Aquarius Man & Cancer Woman Relationship Compatibility | Can it Work?

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What Attracts the Aquarius Man to the Cancer Woman

How accepting and understanding she is. Cancer women are soft-hearted, open-minded, and non-judgmental. This is important for the Aquarian man, as he needs to have an accepting partner due to how unique and frequently misunderstood he is.

Her nurturing and domestic qualities. Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which gives her abundant nurturing and maternal energy. She’s sensitive, intuitive, and possesses deep maternal instincts. Combined with her emotional intelligence, she’s a capable nurturer for her partner and their shared family. The Aquarius man certainly benefits from such a selfless and loving partner.

Her levity and sense of humor. The Cancer woman’s sense of humor is one of her lovelier traits. It’s likely what attracts Aquarius to her in the first place. He loves her beaming smile and warm laughter.

Her generosity and supportiveness. Cancer is a nurturer, through and through. She builds people up physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Aquarius is a helpful humanitarian and is happy to have the Cancer woman in his court. They make a great team in this regard.

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Her feminine mystique & mystery. Cancer’s vacillating moods puzzle Aquarius and her emotional depths infatuate him. Aquarius is a double masculine sign, so the intense expanses of watery, moon-ruled Cancer draw him in. She has endless internal mysteries for him to probe and try to understand.

Her receptivity and openness to new ideas. Aquarius loves partners who he can influence and “improve.” Cancer, being a Cardinal sign, is capable and competent. But Aquarius is a visionary and can see things about her that she’d never pick up by herself. He’s pleased that she’s receptive to ideas, though he might have to be cautious with his delivery. She’s sensitive and will close off if she feels that he’s not connected to her emotionally while delivering recommendations or critiques.

That she’s charming and well-liked. Cancer women are well-liked and socially adept. She overflows with charm and has a soft, sensitive allure that’s attractive to both sexes. This is welcomed by Aquarius, a consummate socialite who wants to have a partner who can handle pairing up with him on the social scene.

Her tenacity and self-assured leadership. Cancer may be sensitive and highly feminine, but she’s also resolute and has a warrior’s inner strength. Cancer is a Cardinal (leadership) sign, after all. She’s patient, hard-working, and a go-getter. She has a great imagination and creative vision and can turn her fantasies into realities. Aquarius has a deep respect for this.

Related: The 5 Best Sun Sign Matches for an Aquarian Man

What the Aquarius Man Dislikes about the Cancer Woman

Her emotionally driven response to life. Cancer is the most emotionally sensitive sign in the zodiac, while Aquarius is the most emotionally detached. Cancer can be over-sensitive and swayed by her emotions, occasionally overreacting and experiencing wild mood swings. Aquarius values maintaining reasonable control over emotions and doesn’t like it when Cancer becomes captive to hers.

Her clinginess and neediness. Aquarius longs for affection like anyone else, but he doesn’t feel comfortable with the constant close emotional involvement that Cancer yearns for. Her bonding and intimacy needs can make her hard to live with, especially for the more cool-natured Aquarian.

She may become dependent on him and struggle with a constant fear of being unloved. This can all feel deeply stifling to Aquarians base needs around independence.

That she’s impressionable and takes on other people’s energies. Other people can easily influence Cancer. She will take on other people’s points and criticisms and allow them to affect her. Aquarius is much more self-contained and doesn’t allow people to influence him easily. He can be put off by how much she’s affected by others.

Related: The 5 Biggest Signs that an Aquarius Man isn’t into You

What Attracts the Cancer Woman to the Aquarius Man

His visionary humanitarian nature. Cancer deeply appreciates the Aquarian man’s goodheartedness. He has a strong desire to improve the world, and his humanity and pioneering ideas inspire her. She wants to help him create a brighter and more balanced human society.

His community-mindedness. Cancer loves all of Aquarius’s innovative ideas around community and wants to help him bring them to life. They both thrive in groups and desire communities founded on equality, freedom, tolerance, and diversity of thought.

His uniqueness. Aquarius is unique and sees the world differently than everyone else. Cancer likes that he’s not afraid to stand out from the crowd and do things he believes in, no matter the common opinions.

