The Sun is in Capricorn now, it’s Capricorn Season, and I feel what I have are… bits and pieces of Capricorn.
See, they say that Cap is the long term, long range planner, ruled by serious Saturn but I’ve known some seriously lost Capricorns, Suns and Moons and Mars’. Sure they work hard and they desire stability but they may work hard at drinking or thinking, rather than doing.
I’ve known sweet and gentle women with Capricorn Moons. One in particular called her Moon sign “stingy.” I thought that was interesting because I’d never say that about someone but SHE said it about herself. Now THAT, I realize, is Capricorn, being too tough (in my opinion) on herself.
I’ve also known wickedly emotional Capricorn Moons and keep-a-lid-on-it-no-matter-the-pain emotional or physical, Capricorn Mars. And I’ve known Venus in Capricorn caring mostly about status, which fits the stereotype. Why marry a poor man, when you can marry rich (for example).
The one time I hugged a Capricorn Sun, I was struck by how fragile she felt in my arms, like her bones (Saturn rules the bones) would break. I’ve also known robust ones, with Leo Rising. No breaking on the outside, just on the inside.
Saturn conjunct your Sun or your Moon or your Venus is like adding on weights to your soul. You may be the most accomplished person in the world but it’s never good enough (esp with Sun Saturn). And then Mars Saturn of course, as my teacher used to say is like “driving with the breaks on.”
Overall though, for me, Capricorn is an enigma, like Cancer must be for other people. Cancer who shocks everyone with her emotional twists and turns, assuming her trains of mood are obvious (but they’re not.) Capricorn is my opposite on the zodiac wheel, what I need to complete me, but I think until I share a bed with one (ha!), I’ll always feel like an outsider looking in.
How do you feel about Capricorn?Â
xo
14 thoughts on “Understanding Capricorn (Sort Of)”
Oooooh Capricorn Moon. Yes, I have. I am emotional to the nth degree. My Moon is trine Chiron/IC.
And if I remember correctly, you have a 1st House Moon!
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Thanks, Miss C. Ya know it’s funny. Sometimes I want to blog and the blog I”m working on is one I’m not so crazy about and then people like it! So that’s cool for me 🙂
You know me too. Better than most. 🙂 I’m living the opposition. And…living with the opposition. It’s funny how I don’t usually think about it in those terms. For me, it simply is.
Cap Rising in my experience so far…. abhors weakness in others. Abhors! Or what they perceive as “not pulling their weight”
That’s a fair statement. I’m working out what Saturn opposing my Asc means for me and it feels like a lot of the things that are supposed to be projected get internalized. People who don’t pull their own weight are a minor annoyance; I’m more inclined to believe they need help. I don’t give myself the benefit of the doubt. Abhor is a word reserved for my own weaknesses.
i’ve got a capricorn south node conjunct my capricorn venus in my 2nd house! and what is funny is that i could care less about status and live paycheck to paycheck and have never had a savings acct in my life! haha. *but* i always had a thing for older men… and yes… some of them were successful and had status. honestly, my venus confuses me a little. and my boyfriend is a saturn conj. scorpio sun and you really describe it very well, aliza, when you wrote that saturn conj. sun is “like adding weights to your soul”… that is exactly how he feels and how he appears, to me at least. like a captured angel.
Thanks, missy. And thanks for weighing in on your Cap planets!
i just realized that my “sometimes successful older men” prob means i like status. hahaha. DUH! 😛
I do love the Caps! One of my kids is a Cap with a sweet Pisces moon. He’s solid yet sensitive. One of my dearest friends is a Cap Sun with an Aries moon. She’s super successful and self made. From the outside looking in she has it all. Financial success, kids, husband, travels to exotic places, friends, but she rarely seems happy. It’s not enough. Something is always stressing her out. It’s laughable to me when she stresses about money. I mean how much money do you need? I do so admire her ambition, her drive, her blind pursuit of her goals. As a matter of fact today is her birthday! Merry, merry, happy, happy to her and to you too MP!
Thanks kelly. To you too. I love your stories here, helpful for my research 🙂 True though “how much money do you need?” lol Interesting too because my sister with Cap South Node (thus really strong Cap energy) rarely seems happy…..
oh and she’s a stereotypical Cap in that she weighs about 100 lbs. Most of my Cap friends are very thin.
Interesting – I’ve definitely known both– hearty ones and frail ones. The frailness of that one surprised me.