Compatibility

Cancer and Capricorn: compatibility according to the Hebrew calendar

Cancer, child of Tamuz and of water, and Capricorn, child of Tevet and of earth: opposites that attract. What each one brings, what grates, and what your two Hebrew months say.

The verdict

Opposites that attract · Earth and water

Water makes earth bloom, earth gives water a bed: security on one side, tenderness on the other. One of the most fertile matches in the zodiac.

What each one brings

Two strengths meeting

Cancer brings tenderness: a home, a memory for every date, care at every moment.

Capricorn brings solidity: serious commitment, long-term plans, a word that is kept.

Cancer needs emotional safety: being reassured, awaited, protected; Capricorn needs respect, time to open up and a shared goal.

What can grate

The misunderstandings to expect

Earth finds water too changeable; water finds earth sparing with words when it comes to feelings.

On the character side, Cancer retreats into their shell and sulks instead of saying what is wrong, and nothing hurts Capricorn more than casualness about their efforts, lack of seriousness, chaos with money. The other way round, when Capricorn works too much, shows little and can seem cold, Cancer runs into what they can bear least: coldness, mockery, the feeling of no longer mattering.

In the Hebrew calendar

Face to face, six months apart

Six months apart: your signs face each other, on either side of the year. It is the pull of opposites: each sees in the other what they lack.

Cancer is the child of Tamuz (June-July), tribe of Judah, under the Moon; Capricorn, the child of Tevet (December-January), tribe of Gad, under Saturn.

Tamuz and Tevet each carry a fast day: the 10th of Tevet recalls the start of the siege of Jerusalem, the 17th of Tamuz the breach in its walls. Two months that have known hardship and know how to hold on. In the tradition, your two months also share the same quality: Endurance (Netzach).

According to the Sefer Yetzirah, each month receives a sense: Cancer receives sight, Capricorn mastered indignation. In your couple, one knows how to see and remember, the other how to stand firm and say no.

The advice

To make it last

Let earth say its feelings out loud, and let water also accept proof through actions.

To touch Cancer: remembering a detail they confided only once. To touch Capricorn: putting into words the road travelled together.

Before you conclude

Are you really Cancer and Capricorn?

The Hebrew sign is read from the Hebrew month of birth, not the civil month: about one birth in four changes sign. And a sign is only one layer of the sky. The As a duo reading compares your two full birth dates: signs, Moons, Venus and Mars, and rising signs if you know the times.

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Frequently asked

Cancer and Capricorn in three answers

Are Cancer and Capricorn compatible?
Opposites that attract: water makes earth bloom, earth gives water a bed: security on one side, tenderness on the other. One of the most fertile matches in the zodiac. But the tradition reminds us: no sign makes or breaks a couple.

What is the strength of a Cancer-Capricorn couple?
Cancer brings tenderness: a home, a memory for every date, care at every moment; Capricorn, solidity: serious commitment, long-term plans, a word that is kept.

What is the weak point of a Cancer-Capricorn couple?
Earth finds water too changeable; water finds earth sparing with words when it comes to feelings. The advice: let earth say its feelings out loud, and let water also accept proof through actions.

Other compatibilities

Sign by sign

Cancer with:
♈︎ Aries ♉︎ Taurus ♊︎ Gemini ♋︎ Cancer ♌︎ Leo ♍︎ Virgo ♎︎ Libra ♏︎ Scorpio ♐︎ Sagittarius ♑︎ Capricorn ♒︎ Aquarius ♓︎ Pisces

Capricorn with:
♈︎ Aries ♉︎ Taurus ♊︎ Gemini ♋︎ Cancer ♌︎ Leo ♍︎ Virgo ♎︎ Libra ♏︎ Scorpio ♐︎ Sagittarius ♑︎ Capricorn ♒︎ Aquarius ♓︎ Pisces