Cancer women are part of the first water sign of the Zodiac, emphasizing their deep capacity for love, concern, and the ability to give nearly endlessly. She’s a woman that won’t hesitate to reach out to check on those she values, and her capacity for caring is nearly unfathomable.
The Aries man may be tempting to the Cancer woman, but she may have to leave her comfort zone to make it work. Aries and Cancer can seem like they’ve got nothing in common, but this isn’t entirely true and the fact is that Aries men and Cancer women aren’t irredeemably incompatible.
The Aries man and Cancer woman aren’t an obvious match, that’s true. But with enough understanding from both parties, these two have the capacity to overcome differences to appreciate each other for what they have to offer one another, and even for what they’re unable to offer.
The Aries Man – Fearlessly Confident
When you think of the ultimate ‘manly man,’ who do you think of? You may think of a John Wayne type or someone like a firefighter or police officer. Someone who values physical strength, courage, stamina, and conviction may come to your mind. And these are all the traits of a typical Aries man.
These guys are fearless. They keep their head on their shoulders even when the world seems to be going haywire. They balance out the heat of situations involving conflict and take initiative when no one else will. These guys are incredibly calm in the face of adversity because of their inherent confidence that they’ve got it all under control.
Aries men reside within their bodies and have a lot of control over them. Many Aries men can be found at the gym or in competitive sports. Mars represents quick bursts of power, so weightlifting and sprinting can be ideal activities for an Aries man.
Aries men are the most sexual guys there are. They need a sexual release, lest they take their tension out on someone or something undeserving. If they have plenty of outlets for their energies then the Aries men are cool as a cucumber and are not prone to violence or anger as some descriptions may lead you to believe.
The Cancer Woman – Maternally Minded
Cancer women are incredible partners in most respects because of their natural intuition. They are ruled by the Moon, and so the changeable, soft, internal processes of the Moon are where the Cancer woman can thrive. The Moon is a motherly planet linked heavily with the ocean, and so qualities of water and that which is hidden live within her.
Cancer women may struggle to put their emotions and inner state of being into words. They understand the world in such an emotional way that words can fail to describe the feelings within them. As a result, she can be quiet and introspective in general.
The Cancer woman is highly changeable. The tone of the room can shift suddenly when her mood changes, but others may not realize that the change came from within her. The smallest glance, ignored text, or gentle kiss can change the way that she presents herself at that moment. All of this can happen without others realizing the shift.
Cancer women defend themselves and their loved ones to the end. The only thing that pushes a Cancer woman to inconvenience anyone is feeling threatened in some way. She will wait to share her feelings until it’s absolutely necessary to keep herself and those she loves secure.
The Cancer woman’s attractive power lies in her sweet and attentive nature. She’ll attract those who are wounded or who need shelter and she usually has no issue providing the care that they need. She can be the most nurturing woman a man has ever met, and that’s how they become addicted to her energy.
Aries Man and Cancer Woman 2022 Compatibility
Act fast in 2022 if you want to take full advantage of the positive energy in store for Aries men and Cancer women! These two signs might not be an obvious pairing, but taking action and initiative during an ideal transit this year can tip the scales in your favor when securing a relationship between an Aries man and a Cancer woman.
Mars is the natural ruler of Aries, which implies that it is most comfortable in the sign of Aries. Mars in Aries gives the Aries man a natural boost of confidence and stamina. His most authentic self is displayed effortlessly during this time. Aries will draw to him anyone who finds his core nature attractive from mid-June to early/mid-July.
Aries will be naturally romantic and flirtatious when Leo’s energies abound. The Sun is in Leo from July 23rd to August 23rd. This period is a month where Aries is more likely to take to any advances and will be making flirtation advances himself. Anyone on his radar might find him showing extra interest during this time.
Cancer’s ability to give love effectively is most potent during periods where Scorpio energy is present. The Sun is in Scorpio from October 24th to November 22nd. Venus enters the sign of Scorpio from October 24th to November 16th. This combination of two positive planets in the sign that enhances your ability to show love is good news for Cancer women!
During this time, showing your true love and appreciation for others is made easier. You can be shy and introspective, but this can be modified during romantic transits, making it more clear to others where your romantic interests lie.
Jupiter is a planet representing the husband in a woman’s chart, so the Cancer woman would be most likely to connect with an Aries male while Jupiter is in this sign. Aries welcomes the planet of abundance and husbands for a majority of this year; Jupiter enters Aries on May 11th and stays there until October 28th.
