posted October 08, 2011 03:08 PM            

Her opinion is that feelings shouldn't be payed attention to, that decisions based on feelings and decisions that aren't practical are stupid. She believes everything one does must have a practical purpose and a practical result. This frustrates me a lot, too.

posted October 08, 2011 03:09 PM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
I actually have great luck with Capricorns, and I'm a Libra.

Yes, there are some bad Cappies out there. However, to be fair to our Capricorn brothers and sisters, there are bad people of EVERY sign.

Most Capricorns that I have met really value their families, the past, and tradition--even the more liberal and open-minded Capricorns at least appreciate the past. I have met ONE Capricorn out of many who had no interest in history; most Capricorns that I have met have had some kind of history as a college major. They have tended to be a bit skeptical of anything new, flashy, untried, unstable, and unpredictable. They tend to prefer to keep emotions tightly under wraps. It takes time to build trust with them. They aren't going to be wild, loud, or flamboyant in most cases, barring some unusual influences. They tend to be more solid, stable, and reliable--some see this as "boring", but they tend to see it as being safe, practical, or dependable. They value work--sometimes too much--and tend to have a strong sense of duty.

Cancers might be able to find common ground with Capricorns through history or the past, or through "familial" or "domestic" things. Both signs tend to be home-loving.

I would say that it's important to be patient with Capricorns if you want them to break out of their shells. You have to demonstrate that you are trustworthy, reliable, and that it's "safe" to be with you--that they can let their guard down with you. The good Cappies do have feelings and emotions, and they love very deeply. It just takes them a VERY long time to really show it and to let it out. As the saying goes, "still waters run deep". Capricorns aren't just cold-hearted, soul-less, numb little robots (not the good ones, anyway). Their mannerisms are just more subtle and subdued than some of the more gregarious signs. They might show love and affection not by shouting from the rooftops or by passionate kisses in public, but maybe through their loyalty and devotion.

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This sounds more like me; I have a Capricorn Asc and North Node, than my Capricorn ex, Aunts, and this new older Capricorn man.

They have this Peter Pan complex about them, they never want to grow up..and I kinda like that about them. It's not like the youthfulness or kid at heart Leo though.

It's different..and I can't describe it.

posted October 08, 2011 03:55 PM            

i guess they can be a bit on the realistic side but they definitely can be fun and non life sucky.

maybe just don't talk to them about your dreams lol or your relationships. i don't with my cappy buddy. but i'm a taurus i can't really be swayed that much so might as well just have fun and let me do my own thing coz i'll do it anyway.

posted October 08, 2011 03:59 PM            

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Originally posted by RunAroundScreaming:
Just wondering. They say the opposites have to learn from each other, right? Cancers from Caps to stop avoiding reality and responsibilities, and Caps from Cancers to develop a soul and stop focusing only on their own needs. Am I right? i got the develop a soul part from cafeastrology. I am not making this up. Lol.

Just feeling very frustrated with capricorns lately. I've decided to start avoiding them =\....all they do is suck the fun, idealistic dreams, and emotional closeness out of my life. Anyone else feel this way? I want to call them "Hitler"

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Yeah, I really really don't get on with Cap-heavy people either, and experience them in the same way you do. Cap is also my 12th house which probably just makes matters worse, and my Mars is in Cancer so that doesn't help either.

posted October 08, 2011 07:32 PM            

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Originally posted by britterfly:
Capricorns need to learn how to cut loose and be more carefree from Aquarius. Stop caring what other people think so much. Let your freak flag fly, at least a little.

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Yes yes yes.

I feel this in my own Capricorn life!

posted October 08, 2011 07:51 PM            

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Originally posted by Fuzzy:
Hehe, my mom has a Capricorn Moon, and I know exactly what you mean when you say they suck out idealistic dreams and emotional closeness out of life. I am plain scared of women as a result of my mom's behavior - she's wonderful as a supporter and a protector, but she isn't emotionally warm or emotionally encouraging. From her behavior and ways of thinking, it's obvious to me why this is the sign of Moon's detriment...

