Capricorn and Cancer Love, Marriage & Sexual Compatibility

Cancer and Capricorn Compatibility – The Definitive Guide

Cancer and Capricorn sit at opposite ends of the zodiac, and because they are opposite signs, it’s safe to say each likes to do things differently from one another.

But, as they often say, opposites attract – meaning Capricorn and Cancer partnerships spark up all the time.

There are plenty of advantages to this match, but definitely a fair amount of complications to avoid too.

Yet both of these star signs tend to hold a grudge if slighted, so steering clear of those pitfalls is in everyone’s best interest!

You can learn to do that by brushing up on all there is to know on Cancer and Capricorn compatibility – the definitive guide to doing just that can be found right here.

Cancer and Capricorn compatibility overview

As most of us know, even when only getting into astrology for the first time, there are twelve signs of the zodiac, each attributed to a certain month of the year – with some slight overlap.

Signs that are six months apart exactly would, if you imagine a wheel with the various star signs on, be on opposite sides entirely.

So it is with Cancer and Capricorn, star signs who are what’s called opposing signs – although luckily that needn’t be as dramatic or confrontational as it sometimes sounds.

In fact, Cancer and Capricorn compatibility is helped by the fact that these two individuals each prefer to resolve their differences peacefully… if sometimes, perhaps, a little passive-aggressively.

Nonetheless, with their birthdays on opposite ends of the year and personalities that also have very different approaches to head versus heart, Cancer and Capricorn have to learn to live with the fact that the former is often more emotional than the latter.

In astrology, Cancer is ruled by the moon, a celestial body that symbolises secrets and hidden feelings, but also matters of hearth and home.

Meanwhile, Capricorn is ruled by stoic Saturn, wise and patient, prioritising self-discipline over personal feelings or opinions.

These differences also come into compatibility when the animals symbolising Cancer and Capricorn are explored – the crab and the sea goat, respectively.

The crab is a creature comfortable on land or at sea, but who approaches everything sideways and keeps its soft inner self-concealed beneath a rock-solid shell.

With its claws, the crab can cause harm to what threatens it, but also clutch onto what intrigues it and carry it off to its hidden home.

The characteristics of this animal can definitely be seen in Cancer people, who hold tightly onto what’s theirs and tend to sidle up to events in life from their own sidelong angle.

The sea goat symbolises Capricorn, being a creature with the upper half of a goat and the lower half of a fish.

This is said to represent how the watery side of Capricorn – with water representing feelings and emotions in traditional astrology – is beneath the surface, ruled over by the head of the goat – tenacious, patiently ambitious and grounded in reality.

Put this all together, and Cancer and Capricorn compatibility already begins to take shape thanks to the symbolism behind these signs alone.

Cancer will be the tentative partner, more emotionally expressive and perhaps a touch prone to clutching onto things from time to time.

Capricorn will be the slow, steady and dependable partner whose head rules the heart.

But of course, there’s even more still to explore in terms of Cancer and Capricorn relationships, as we’ll discover as we go.

Matches between the Cancer woman and Capricorn man

Both the Cancer woman and the Capricorn man are individuals for whom security and stability are important to their confidence and happiness.

That said, their approach is very different, as are the circles they move in, meaning chancing upon one another can occasionally feel rare.

The Cancer woman is someone who can fit in well wherever she goes.

She has a keen sense of humour, with a loud and lilting laugh to boot, and at first glance nobody would assume she has anything close to the worries and doubts that niggle inside her.

She makes her way in life with a resourcefulness and cautious optimism that tends to get her places, but feels most at ease when she’s assured of the outcome of her actions in advance.

The Capricorn man similarly likes to know what’s to come, but deals with this by making measured and confident plans that often span months or years in advance.

He breaks down his goals into steps to be taken along a timeline, and is skilled at disciplining himself to attain his goals time and again.

He’s often got a fair amount of money hidden from sight, and his career tends to take him places, eventually resulting in him taking on a position of leadership.

The Cancer woman has a romantic side that means she’s been seeking a partner to build a life with from an early age.

The Capricorn man has a similarly long-term view, although his desires tend more towards the physical and even carnal – although he’s a good long-term catch thanks to his level-headedness and ability to see the big picture.

Dating and courtship should go ahead smoothly, helped along by the wit and humour both the Cancer woman and Capricorn man have in abundance.

However, both individuals have a more sullen side that arises from time to time, in which they withdraw from the world and into themselves.

They’re hard to reach in times like this, and of the two, the Cancer woman is likely to feel the most spurned by this behaviour if it’s not communicated well.

Unfortunately, the Capricorn man tends to be a gentleman of few words, while the Cancer woman is prone to feeling as though all she loves in life is just a whisper away from being taken from her.

