Cancer and Capricorn in love
Committed and long-lasting when Capricorn shows tenderness and Cancer respects Capricorn's reserve.
· Opposition · 180° apart
Cancer and Capricorn Compatibility
Cancer and Capricorn compatibility rests on an opposition: the signs sit 180° apart, both cardinal, water facing earth. We score it 75%.
- Angle
- 180° Opposition
- Elements
- Water + Earth Cardinal + Cardinal
- Two random people
- 1.35% are Cancer and Capricorn
- US births
- 8.84 · 7.63% Cancer · Capricorn
US births 2000–2014; a random pair is two independent births.
Opposition
75%
Are Cancer and Capricorn compatible?
Cancer and Capricorn sit opposite each other: home meeting career, feeling meeting structure. Both value security and loyalty, which gives them common ground. Cancer brings warmth, Capricorn brings stability and ambition.
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As friends and colleagues
Cancer looks after people, Capricorn manages goals — a solid team.
Where it goes wrong
Capricorn's coolness and Cancer's sensitivity.
Over time
How a Cancer–Capricorn relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Opposite signs on the same axis: Cancer offers warmth, Capricorn offers stability, and both are cautious before committing.
- Once settled. A traditional division of labor often appears — Cancer runs the home, Capricorn the long-term plan — and it can last for decades.
- What keeps it working. Capricorn showing affection openly, not just by providing, and Cancer respecting Capricorn's need for quiet.
Ruling planets
How each ruler fares in the other’s sign
Each ruler lands in detriment in the other’s sign — the Moon in Capricorn, Saturn in Cancer. In the classical scheme a planet in detriment works against its own nature, so each partner’s ruling planet sits on unfriendly ground; the two scores add up to −10.
On the wheel
Where Cancer and Capricorn sit on the zodiac wheel
- The 180° line runs from Cancer to Capricorn.
- Element. Water Cancer with earth Capricorn: a pairing of elements tradition calls complementary.
- Modality. Both cardinal: Cancer and Capricorn start things, on the cross of Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn.
- Polarity. Cancer and Capricorn are both yin signs.
Computed, not asserted
How common the Cancer–Capricorn pairing actually is
Cancer is the more common of the two in US births, 8.84% against 7.63% for Capricorn. As a pairing it comes 45th of 78, at 1.35% of random pairs.
Cancer–Capricorn is the least frequent of the six opposition pairings, which together cover 8.3% of random pairs. At London’s latitude Cancer takes 150 minutes to rise and Capricorn 106, which makes Cancer rising about 1.4 times as common there as Capricorn rising. Rising times for every sign →
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AstroHot. “Cancer and Capricorn Compatibility: Opposition.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/zodiac-compatibility/cancer/capricorn/
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