An extra bonus for finding an Aries husband or partner in general this year is that Jupiter will reenter Aries on December 20th and stay in this fire sign until May 16, 2023! If there is an Aries in your life you’d like to become closer to, this year and some of next should yield exceptionally abundant results.
Venus represents the wife in the chart of a man, so a period where Venus is in Libra (all but the last week of October in 2022) is the time when a Cancer woman can best attract an Aries man for a long-term partnership.
However, your ability to attract anyone will peak when Venus is in your own sign of Cancer, from July 19th to August 11th. This is when you most embody what it is that a man wants by highlighting your most attractive qualities, whatever those are for you.
As for attracting a long-term partner of any sign including Cancer, Aries men can expect extra luck from September 30th to October 23rd. A Cancer woman can more easily attract a long-term partner from December 11th through the end of the year.
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Intellect and Communication
The Aries man thinks in a sharp, quick-witted way. His style of thought is influenced by the sign of Cancer, which encourages fast talking and a factual point of view. Aries men are generally intelligent because of their ability to collect factoids from anywhere. They tend to have sharp tongues that can be hurtful if they’re not careful.
Cancer women are ruled by the Moon, and the Moon holds her thoughts and feelings close to her. Cancer doesn’t like to express herself directly, preferring that others intuit what she is thinking. Since she struggles to communicate directly, she often resorts to passive-aggressive tactics to get her point across.
Aries and Cancer have differences in their style of thinking and expression that can be frustrating to them both. Aries thinks quickly and says what’s on his mind immediately in most cases. Cancer allows conclusions to dawn on her over time and then she holds onto those thoughts until she’s forced to directly express them.
The subtlety of the Cancer woman can go right over the head of the Aries, who is initially oblivious to hints and dancing around the point, deeply triggering the Aries man. Once Aries realizes that Cancer is being passive-aggressive with him, it can be deeply triggering to him.
The Aries would prefer a direct communicator because the Aries struggles to intuit the thoughts of others. Cancer finds communication to be difficult, and so she hopes for a partner who naturally understands her needs.
These two styles of communication can be reconciled if both parties make the decision to compromise for one another.
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Physical Chemistry
Aries men and Cancer women can appreciate the physical appearance of one another, but it takes some extra bonding to bring them to the realization of how attractive the other one really is. They may have to let go of their natural ideas of attraction to be able to appreciate how sexy the other is.
Aries men like a lot of sexual stimulation, and Cancer needs a lot of emotional stimulation. Aries can err to the side of viewing sex and separate from feelings, which can make the Cancer feel like little more than a hook-up if Aries doesn’t do his part in wooing the Cancer woman.
Cancer women view sex as a physical manifestation of security and love in a partnership. The Aries may get frustrated with how ‘deep’ her idea of sex is. The extra effort and emotional availability involved in keeping the Cancer woman sexually satisfied could be enough to make the Aries wonder if he has a chance.
One thing that these two have in common is that they both appreciate physical touch. The Aries will still have to make sure the Cancer is in a receptive mood to begin holding her hand, stroking her hair, or giving a massage. It can still be an entryway into more intimate acts that leaves both parties feeling okay about the exchange.
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Shared Values and Interests
The Aries man and Cancer woman have different ways of expressing their values and interests in life, which can leave them struggling to come up with points to bond over. Finding the areas of overlap and stretching their own boundaries can create opportunities to relate to each other.
The Cancer woman is someone who enjoys their hobbies in private or whose hobbies revolve around private spaces, like their home or bedroom. They are interested in the kind of things that provide comfort and security to themselves. They may make a hobby out of caring for others too. Cancers may enjoy cooking, crafting, making art, and watching TV, to name a few things.
The Aries man’s interests lie primarily with thrill-seeking activities that get their heart racing. They need a lot of stimulation to stay interested, and so they seek activities that carry a level of excitement. They often enjoy sports, adventuring, competitive activities, and being outside.
While their hobbies seem irreconcilable, Aries and Cancer can capitalize on the areas where their interests coincide. For example, Aries may not normally like TV, but perhaps he’d watch competitive sports with the Cancer on TV. Conversely, Cancer doesn’t usually like being outside too much, but if there is a cozy campfire and lots of snuggles involved, she may make an exception.
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Love Compatibility
The love compatibility of the Aries man and Cancer woman can become strong with enough work and compromise. These two signs do have one thing in common, which is their strength in their romantic capacity and long-term potential with one another.
Both Aries and Cancer are what are known as cardinal signs. This means that both Aries and Cancer take a lot of initiative within their own elements. Cardinal signs have more ability to get things started than other types of signs. They get excited about new beginnings and feel their best at the start of things.
