Capricorn Ascendant

General direction: Career, reaching your goals, ambitious pursuits, structure, responsibility, and discipline. Managing, create an order.

Energy. Capable of much endeavor. Good endurance.

Symbol. A goat who climbs to the top of the mountain in a somewhat lonely manner, who can survive in adverse circumstances. The reward of the climbing is the view from the top. The symbol of Saturn, “the Sun of the night”, the ruler of Capricorn signifies that the matter and reality dominate spirit.

Mentality. Practical mind. Good concentration. Focused intently on what you are doing and it is difficult to distract you. Good in implementing the ideas into reality. Stoical and determined. Strong in purpose. Secretive and vindictive. Conservative. Industrious. Know what you want. An old soul who’s “been there, done that.” Believe in hard work, not in shortcuts. If Mars is weak, you may have lack of confidence. Do your best and feel more energetic in the evenings. Duty always come before fun. Have most off-beat and funniest sense of humor and perfect timing in expressing it. Philosophical about set backs in life and one of the best signs for “getting back on the horse.”

Physical appearance. Tall, lean. Prominent stiff hair on the eye brows and the chest. Big head, broad face. Large teeth, big mouth, prominent nose. Inclined to stoop. Thin and fleshy body. Natural tendencies. Rigidity, achieving goals at any costs.

The lesson. You need to learn how develop flexibility both in your body and mind and offset your natural tendency towards rigidity and stiffness. You need to learn how to be open to other possibilities besides the goals you set for yourself. Find a balance between duty and fun.

Personality. Serious, goal oriented, hardworking and ambitious. Realistic and pragmatic. Modest, conservative. You project competence and are persevering and patient. You are the achiever. Very responsible, conscientious, and dependable. Easily adapt to circumstances. Have great perseverance. Perfectionist in home life.
You start slow and usually shine in the middle age. You value status and authority and take yourself seriously. You expect much from yourself and may not give yourself enough room to experiment and make mistakes.
You are willing to work hard and persistently for what you want and you often do things the hard way. You do not expect others to take care of you and do not seek any outside help. You reach your goals despite any obstacles and at any cost. You are concerned with the image you project, with reputation and public standing.
You have excellent organizational skills and executive abilities. You are a good planner. You like structure and subordination. You can take orders from those above you and you expect the same from those who is below. You can also stuck in structure and formality.
You are practical, disciplined, and calculating. Economical, frugal, cautious with money, you rather save your money than spend them. You spend money on things of quality and of lasting value, things which are good investments, but not frivolous, temporary pleasures.
There is a bit of the ascetic in you. You have great self-discipline and self-control and can "do without" very well. You are reserved and speak only when you have something important to say.
You are good and loyal friend, honest, upright, and persevering to a fault, without ever complaining. You are never at ease in social situations as you are in business ones when the rules are clear.
You have strong sense of family and are great provider for your family. You worry a lot about the future and always concerned with providing security for your family. You enjoy being in the warm circle of your family and relatives and even with the relatives of your spouse or partner. “Love me, love my family.”
You are dedicated to your duties and career and sometimes you have lack of attention to your emotions and feeling in your personal relationships. On the other hand, you understand that relationships require hard work and patience and are willing to take advice and consider criticism in your relationships. You go for purposeful, practical and powerful partners who, like you, are bent on success, but at the same time you also prefer those who would take care of things in your house.
You are very reserved and protective of your emotions; it is very important for you to feel emotionally safe in relationships. You would rather be safe than sorry.
The childhood is usually difficult with lots of responsibilities. As life progresses, you age beautifully and learn how to lose up. ‘Old when young and young when old.’

If afflicted, you can be demanding, cold, stiff, and overly formal. Can be very materialistic, valuing status, recognition and material affluence above all else. You can be pessimistic, depressive, shy, uncommunicative and ruthless.

Professions. You do better working in large organizations. Can be talented financial manager. CEO, chief financial officer, treasurer, economist, mathematician, accountant, stockbroker, financial advisor, insurance or real estate agent. Architect, contractor. Public leader. Law-enforcement professional, detective. Running nursing home. Dentist, chiropractor. Engineer, auto mechanic, computer technician. Archeologist, geologist, coal miner. Documentary filmmaker. Farmer, biochemist. Writer of regular humor columns.

Diseases. Knee problems, teeth, bones.