Cancer and Capricorn
Opposition · Magnetic opposites that complete and challenge one another.
Cancer: Water · CardinalCapricorn: Earth · CardinalEarth holds water: a nurturing, loyal and grounded pairing.
To make this work, Cancer should remember the staying power to reach the summit, and Capricorn should remember an instinct for what others need.
Love & romance
Cancer loves tenderly, and Capricorn loves patiently. Earth holds water: a nurturing, loyal and grounded pairing. In romance, Cancer brings an instinct for what others need and Capricorn brings the staying power to reach the summit.
Friendship
As friends, Cancer and Capricorn need time to find their rhythm, and become interesting precisely because they differ. Both want to lead and start things, so decide early who drives what.
Work
At work, Cancer brings nurturing and Capricorn brings ambition. Both want to lead and start things, so decide early who drives what. Watch for moodiness and clinging to the past on one side and coldness and workaholism on the other.
Communication
Cancer (Water) speaks tenderly while Capricorn (Earth) speaks patiently. Name the difference out loud and it becomes a strength.
Sun-sign compatibility is a simplified view; a full comparison considers both complete birth charts.