Even if she can’t fully grasp why he does the unique things he does (he’s often many years ahead of his time), she still admires and appreciates his willingness to break from the pack and do what his heart tells him to do.

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That he takes relationships seriously. Yes, Aquarius is notoriously fickle when it comes to commitment. He won’t get into a relationship simply for the sake of having a relationship. But when he does commit, he takes it seriously. She appreciates this since her attachment style is similar.

His assertiveness. Aquarius men are composed, confident, headstrong, and have a clear inner vision. He’s a fixed sign, so he likes to see it through when he sets his mind on something. Cancer appreciates men who are solid and unwavering like this.

His honesty & sincerity. Aquarius can be sarcastic and wildly humorous, but he’s also a true friend who prizes honesty and being direct. Inauthenticity repels him.

He’s trustworthy and doesn’t like to manipulate or otherwise deceive with his speech. Cancer appreciates that any comments he makes are genuine and heartfelt. He’s complex, and she may have difficulty reading him, but he’s not concealing himself for any wrong reasons.

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What the Cancer Woman Dislikes about the Aquarius Man

His lack of emotional expression. Aquarius rarely gives Cancer what she wants in the emotional realm. He may appreciate her emotionality, but he’s mind-lead through and through, and Cancer can feel cut off from him because of this.

Sure, she enjoys getting to know his mind, but emotional vulnerability and connection are essential aspects of her bonding style, which he can struggle to satisfy.

When he lacks sentimentality. Because Aquarius processes life primarily in his head, it can be challenging for him to drop into his heart center. He does try to compensate for this, but he will still rarely match the Cancer woman’s desire for shared sentimentality.

His erratic and probing nature. Cancer is incredibly sensitive and can easily be thrown off balance by a partner. Aquarius’s moods are highly changeable, and his changes of pace can perplex her into tears.

He’ll be warm to her one moment, then act like she’s not even there the next. He doesn’t do this out of malice; it’s just how his mind works from moment to moment because he’s easily distracted and keeps a lot on his mind.

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That he always wants to improve everything around him, her included. For a Cancer, one of the last things she wants when upset is someone probing into her mind and trying to fix her. When she’s upset, he can get restless and frantically try to solve the emotionally triggering problems logically, making her feel even more dismayed.

That he’s not domestically-natured. The Aquarian guy likes to be on the move and in the thick of life. There are times that he wants to go on streaks of staying at home. But typically, this is his alone “man-cave/decompression” time.

Cancer might have to coax him to spend time with her both at home and out in the world. This can be tough for him because he prefers to spend plenty of time with friends, exchanging ideas, or helping them somehow, while she wants to spend time with him at home.

His self-pre-occupation. He can forget important occasions and get lost in his own world all the time. He loves having a partner, but he’s not into creating the same level of involvement that Cancer likes.

That he can remain non-committal for a long time. Aquarius men are cautious about committing to anyone, especially romantically. He won’t rush into a monogamous relationship and will hesitate with marriage, especially when he’s young.

Cancer is much more willing to commit and devote herself to a man she likes and can grow impatient if he’s overly reluctant.

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Aquarius Man & Cancer Woman: Sexual Chemistry

Score: 7/10

There’s an undeniable sexual attraction felt between these two. Aquarius is masculine and super inventive, while Cancer is immersive and feminine. Infused together, they have a great polarity that keeps them turned on and enthusiastic for each other.

They’re both generous and warm in bed. Sex can be full, peaceful, and contented. She’s capable of bringing out the tender side of Aquarius energy, which rarely shows itself.

He has a hard time letting his walls down but intuitively trusts her. And in his presence, she feels comfortable letting out a bit of her wild side.

Related: How to Thoroughly Impress an Aquarian Man in Bed

She’ll likely be a bit keener on sex and intimacy, though. If he’s too cool of an Aquarian, problems can arise. The Cancer woman may need to stimulate Aqua man’s sexual appetite by arousing his mind to move things to a physical union.