She’ll not find it easy to deal with how reserved with his feelings the Capricorn man is, and likewise his view is that her feelings get the better of her more often than not.

The Capricorn man, when he sinks into himself, needs time to be alone – Capricorn people are solitary souls.

The Cancer woman can’t fathom this as easily, and might cling without meaning to, irritating him further.

The good points:

The Cancer woman and Capricorn man are both building towards long-term goals together
Both partners put a lot of emphasis on material comfort, and are likely to attract wealth together
Family values are important to both the Cancer woman and the Capricorn man, and they’ll love building a family unit of their own in time

The bad points:

The Capricorn man’s emotions are buried deep, and almost seem to not exist to the Cancer woman sometimes
Both star signs have a tendency to worry and ruminate over things they can’t control
The Cancer woman’s emotional depth confuses the Capricorn man, who can’t understand why she pressurises him to be so demonstrative

Matches between the Cancer man and Capricorn woman

The Cancer man can keep up with the most cheeky jack the lad types out there, but also be as tender and boyish as any boyband poster star.

He’s got an adaptive personality that he seems to indulge in on the fly to become part of whatever crowd he’s in at the time, and brings with that a fun sense of humour that’s not afraid to pick at life’s sillier side.

Colour that humour a little darker and make it just a little more cutting, and you’ll instead be looking at the Capricorn woman – confident, self-made and with a clear view on what she wants out of life and how to get it.

Uncompromising, she’s not keen on standing out or being the centre of attention, but certainly more than capable of getting her way with a quiet certainty.

That applies to the Cancer man too, if she has her eye on him, although she’s smart enough to let him think he’s getting to call the shots.

The Cancer man will certainly appreciate the lively physicality of how the Capricorn woman likes to love once she lets her guard down, although he’ll have to be patient as she does so.

The Capricorn woman doesn’t take any nonsense, but luckily the Cancer man is on his best behaviour more often than not.

A bit of a hopeless romantic in heart, the Cancer man might find that his demonstrative side can seem to fall on deaf ears or be unappreciated.

The Capricorn woman appreciates being appreciated, but won’t enjoy it if it goes overboard or causes too much of a public spotlight to fall on her without her say so.

However, life for this pairing will predominantly flow smoothly, and between them, this resourceful couple can rustle up an impressive range of ways to get past anything that blocks them.

That resourcefulness shows its face in money matters too, although the Cancer man and Capricorn woman might agree to keep much of their funds independent from one another even years into a long-term relationship as a matter of personal preference.

The Capricorn woman faces much of her life with a resolute lone wolf kind of persona, relying on nobody but herself and her own wits to succeed.

Not only can the Cancer man prove himself a reliable partner in crime for her, helping her delegate some of her own responsibilities and pressures onto him, but she’ll also let her guard down emotionally, letting herself snuggle and smooch in ways she’s always secretly wanted.

That said, the Cancer man should be sure not to be too possessive of his Capricorn woman sweetheart, as she belongs to nobody and won’t put up with anyone being controlling with her.

The good points:

Dependability and loyalty run deep in both the Cancer man and Capricorn woman, and they slowly realise they can trust one another entirely
The Capricorn woman’s sage advice becomes a guiding light to the Cancer man, who gets a little lost in his feelings sometimes
The Cancer man is nurturing and tender, giving the Capricorn woman a calm place to rest up between her ambitious endeavours out in the world

The bad points:

The Cancer man can be a little full on, which the Capricorn woman finds too expressive and intense
The Capricorn woman’s emotional calm can be unnerving – the Cancer man could worry he never gets through to her when expressing his feelings.
The Cancer man has more mood swings than he consciously realises, making him hard to read for the Capricorn woman

Cancer and Capricorn friendship compatibility

As much as they can be a winning combination when emotions are balanced fairly in love, Cancer and Capricorn friendship dynamics play out just as favourably – perhaps even more so, without as many vulnerabilities and emotional ups and downs.

Both Capricorn and Cancer friends have their individual need to retreat from the world sometimes to reflect and recharge, and become uncommunicative in periods like this.

To that end, this may be a friendship where periods of not seeing one another could be an intermittent norm, or there could be some physical distance in some way as, say, the career or family commitments of one take them away from the other.

However, Cancer and Capricorn both tend to have introverted natures, so find their friendship flourishing when getting far from the madding crowd.

These could be ladies who lunch, or the two good old boys who prop up the bar of the local on even the quietest nights.

Caner’s emotional depth and Capricorn’s insightful way of analyzing people gives both of these friends a way of bringing out the best in each other, through advice and good-natured teasing as much as ideas and inspiration overall.