Her opinion is that feelings shouldn't be payed attention to, that decisions based on feelings and decisions that aren't practical are stupid. She believes everything one does must have a practical purpose and a practical result. This frustrates me a lot, too.

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Oh Wow!

posted October 08, 2011 11:04 PM            

I'm not the only person she does this too. She is extremely, harshly judgmental of her so called "friends", who I think are very nice people, but she has nothing but disgusting, horrible things to say about them behind their backs.

Notably, she always has this fake smile plastered across her face, and she cares immensely about what people think - people who don't care half as much about her.

posted October 08, 2011 11:24 PM            

My last run in with a Capricorn was a Capricorn rising, Virgo sun, Aries moon. I don't want to get in to listing my experiences with this individual, but she was not a charmer, to say the least. Capricorn was very evident in her physical appearance and mannerisms.

posted October 08, 2011 11:32 PM            

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What is Capricorn's lesson?

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I'd say the most common lesson... is "Don't waste time.." otherwise known as "Don't waste your life away.."

I can think of others though like..

"Don't cry over spilt milk!"

"A friend in need is a friend indeed" - *ahem* all other friends suk balls *ahem*

"Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer."

"You get what you give" - or - "You make your bed, you sleep in it.." - also a very common lesson tapping into the saturn-karma-connection.

posted October 08, 2011 11:39 PM            

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Ooopsie!!!
I realize now that I may have taken the thread title a bit too seriously.. and missed the point of this thread.

To go back on topic & "fit in", I'll say:

Capricorn-influenced folks are heartless, mean - crude.. hurtful bla bla bla.. and bla.

On the other hand ^^ because the planets in my 7th must bring some balance to everything - I will also say that...

posted October 09, 2011 12:56 AM            

I never knew there was so much resentment towards caps, lol!

Not saying I haven't had them make me mad, but they are one of my favorite signs.
I'm starting to think (maybe it's just me)
that ppl bunch up with those in their season.
Like I see summer people together a lot, you know Cancer/ Taurus couples, or Cancer/ Leo friends, etc..

I like summer people too, but I don't understand them.
Winter people have a heavy sort of weariness about them, but it's something you just have to bust past.
If you really aren't in it for the long haul or the right reasons, they sort of sense this and you'll only get the defensive facade unfortunately.
I'm married to a cap, btw, and I know how deeply emotional they are, but how much it pains them to feel it, let alone SHOW it.
Especially the men.
The girls are great, I don't see them the way you guys do at all.
Maybe it's cos I have a Cap MC.

posted October 09, 2011 01:01 AM            

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I never knew there was so much resentment towards caps, lol!

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posted October 09, 2011 01:41 AM            

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Originally posted by starfox:
Actually. its probably wise if everyone stays away from Caps, we're too dark for most to deal with..

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hahaha I second that! We are quite the hated sign it seems :P

posted October 09, 2011 01:54 AM            

Capricorn's sensitivity can actually be as deep as Cancer's emotions. The focus is not on experiencing their sensations however, but utilizing them to build a better self. Both Cancer and Capricorn are born "linked" to their environment, Cancer's link is emotional (Water), where Capricorn's is sensual (Earth). Because Cancer's link is emotional, her consciousness is internal. Like a crab, she identifies as a soft organism who must acquire shelter within a hard shell (a safe personal space) in order to experience. Once the shell is found, she can spend a good amount her conscious life inside, looking out at the world (e.g My mother is a Cancer Sun with Aries Moon/Mars in Gemini. Though she spends a large amount of time running errands, she can only be out for so long before the need to return home becomes emotionally important. She owns her own business and loves to sit at home, watch TV, and take business calls all day).