Aquarius can bore easily – especially if there’s not a ton of variety in their sex life. If he’s not receptive to her sexuality over the long term, then there’s a strong likelihood that this relationship won’t last.

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Aquarius Man & Cancer Woman: Relationship Score

Score: 6/10

There’s excellent polarity and potential for attraction between the Aquarius man and Cancer woman. But they’re also very different people, and it’s not always complimentary.

She could simply be too emotional of a partner for him to handle, as he fears the total immersive union that she offers. And he might be too aloof and mentally driven for her to feel comfortable with.

He wants independence in every stage of life, and she wants a partner to envelop emotionally, cling tightly to, and nest with.

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She’s Cardinal and can lead the relationship. He’s likely okay with this, but he can get stubborn as a fixed sign. They’ll probably butt heads, especially over their different ways of navigating life. They don’t often think alike because Aquarius is logical while Cancer jumps to conclusions or acts on intuition and instinct.

The rift between mind-centeredness and heart-centeredness can create significant growth opportunities, or it can end up dividing them.

In most cases, this relationship is fun and stimulating for a while but won’t be destined to last.

Keys to Success

They must break down each other’s challenging emotional barriers. Aquarius is usually emotionally underdeveloped, and he fears his inner feelings being exposed. Cancer is usually emotionally overdeveloped and easily hurt, so she shields her soft sensitive nature from wounding.

Each of them needs patience and understanding to be coaxed out of their emotional self-protectiveness.

Cancer needs to accept that Aquarius is less immersive of a lover than she is. Aquarius in a relationship is more like a friend than a lover. Aquarians often enjoy the notion of love more than actually experiencing its rawness because they favor their inner detachment so much. He won’t pour out his heart and soul with Cancer regularly.

He will share his feelings with her, but it won’t be frequent. If she’s the type of Cancer that needs abundant affection, reassurance, and attention, she must accept that he might not be able to satisfy her deep longings. Cancer will often smother her lovers with affection and emotion, but she can’t afford to with Aquarius.

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Cancer must learn to allow Aquarius some of his free-roaming habits. She must not attempt to restrict his desire to mix with the masses and go off on his own now and then. She would do her best to be a bit less of a homebody and get out more with her Aquarian guy. She can’t sit tight and rely on telling him to come home. It won’t work. He needs to fly free, to some extent at least.

Aquarius has to learn to handle Cancer’s emotional nature. Emotional people challenge his resolve, and she’s one of the most emotional women he’ll meet. He must accept that she’s influenced by constantly changeable emotional states, day in and day out. He can’t try to “fix” her emotional nature by regularly applying logic to her situations.

He must trust that emotionally-lead processing is essential for her, even though she can lose perspective and get exasperated sometimes. He must learn to stop prying into her emotional responses and listen and provide a shoulder to cry on sometimes.

Aquarius might need to tone down some of his erratic behavior. Cancer is highly sensitive and can be thrown off by the more volatile and changeable Aquarian energies. He can be shocking, distracted, variable, and easily distracted.

Too much of this will make her feel too chaotic in the relationship, and her health will struggle. If he can tamp down just a little bit on his eccentric, energetic swings, she will appreciate it.

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Aquarius should work to reduce some of his independent, detached nature. He loves spending time with Cancer, but there are still so many people that he wants to meet, and he certainly doesn’t want to stay home every night.

If she complains that he’s not as available and involved as she likes, he shouldn’t protest and logically explain that he’s warm and affectionate with her. He should simply work to satisfy her longings to be more closely involved.

Honesty about relationship goals. Cancer women tend to be happiest when they’re married at an early age, while Aquarian men can be contented bachelors well into mid-life. This comes down to her wanting close partnerships to fulfill herself while he is at his best as a free-spirited individualist.

Because of this, there’s likely to be some rifts felt between them with what they’re looking for in a relationship. This is especially true if they’re young. So they should work to communicate clearly with each other about what they’re looking for from the relationship.

Conclusion

What are your relationship experiences with an Aquarian-Cancer relationship? Do you have any questions or comments? Let us know in the comment section below.