This is what brings the Aries man and Cancer woman together in the first place. These two signs are more willing to enter a new relationship because new relationships are exciting to them more than others. The key with these two is finding ways to create many new beginnings within the context of a long-term partnership.
Aries and Cancer can run out of steam within a partnership together, which is the biggest romantic hurdle. Agreeing to see the relationship as a long-term project with many milestones to keep it feeling fresh and interesting could be the key to a long-term partnership between Aries men and Cancer women.
They’ll need to rely on this approach because it will soon become clear that Aries and Cancer are two radically different individuals with conflicting needs. Their style of loving one another may feel unnatural or triggering to the other once the lighthearted fantasy of the honeymoon phase wears off.
The good thing is that these two see each other. They see what a good person the other is, and so they are often willing to put aside their egos to work with one another. Being open with one another and putting love first will enable them to make new beginnings in their approach to one another all through their relationship, keeping each other engaged.
Friendship Score: 5/10
The friendship between an Aries man and a Cancer woman can last a very long time, but in order to cross that threshold, they are forced to practice conscious understanding of one another. It’s a lot of work, but once both of them come to an understanding, the friendship aspect can work.
The Aries man needs some form of rebellion in his friendships, which juxtaposes the Cancer’s need for stability in relationships. The Aries and Cancer’s friendship can leave the Aries feeling bored and the Cancer feeling unmoored.
The Aries man can see the Cancer’s friendship as an exchange and unless things are fair and even between them, then the Aries can feel offended. The Aries may also feel like he pays for everything they do together. Cancer could feel like the unsung hero of the friendship, putting in a lot of work for minimal recognition.
The Aries man and Cancer woman should agree to share responsibility for finances and effort in the relationship. This is when a friendship between the two can bloom. They may find that they bond over taking care of animals or shopping together.
Relationship Score: 4/10
The Aries man and Cancer woman may not immediately see eye to eye and so a relationship together is not an obvious choice for one another. They need to be together for prolonged periods of time in order to see beyond the initial feelings that they elicit from one another.
The Aries man can find that the way Cancer expresses love forces him to reevaluate his own capacity for change. He may feel that to understand the Cancer’s relationship style, he is forced to burn down his entire understanding of relationships in general, which is obviously a triggering process. The Aries could find gratification after doing so, but it takes a lot to get him there.
The Cancer woman could see the Aries as a provider first and foremost, which he has little concept of. The Aries man is concerned with his own needs first in most cases, so the idea of giving someone else the things that he worked for can take some time to come around to. The expectation that Cancer has for him in this sense can feel like a lot.
These two will have to reshape their ideas of relationships in order to find an easygoing way of relating to one another. Paradoxically, getting to the easygoing side of their relationship will require a lot of hands-on monitoring from both parties first.
Soulmate Score: 8/10
The spot where Aries men and Cancer women can shine together is in their soul’s journey together. These are two signs whose souls have worked together for a long time and they are drawn to each other in this life for the lessons they’ve already agreed to teach each other in this lifetime.
The Aries man’s soul recognizes the love that Cancer has given to him in the past. Cancer has freely expressed love and affection to the Aries man in past lives, which can serve to put the Aries at ease around the Cancer in a way that he can’t explain when considering the ways they otherwise don’t seem like an obvious fit.
The Cancer’s soul recalls the friendship and optimism that the Aries has introduced her to in the past. The Cancer remembers on some level that the Aries has ultimately provided her many opportunities to expand the growth of her soul, and her soul intuitively knows that this is also the mission with him here.
The Aries man and Cancer woman have purpose together here in this lifetime, and so this inherent draw to one another can overcome a lot of challenges that the other provides. In fact, the reason they are together is for the growth of their soul which can keep them aligned with one another far beyond what reason can explain.
Marriage Score: 6/10
As marriage partners, the Aries man and Cancer woman have the potential to create something unique to them. They actually have a good chance of making a marriage work, despite factors that may keep them from arriving at that point. Once Aries and Cancer see one another for the excellent people that they are, they are more willing to make a long-term partnership work.
The Aries man and Cancer woman can last in a marriage because of their ability to see vulnerability in one another. The Cancer can see the Aries for who he wants to be seen as while the Aries can make himself emotionally available for the Cancer’s emotional baggage.
Marriage is always going to be work for these two signs and it may not come naturally all the time. But the Aries has something to prove and the Cancer has a well of empathy and so together, the Aries and Cancer can put in work for one another as long as they are both willing to restart their approach to one another every now and then.
