Cancer + Capricorn compatibility

Graha Maitri — how the two minds meet (5 points)

Cancer is ruled by Moon and Capricorn by Saturn; the two lords are natural adversaries in the classical tables, which asks for more conscious effort in how the two minds meet. On the classical scoring this gives 0.5 of 5 points. Because the Moon stands for the mind in Jyotish, this koota is read as the ease of mental and emotional understanding between the two people.

Bhakoot — the sign-to-sign count (7 points)

Counted around the zodiac, Capricorn is the 7th sign from Cancer, and Cancer the 7th from Capricorn. That is not one of the three dosha patterns (2–12, 5–9 or 6–8), so Bhakoot scores its full 7 points — the heaviest sign-level factor in this pairing’s favour.

Vashya and Varna — the smaller sign factors (3 points)

Vashya groups the signs into five classical classes and asks how naturally the two classes get on. Cancer belongs to the Jalachara group and Capricorn to the Jalachara group, scoring 2 of 2. Varna assigns each sign a rank by element (Cancer is Brahmin, Capricorn is Vaishya); it is a directional 1-point check — read from Cancer’s side it gives 1, from Capricorn’s side 0. Both are light factors beside Graha Maitri and Bhakoot.

Elements and temperament

Cancer is a movable water sign and Capricorn a movable earth sign. Earth and water nourish each other classically — water shapes earth, earth holds water. These classical groupings sit outside the point system but colour how the scored factors play out day to day.

The other 21 points need your nakshatras

Tara (3), Yoni (4), Gana (6) and Nadi (8) — 21 of the 36 gunas — depend on each person’s birth nakshatra, not just the sign, which is why two couples with the same moon signs can match very differently. A full Guna Milan takes both people’s date, time and place of birth; the app computes it in your browser and explains every koota in plain language.

Frequently asked

Are Cancer and Capricorn moon signs compatible?

At the sign level, this pairing is mixed at the sign level — some factors flow, some ask for effort: of the 15 sign-based gunas it scores 10 (Graha Maitri 0.5/5, Vashya 2/2, Bhakoot 7/7). The other 21 of the 36 gunas depend on the two birth nakshatras, so a full Guna Milan needs complete birth details.

Is there Bhakoot dosha between Cancer and Capricorn?

No — counted from each other these signs form a 7/7 relationship, which is not one of the three dosha patterns (2–12, 5–9, 6–8), so Bhakoot scores its full 7 points.

Is sign compatibility the same as Kundali matching?

No — it is the coarse half. Four of the eight kootas (Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot — 15 of 36 points) depend only on the moon signs and are shown here. The other four (Tara, Yoni, Gana, Nadi — 21 points) need each person’s birth nakshatra, which is why a proper match uses full birth details.

Keep reading

• Capricorn + Cancer — the same pairing from Capricorn’s side
• All 144 sign pairings
• Kundali matching and Guna Milan, explained