My Cancer Man

by Heather
(Oregon)

I am a Capricorn Woman dating a Cancer man. We have been together for a year now and it has sure been an interesting ride.

I do have a few of the typical Capricorn traits: I am reserved, stable, straight forward, cautious, practical. But I relate more to my rising sign which is Cancer. Two people with Cancer traits can make for one moody relationship! I am ruled by my emotions and I am very, very sensitive. I don't see these traits as negative but it does make me very vulnerable to feeling hurt or taking things too personally. My Cancer man is moody. He is very sociable, outgoing, easily influenced by others and protective. He is just like the crab in that he has a tough exterior but once I found my way in I discovered that he is a total softy (for me anyway).

In many ways this is your typical "opposites attract" relationship. Sometimes this causes problems but on the other hand we really balance each other out. There is just something about us. He is a water sign and I am an earth sign and I know those go well together. It is true... When I am parched and dry he is the water that works its way into the cracks to revive me. I am the constant stable earth that gives him direction, that contains him and guides him.

This relationship was tricky at first. He's never been with a self respecting, demanding woman like me who knows exactly what she wants. He's never been with a girl who is as steady and self assured as me. He can be pretty cocky but I know how to keep him in check. He just needed someone who would stand up to him and challenge him and I needed someone who was more assertive, someone who could teach me how to have a tougher skin.

We've had a lot of kinks and misunderstandings to work out. Sometimes we just agree to disagree. But there is passion between us. He has great admiration for me and I have an understanding of him.