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8 thoughts on “Aquarius Man & Cancer Woman Relationship Compatibility | Can it Work?”

    1. I’m going through it with my Aquarius he’s not talking to me at the moment and told me he doesn’t care whether we’re together or not.

      1. I feel your pain… I’m a cancer woman and my boyfriend is an Aquarius. We’ve been together for 6 years and probably argued every month to the point where we say we can’t be together as we’re too different. My partner (Aquarius) is the complete opposite to me and we’re at the point now where there is no intimacy between us anymore. But, we can’t seem to leave each other. There are so many things we love about each other but our love language is completely different. I’m the cancer and feel I am Making all the compromises and adapting to how he is in a relationship but none of my needs are being met and I’m getting sad. My partner says the same things to me that yours has but then sweeps it under the rug like it never happened and I’m always hurt. I’ve just turned 30 and am desperate for marriage and I really want a dog and eventually children but he will not commit to anything. He says it’s because I constantly cause arguments by bringing my feelings up but that’s what cancers do!

      2. I’ve been talking to my Aqauros man for two years and met his family and he opened up to me but it’s had to be the hardest I’ve ever worked to keep a relay in my life. I’m a cancer so I’m emotional but not super crazy he has gone days weeks months without speaking to me then out the blue he misses me. Right now I asked if he want to be with me he said know but he loves and we’re getting to know each other he doesn’t like titles or has any expectations. I was crying so stressed and sick. I’m learning how to to deal with him because I love him but it’s so hard because when we’re together he is so chill and loving and he loves to hang out together and bond the he disappears doesn’t say why. It’s so hard Aqua men aren’t for the week.

  1. im a cancer and hes aquarius but thru out the whole relo he wished i was like crazy obsessed w him and express my emotions better and be less distant, i ended up dumping him because my feelings weren’t true for him. maybe it’s my aries moon that made me more closed off but i feel like cancer and aquarius dont go well together in relo’s but be better as bsf or something.

  2. I dealt with an aqua man not knowing his traits or how they were and it did not end well. I am a Cancer woman and ended up ghosting him. Now I met another and I am in love and we haven’t even kissed. I’m scared because I feel the connection but I know this is going to challenge because I don’t want to leave him alone.

  3. What I’ve learned…from Aqua man…there’s tons of layers & fear…. if there’s a distance its because there is a trust issue & fear of passed poor choices ….the fact it might repeat even if you show 0 signs of being like that. They say we’re (cancer) the emotional ones but the battle of holding in all those emotions & acting like things don’t matter when they do…. is WAY more of a emotional Rollercoaster than they claim us to be. Theres something sweet & sincere that we Love & its SUPER HARD to tap into that noogety center but once your there…your there. You will know… He admittedly said he is extremely selfish & he needs to work on or compromise better…he is in his 50s and he knows a woman like me will rarely come around again like Purple Unicorn….I’m patient and willing to work on this long distance love but He had to open up and give just a little so I can feel this is real and something he also cherishes. But he gets me..he respects me…he understands my moods and appreciates my spirit and tenacity. Never disrespectful always listens…I understand now he needs his alone time but he comes back around. and I never take it as he’s cheating ..thats just his refugee self care…everyone needs one. This article was spot on….most of the time some thing maturity and experience helps with…but most part it got US

  4. as a cancer women dating an aquarius man, i have never felt more secure and safe in a relationship. we argue a lot but it is because we still have a lot to learn about eachother. my aquarius man is very affectionate and needy and always wants to be around me. we have a great sex life when both of us are content and not under stressful situations. he does try to fix my emotional mood swings with logic however and doesnt seem to understand that my emotions are not always driven by a reason. he struggles with giving me my space sometimes to cooperate my emotions which makes me irritated. i do not yet feel safe to cry around him or let my guard down emotionally. sometimes i do feel like he pretends i do not exist and that spirals me. i also yearn for young marriage which i think is actually achievable with my aquarius man 😉 😉 ladies if ur aquarius man is ghosting u or being inadequate, find a new aquarius man because i get pampered when i want to and we alrdy live together after 2 months.

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