As with most relationships formed with the sign immediately before or after yours, it will be difficult. Though, you of all the eleven signs manage this difficult task better than others. The sign before your own represents you looking over your own shoulder. All the things you would rather not think about, they embody.

To you the Cancerian is seen as an impossibly worried person. You have a tough time figuring out how anyone could be so afraid of life and still get up in the morning. Your confident approach to life can not see that safe routines and care enable the Cancer individual to approach life. The two of you have very, very different views on life. You give them everything, and they seem to offer you nothing in return. It is not as bad as it seems, though you will have to try very hard to see it the way it really is. He is actually in awe of your energy and generosity. He assimilates things a bit at a time, making sure they are thoroughly familiar before moving on. The range and power of your way of doing things is too much for him to handle all at once. You are loud and open when you speak; he is very shy. You overwhelm him. He is more likely to show you how much you are appreciated when you are not up to par. Only there is no such time in a Leo. Even if there were your solitary nature would prevent you from either taking or seeking comfort from another, thereby denying him his prime function. The Cancerian reminds you of the part of yourself you would rather not remember. The part that surfaces when faced with something new. New things unsettle you because you must master them before you can settle back into the relaxed, unflappable, serene, ruling figure. In the Cancerian you see the worried part of you that is buried deep down inside. He reminds you of this part of yourself and therefore, unsettles your confidence.

All around a partnership with a Cancer is unlikely and very difficult. You can't function with someone who worries every time you get interested in something and he can't stand the tension. As lovers the major stumbling block is his inability to really give of themselves. It would work better if you kept it on the lighter side. In a marriage you can only make it work if you adopt the very traditional mother and father roles and stick rigidly to them. The Leo as the father and the Cancer as the mother, a more modern relationship will not work.