Because Capricorn's link is based on the senses, her consciousness manifests in an opposing way. Capricorn views her self through a methodically structured expression-mechanism, which provides security for her internal sensitivities. At a young age, a Capricorn planet can feel exposed, tender, insecure, and/or undefined. Her senses quickly work to build a conscious structure around those sensations. The structure acts to communicate her intentions without exposing her sensitivity. Like a hard-horned, hard-hoofed mountain goat with a soft fish tail, she uses outward methodical prowess, to protect the sensitivity which trails behind her. Because Capricorn is so focused on building a successful self-expression, her senses are structured to view “self” as an object; often through other people's eyes.

Capricorn's sensitivity can also be just as uncontrollable as Cancer's emotions. If something is funny to her, she becomes overwhelmed with a sense of funniness. A less well programmed Capricorn may continue to laugh after others are done laughing, or laugh at the wrong time. The moment disapproval or discomfort is sensed, she goes to work retraining her self to laugh appropriately. At a young age, the expression-mechanism can be clumsy and a lot of time can be spent feeling completely awkward. The awkwardness is due to learning how to express "appropriately", like etiquette instruction for a robot. It is important that people understand however, that Capricorn's automated expression is a well developed tool, not the whole of her.

On the low vibration of Capricorn, the public mechanism is where her consciousness is spent ("The Devil" card in tarot, where humanity's shackles loosely hang around our necks, but we refuse to throw them off). She learns to identify the machine as “self” and perceives her vulnerabilities (and anything which reminds her of vulnerability) as a flaw. On the high vibration of Capricorn, she is conscious of her undefinable self and understands reality is best experienced as it arises (awkwardness and all). Each step on her journey is more valuable than reaching her destination. In that way Capricorn's lesson can be seen as, “Everything IN this moment is perfectly sufficient FOR this moment”. One of the biggest eye-openers for me was when a friend of mine reminded me that Saturn rules Saturday. The Saturn energy apparent in Capricorn reminds me that facing rough experiences (instead of finding ways to avoid or build walls around them) results in reward and celebration.

When Capricorn learns from Cancer, she learns that our sensations (like our children) are part of us, and can not be pushed away when they cry out. She faces her sensitivities as they arise, she learns to hold them close like a mother holds her crying child, until she sees herself in them.

posted October 09, 2011 04:03 AM            

I'm a Cap sun and the last thing I am is emotionally cold. I am VERY open emotionally..I am known to be quite outwardly passionate, outspoken, curious, and very 'personal' with others. I am also extremely adventurous & so is my Capricorn aunt.
I have a Sag moon that helps me out and a Scorp ASC/Venus and Pisces Mars that also add to my comfort with emotional depth.

My little sister is also a Capricorn with Sag moon...she has Capricorn ASC too. She is much more Capricorn-like than I am, however she too is very emotional..not afraid to hide it either..to a fault! She's insanely funny, too..goofy and really 'out there' and very fun-loving.

The thing that we both have in common is that we can be verrrrrrrry critical, harsh, blunt, and self-centered. I do believe those are some of Capricorn's typical traits, but again not all Capricorns I know are like this.

One of my best friends was born two days after me , so her moon and rising and mercury are different..but get this, they are ALL in Capricorn (so, she's a Cap sun, ASC, moon, and mercury...with scorp venus and pisces mars) and she is much sweeter, softer than me....but she has that same goofy sense of humor and curiosity and that judgemental/critical streak.

posted October 09, 2011 05:42 AM            

I have a very lose conjunction of moon pluto which provides emotional depth and insight and this blogger has the same but in different houses http://moonplutoastrology.wordpress.com/

I can read people at times and have read capricorn suns well/correctly at times. Everything has a use and like uk pop singer annie lennox a cap sun (?) in one of her songs 'some people want to be used and some want to use you'. That is far too simplistic and that is where capricorn is too earthy/materialistic and if there was some emotional depth to the chart they would look at the complexities and then it wouldn't be black and white thinking of use others or be used. I agree that to some extent you have to stand up for yourself but you also need to cooperate.