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The Tao of Astrology
Sun in Capricorn You walk the path of the ambitious wise elder as the urge to shine and harness creative vision is expressed through the archetype of the advisor, executive, and patriarch. The shape of your self-controlled charisma and hardworking influence is defined by your ability to activate life, initiate efficient structures, create enterprising forms, express the beauty of nature, and illuminate the world with practical wisdom. It is through the archetype of the shrewd councilor that you realize your creative potential and core identity, organizing others through sheer discipline and a healthy sense of responsibility. The element of earth is your spiritual fuel, motivating you to embrace practical goals and live a life of maturity. You can recharge your life force through determination, productivity, and focusing on success. It’s also important to get a daily dose of alone time. Capricorns need to get in their Saturn ring for some life restoring solitude. You need that time to go over your strategies and to carefully you’re your next moves. Capricorn is the sign that invented power naps! You are the wise hermit who can delve up nature’s lessons after meditating in gardens and forests alone. Whatever you do in life you will cultivate a professional approach, being conservative and ambitious. When humans first banned together to form tribes for survival you were the first to realize the need for organization and management. Capricorns probably designed the first warehouse and the first time clock. After the idealism of Sagittarius, Capricorn emerges to turn visions into reality. Solidification and structure are your top priorities. Wholeness emerges in your life when you integrate the opposite sign of Cancer into your achievement-oriented nature. The respected mayor must become the compassionate, nurturing family man in order to really earn a position as an authentic human being who has donned the mantle of leadership. When Capricornian discipline and serious, bottom-line focus is fused with empathy, protection, and support society is composed of nurturing organizations that really care about their employees. The business becomes part of your family tribe and you love contributing to the team effort. The spiritual principle of Capricorn is integrity, the ability to plan your work and work your plan no matter who is watching. Are you the same person when you are alone? Are the forces of your consciousness and your community working together in a cohesive whole? Integrity means the ability to discover your calling in life and to give the world the currency of your creative individuality. Capricorn governs authority. Can you be the author of your own mastery? The planet Saturn takes on extra significance in your chart as it disposits (governs) any planets in its sign. Therefore, its chart position is vital to your solar creativity, spiritual recharge, and self-actualization. It will also add qualities to the field of your charisma depending on the nature of its sign, house, and aspects. To become a source of integrated discipline and organization you must cultivate faith in the images that reside in your heart.
When you become aware of your
shadow you can transmute it into light, turning weaknesses into
strengths. The shadow of Capricorn includes pessimism, materialism,
rigidity, cynicism, skepticism, and a bossy perfectionist attitude.
With the wisdom and ambition of Saturn as your guide you are called to
develop forms in the real world that can hold and nurture the
achievements you so desperately desire. You are heading up your
particular mountain path and nothing can stop you from reaching the
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