posted July 10, 2012 05:32 AM            

This is the Moon of “oughts” and “shoulds” and emotional control. Security and convention lie behind ingrained Capricorn patterns of behavior. This soul has a strong sense of responsibility but can be judgmental, and finds emotion expression difficult.

A HEAVY CROSS TO BEAR
This Moon carries the world on its shoulder. An over-developed sense of duty and responsibility forces the soul to “do what is right.” The soul feels compelled to conform and uphold the law. In the process the soul’s own needs may be sublimated to the good of the whole. The archetype of the scapegoat who takes things on for the collective is attached to this Moon. In childhood, this soul may feel that there is a task to do that is too heavy to be borne. Fortunately, the soul grows into the task with maturity as it accesses karmic wisdom. This soul may have experienced failure in the past and be trying to compensate. In the present life, failure is seen as an emotional disaster. The soul needs to accept the occasional mistake as part of an ongoing learning process. And if failure is total, this Moon has the strength to pick up and carry on – provided it does not fall into the deep, dark depression to which Capricorn is prone.

APPROACH WITH CAUTION
This is a soul who find emotional expression difficult, outwardly appearing cold and unresponsive. It wants to remain in emotional control, and so appears emotionally repressed. It is not that he or she does not have feelings, it is rather that he or she does not know to be openly affectionate and demonstrative. Consequently, energy is put into parenting or partnering in a non-emotional fashion. This soul shows that it cares in material ways.

EMOTIONAL NEEDS
There is a deep need for control, security, and stability. Lack of confidence in oneself has to be compensated for by becoming successful. Maintaining the status quo an conforming to the norm matter. One of this Moon’s most powerful urges is to fulfill the strong sense of duty and responsibility. Channeling this into caring for a family or protecting society gives emotional satisfaction. The soul with Capricorn Moon has learned in the past to be in tight control of the emotions/ needs are repressed and sublimated into material things or into reaching the top in a career. When the person with Capricorn Moon has found success in the outer world, then it is possible to turn inward and look to fulfilling other needs. This sign has a strong spiritual component and feels emotionally supported by religious beliefs.

LUNAR FOOD
What feeds and nurtures the soul with this Moon is success, approval, and a sense of things being “right.” This soul wants to remain in emotional control and yet would be nourished by a genuine display of feelings.

MOTHERING EXPECTATIONS
What this soul seeks is consistent, dependable, disciplined mothering that creates boundaries but also provides the space to develop personal autonomy. What it fears is a cold, controlling, authoritarian mother who demands that the child conform to her standards. If those standards are no met, then love is withdrawn. The absent parent is a feature of this moon.

ANCESTRAL INHERITANCE
The family into which this soul is born may well be materially well-off but emotionally deprived. Emotion is frowned upon, duty and responsibility encouraged. Childhood is emotionally stultifying. The ambience passed down through the generations is cold and authoritative, with no argument with the authority figure possible. It is strongly patriarchal. Success in the outer world is valued, and the child is urged into a “good career” rather than being encouraged to develop innate talents and abilities. This soul may find itself in a family where depression or chronic illness is common. In this case, the soul has the advantage of having learned emotional self-sufficiency.