Each Zodiac Sign has unique ways they approach love and romance. Cancer is a sensitive, family-oriented Sign that needs relationships with people they can trust. Learn who is the best and the absolute worst love matches for Cancer.
So, you want to date a Cancer. Are you sure about that? Not just anybody is compatible with this sensitive, caring Sign. They aren’t all that, though. They’re needy, high maintenance, and they can hold a major grudge. Still interested? Then join SpiritualBlossom to find out the best and worst love matches for a Cancer. Find out some good and bad Cancer traits and what it takes to make a romance work with them. Discover their best and worst matches in the Zodiac. Almost everybody wants to date a Cancer, but not everyone is special enough to have what it takes. Read on to see if you are that special person.
A Little About Cancer
Cancer, the 4th sign in the Zodiac, is one that a lot of people love, but tread carefully with. They have great traits like being caring people, but they have horrible traits like holding a mighty grudge. Read on to find three of their best traits and three of their worst traits.
Their Best Traits
Reliable, nurturing Cancers are some of the most caring people you could ever hope to meet. These qualities alone endear them to people no matter where they go.
Caring
If you want a friend, family member, or lover who will listen to everything that you have to say, empathize with you, and care deeply, have a relationship with a Cancer. They are born to form relationships, hold on to them, and truly think of you in everything that they do. When a Cancer tells you that you matter to them, they mean it. They need to emotionally connect more than a lot of other Signs do, and they are the kind of people that if all they have in their lives is their relationships, they feel like they have everything. Read more about Cancer here: Cancer Zodiac Traits and Love Compatibility
Nurturing
Since Cancers are so caring, they want to make your life easier. If you are sick, they will take care of you. If you need help with something, they will volunteer to do it. If you need a shoulder to cry on, they will offer you both of theirs. Emotionally connecting with people means that Cancers help make things better for the people who they love. They don't want to see you go without, suffer, or even have the slightest upset. They will offer help before you ask, and if you ask for help, they will wonder why you didn't ask sooner.
Reliable
Of all the people you could have a relationship with, Cancers are some of the most reliable people in the Zodiac. If you have an emergency, they will drop what they are doing and run to your side. If they say they will be there at 4:00, they are usually there a little early. They will show up when nobody else does, go above and beyond in ways nobody else can, and set your mind at ease. Sometimes, If you have a reliable Cancer on your side, That's all you need. Read about Cancer’s Zodiac Flowers here: The Top Ten Cancer Flowers
Their Worst Traits
After reading all that, you might decide that you need to be in a relationship with every Cancer you meet. Hold your horses, They are not perfect. Their sensitivity can make them emotionally unstable and highly possessive in relationships. Also, they hold powerful grudges… for life.
Unstable
Cancers are highly sensitive individuals, and while that can be very good when they're being sensitive to other people's needs, they can fly off the handle and get upset about the tiniest thing. If you have to work late, they might hold it against you. If you don't anticipate every emotional need they have, they can say that you're being inconsiderate. They will expect you to walk on egg shells about things that trigger them, although they won't necessarily do that for you. Sometimes, Cancers suffer because their emotions can make them unstable, and other times they enjoy the instability while they make you suffer because of it.
Grudge Holders
Everybody makes mistakes, but if you're in a relationship with a Cancer, you better not. That's because they will never forget it. They will throw it up in your face every chance they get and they will act like they never did anything wrong in their entire lives. If they actually admit that they did something wrong yesterday, don't put it past them to blame it on you because of something that you did five years ago. The worst thing you can do is to call them out on something they did to retaliate. They will never forgive you for that. Your Cancer loved one will always make sure that there are consequences for your behavior even if you didn't do anything wrong, but they might refuse to accept consequences for their own.
Read about the Cancer Leo Cusp here: What Does it Mean to be a Cancer and Leo Cusp?
Possessive
There's one thing you should know if you're in a relationship with a Cancer. They are not yours. You are theirs. All theirs, and you better not forget it. If they think you might be interested in someone else, they might cheat to get you back just in case. If you're too friendly with someone who is attractive, they might start planning the breakup. If they see someone so much as look at you, they might threaten their life. Some people like this though, because it just shows them that their Cancer really wants them around.
What it Takes to Make it Work
Some people think that Cancers are overly sensitive, but Cancers feel like a lot of people are insensitive. If you're someone who feels that way about them, or they feel about you, chances are things will not work. You have to be on the same page with Cancers about what's acceptable to say and do. You also have to accept that sometimes they lose control of their emotions because they get terribly upset and they say or do things that they're sorry for later. The younger they are, the more that happens, and as they get older, Cancers tend to become enlightened, wise, and extremely kind. If you have what it takes to tolerate their imperfections in their youth, you can grow old together. Conflict resolution skills help too and you can learn them here: Resolving Conflicts with the Zodiac Signs
To be fair, every Zodiac Sign has imperfections. Cancers tend to take people into their hearts who they can laugh with, and who have a very high tolerance level for their bad moments. Cancers will be equally tolerant of yours as long as you're not mean spirited. They really do just want to spend their lives with people who they can trust, rely on, and grow with. Cancers understand that relationships mean commitment, not just sticking around when you're happy with everything that somebody says or does. Cancers are in it for the long haul with people who are sensitive and considerate. If you are this person, you have what it takes to make it work with a Cancer.
