GEMINI AND CANCER LOVE COMPATIBILITY


HOW COMPATIBLE ARE GEMINI AND CANCER IN A LOVE RELATIONSHIP?

Although in many ways it may seem that couples with consecutive Star Signs, like Gemini and Cancer, have little in common, because there’s a better than average probability that they will share Mercury and/or Venus Signs, they often have far more similarities, and thus a higher level of love compatibility, than one might expect.

GEMINI-CANCER COMPATIBILITY OVERVIEW

For sure, there are some big differences between Gemini and Cancer due to the conflicting Air-Water combination – Gemini basically being quite rational and detached, while Cancer is much more sensitive and intuitive. Nevertheless – probably because they're next-door neighbors in the Zodiac – consecutive Star Signs such as Gemini and Cancer are traditionally considered to have quite a good level of love compatibility and a reasonable chance of understanding each other and getting on.

There’s a surprising ability to tolerate each other’s contrasting way of going about things, and they can generally relate to one another’s weak points, which each can help the other to overcome. Gemini, for example, can often offer a logical solution to the Crab's worries and anxieties, help it to handle its mood swings and keep it feeling upbeat. In turn, Cancer offers Gemini the emotional and domestic stability it needs to counterbalance its restlessness, and exerts a soothing effect on Gemini’s high-strung nerves.

In a live-in relationship, Gemini and Cancer can actually make a good team. Social butterfly Gemini loves a partner it can rely on to keep everything ticking over on the domestic front while it's out busy networking – and who better than the homebody Crab who's always happy to have someone to look after. In return, Gemini, one of the best schmoozers in the Zodiac, offers shy and retiring Cancer the chance to come out of its shell and meet a few new people – and when the Crab is being unreasonably moody, a good hard kick in the ass!

GEMINI-CANCER EMOTIONAL COMPATIBILITY

The characteristic emotional responses of the signs Gemini and Cancer are certainly quite different. Because Gemini’s responses are governed largely by logic rather than gut feelings, it can’t easily identify with – and may be rather uncomfortable with – Cancer’s heart-on-sleeve emotionality. In turn, Gemini’s cool detachment and tendency to gloss over, or make fun of, serious emotional issues can be very difficult for highly sensitive Cancer to relate to.

Because Gemini is quite thick-skinned and doesn’t take things too personally, while Cancer is totally the opposite, being very easily hurt or offended, Gemini will need to be very careful not to trample on the Crab’s delicate feelings. One thing Gemini and Cancer both possess in abundance is a great sense of humor, and although Gemini’s wit is more cerebral and Cancer’s more offbeat or ‘loony’, the ability to have a good laugh together can do much to bridge the gulf between the emotional styles of these two star signs.

GEMINI-CANCER SEXUAL COMPATIBILITY

Sexually, these two signs may be somewhat mis-matched initially: Gemini's flirtatious nature and its light-hearted, perhaps rather superficial, approach to love can give the insecure Crab a few misgivings, while to butterfly Gemini, Cancer can seem too clingy, too possessive and much too easily hurt. For things to work between these two sexually, Gemini needs to show more sensitivity, while Cancer has to toughen up a bit and learn to let go.


GEMINI-CANCER MENTAL COMPATIBILITY

Most of the communication difficulties between these two Star Signs occur because Gemini is very mentally detached and level-headed, whereas Cancer is more emotionally involved and tends to look at issues in a more sensitive way.

Because each person’s style of thinking embodies qualities which the other is lacking and therefore wants more of, Gemini and Cancer do frequently experience a strong mental attraction to each other. But at the same time, because the ways their brains work are so very different, they can also find each other hard to understand at times.

Gemini takes a strictly logical approach to decision-making and problem-solving, based on thorough and detailed discussion. Cancer, on the other hand, finds all this endless analysis very tedious and unnecessary, because it feels it instinctively ‘knows’ the right thing to do. Without sufficient respect for one another’s contrasting thinking styles, conversations between these two Star Signs can frequently end in deadlock.


GEMINI-CANCER COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGES

The level of compatibility challenges in a Gemini-Cancer relationship fundamentally depends on just how representative the two people are of their respective Star Signs. An all-Gemini type is a dizzy social butterfly who never sits still and spends very little time in the home. A stereotypical Cancerian rarely strays far from home, hearth and family and tends to be quite shy and timid in the company of strangers.

In the worst case scenario these two would probably end up spending very little time together. But because of how horoscopes work, people born under neighboring Sun Signs like Gemini and Cancer often embody some of the other sign’s characteristics and have far more in common than you would initially expect – this being especially the case if they are romantically attracted to each other. For this reason, the odds of a Gemini-Cancer love match turning out to be successful are estimated at 50/50.