Moon in Capricorn
Your Moon sign describes your emotional and instinctual energies. Another key component in the makeup of the basic ego/personality, your Moon sign reveals those things you do instinctively, how you are likely to react emotionally, how you give and receive nurturing, as well as the genetic or cellular memories carried within the unconscious mind. It describes your emotional, instinctual, genetic and intuitive makeup.
With The Moon in the sign of Capricorn, you are likely to be responsible, reserved and considerate in your emotional style. You may feel a strong sense of duty around supporting others. Whilst this placement suggests a somewhat reserved emotional nature, especially at first, it also confers the ability to support and nurture others in practical ways. You may be seen by others as the capable one they turn to when they need help.
The Moon is said to be in detriment in this sign, implying that easy and spontaneous emotional responses are not your forte. You are likely to be more self-conscious in your emotional responses. On the down side, this may lead to a tendency toward projecting a cold and unavailable nature. On the up side, this position suggests that for those you do hold near and dear, you will be consistent, strong, capable and true, for you value greatly the worth of family, belonging and emotional commitment. There may also be the need to release crystallized emotional patterns, or unconscious fears, through subconscious re-programming. In this sense, unconscious fears, limitations and restrictions may prevent you from opening up to an easy and spontaneous flow of feeling or emotion. There may be inhibitions around revealing the true extent of one’s emotions, or need to be needed, that keeps others at a distance. Developing empathy, self-care, nurturing and kindness are recommended to dissolve old and unwanted emotional patterns. Therapy may be very useful if this is hard to achieve.
You may be relied upon heavily by others, and may have had to play the role of the responsible, dutiful one in your family of origin. There is a strong attachment to tradition, status, responsibility and social position that may be at odds with other, more dynamic or unusual voices within the psyche. On some level, you are likely to feel most stable and secure when you have solid structures and foundations around you. You may be somewhat conservative, with strong ambitions, for recognition and accomplishment. Achievements carry powerful emotional overtones. Or you may have a much more private idea of what success and accomplishment mean to you, but you will be very emotionally invested in making sure that you achieve these things. You are likely to be highly self-sufficient and contained, but need to remember that sometimes we build strong emotional foundations by sharing our strengths and weaknesses, talents short-comings and abilities with those around us. You are no doubt very capable, but need to be mindful of a tendency to isolate yourself upon your own mountaintop of duty and responsibility. Try not to look down upon “mere mortals’ less capable than you, but realize that your strengths and capabilities have been earned through hard work and sacrifice, yet only count for something if you can share them with someone else. This way, you will achieve the position of respect and responsibility that you so naturally (desire?) deserve.