Cancer’s Best Matches
To be honest, Cancers have the ability to work things out with most any sign as long as the individual has what it takes to be considerate. Some Signs are naturally better at that than others and effortlessly get along with Cancers. Three of those Zodiac signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.
Taurus
Tauruses share a lot of traits with Cancers. Both Zodiac Signs put their relationships first, take people under their wing, and are very nurturing. Their number one priority is the people who they love and take care of, and they will drop whatever they are doing in order to do that. Cancer really appreciates having a relationship with someone who knows how to reciprocate that. Taurases just want to love and comfort their people and they know how to set up the perfect safe environment at home. Cancers feel secure and loved, and this is a match made in heaven.
Virgo
Virgos can be very insensitive about their criticism, but Cancers have a very high tolerance level for that because they know that Virgo's hearts are in the right place. Virgos like to organize and take care of things, and they have an extra special need to watch out for the health of the people who they care about. Cancers very much appreciate relationships with people who have that attitude. Cancers don't mind letting Virgos take the lead, and Virgos appreciate the fact that Cancers listen respectfully to what they have to say. These two spend a lot of time being considerate and caring of one another, and they can be together for life. Read more about Virgo here: Virgo Traits and Love Compatibility
Capricorn
Capricorns are the hardest workers in the Zodiac, and one of the things that they love to work for is to take care of the people who they love. Cancers are busy doing that too, but these two just have a special way of teaming up. Cancers have the ability to pull Capricorns aside and remind them to rest and take time off from work. They make such a comfortable environment that Capricorns can't wait to come home to them. Capricorns give Cancers the appreciation and respect that they deserve for being the comforters and caretakers they are. These two balance life together perfectly and are the ultimate partners.
Cancer’s Worst Matches
Even though Cancers strive to get along with everyone, not everyone finds Cancer easy to get along with. Freedom loving signs like Sagittarius and Aquarius can find Cancers suffocating and Aries can find Cancer’s extreme caution debilitating.
Sagittarius
Sagittarians are known for a great sense of adventure. Cancers can find the Sagittarius need to take risks, go places constantly, and do things without thinking them through terrifying. Sagittarians tend to have a motley gaggle of people surrounding them, many of whom raise red flags with Cancers. Sagittarians also aren't exactly known for planning things carefully financially, and sometimes they'll be broke. Cancers don't like to hitch their wagons to such risky people. These two can work things out, but only if Cancers will be a little bit more adventurous and Sagittarius can rein it in a bit. Read more about Sagittarius here: Sagittarius Traits and Love Compatibility
Aries
Although Sagittarians take a lot of risks, the boldest risk takers in the Zodiac are Aries people. Aries leaps before looking, dares death, and thrives on danger. They understand that sometimes big, brave risks need to be taken. They worry Cancers sick. Aries will also laugh at things that Cancers find upsetting, and they might crack a joke just to push Cancer’s buttons. Years down the road, Aries will admit that their Cancer was right, but at the time, Aries needs the freedom to make their own mistakes. Cancer needs to give their Aries a long rope and Aries needs to be a little bit more careful if they want to work things out.
Aquarius
If there is one Zodiac sign the Cancer would be happy to boss around, it's an Aquarius. Cancers try to make practical decisions. Aquarians make decisions nobody else has ever made before, and they invent new things constantly. For Cancers, this is disorganized chaos and they try to micromanage Aquarians new endeavors. Nobody bossses an Aquarius around. Quite the contrary, Aquarius people lead. Cancers are going to have to open their minds so much that their brain almost slides out, and Aquarians are going to have to be gentle with understanding that's difficult for Cancers if they want to work things out. Read more about Aquarius here: Aquarius Zodiac Traits and Love Compatibility
A Last Word
Not everyone builds their lives or their days around doing things for other people. Most people focus on themselves, what they have to do, and fulfilling their personal responsibilities. Truthfully, taking care of ourselves is enough. Not for Cancers. Cancers are born as natural, nurturing caretakers and without people to love and care for, they feel that their existence is not meaningful enough. They don't go out looking for every lost stray, but somehow they manage to find them. Those strays end up saying that being found by their Cancer is the best thing that ever happened to them. Some strays don't want to be rescued, and it causes friction.
One thing to know about Cancers, they understand that love is a two way street. Don't go into a relationship with a Cancer and take and take and take but never give. Even such great nurturers grow tired of being used. They might need to be needed, but they have needs too. They need people to listen when their emotions overwhelm them, and they need just as much reassurance as they give. Cancers prefer to form relationships for life, and whether you're a friend, or a lover, they want to take you into their family forever. If they love you, they will make sure that you know it. They will help to fulfill every need you have, stick with you no matter what and they will never give up on you. What could be better?
Cancer is a sensitive, nurturing Zodiac Sign that needs to give as much as they accept from relationships. Some people say Cancers get their feelings hurt too easily, but that's just from insensitive people who don't care whether they hurt people's feelings or not. Your Cancer will make it clear to you what their emotional needs are…most of the time. Sometimes they will expect you to anticipate things, but that's just because they do that for you. If you want someone who will love you as much as you love them, set your sights on a Cancer and you will be loved for life.
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