We have found 11 famous Aries man and Cancer woman couples. Here are their real stories: how they met, whether they married, the kids, and how it played out.
♈ Aries♋ Cancer
Guillaume Canet & Diane Kruger
Screenwriter and actor & Actor and voice actor
DivorcedMet 1999 · Married 2001 · Divorced 2006
They met in Paris in 1999 when Canet encouraged Kruger to take a theatre course at the Cours Florent. They began a relationship in 1999 and were married on 1 September 2001. They appeared together in Joyeux Noël (2005). They filed for divorce in January 2006 and their marriage ended in 2006.
How they met
They met in Paris in 1999; Canet encouraged Kruger to enrol at the Cours Florent drama school.
Children
No children together are documented in the cited sources.
♈ AriesJL♋ Cancer
Jackie Chan & Joan Lin
Screenwriter and actor & Actor and film actor
MarriedMet 1981 · Married 1982
Jackie Chan and Joan Lin met in 1981 and married in Los Angeles in December 1982. Their only child, Jaycee Chan, was born the day after their wedding. Joan Lin retired from acting after their marriage and later made a cameo in Chan's 2012 film CZ12. Biographical sources list them as married since 1982.
How they met
They met in 1981, when Jackie Chan met Taiwanese actress Joan Lin.
Children
One child: Jaycee Chan (their only child; reported to have been born the day after their 1982 marriage).
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Dennis Quaid & P. J. Soles
Actor and screenwriter & Television actor and film actor
DivorcedMet 1978 · Married 1978 · Divorced 1983
They met on the set of the film Our Winning Season during its 1978 production and subsequently married in 1978 in Texas on a dude ranch. Both appeared in the film Breaking Away (1979). Their marriage ended in divorce in early 1983. The reviewed sources do not attribute any children to their marriage.
How they met
They met while filming the movie Our Winning Season; sources state they met on that film's set during its 1978 production.
Children
No children together are reported in the reviewed sources.
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Richard Dawkins & Lalla Ward
Actor and screenwriter & Actor and writer
MarriedMet 1992 · Married 1992
They were introduced by Douglas Adams at his 40th birthday party in 1992 and married later that year in Kensington and Chelsea. The marriage is recorded as taking place in 1992. The couple announced an amicable separation in 2016 after 24 years of marriage. The consulted biographical sources do not record any children from the Dawkins–Ward marriage.
How they met
They were introduced by their mutual friend Douglas Adams at his 40th birthday party in 1992.
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Patrick Carney & Michelle Branch
Composer and record producer & Actor and composer
MarriedMet 2015 · Married 2019
Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch met at a Grammys party in February 2015 and began collaborating during the production of Branch's album Hopeless Romantic. They became engaged in July 2017 and announced a pregnancy in February 2018; their son Rhys James was born in August 2018. The couple married at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans in April 2019 and later welcomed a daughter, Willie Jacquet, on February 2, 2022. In August 2022 Branch announced a separation and subsequent legal and reconciliation developments were reported in the press.
How they met
They met at a Grammys party in February 2015 in Los Angeles and soon began collaborating on Michelle Branch's album Hopeless Romantic; their working relationship developed into a romantic relationship.
Children
Two children together: son Rhys James Carney (born August 2018) and daughter Willie Jacquet Carney (born February 2, 2022).
♈ Aries♋ Cancer
Anton LaVey & Diane Hegarty
Writer and philosopher & Actor
WidowedMet 1960 · Until 1997
Anton LaVey became involved with Diane Hegarty around 1960 after his divorce from his first wife, and they were partners for roughly 24 years. Together they co-founded and ran the Church of Satan, and Hegarty served as a longtime High Priestess and administrator. They had a daughter, Zeena (born 1963). Their partnership ended in the mid-1980s, with Hegarty suing for palimony and issuing a restraining order in 1984.
Children
One daughter together: Zeena Schreck (née LaVey), born 1963.
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Joachim Sauer & Angela Merkel
University teacher and chemist & Politician and physicist
MarriedMet 1981 · Married 1998
They first met in 1981 while both were active in scientific research in East Germany. The couple married on 30 December 1998. Merkel has no children; Sauer has two sons, Daniel and Adrian, from a previous marriage. During Merkel's political career Sauer generally kept a low public profile.
How they met
They first met in 1981. German reporting states they met in the 1980s at the Berlin Academy of Sciences while both were involved in scientific research.
Children
Merkel has no children. Sauer has two sons from a previous marriage, Daniel and Adrian.
♈ Aries♋ Cancer
André Previn & Anne-Sophie Mutter
Composer and conductor & Musician and violinist
DivorcedMarried 2002 · Divorced 2006
André Previn and Anne-Sophie Mutter were romantic partners and married in 2002. Their musical collaboration began before the marriage, and Previn wrote several works for Mutter, including a violin concerto and other violin music. They divorced in 2006, then continued to collaborate musically and maintained their friendship. Mutter's two children, Arabella and Richard, were from her first marriage to Detlef Wunderlich, not her marriage to Previn.
How they met
They became musical collaborators before their marriage, but the sources consulted do not establish the specific year or circumstances of their first meeting.
Children
They had no children together. Anne-Sophie Mutter had two children, Arabella and Richard, with her first husband, Detlef Wunderlich.
♈ Aries♋ Cancer
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover & Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
Diplomat and aristocrat & Aristocrat
WidowedMarried 1946 · Until 2001
After living for several months in Wolfsgarten, Sophie began a relationship with her cousin, Prince George William of Hanover, although the available sources do not give a precise year for their first meeting. Their engagement was celebrated in January 1946, and they married on 23 April 1946 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They had three children together: Welf Ernst (1947–1981), Georg (born 1949), and Friederike (born 1954). Sophie died on 24 November 2001 and was survived by her husband, so the marriage ended with her death.
How they met
The available biography does not give a specific first-meeting account. It says that after Sophie had lived for several months in Wolfsgarten, she began a relationship with her cousin, Prince George William, and their engagement was celebrated in January 1946.
Children
They had three children together: Welf Ernst (1947–1981), Georg (born 1949), and Friederike (born 1954).
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Michel Hazanavicius & Bérénice Bejo
Actor and screenwriter & Actor and film actor
Married
Michel Hazanavicius and Bérénice Bejo are married.
♈ AriesHL♋ Cancer
Pharrell Williams & Helen Lasichanh
Musician and Producer & Model and Designer
MarriedMet 2000 · Married 2013
Pharrell Williams met model Helen Lasichanh in the early 2000s and they remained friends for about two years before beginning a romantic relationship. They became engaged in 2012 and married on October 12, 2013, in Miami. The couple have four children together: their son Rocket, born 2008, and triplets born in January 2017. They maintain a relatively private family life while both participating in public fashion and music events.
How they met
They met in the early 2000s and were friends for about two years before they began dating. They bonded over music, though she initially did not reciprocate his early advances.
Children
Four children: son Rocket Ayer Williams (born 2008) and triplets born January 2017 (names not publicly announced).
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Are Aries men and Cancer women compatible?
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An Aries man and a Cancer woman are a more challenging blend (50/100, slow burn), but the couples below show that friction and chemistry often go together.
Aries: Fire, Cardinal, ruled by Mars.
Cancer: Water, Cardinal, ruled by Moon.
Compatibility here is for entertainment.