Cancer Compatibility
All 12 matches ranked by a computed synastry score — not by tradition.
Astrology entertainment. Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon, and it protects what it loves. How the scores are computed.
All 12 Cancer matches, ranked
Every other compatibility site ranks Cancer's matches by tradition — same element good, opposite sign difficult. We rank them by running real birth charts through a synastry engine and averaging the result, so the order below is computed rather than inherited. The index is relative: 100 is the strongest of all 78 sign combinations.
| # | Match | Index | Harmonious | Challenging | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer & Cancer | 63 | 15.2 | 7.9 | Water |
| 2 | Cancer & Scorpio | 63 | 15.2 | 8.8 | Water |
| 3 | Cancer & Taurus | 62 | 15.4 | 8.9 | Earth |
| 4 | Cancer & Gemini | 62 | 15.1 | 7.0 | Air |
| 5 | Cancer & Pisces | 61 | 15.2 | 9.0 | Water |
| 6 | Cancer & Leo | 52 | 14.0 | 7.9 | Fire |
| 7 | Cancer & Virgo | 52 | 15.5 | 9.6 | Earth |
| 8 | Cancer & Sagittarius | 33 | 12.7 | 8.1 | Fire |
| 9 | Cancer & Aquarius | 29 | 13.0 | 8.8 | Air |
| 10 | Cancer & Aries | 18 | 13.9 | 10.0 | Fire |
| 11 | Cancer & Libra | 15 | 14.3 | 10.2 | Air |
| 12 | Cancer & Capricorn | 1 | 12.3 | 9.7 | Earth |
Rows without a link are pairings we have computed but not yet published as their own page — they are being released in stages rather than all at once.
Cancer's top three matches, explained
1. Cancer and Cancer — 63/100
Two water signs read each other without needing the words, which is the whole appeal and the whole hazard -- there is no natural circuit-breaker.
Across the sampled chart pairings this combination averages 15.2 harmonious and 7.9 challenging contacts, with friction carrying about 29% of the total contact weight. The contact that recurs most is Sun conjunct Sun, present in 100% of pairings — your sun is conjunct their sun — similar life energy and identity. The recurring friction is Sun square Moon at 40%.
Full Cancer and Cancer breakdown →
2. Cancer and Scorpio — 63/100
Two water signs read each other without needing the words, which is the whole appeal and the whole hazard -- there is no natural circuit-breaker.
Across the sampled chart pairings this combination averages 15.2 harmonious and 8.8 challenging contacts, with friction carrying about 31% of the total contact weight. The contact that recurs most is Sun trine Sun, present in 100% of pairings — your sun is trine their sun — similar life energy and identity. The recurring friction is Sun square Moon at 33%.
Full Cancer and Scorpio breakdown →
3. Cancer and Taurus — 62/100
Water brings feeling, earth brings form -- traditionally one of the more naturally supportive element mixes, and the data usually reflects it.
Across the sampled chart pairings this combination averages 15.4 harmonious and 8.9 challenging contacts, with friction carrying about 31% of the total contact weight. The contact that recurs most is Sun sextile Sun, present in 100% of pairings — your sun is sextile their sun — similar life energy and identity. The recurring friction is Sun opposite Moon at 17%.
Who is a Cancer's soulmate?
On the computed ranking above, Cancer scores highest with Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus — and lowest with Capricorn. But that ranking is an average over archetypes, and it is worth being blunt about what it can and cannot tell you: your Sun sign is one of roughly a dozen placements that matter in synastry, and it is the slowest-moving of them. Two Cancers born three weeks apart have different Moons, different Venus placements and different Rising signs, and those decide far more about who fits them than the Sun does.
Which is why the useful version of this question isn't "which sign is my soulmate" but "which birth dates fit my actual chart" — a question that needs your real birth details and a computation, not a table.
Frequently asked questions
Which sign is most compatible with Cancer?
On our computed index, Cancer — 63/100, #24 of all 78 sign combinations. The ranking comes from scoring real sampled birth charts, not from element tradition.
Which sign is least compatible with Cancer?
Capricorn scores lowest at 1/100. That means the archetypes have the least natural support and the most friction — not that two real people with those Sun signs can't work.
Does Cancer compatibility depend on more than the Sun sign?
Overwhelmingly, yes. Cancer is a Sun sign, and the Sun is the slowest-moving placement in a chart. The Moon, Venus, Mars and Rising sign differ between two Cancers born weeks apart, and they carry most of the synastry weight.
Is this Cancer compatibility ranking computed or written by hand?
Computed. We generate real birth charts for each sign, score every combination with the same engine that runs the live calculator, and average the results. Nothing on this page is a hand-assigned percentage.
Have someone specific in mind? Use the compatibility calculator to score two real charts.
Scores computed with Soulstral's synastry engine, calibration
2026-07-27.1. Read the methodology.