For Capricorn, the world can be a place where they want to be self-sufficient. Autonomy, achievements with a transcendent meaning and the preservation of personal space hold an important place. Showing their weaknesses may seem harder to them than facing a complex situation alone.
In this profile, material achievements often take on meaning through the needs of those who depend on them. Without those responsibilities, they could greatly reduce their needs and settle for what is essential to develop their projects and dreams.
They usually compete with themselves: they want to improve in a chosen area and measure their progress against their own performance. That self-sufficiency can be bewildering for their partner, who may not know where or how to take part.
Feelings are usually expressed in private and in a low voice. Sexuality can hold an important place without being talked about openly. Rather than ask for something and be refused, they may prefer to keep what they need to themselves.
Their reserve, their taste for solitude and their dislike of unexpected visits are part of that defense of their privacy.
If you live together, agree on what each of you contributes and on shared responsibilities. Whatever is not agreed may fall outside their attention and give the impression that they demand without contributing.
Express your needs clearly too: if you ask for little, they may assume you need little. When they understand what you expect, they usually take on the responsibility of providing with determination.
How to win their heart
Do not be quick to mistake their distance or their sarcastic humor for a lack of sensitivity. Capricorn may feel much more than they show. To open up, they need to trust that no one will use their feelings to manipulate them.
Public displays of affection may embarrass them; in private, on the other hand, they express themselves more freely. Reaching that space calls for respecting their pace and recognizing that silence can also hide a need for connection.
What pleases them
- Having their independence and their moments of solitude respected.
- Challenging taboos or barriers.
- A sense of humor.
What they dislike
- Dancing, chatting or taking part in social life just to pass the time.
- Having their opinion disputed without arguments.
- Imposed company and unexpected visits.
- Buying on credit.
- Depending on other people.
Strengths
- A capacity for sustaining passion within a calm attitude.
- Skill at reaching goals with few resources.
- A capacity for reducing their needs and their dependence on others.
- A philosophical outlook on both pleasant and difficult experiences.
- Perseverance and focus on their goals.
- Fortitude in facing difficulties.
- Ingenuity in finding shortcuts and ways out of complex situations.
- Rational clarity, which grows when they feel their privacy is respected.
Weaknesses
- Difficulty fitting in with certain social conventions.
- Skepticism and irony that can be hurtful.
- Resistance to doing things they consider disorderly or meaningless.
- Unease in social situations whose purpose they do not understand.
- Intellectual rigidity and a bodily attitude that may come across as tense.
- Difficulty accepting help, even when they badly need it.
- Fear of showing their feelings and being left open to manipulation.
- Realism that can slide into pessimism.
- A preference for the hard road, even when there is a simpler alternative.