Safety, spoken without words
Earth and water do well together, and these two particularly so. Taurus offers what Cancer has been looking for all along: someone who stays. Cancer’s moods can shift by the hour, and a Taurus tends not to take fright at them. They just put the kettle on. Cancer in turn pays a quality of attention that Taurus rarely gets elsewhere, remembering the childhood food and the bad knee, and the thing they said about their dad.
Both tend to save, both tend to nest, and both think of family, however they define it, as the point of the whole exercise.
Saying nothing, together
Neither is much of a talker when it hurts. Cancer goes quiet and hopes to be noticed. Taurus doesn’t always notice, since a Taurus takes things at face value and assumes that if something’s wrong you’d say. So Cancer’s hurt grows while Taurus eats a sandwich in contentment. When it finally comes out, Cancer may bring up four months of small slights at once, and Taurus digs in, feeling ambushed.
They can also hold on too hard. Old possessions, old habits, and old grudges can all stay in the house. So can adult children, ageing relatives or an old friend who needs a lot. They may find it difficult to say no to one another’s family.
Getting the words out
A regular time to ask “anything bothering you?” feels almost silly to these two, and it’s what they need. Cancer can treat hints as something they’re giving up, one by one. Taurus can learn that a sigh from the next room is information. Getting out of the house now and then helps too, because comfort is lovely and it’s also how a whole decade goes by.
The same easy feeling can appear in other forms in a chart comparison. Moon trine Venus describes it well, and it’s worth checking whether you have that contact, whatever your Suns are.