That way of coaxing out good ideas also means that Cancer and Capricorn friends can become champions of collaboration, with creative projects or career-related goals brought into sharper focus by Cancer’s intuition and Capricorn’s strategic perspective.

When Cancer worries about if success will come, Capricorn can remind them of the long game.

Most of all, both Cancer and Capricorn believe strongly in loyalty, and as such, both will prove loyal friends to one another.

This will be a friendship in which there is little in the way of gossip or talking behind one another’s back, as both Cancer and Capricorn have no time for that kind of behaviour.

Cancer and Capricorn marriage compatibility

With loyalty, long term thinking and a strong desire for security and stability high in the minds of Capricorn and Cancer alike, it’s no surprise that weddings between this pair can be so common.

A Cancer and Capricorn marriage certainly doesn’t happen overnight, because both star signs involved are so slow to trust – but when they do, they’ll find that it was always safe to let their guard down with one another, if nobody else.

Capricorn is a star sign that moves in slow, deliberate and dependable rhythms, and while that can frustrate and bore the more racy members of the zodiac, Cancer takes comfort in that predictability – even if it does sometimes come at the expense of excitement.

Passionate remarks pulled up from the tender depths of the Cancer soul can seem to fall on deaf ears from time to time here, as it can seem as though the Capricorn spouse isn’t interested – more so as the marriage goes on over time.

In truth, the Capricorn simply has other priorities, and career is assuredly one of them.

With that in mind, there may be occasions in which the Cancer partner feels ignored or overlooked for the sake of career, but must resist the urge to clasp too hard with the claws of their spiritual crab in these moments.

Capricorn doesn’t respond well too that kind of cloying behaviour, and it could cause more distance in the long run.

By and large though, the couple will soon become comfortable enough with one another to enjoy a long-lasting and wholesome bond.

Arguments could become power plays thanks to the talent for holding a grudge both Cancer and Capricorn possesses, but by bringing humour into things and remaining open in communication, little can stop this marriage from building into a beautiful family unit.

Cancer and Capricorn: Common issues and problems

Although both Cancer and Capricorn want a quiet and nurturing life, free from drama, there are certain ways in which this couple can clash that ought to be watched out for.

For instance, both Capricorn and Cancer in love are guarded about their money, and in some cases seem stingy with it.

They may be reluctant to help each other financially when they need it, or even refuse altogether to keep their own financial security intact.

In fact, by their nature, Cancer and Capricorn people tend to be very private, and for their own reasons they each have an inclination to keep their opinions hidden.

This can mean they simply don’t communicate when they feel hurt or disappointed, or worse still, won’t let each other know when they’re in need of help and support.

That lack of communication can have an unfortunate domino effect over time that scratches away at trust and affection, and if resentment is left to fester, all the potential of the relationship is tossed aside.

As a darker side of this, both star signs could begin to lead independent lives to forgo having to participate in what feels like a stagnant relationship.

This needn’t be affairs, thanks to that loyal streak in both star signs, but certainly a life that is about themselves alone – alienating the partner, and making into an afterthought the one person who can be there for them no matter what if the relationship were only better managed.

Put simply, Capricorn just isn’t as emotional as Cancer is, and an inability to reconcile these differences – or an urge for one partner to impose their way of being on the other – could prove a tragic turn in this pairing.

Overcoming this isn’t impossible, but will require compromise and understanding from two-star signs who are, more often than not, rather set in their ways.

Similarly, both star signs are prone to periods of melancholy moods, even if life is going exactly to plan for each partner.

There doesn’t need to be a rhyme or reason for these sullen times, and the worst thing to do is to assume one partner can shake this funk out of the other.

It needs time to play out, and hopefully, the fact that Cancer and Capricorn have this in common will let them recognise this in each other and let it run its course.

My expert opinion and final thoughts

Pairings between opposing star signs – those born at direct opposite ends of the zodiac – don’t always work out too well.

Yet luckily, in the case of the Cancer and Capricorn couple, being of opposing signs is a far easier gap to bridge than for many other such matches in astrology.

Thanks to a shared way of prioritising stability, security and loyalty, Cancer and Capricorn find in one another a kinship that helps them reveal their mutually famously hidden inner selves to one another.

This same private personality in Cancer and Capricorn alike can lead to them keeping things from one another that would better be discussed and shared, however, and that is something to watch for an work on.

Likewise, Capricorn’s emotional reservations don’t mesh well with Cancer’s almost excessive way of being ruled by moods and feelings.

It’s the classic tug of war between head and heart made manifest in two people, and just as ever, it can be resolved if a balance is struck and communication is clear.

Altogether, a great deal of opportunity for a happy family life with successful career empowering it exists for this match – if they just learn to let one another in completely.