Know your sun sign

Capricorn the goat

December 22^nd through January 20^th

It's any thing but a breeze to grasp the Capricorn character.

You can find him just anywhere he can advance or improve himself. Anywhere he can get ahead and further his secret ambition. The Capricorn is not a carefree party type. You may not even notice him at first as he quietly and calmly watches all the flashy, pushy, charming, aggressive and brilliant personalities around him. Every one in the group will seem to have superior equipment for the race. Lots of them are bluffing, some of them are afraid, but they're all highly polished, and the Capricorn doesn't seem to have a chance against them. Yet he will win.

It's not always easy to recognize the physical characteristics of this sun sign. They can be stocky and muscular, thin and wiry or plump and soft. Generally, Saturn people have straight, lank, dark hair, dark steady eyes, and swarthy olive or tan complexions.

There's always a faint aura of melancholy and seriousness surrounding the Saturn personality. None of them completely escape the saturnine influence of stern discipline and self denial. Many Capricorns have strong feet and wear sensible shoes. Their hands are capable, their voices usually soothing and even, and you'll probably notice a gentleness that flatters and persuades. they are as tough as a keg of nails. They hammer away persistently, relentlessly, managing to digest insults, pressures, disappointments and duty.

They court success; they respect authority and honor tradition. The Saturn ruled submit. They agree, they adapt. Capricorns allow others to walk in front of him. But he often gets there first, against all logic. He's careful to avoid obstacles. He seldom stumbles. He keeps his gaze fastened ahead, and his feet firmly planted on the ground. Jealousy, passion, impulse, anger, frivolity, waster, laziness, carelessness ' are all obstacles. Let others trip and fall over them.

They won't let their emotions blind them to the facts. Don't defy the conventions if you want the respect of the goat. Public scenes and raw, naked, uncontrolled passions embarrass him.

An occasional Capricorn will forget to hide his ambition and refuse to work unless he's at the top of things. Then he becomes a stubborn goat who insists on starting at the top of the ladder, where, he feels he belongs. Naturally such an attitude produces a gloomy, pessimistic, cold and selfish person who's impossible to satisfy.

Young Capricorns are typically more contended than older Capricorns. The Saturn ruled youngsters idolize ancestors and elders. Respect for the wisdom of age and experience is ingrained in the saturnine nature.

You'll seldom find a Capricorn nose struck in other people's affair or the Saturn tongue wagging in gossip. Normally they are content to mind their own business. They won't often handout unsolicited advice, but when you deliberately seek their practical wisdom, they won't hesitate to give it with stern overtones. They'll expect you to accept it too. The Capricorn has learnt to cope with duties and responsibility and to tolerate frustration. If you can't follow his examples, he'll waste little time trying to teach you. Allow you only a pinch of sympathy.

The practical goat rarely leaps into business or marriage unless he's prepared. Old age is constantly on the saturnine mind. Even the young Capricorns instinctively enjoy visiting dotting relatives. They might have some property or a few bonds. You may think such an attitude is cold and calculating but to the Capricorn it is sensible.

In childhood, Capricorns are inclined to be weaker, sicklier than other youngsters, nut both strength and resistance to disease increase with age. The sober, temperate nature gives him amazing endurance. Saturn people should be able to avoid doctors and hospitals, but they don't, because fear, uncertainty, worry and gloom are deadlier than germs. Capricorns who want to avoid sickness should have plenty of outdoor exercise and develop a more positive, outgoing personality. The fresh air of the country and the fresh breeze of tolerance will work magic. All goats have sensitive skins. There may be nervous rashes, allergies, roughness and chapping, some peculiarity of perspiration, enlarged pores and acnes. Stomach disorders from incompatible foods and mental distress are common, broken arms and legs may occur. The knee caps, joints and bones are vulnerable areas and psychosomatic paralysis, severe headaches and kidney infections are further fruits of saturnine melancholy.

They will either have beautiful, white strong teeth or constant problems with decay and continual visits to the dentist.

He's such a shy, sweet soul, a trifle stubborn, perhaps but gentle about it. He seems so harmless. All the while Capricorn is using your own weakness, conceits and jealousies to make him stronger. The goat submerges his ego to gain what his ego truly deserves ' the position of the real leader.

The discipline and formality of jet black and navy blue ' the solid practicality of brown ' the deep honest dreams of dark green ' these are the quiet colors of his enduring rainbow. Ruby brings luck and lead is his metal.

Capricorn man:- he has a self made brick wall around him. He's shy but strong and tough. He's pleasant but he's fiercely ambitious. Like the legendry, silent, earthy cowboy, the Capricorn man seems to prefer to be alone. He doesn't. Not really.

Secretly, Capricorn yearns for adulation. In his private dreams, the goat is an incurable romantic. But Saturn changes his nature. The stern planet of discipline demands of him calm behavior, practical actions and serious intent. Sometimes he'll cover his frustration with unexpected and incongruous humor.

