer Compatibility - your Love Match Guide

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Cancer compatibility with other signs? Perhaps you are in a love relationship and you want to know what your prospects are for lifelong harmony. Comparison of your sun signs may give a significant clue, but is far from being the only consideration. Your sun sign is an indication of your ultimate goal or purpose in life, so if you consider it important that your lover shares that with you, or can at least support you, then compatibility between your sun signs will help. But what about your temperament? Ascendant and moon signs are much more important in assessing whether there is a good match between your temperaments than sun signs are. For you, lasting love and attraction may depend more on compatible temperament than it does on shared purpose. Your birth chart will indicate whether shared goals or compatible temperaments are more important to you.

These notes about the twelve possible combinations are an indication of the kinds of experiences which may arise for you if Cancer is prominent in your horoscope. But do bear in mind that you and your lover will have planets in other signs, and these may indicate compatibility where possible causes of conflict are described here, or they may suggest tension where harmony is shown here. If you want a thorough astrological analysis of a relationship I offer a

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Cancer Aries

If this is your Sun sign combination and you work in the same business it may be best if you work entirely separately. You are both likely to be ambitious, but your method of achieving your aims is much less direct than that of your Aries partner. Aries likes to go directly towards its goal with little concern for whether or not others can agree or can feel comfortable with the process. You would prefer to carry others with you as if they were a family. Your route may pick up useful support on the way but will delay the completion of the project, so if speed is of the essence you may have to give way.

If you have Cancer and your lover Aries Moon or Ascendant beware lest you make emotional demands that he or she cannot fulfil. Cancer can cling without realising it, and you may find the emotional reassurance sought hard to find. You may have to learn that your lover's loyalty is more likely to be retained if you allow as much freedom as you can without compromising your own need to feel that you belong together as a couple. If you feel you are not getting what you need try to express honestly how you feel without blaming your lover. Do this soon, as the longer you leave it the harder it will be to do it without losing your temper.

Cancer Taurus

If you have this Sun sign combination you are likely to work well together provided your working environment does not generate stress within you. You may work best in a traditional family business, or one in which you can work towards making your premises pleasing to the senses. Innovations are more likely to come from you while your Taurus partner works them out in practice, probably in a way that pleases you.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination the mix of nurturing care and tender sensuality can make this a love match of great pleasure. Your Taurus partner knows how to contain your strong emotional responses so that they do not extend into areas of life where they do not belong. Your partner enjoys your feeling response to his or her determination to please you in a way the awakens the senses.

Cancer Gemini

If you have this Sun sign combination it may be best if you work separately as your orientations are somewhat different. Your concern is to feel at home with the project and all who work on it. Even customers may feel like family. Your partner's concerns are with gathering the information you need for your project through various means - conversations with colleagues, reading books and journals and so on - and then finding ways of communicating this.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination you may feel frustrated by what you perceive as your Gemini lover's cool response to your emotional needs. Gemini needs freedom of movement and needs to keep a distance from any sense of being clung to, so if you value the relationship then tell your lover sensitively about your need for a deep feeling that you belong together, but don't try to tie him or her down. Your lover will enjoy being looked after when he or she needs and wants it provided the experience is not spoiled by a sense of being trapped in a crab's claws.

Cancer Cancer

If you both have the Sun in this sign you will both be ambitious and have a similar way of working. Considerations such as the welfare of others could stand in the way of success unless you accept that others have to take some responsibility for their own welfare. You may bring your imagination to bear on the ideas of someone else to make a viable business proposition out of them, and may benefit from someone working with you who can devise a suitable model for the practical application of those ideas when you have developed them.

If you share this Moon or Ascendant sign you may have a motherly care for each other that can get out of hand unless other chart factors assist this love match. If one of you already has a family and the other does not this could be an occasion for contention between you as the existing family may be seen as a prior responsibility by the one who has it. If one of you has significant placements in fire or air signs in your chart he or she will want more freedom than the other, and the other must take care not to cling.

Cancer Leo

If you have this Sun sign combination you may complement each other well if you recognise the different orientation each of you has. Your Leo partner will probably want to run the show and if you are ambitious for success it may be as well to let him or her do so. The framework that your partner provides may be just what is needed for your project to move forward. If your path lacks direction you could find your focus improved.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination beware lest you test your Leo lover's instinctive loyalty with your emotional demands. Cancer can cling without realising it, and you may find the emotional reassurance sought hard to find. Enjoy the warmth that your lover gives you when you have it and show your appreciation, but learn to value your own company when you are not together. If you feel you are not getting what you need try to express honestly how you feel without blaming your lover.

Cancer Virgo

If you have this Sun sign combination you are likely to work well together provided your working environment does not generate stress within you. You may work best in a traditional family business, or one in which there is an emphasis on service or health. Innovations are more likely to come from you while your Virgo partner works them out in practice, but you may disagree about the methods. Look out for some need for reassurance from your partner.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination the mix of nurturing care and hesitant but tender sensuality may give you great pleasure. Your Virgo lover may contain your strong emotional responses so that they do not extend into areas of life where they do not belong, but may be a little argumentative in the process. Your lover enjoys your feeling response to his or her determination to please you, both in a practical way and in a way that awakens the senses.

