Moon sign compatibility · Usually clears 18
Cancer and Taurus Moon Sign Compatibility
With the groom's Moon in Cancer and the bride's in Taurus, classical guna milan can land anywhere from 12 to 27 of 36. Across the 81 combinations of birth-star quarters the two signs allow, the average is 20.8. 65 of the 81 reach 18 (80%); the rest fall short by up to 6 points, depending on where in each sign the Moons sit.
Here the groom's Moon is in Cancer and the bride's in Taurus. Two kutas — Varna and Gana — are scored from the groom's side, so the reverse pairing has its own page. Groom Taurus, bride Cancer → हिंदी में पढ़ें
The sign-level kutas contribute 9.5 of 15; the weak spot is Graha Maitri, the friendship of the Moon and Venus. The birth stars add 2.5–17.5.
What the two signs settle
Four kutas compare the signs themselves, so they come out the same for every Cancer–Taurus couple.
- Varna — 1/1. Cancer is classed Brahmin and Taurus Vaishya. The convention gives the point when the groom's class is equal or higher, as it is here.
- Vashya — 1/2. Cancer counts as a water sign and Taurus as a quadruped one; the vashya table gives that 1 of 2.
- Graha Maitri — 0.5/5. The Moon (lord of Cancer) and Venus (lord of Taurus) are neutral one way and hostile the other, worth 0.5 of 5.
- Bhakoot — 7/7. Taurus is the 11th sign from Cancer, and Cancer the 3rd from Taurus — a 3/11 relationship, which Bhakoot scores in full.
What depends on the birth stars
Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi are read from the two birth stars (nakshatras), not the signs. A Cancer Moon can be in the fourth pada of Punarvasu, Pushya or Ashlesha; a Taurus Moon in the last three padas of Krittika, Rohini or the first two padas of Mrigashira.
- Tara (1.5–1.5 of 3). Scores 1.5 in every combination.
- Yoni (1–4 of 4). Full 4 when both Moons share an animal — sheep, for example, with Pushya and Krittika (12 of 81 combinations). No enemy-animal pairing is possible between these signs, so Yoni never falls below 2.
- Gana (0–6 of 6). In Cancer, Punarvasu and Pushya are deva; Ashlesha is rakshasa. In Taurus, Krittika is rakshasa; Rohini is manushya; Mrigashira is deva. Gana scores 6 in 52% of combinations and 0 in 20%. The commonest pairing is a deva groom with a manushya bride (20 of 81).
- Nadi (0–8 of 8). 36 of 81 combinations (44%) share a nadi and score 0 — nadi dosha — for example Ashlesha with Rohini. None of them meets the usual classical cancellations.
How the 81 combinations score
| Score | Share | Of 81 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 12 | 0% | 0 |
| 12 – 17½ | 20% | 16 |
| 18 – 23½ | 38% | 31 |
| 24 – 29½ | 42% | 34 |
| 30 – 36 | 0% | 0 |
The highest score, 27, comes with the groom's Moon in Pushya and the bride's in Rohini; the lowest, 12, with Ashlesha and Rohini, where Nadi and Gana score zero.
Taurus is 11th from Cancer (3/11)
Where it tends to work
- From the groom's Moon, the bride's falls in the 11th — gains, friends, hopes — and from hers, his falls in the 3rd, courage and effort. Friendship tends to sit at the centre of this pairing.
- Bhakoot scores its full 7 for 3/11 under the North Indian convention used here (some South Indian rasi rules read these positions differently).
Where it asks for effort
- Easy companionship can stay at the level of good teamwork; depth has to be chosen, not assumed.
- The elements are complementary (fire with air, or earth with water) rather than identical, so pace and priorities still need negotiating.
Element and ruling planets
Earth (Taurus) and water (Cancer) is the nourishing combination — water softens earth, earth gives water a shape. It tends towards a settled, home-centred feel, sometimes at the expense of novelty. Element is not one of the eight kutas, so treat this as colour, not score.
Cancer is ruled by the Moon and Taurus by Venus. A Moon in its own sign tends to be protective, responsive and quick to pick up a mood; Venus-ruled Moons tend to look for ease, comfort and pleasantness. By nature the Moon regards Venus as neutral, and Venus regards the Moon as an enemy. The relationship is lopsided — one lord warmer than the other — a pattern Graha Maitri marks down without zeroing.
What this page can’t tell you
All of this comes from two Moon positions and nothing else. Guna milan does not see the ascendant, the 7th house, Venus, Mars or the dashas either person is running — and it cannot see how two people handle money, conflict or family. Real matching needs both birth charts; better still, it needs a conversation.
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A Moon-sign pairing is only the start. Matching your two full birth charts is free; the Match Report (₹99) then explains every kuta, mangal dosha for both, and the 7th house and navamsa of each — printable.
Common questions
Is a Cancer Moon groom compatible with a Taurus Moon bride?
By guna milan alone, the score for this pairing ranges from 12 to 27 of 36, averaging 20.8, and 80% of nakshatra combinations reach the conventional 18. That is a statement about two Moon positions. Real compatibility depends on both full charts and, far more, on the two people — use it as a first look, not a decision.
Is there bhakoot dosha between Cancer and Taurus?
No. Taurus is 11th from Cancer, a 3/11 relationship, which scores the full 7 points for every couple in this pairing.
How likely is nadi dosha for this pair?
44% — 36 of the 81 combinations share a nadi. It depends entirely on the two birth stars, so only the exact nakshatras can tell you.
Does it matter which partner is Cancer?
A little. Varna and Gana are scored from the groom's side, so if the bride is Cancer and the groom Taurus the range becomes 11–25 with an average of 19.5 (against 20.8 here). For a same-gender couple the order shifts the total by at most a point or two.
Which nakshatras give the best result?
For this pairing the top combination is a groom with Moon in Pushya and a bride with Moon in Rohini, scoring 27. But no nakshatra is a good or bad one to marry; the useful step is finding your own two — the nakshatra calculator does it in seconds — and then matching the full charts.