Turn a steady, dependable Capricorn inside out, and you'll find a merry gentle dreamer who longs for the free wind to blow his hair, and finds the sweet fragrance of the compliments intoxicating. Who hungers for excitement and thirsts for adventure.

He impressed you as a man who would rather see his name in the social register than in your diary. Now you discover that he has a heart as warm and friendly as a cozy wood fire on a winter night.

Those surprises are a part of his inner nature. Chances are he'll never let all those dreams of careless rapture escape and run around loose. You can't change his basic saturnine personality.

You can hint that you think there are banked fires beneath his conservative manner until he has the confidence to let a flame or two leap out. You can tell him you his kind of dreams more colorful, because no dream is as bright is as the one that really happens.

Capricorns pretend they can live without compliments. Actually he desperately needs to be told he's good, clever, handsome, desirable and interesting but since he'll seldom make his need visible, he gets few. Consequently he may be a little rusty, and won't know quiet what to do when someone openly admires him. So he covers his embarrassment by making a wry joke or ignoring it. The impression is created that he hates compliments, so he gets even fewer. It's a vicious circle. He needs to be seen as the truly great guy he is. Nature and the stars keep him from advertising.

This man is a late bloomer. He's as serious as an owl in his youth, but he'll relax gradually as he matures. With a Capricorn you may have your enthusiasms smothered a bit at first, but just think what you have to look forward to. Your Capricorn lover won't run off to Paris with you inn the spring of your romance, but he may take you to see Tajmahal by moonlight forty or fifty years later, when other men are complaining of creaking joints.

Capricorn reverse aging process may suggest to you that there's catch in the faithfulness department. He's a safer bet for fidelity than most other sun signs, because the Capricorn man practically burns incense at the family altar.

It wouldn't do to insult his mother or be cool to his brother. Be prepared to love your in ' laws. Family disputes make him morose and gloomy.

You may bump into a Capricorn who has open contempt for his relatives or who has bitterly cut family ties and never looked back. Scratch the surface of his independence and you'll find a deep, emotional wound in his past.

They usually fall in love later than most man too and they seldom marry before them ere settled in a career.

The goat will pick a girl who will be a good mother, a good cook and a good housekeeper. After that, she'll have to dress well to impress his business associates and his friends and preferably be a cut above them in background, manners, breeding and intelligence. He'll make a quick check to see if she is beautiful or if she appeals to his physical senses. But he'll never marry you if you don't pass inspection with his family.

Since Capricorns are always nervous in the presence of opposite sex, an occasional one will awkwardly hint at off- color situations or appear to be tough , rough and callous. A typical method of hiding his embarrassment and curiosity about the purple passions of more aggressive people.

A nice gift for your Capricorn husband would be a book of poems, the more romantic the better.

He thinks you should know how he feels about you since he supports you, and pays you the tribute of allowing you to bear his children, sweep his floors, and polish his trophies.

As a father, he'll be a father. He'll always be at the head of the table. He'll demand respect and obedience and he'll insist on routine and discipline. But he'll repay it with honest devotion, even self sacrifice; probably approve of big birth day parties. Capricorn fathers are highly unlikely to spare the rod and spoil the child. He'll se that they do their homework, with a few trips to Water Park when it's necessary. His own sense of organization and dependability will be empathically conveyed. It certainly won't hurt the youngsters. Remind him that parent hood can be fun as well as a serious responsibility. Teach the children to give him generous goodnight kisses and encourage him to take them for fishing or swimming. If he's a little strict, remember that they'll profit in the long run, as long as he doesn't over do it. When the grand children bounce on his knees, he'll turn shockingly permissive. Capricorn grandpas make great baby sitters.

A Capricorn man will seldom marry in haste and repent at leisure. He's more apt to marry at leisure and repent in haste. Most Capricorn marriages are solid but if the goat makes a mistake, he'll walk out abruptly and his wife won't get a second chance. Capricorns abhors divorce, so it won't happen often, but when it does it's final.

Your saturnine husband may regulate love making to a schedule, along with shopping, correspondence, doing his banking. The practical Capricorn is interested in the physical side of love long after other husbands resort to poetry to express their emotions. After he's retired, he'll have more time to develop his technique of affection. That's better then insurance, with a Capricorn husband ' insurance against a rainy day, insurance against loneliness and insurance against the blows of a sordid, ugly world. He won't be a fiery lover who courts you with starry eyes and passionate, flowery speeches. But he'll protect you from all your feminine fears. He's a tough guy with gentle heart.

Capricorn women:- there's no such thing as a typical Capricorn female. A Capricorn woman may decorate the society columns, smile demurely behind a political candidate husband or pour mysterious liquids into test tubes. But whatever she's doing Saturn will rule her actions and her secret aims.

