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Capricorn
self, which is completely opposite to Scorpio’s drive to fully involve
itself and bond so strongly that it becomes one with the experience, or
Cancer’s close attachment to loved ones. Capricorn can be too dry and
impersonal. In relationships Capricorn tends to be responsible and
loyal, but lacking in deep feelings, and tends not to bond as strongly as
most other zodiac signs. (Cosmic Patterns [http://cosmic.patterns.com]
and David Cochrane [kepler@astrosoftware.com].)
Many specialized report programs have been developed that offer useful supplements
to the generic delineations of general reports. The following sun-sign interpretation
has been drawn from a program written by Gloria Star (originally part of her
book, Astrology: Woman to Woman) that generates a specialized report for women:
With your Sun in Capricorn you are a woman who needs to be in control
of your own life. You’ve probably taken on responsibilities from a
very early age, and may be strongly determined to achieve your goals
and realize your aspirations. Your practical approach to life may assure
that you’re equally at home in the work place or making necessary
repairs on your blender. It’s easier for you when you can make the rules,
or at the very least, enforce them!
You’ve rarely felt satisfied unless you have a sense of accomplishment.
Embracing the drive of your Capricorn Sun is a huge challenge,
because once you’ve set your sights on something, stepping back or
stopping your steady progress toward your goal is almost unthinkable. If
you learned as a young girl that it was the man who could accomplish
absolutely anything in the world, you may have resented that fact
because you’ve always had a yearning to be recognized and respected.
And if your relationships have seemed to support that theory, that it’s a
“man’s world,” then you may not trust your own sense of who you are.
It’s a question of learning about the nature of reasonable control. As a
woman, you will express control differently from the way a man might.
You may not care so much about submission of will. Instead, you may
be most interested in asserting your will in a manner which will give
you the ability to direct your own life and through which you can positively
shape the lives of others.
The influence of your Sun in Capricorn adds a heightened business
sense to your personality, and you may love the idea of cultivating a
career path. As a teacher, school administrator, business executive,
administrative assistant, merchant or accountant you can outdistance
the competition. Positions which allow you to be in control will be
best, although you can follow orders. You’d just prefer to give them.
(From “Woman to Woman,” by Gloria Star. Courtesy of Matrix Software
[http://thenewage.com] and Gloria Star [glostar@aol.com].)
Responding to the revival of interest in pre-twentieth-century astrology, J. Lee
Lehman developed a report program embodying the interpretive approach of tradi-
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