oops!----cancers are very sensitive....they'll shut down in a heartbeat. My brother is a cancer, and the most stubborn person I've ever met!

OK I'm an Aries female and my friend is a Cancer...Wow, what a emotional roller coaster ride..I just sit back and let him act a fool and when he's done..he comes back all smiles. I understand my cancer guy..At first I was like, he's bi-polar till I read up on Cancer's and one of my best friend is a Cancer and she's crazy too, but in a good way. We all have our "special thing" about us. I embrass my guy, I love him dearly. He's stubborn though sometimes, I mean stubborn and they say us Aries are stubborn, but I'm older and I come to realize what battles need to be won or lost. I know he wants total control and sometimes I give in, who cares, I love him. I've just come to a full understanding of his moods and his highs and lows, but that just with anybody. Plus I never take what he says to heart, he doesn't mean alot of things he says..They let you in slowly, which I think everyone should when dating..take your time, what's the rush anyway the first 6 to 8 months of any relationship means nothing anyway, everyone is on their best behavior any way cancer or no cancer, that's everyone. So, honey take your time experience what he has to offer, you never know what life has in store for you..Enjoy the moment, I do, my guy keeps a smile on my face and sometimes tears in my eyes...he'll drive you crazy and keep you guessing. But once he opens up to you, you'll feel so safe and secure in his arms and in his world.

I'm not a Cancer, but a Scorpio. My experience is more from a water sign perspective in dealing with Ariesis as I've had two very negative experiences. Aries can be exceptionally charming, very enthusiastic, very outgoing, which is all very disarming...at first. Unfortunately, they can also change their mind very quickly, so one day they are professing that they're falling for you and a few days later they'll tell you that they were never really feeling it. I'll also put the disclaimer that I don't think they intend to have any ill will behind their actions, they just don't stop to think about how their actions in these situations might end up causing harm at the other end because they're too focused on the shiny new person that they desire. It's not in their nature to really stop and think about it for two seconds before diving in head first. They want what they can't get, but when they get what they want, they no longer want it. You want an Aries to like you? Don't ever give in! Be friendly but don't let them get their foot in the door ;).

Unfortunately, when you get a Scorpio (I'm sure you crabs are the same) to open up and express how we feel, it doesn't come lightly. We aren't fooling around in relation to our feelings. When we take down our guard with others it means we're giving that person a lot of trust by making ourselves vulnerable in the process which the other person needs to respect. Having someone profess that they're falling for you and then having them drop you like a hot potatoe on a whim doesn't go over too well. I'm sure there are situations where certain other signs fall in line that an Aries + water sign relationship can work, but I don't think it's that common. But as a generalization things will start off really great and fall apart very quickly in the worst way imaginable. It's especially horrific with Scorpios because Aries likes to pick fights on whims, whereas the Scorpio temperment doesn't really go looking for a fight but we especially like to end them when someone picks one with us.

Both Aries seemed to blow off or want to diminish the fact that they did anything wrong in these situations. It was easy for them to chalk this up to "Well, we were only seeing eachother briefly." Both had very short term relationships with people where they professed strong feelings for that person and liked to talk about how much they got hurt. It's easy for them to tell you to suck it up, but they aren't very good at dealing with sucking it up themselves. I had a conversation with one of them where he talked about how much he was into this guy and went out on dates with him four times (which he stated was a lot of times to hangout with him, meaning he really liked the guy) but then the guy turned around told him that he would be willing to be his wingman when they go out to bars. Essentially, the guy was letting him down easy. The end result was having to listen to him whine about how much this person hurt him after four dates, to which my response was, "Well you've certainly come to the wrong place to get any sympathy."

At the end of the day, I realize these are generalizations based on sun signs and there are far more factors that determine compatiblity. I'm sure there are rare circumstances where other signs in an Aries' chart might provide a balance for a more suitable match with a water sign, but I don't think it's all that common and more prone to a heart wrenching disaster.