She can be ultra feminine, flirtatious and charming enough to make a man feel like he can protect her from the cold, cruel world. Or she can be icy, quiet and aloof, challenging you to be clever enough to win her superior hand. Whichever personality she protects, underneath her womanly wiles or her practical sensible manners, she has the same goal ' a steely determination to snag the right man who can become important, make her proud and be a good father to her children.

So many Capricorn women are career girls; you might think love and marriage would always be a second choice. Capricorn aims are - security, authority, respect and position. Some of them get it by writing books, lecturing and painting or composing music. It's surprising how many Capricorns of both sexes have unusual artistic talent which stems from an innate sense of balance and harmony.

There's nothing flashy about the Capricorns. You'll never see her loudly or obviously pushing and shoving for first place. Wait, see who gets the promotion.

You may think she'll never sacrifice her career for marriage. Just give this girl half a chance to be asocial leader, and the mistress of a well run house hold, and you will see how quickly she looses interesting her job. If you need her to she'll gladly continue to working to help you climb up the mountain of success. She won't be lazy. Otherwise she's happier enjoying her position as your wife, provided, there's enough financial security.

One of the most typical and delightful things about this woman is her natural breeding and grace of manner. Unless she decides to reveal her background you'll be convinced she comes from an old line family and was turned out by one of the best finishing schools. Such is the Capricorn built in sense of social grace and conservative, conventional appearances.

She seems to be more even tempered and emotionally steady than actually she is. The truth is that she's subject to many moods. All women are subject to moods, but the Capricorn girl can have some really black and long lasting ones. Saturnine gloominess, pessimism and depression are much more deeply rooted than that. These women do not accept teasing lightly. Keep it at a minimum. To be honest, they find it impossible to see the joke when they're the victims. Praise her often enough to make her realize you know her true values.

There is plenty of physical desire under there cool Capricorn surface. Once she's decided you are the right man and the finances are secure or your ambition is sufficient, she'll be as warm as a cuddly panda, affectionate and even passionate. Build a firm foundation under your house if you plan to carry a Capricorn girl over the threshold. Make sure there's plenty of insurance and the mortgage is paid off or will be soon.

She'll be extremely aware of etiquette, and she'll lean toward quaint customs. things must be correct and tradition must be observed at all costs. She may have an inconsistent habit of wanting to shop in the most expensive, exclusive stores, yet insisting on a bargain.

Capricorn women have a fresh beauty of their own. You'll rarely find one who's not unusually attractive. Yet they are timid and unsure about their appearance. They need constant reassurance that they are pretty. Although Capricorn females hate dishonesty in all forms, they're not above lying about their ages.

The man who marries a Capricorn woman marries her relatives. Many times the Saturn female is the sole support of her family, financially or morally or both. She may care for an ill parent with devotion to the point of relinquishing the idea of marriage completely.

Frequently Capricorn find themselves burdened with distressed or invalid relatives, and the typical goat will never let love cause them to neglect such obligations. You'd better start right out by planning to have a guest room or two for visiting relatives. But there is a reverse benefit. You'll have a wife who is kind and considerate toward your own family. She's a kind of girl you take home to meet mother, and mother approves of her immediately. Capricorn girl if she's a typical Saturn woman will make an excellent wife.

The house of a Capricorn woman often looks effortlessly spotless and smooth running. She may not be a way out dreamer or a follower of occult mysteries. Once she has the solid facts she's able to see the romance and poetry in the most ordinary situations.

Hers is an earthy kind of beauty that can make even the gross and ugly seem lovely with sheer usefulness.

Great music stirs her deeply.

She's a true romantic, with greater imagination than the scatterbrains with unreal fantasies. Take care of the food and rent and then pursue the dream, whatever it may be, is the Capricorn motto. Also make sure that the dream is worth perusing. She sees nothing glamorous or magical about failure. She'll be a tireless worker for the poor and the defenseless. Saturnine sympathies are usually organized, seldom scattered. Female Capricorns are natural leaders of women's club.

She'll probably instill both thrift and a respect for quality in the youngsters.

The children will be expected to be polite to relatives and elders and they'll probably learn excellent manners. They won't be allowed to willfully disobey. her children will. Her children will get a courteous listening ea. She may be a little strict and unsympathetic to their growing pains, but she'll be a fascinated audience of for their achievements. After they become teenagers there may be a few barriers when the Saturn conservatism clashes with youth's liberalism. She may learn the hard way that she can't dictate their friendships and confine them to acceptable people.

Capricorn females have sensitive skins, they don't wear much make-up. Lots of them are allergic to it. Some of them startle you with lovely complexions, firm features and bright eyes at the age of eighty and older.

Patiently help your Capricorn woman overcome her jack of personal confidence. Stubbornness may be one of her vices, but she's not a whiner or is a nervous nag. She'll push you toward success, yet be tender and devoted. In spite of her modest, often gentle ways, she'll know just how to twist you around her little finger.