Moon sign compatibility · Depends on the nakshatras
Capricorn and Cancer Moon Sign Compatibility
With the groom's Moon in Capricorn and the bride's in Cancer, classical guna milan can land anywhere from 13 to 28 of 36. Across the 81 combinations of birth-star quarters the two signs allow, the average is 20.5. 56% of combinations reach 18 and the rest do not, so the exact nakshatras decide which side of the line a real couple falls.
Here the groom's Moon is in Capricorn and the bride's in Cancer. Two kutas — Varna and Gana — are scored from the groom's side, so the reverse pairing has its own page. Groom Cancer, bride Capricorn → हिंदी में पढ़ें
The sign-level kutas contribute 9.5 of 15; the weak spot is Graha Maitri, the friendship of Saturn and the Moon. The birth stars add 3.5–18.5.
What the two signs settle
Four kutas compare the signs themselves, so they come out the same for every Capricorn–Cancer couple.
- Varna — 0/1. Capricorn is classed Vaishya and Cancer Brahmin. The convention withholds the point when the bride's class ranks higher — swap the partners and it would score 1. Varna is the lightest and most dated of the kutas; the classes describe disposition here, not social standing.
- Vashya — 2/2. Both signs fall in the water vashya group, which earns the full 2. Some texts split Sagittarius and Capricorn across two groups by half-sign; this site uses one group per sign, so other calculators can differ by up to a point here.
- Graha Maitri — 0.5/5. Saturn (lord of Capricorn) and the Moon (lord of Cancer) are neutral one way and hostile the other, worth 0.5 of 5.
- Bhakoot — 7/7. Cancer is the 7th sign from Capricorn, and Capricorn the 7th from Cancer — a 7/7 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 Capricorn Moon can be in the last three padas of Uttara Ashadha, Shravana or the first two padas of Dhanishta; a Cancer Moon in the fourth pada of Punarvasu, Pushya or Ashlesha.
- Tara (1.5–1.5 of 3). Scores 1.5 in every combination.
- Yoni (0–3 of 4). No nakshatra in one sign shares a yoni animal with any in the other, so the full 4 is out of reach. It drops to 0 for the traditional enemy animals, such as Shravana (monkey) with Pushya (sheep) — 16 combinations in all.
- Gana (0–6 of 6). In Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha is manushya; Shravana is deva; Dhanishta is rakshasa. In Cancer, Punarvasu and Pushya are deva; Ashlesha is rakshasa. Gana scores 6 in 35% of combinations and 0 in 15%. The commonest pairing is a deva groom with a deva bride (20 of 81).
- Nadi (0–8 of 8). 36 of 81 combinations (44%) share a nadi and score 0 — nadi dosha — for example Shravana with Ashlesha. None of them meets the usual classical cancellations.
How the 81 combinations score
| Score | Share | Of 81 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 12 | 0% | 0 |
| 12 – 17½ | 44% | 36 |
| 18 – 23½ | 2% | 2 |
| 24 – 29½ | 53% | 43 |
| 30 – 36 | 0% | 0 |
The highest score, 28, comes with the groom's Moon in Shravana and the bride's in Punarvasu; the lowest, 13, with Uttara Ashadha and Ashlesha, where Nadi and Gana score zero.
Opposite signs (7/7)
Where it tends to work
- Cancer sits directly opposite Capricorn — the axis of partnership itself. Opposite Moons often feel the pull of what they lack.
- Bhakoot gives its full 7; the tradition treats facing signs as a natural pairing.
Where it asks for effort
- Opposition can polarise: each partner takes one end of every disagreement and defends it.
- What attracts at first — the other's different instincts — can become the main complaint if neither moves toward the middle.
Element and ruling planets
Earth (Capricorn) 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.
Capricorn is ruled by Saturn and Cancer by the Moon. Saturn-ruled Moons tend to be reserved at first and to show feeling through reliability; a Moon in its own sign tends to be protective, responsive and quick to pick up a mood. By nature Saturn regards the Moon as an enemy, and the Moon regards Saturn as neutral. 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.
Match your two chartsAsk about your own chart
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 Capricorn Moon groom compatible with a Cancer Moon bride?
By guna milan alone, the score for this pairing ranges from 13 to 28 of 36, averaging 20.5, and 56% 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 Capricorn and Cancer?
No. Cancer is 7th from Capricorn, a 7/7 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 Capricorn?
A little. Varna and Gana are scored from the groom's side, so if the bride is Capricorn and the groom Cancer the range becomes 14–29 with an average of 21.7 (against 20.5 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 Shravana and a bride with Moon in Punarvasu, scoring 28. 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.