Sextile · 60° apart
Sextile
Compatible elements — fire with air, earth with water. Easy, cooperative and rarely explosive.
Water · Fixed · ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars)
Brings. Sees through pretence instantly and commits completely once convinced.
Struggles with. Tests people rather than asking, and remembers slights for a very long time.
In love. Intense and private. Wants total honesty and gives it slowly.
Earth · Cardinal · ruled by Saturn
Brings. Plans in decades and executes without needing encouragement along the way.
Struggles with. Measures worth by achievement, and struggles to rest without guilt.
In love. Undemonstrative but dependable. Commitment is shown by showing up, not by saying so.
Scorpio is fixed water; Capricorn is cardinal earth. Nothing shared on either axis. Understanding each other is a deliberate act rather than a default.
Sun signs are one factor among many, and astrology itself treats them as a starting point rather than a verdict. Two full charts describe far more than two birthdays do.
Computed, not asserted
Zodiac signs are not equally common — the Sun spends different amounts of time in each, so some pairings occur far more often than others. This one is 1.274% of all possible pairings, which ranks 57 of 78.
12 of the 78 pairings form the same sextile. Worth knowing before treating this aspect as a distinguishing feature of your relationship — a sixth of all couples share it. Note also the rising times: at London’s latitude these two signs spend very different amounts of time on the ascendant, which is why one of them turns up as a rising sign far more often than the other. The full table is here.