Moon sign compatibility · Usually clears 18
Taurus and Cancer Moon Sign Compatibility
With the groom's Moon in Taurus and the bride's in Cancer, classical guna milan can land anywhere from 11 to 25 of 36. Across the 81 combinations of birth-star quarters the two signs allow, the average is 19.5. 65 of the 81 reach 18 (80%); the rest fall short by up to 7 points, depending on where in each sign the Moons sit.
Here the groom's Moon is in Taurus 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 Taurus → हिंदी में पढ़ें
The sign-level kutas contribute 8.5 of 15; the weak spot is Graha Maitri, the friendship of Venus and the Moon. The birth stars add 2.5–16.5.
What the two signs settle
Four kutas compare the signs themselves, so they come out the same for every Taurus–Cancer couple.
- Varna — 0/1. Taurus 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 — 1/2. Taurus counts as a quadruped sign and Cancer as a water one; the vashya table gives that 1 of 2.
- Graha Maitri — 0.5/5. Venus (lord of Taurus) 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 3rd sign from Taurus, and Taurus the 11th from Cancer — 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 Taurus Moon can be in the last three padas of Krittika, Rohini or the first two padas of Mrigashira; 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 (1–4 of 4). Full 4 when both Moons share an animal — sheep, for example, with Krittika and Pushya (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 Taurus, Krittika is rakshasa; Rohini is manushya; Mrigashira is deva. In Cancer, Punarvasu and Pushya are deva; Ashlesha is rakshasa. Gana scores 6 in 27% of combinations and 0 in 20%. The commonest pairing is a manushya 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 Rohini with Ashlesha. None of them meets the usual classical cancellations.
How the 81 combinations score
| Score | Share | Of 81 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 12 | 20% | 16 |
| 12 – 17½ | 0% | 0 |
| 18 – 23½ | 53% | 43 |
| 24 – 29½ | 27% | 22 |
| 30 – 36 | 0% | 0 |
The highest score, 25, comes with the groom's Moon in Rohini and the bride's in Pushya; the lowest, 11, with Rohini and Ashlesha, where Nadi and Gana score zero.
Cancer is 3rd from Taurus (3/11)
Where it tends to work
- From the groom's Moon, the bride's is in the 3rd — the house of initiative and siblings — and from hers, his is in the 11th, the house of gains and friendships. It is a companionable, sibling-like axis.
- 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.
Taurus is ruled by Venus and Cancer by the Moon. Venus-ruled Moons tend to look for ease, comfort and pleasantness; a Moon in its own sign tends to be protective, responsive and quick to pick up a mood. By nature Venus regards the Moon as an enemy, and the Moon regards Venus 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.
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Common questions
Is a Taurus Moon groom compatible with a Cancer Moon bride?
By guna milan alone, the score for this pairing ranges from 11 to 25 of 36, averaging 19.5, 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 Taurus and Cancer?
No. Cancer is 3rd from Taurus, 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 Taurus?
A little. Varna and Gana are scored from the groom's side, so if the bride is Taurus and the groom Cancer the range becomes 12–27 with an average of 20.8 (against 19.5 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 Rohini and a bride with Moon in Pushya, scoring 25. 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.