The Aries Man and Aries Woman: Celebrity Couples
Relationships between Aries men and Cancer women can go wrong if two people aren’t willing to meet each other halfway.
The case of Ewan Macgregor and Eve Mavrakis is an Aries man/Cancer woman couple that lasted for many years. I’m hesitant to say this relationship wasn’t a success since the two of them lasted 22 years, from 1995 to 2018. But alas, these two did end up divorcing and the fallout was fairly brutal for both of them.
A high-profile couple in the 1970s, Carly Simon and Warren Beatty were a Cancer woman/Aries man couple that only lasted for a fairly brief stint. Warren ultimately cheated on Carly, but Carly had the last laugh when she tapped into that Cancer emotionality and wrote the hit song, You’re So Vain, all about Warren.
What Attracts Aries Men To Cancer Women?
As a Relationship Astrologer, I’ve realized that there are some things that an Aries man is intrigued by within the Cancer woman. The Aries man may not initially understand her, but that doesn’t make him immune to her allure.
The Cancer woman has traits that turn on an Aries man, some of which are:
- Her understanding
- Her care
- Her ability to nurture
- Her initiative
- Her touch
- Her beauty
- Her love
- Her empathy
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Relationship Strengths
The Aries man and Cancer woman are a match that they may never have seen coming. Sometimes the greatest loves aren’t what you expect though! The biggest strengths of a relationship between an Aries man and Cancer woman are:
- Growth: Each partner in this relationship can learn lessons from the other. These two are familiar on a soul level with one another and they’re here to some extent to assist each other in their journey through this incarnation by bringing what needs to be addressed to the forefront.
- Understanding: A successful partnership between the Aries man and Cancer woman succeeds due to copious amounts of understanding. Successful couples are highly motivated to ‘get’ where the other is coming from, and this level of understanding allows them to find the best parts in one another.
- Compromise: Successful Aries man/Cancer woman relationships emphasize each partner’s ability to sacrifice a little for the sake of the relationship. These two can perfect what other relationships only dream of in the name of their partnership because of the differences that others might not have.
The Aries Man and Cancer Woman: Relationship Challenges
The Aries Man and Cancer woman can create a relationship that works for both of them as long as they are willing to see each other through the eyes of love and to be patient with the parts of each other that they don’t immediately understand.
The Aries man and Cancer woman can struggle with some of the following issues if they’re not willing to put the partnership first:
- Lack of Communication: In the case of the Aries man and Cancer woman, it can seem difficult to talk to one another. The Aries communicates with ease, but the brusque and direct nature can make the Cancer clam up. The Aries likely begs for communication, but may not be okay with the Cancer’s tendency toward simply dropping hints or being passive-aggressive.
- Different Priorities: The Aries man puts himself first a lot of the time while Cancer puts others first most of the time. This can lead to a very one-sided partnership that the Cancer rarely addresses due to her timidity. This causes strain that can go too long without being addressed.
- Not Enough In Common: These two signs can become overly reliant on just a couple of things that they share. Overall, they may find that they don’t have a lot in common, which can keep them feeling at arm’s length from one another when they have too little to connect on.
The Aries Man And Cancer Woman: A Hard Win But Worth It
The Aries man and Cancer woman are quite different which can keep them from fully appreciating the good qualities of one another if they’re not consciously putting their relationship with one another first. This is not to imply that it can’t work. In fact, I’ve seen it work multiple times!
It’s not a relationship for the faint of heart. These two can get too caught up in their own ways of being unless they are willing to put in a lot of effort. But all relationships take some level of effort and understanding. This relationship simply knows better how to deal with roadblocks when they come up.
The Aries and Cancer relationship can indeed get off the ground. The initiative that these signs are willing to take can become the backbone of their relationship, keeping them on task and willing to restart where they went wrong.
Where Do You Go From Here?
If you’re an Aries man or Cancer woman seeking to build on the foundation of love and affection that you have with one another to avoid common pitfalls for similar couples, I admire your commitment to one another. I’ve learned some little-known methods for aiding understanding and growth in partnerships just like yours.
I compiled all of the most essential tips for relationships like yours in your personalized guide, Aries Man Cancer Woman Secrets.
I invite you to give it a look over and make sure to give me your feedback on the tips provided. I’m an eternal student of my readers as much as they’re mine. That’s how I get the best information to keep passing on to others.
All of the ins and outs of an Aries man and Cancer woman relationship couldn’t be covered in a single article, although I do my very best! That’s why I’ve published a personalized guide for relationship dynamics just like yours: Aries Man Cancer Woman Secrets.
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Wishing you all the love in the Universe,
Anna Kovach
