Cancer and Capricorn compatibility
Straight across the wheel: the home and the mountain.
Cancer: June 21 – July 22. Capricorn: December 22 – January 19.
Are Cancer and Capricorn a good match?
Tradition calls it a magnetic match and a demanding one. It works when you stop arguing about which end of the rope is the right one.
I will not hand you a percentage. A number like that is invented, and a Sun sign is one line of a long letter. Two people of any signs can love each other well.
What draws you together
You are the two poles of a family: the one who holds the inside of it and the one who holds up the outside. There is deep respect here, and a shared belief that love is something you do for decades.
The hard part
Cancer feels shut out by Capricorn's duty, and Capricorn feels overwhelmed by Cancer's need. Each of you can believe you are the only one holding this together.
How your signs sit on the wheel
You sit straight across the wheel from each other, the angle astrologers call an opposition. You move through the world the same way, from opposite ends of one question. This is the strongest pull on the wheel, and also the strongest tug of war.
Earth holds water. One of you gives the other a shore, and the other keeps the ground from going dry. It is one of the most naturally tender combinations there is.
You are both starters. Each of you expects to set the direction, so the question in this house is who leads, and when.
What each of you is really asking
Cancer is asking: Is it safe to come out of the shell? Cancer brings shelter and fears being left after showing the soft part.
Capricorn is asking: Is it all right to set the weight down with you? Capricorn brings staying power and fears being a fool for trusting.
The desire under the question
Cancer wants you to come in from the cold. Capricorn wants to, and does not know how to stop working. That is the conversation.
Finish this line, privately
I want ___ ; I accept ___ ; I will not surrender ___ .
Fill it in about this person. Whatever you write first is usually the truth.
Two signs are only the first line.
Bring both birth dates and I'll set your signs side by side, free. If you want to stay a little longer, the Lovers' Ledger opens both charts, the pull between you, and the conversation you keep not having. One reading, $14.