Cancer and Capricorn sit on opposite sides of the wheel and are two faces of the same coin: home and the world, emotion and structure. Together they can be a very complete couple if they learn each other's language.
How you fit together
You sit on opposite sides of the wheel and pull at each other like magnets. Each of you has what the other is missing. You can end up a very complete couple or in a constant fight.
Cancer and Capricorn in love
Capricorn brings security, responsibility and long-term plans, and Cancer brings tenderness and a sense of family. You're both traditional in your own way and take commitment seriously. It's easy to picture you building a house, a family or a shared project, step by step and with your feet on the ground.
The challenge is how you show love. Capricorn loves by working and solving problems, but struggles to say what they feel. Cancer needs words, hugs and presence, and can feel Capricorn is more married to work than to the relationship. When Cancer asks for attention, Capricorn may take it as drama. If you both make an effort to understand how the other loves, you gain a lot.
Here trust comes with time. Capricorn, reserved at first, opens up with Cancer's tenderness, and Cancer finds in Capricorn a steady presence that makes them feel secure. A slow dinner at home, phones away, suits you better than any noisy night out.
As friends
Solid and dependable. Capricorn lends Cancer a hand with practical things and Cancer reminds Capricorn that they're allowed to rest too.
At work
Capricorn organizes and leads, Cancer looks after people and the atmosphere. You could run a family business successfully. Since you both want to make the calls, divide up the areas.
What brings you together
- You both take commitment seriously.
- Capricorn brings structure and Cancer warmth.
- A very solid shared life plan.
Where you clash
- Capricorn seems cold and Cancer too sensitive.
- Work steals time from the relationship.
- Power struggles over who decides.
Your elements
Water nourishes earth and earth gives water its shape. Few pairings in the zodiac are this tender and stable.
Your modalities
You both want to take the lead. You have plenty of drive to start things, but you'd do well to take turns at the wheel.
Capricorn can say what they feel more often, and Cancer can learn to read the quiet gestures.
The cards above are the ones tradition gives each sign: The Chariot for Cancer and The Devil for Capricorn. To see how your story is going right now, try the love tarot.