The Cancer/Leo combination brings together two very different women, yet they have certain things in common that help their relationship. Watery Cancer is deeply emotional and sensitive; fiery Leo is a strong, independent individual, who hates to feel emotionally dependent on another. The Cancer woman needs continual reassurance and emotional support; the Leo woman needs to be in control. Although these two women are different, their differences can be complementary: the Leo woman is proud but she also craves. At the same time the Leo woman's strength and confidence can be very reassuring to her sensitive Cancer partner. Both women have powerful emotions and need to give them full and often dramatic expression. Each will appreciate the other's need for emotional release and encourage the warmth the other projects.
Actually, emotional release is a key to all that is good and bad in this relationship. Both Cancer and Leo experience their identity through the release of personal emotions. Their relationship might seem to an outsider to be a stormy and volatile one, and in many cases that impression is true, but often these displays are merely pyrotechnics, ignited by a relationship filled with warmth and color. The main thing is that each of these women will get a lot of attention in this relationship, which is what each of them really needs.
Of course there are times that these emotions can cause real problems. The Cancer woman is easily hurt, and her Leo partner may tend to high-handedly brush aside these feelings. And if the Cancer woman tries to make the Leo woman feel guilty for these hurts, the Leo will resent it. When the Leo woman does get angry, the power of her fury can be frightening to the sensitive Cancer woman. The Leo woman also likes to dominate and control situations. Her Cancer partner is gentle and sensitive, but she is very prickly about her individual rights and will rebel against being bossed around. But all things considered, these two women should be able to work out these problems because their emotional bond is so strong. Sexually, these two women should be very compatible, as both approach love with passionate emotion.
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