When two water signs meet, they commonly fall prey to the weaknesses of their sign. If you’re a Pisces or a Cancer looking to date the other, you might find yourselves clicking immediately, or even feel like you’ve fallen in love at first sight. And while the relationship may seem perfect at first, there are things you’ll want to know before making any commitments.
What Are Pisces Like?
Pisces season is February 19 to March 20. They’re dreamers, compassionate and loving people with a knack for the artistic or musical. Pisces are also intuitive and gentle people but can become too overly trusting with strangers, become fearful when not warranted, and can often fall symptom to depression. In short, Pisces get lost in their heads.
Pisces don’t do well with confrontation and often let problems go unsolved until they grow to be too uncomfortable. They hate being criticized and will rather be alone than be around another criticizing party.
Pisces may seem like the perfect partner at first with their gentle, caring, and artistic nature, but their lack of communication skills (both giving and receiving it) may cause hindrances in a relationship.
What are Cancers Like?
A Cancer’s birth range is between June 22 and July 22. They have many similar characteristics to Pisces, such as being caring and gentle creatures, intuitive and open to romance. However, people know Cancers for their sensitivity in ways Pisces are not. Cancers are highly empathetic and can intuit the emotions of other people.
Cancers enjoy the arts and spending time by themselves. They’re energetic people who love life and the people around them.
Cancers may not communicate their feelings to other people because of their emotional, sensitive nature. The Cancer may not want to bother their partner with their own emotions. Worse, if a partner comes to a Cancer with problems, the Cancer may feel like they’ve done something wrong or take the criticism too personally.
Can Pisces and Cancers Get Along?
Pisces and Cancers are tolerant, loving, artistic people. They’ll probably have certain hobbies in common, such as playing instruments, writing, or drawing. They’ll seem like great friends who seem to “get” each other instantly, mostly because they share many of the same qualities and behaviors.
Cancers enjoy material goods and Pisces tend to be gift givers, so their love languages will match even on a platonic level. Cancers also thrive in the home and emphasize family. Pisces are often too in their internal world, which can affect relationships. Pisces also thrive in minimalist environments, something a Cancer wouldn’t understand.
Cancers are also stable people whereas Pisces enjoy adventures and intense stimulation. The Cancer can ground a Pisces, but the Pisces may wish to change their scenery and become annoyed when cooped up for too long. The Pisces wants romantic idealism in the world and art, something a Cancer can empathize to but not go along with.
Pisces and Cancers will get along excellently on a spiritual level. The Cancer’s crazy ideas and high energy will stimulate the Pisces, whereas the Pisces’ raw artistic talent will awe the Cancer. They’ll form a strong emotional connection that can weather even the strongest disagreements. Once bonded, a Pisces and Cancer can develop a deep, loving relationship.
Is a Pisces and Cancer Couple Romantically Compatible?
While compatible on the surface, communication does not come naturally to either Cancer or Pisces. They might think that the other partner can “feel” their emotions or mental states, thus making minor agreements much bigger than they need to be.
The Cancer’s strong commitment-focus may scare away the Pisces, since Cancers won’t join a relationship they don’t see ending in marriage. Pisces will want marriage, but probably not as soon as a Cancer wants it. Pisces want emotional intimacy with no roots, and Cancers are laying down the foundation for a family by the first few months of dating.
Once communications channels are open, the Pisces and Cancer will have a fulfilling, deep relationship. Cancers aren’t pushy when it comes to talking, but the Pisces may either be unable to know what to talk about (because they’re not connected with themselves) or may even lie to prolong a relationship they might not see themselves in for the long-term.
Pisces aren’t malicious when they are dishonest. They might even enjoy the relationship with the Cancer but not know how to express their own emotions. The Pisces will find it difficult to be vulnerable, and so might choose the easier option and ignore any problems altogether.
The Pisces will become distant; the Cancer may become overly clingy to compensate and try to bring the Pisces back, which will lead to further issues in the relationship.
Learning to communicate problems and feelings will save their romance. The Pisces and Cancer will already tell when there are issues in their relationship, but an open dialogue will allow them to fix issues effectively.
Is a Pisces and Cancer Couple Sexually Compatible?
Both Cancers and Pisces need to have strong emotional connections before they can feel sexually attracted or comfortable with a partner. The emotional bond may take months to grow and might lead to ruts of making out or heavy petting without leading to more.
Once Cancers and Pisces reach their emotional connection, though, they will find sex amazing. The bond means they communicate their love through their bodies. Sex is not an act for both parties to feel good separately. Rather, sex becomes one shared experience where both the Cancer and Pisces fall more in love with each other after the act is done.
Cancers will mostly stick to vanilla sex and often refrain from including sex toys, porn, or other partners into the bedroom. The Pisces and their need for new stimulation may want to spice up their sex life and might want to add these three things into their sexual relationship. Cancers will find this off-putting but can be convinced to try it at least once.
The Pisces might have some kinks that the Cancer will also need to become accustomed to. Such kinks may include the normal foot or leather fetish but can expand into the much less common. Cancers will ultimately want to fulfill their partners wants and desires, and if it means going along with a kink, so be it.
Both Pisces and Cancers will attune to their partner’s bodies in sex. Cancers are more often givers and takers, and Pisces can read a situation to know what the best action should be. The nature of their signs will lead to fulfilling sex lives, but the differences in sexual interests may lead to a rub in the bedroom.
What Are Problem Areas for Pisces and Cancers?
Communication is still number one. Personality differences between Cancers and Pisces might make them think that, after several months into their relationship, they’re not compatible at all.
Pisces want roller coasters. They want a wild and adventurous life, so Pisces often disdain people who fall into a complacent, stable life. Pisces tend to idealize their partners, jobs, cities, and other items around them. They might find the reality of their situation too difficult to deal with, wanting to find the perfectness of their idealization but never finding it. Pisces are prone to depression due to constantly being disappointed as a result.
Cancers often don’t take risks, especially with money. Cancers want to know they’re financially secure before embarking on any silly adventure – something a Pisces cares less about. Cancers are also prone to depression because of their sensitivity and might find past traumas much harder to deal with than a Pisces.
Though both Cancers and Pisces are fun-loving, compassionate individuals on the outside, they might struggle with much deeper sadness on the inside. Navigating relationships while depressed is difficult.
Despite their affinity to an emotional connection, the Pisces and Cancer will need to slow down, take a breath, and logically look at their relationship. They’ll find it difficult to do, but at one point either the Pisces or the Cancer will realize their or their partner’s unhappiness to continue.
Both partners might find it best to work on themselves outside of a relationship context before continuing their romance again.
Can a Pisces and Cancer Relationship Last?
Absolutely. To reach peak emotional happiness, the Pisces and Cancer will have to look at the common pitfalls in their character as a result of their signs. Is the Cancer the classic clinger? Is the Pisces have the usual avoidant personality?
After logically looking at their relationship, and learning how to communicate any issues, the Pisces and Cancer will have an ocean-deep emotional bond and loving sex life. They’ll find their Friday nights spent frequenting concerts, theater, or art exhibitions, and they will encourage the other’s artistic endeavors. Their compassion will bleed through the relationship, making both the Cancer and Pisces feel loved in ways they haven’t felt before.
Overall, Cancers should look for Pisces as potential partners and vice versa. A Pisces and Cancer relationship is one of the most enriching, fulfilling relationship between any sign on the zodiac chart.