Cancer Libra

If you have this Sun sign combination you are both concerned to please those with and for whom you work, but your orientations are rather different. Your concern is to feel at home with the project and all who work on it. Even customers may feel like family. Your partner's concerns are with intellectual and aesthetic harmony with others, and he or she may be better at finding out what people really want so that a practical solution can be found. You both see yourselves as initiative takers and this could lead to some competition between you which you should be able to resolve amicably.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination you may feel frustrated in this love match by what you perceive as your Libra lover's cool response to your emotional needs. Libra needs to be in relationship but also needs freedom of movement and to keep a distance from any sense of being clung to, so if you value the relationship then tell your lover sensitively about your need for a deep feeling that you belong together, but don't try to tie him or her down. Your lover will enjoy being looked after when he or she needs and wants it provided the experience is not spoiled by a sense of being trapped in a crab's claws.

Cancer Scorpio

If you have this Sun sign combination you may have to let your partner be in charge in order to work well together! This can be uncomfortable if you are usually the initiator of projects and have a stronger sense of ambition. Scorpio has a subtle way of making clear that it doesn't like playing second fiddle. Your partner may also be able to research more thoroughly what you want to do, seeing and finding ways to overcome obstacles.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination you may at first be delighted to have found someone who feels as deeply as you do, but later feel discomfort over the intensity of your Scorpio lover's desire and apparent ability to see right through you at the same time as he or she remains secretive. If such discomfort arises it is a good opportunity for you to stand back and watch your reactions rather than get caught up into them, so that you can stay present with your lover and share more deeply.

Cancer Sagittarius

If this is your Sun sign combination and you work in the same business you may have trouble reconciling your different priorities. You may have the greater ambition and be the initiator of most projects and plans, and feel you have a clear idea of how you might proceed. Your partner may then get hold of those ideas and divert them into areas that had not occurred to you. An example might be that your partner sees opportunities to expansion overseas which was not part of your plan at all. Examine these ideas and discuss them. You may see pitfalls in your partner's ideas but be prepared to see value in them too.

If you have Cancer and your lover Sagittarius Moon or Ascendant beware lest you make emotional demands that he or she cannot fulfil. Cancer can cling without realising it, and you may find the emotional reassurance sought hard to find. You may have to learn that your lover's loyalty is more likely to be retained if you allow as much freedom as you can without compromising your own need to feel that you belong together as a couple. If you feel you are not getting what you need try to express honestly how you feel without blaming your lover. Do this soon, as the longer you leave it the harder it will be to do it without losing your temper.

Cancer Capricorn

If this is your Sun sign combination you are both likely to be ambitious, but success may not mean the same for your partner as it does for you. Your aims are more personal, perhaps directed towards creating a successful family business, or in creating wealth so that you can enrich your personal family life. Your partner is more interested in making his or her mark in the world, to be seen to be someone who has worked hard to achieve some status within the social order. If you can reconcile these differences, or at least allow them to coexist with each other, you may work well together.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination give your lover time if he or she at first shows signs of inhibition in the realm of the feelings. If you follow your instinct to show nurturing care you are more likely to receive a response of the kind you would like, and to enjoy the company of someone on whom you can depend to take responsibility for sustaining the relationship. Capricorn can take a sense of duty too far sometimes and you may want to tease your lover into a lighter attitude.

Cancer Aquarius

If you have this Sun sign combination it may be best if you work separately as your orientations are somewhat different. Your concern is to feel at home with the project and all who work on it. Even customers may feel like family. Your partner may have ideals that stretch way beyond the immediate concerns of your work. Aquarius wants to make the world a better place, and to that end will form friendships with people who share that ideal. Your partner may be better at finding out what people really want so that a practical solution can be found.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination you may feel frustrated by what you perceive as your Aquarius lover's cool response to your emotional needs. Aquarius needs freedom of movement and needs to keep a distance from any sense of being clung to, but also values loyalty, so if you value the relationship then tell your lover sensitively about your need for a deep feeling that you belong together, but don't try to tie him or her down. Your lover will enjoy being looked after when he or she needs and wants it provided the experience is not spoiled by a sense of being trapped in a crab's claws.

Cancer Pisces

If you have this Sun sign combination you are likely to be the more ambitious partner, but you will have similar outlooks regarding purpose. Considerations such as the welfare of others could stand in the way of success unless you accept that others have to take some responsibility for their own welfare. You may bring your imagination to bear on the ideas of someone else to make a viable business proposition out of them, and may benefit from someone working with you who can devise a suitable model for the practical application of those ideas when you have developed them.

If this is your Moon or Ascendant combination you may have a tender care for each other that can get out of hand unless other chart factors assist. Watch out for resentment if your Pisces lover shows signs of compassion for some people other than yourself. You could easily misinterpret this as infidelity when actually Pisces is simply doing what Pisces does - showing universal sympathy. Your lover will still welcome your individual love for him or her. If one of you has significant placements in fire or air signs in your chart he or she will want more freedom than the other, and the other must take care not to cling.

© Richard Hills