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Capricorn
The Sea Goat, initiating earth, ruled by SaturnFaster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive,
able to leap tall buildings in a single bound--it's a bird, it's a plane,
it's Capricorn! It's serious business to consider gravity-defying Superman
as a Capricorn, who has the ability to turn a lump of coal into a diamond
by squeezing it with his bare hand. Through Saturnian patience and the
right amount of pressure, raw substance is transformed. Such alchemy is not
magic, knows Capricorn. It's a combination of basic science and skillful
means, lots of experience, and time!The key accomplishments of self-mastery, self-discipline and
self-control give Capricorn the ability to work within the initial limits
set by its ruler, Saturn, and accomplish the full scope of its task.
Capricorn traverses the depths as well as the heights. In the ancient
Sumerian myth, when the goddess Inanna is trapped in the Underworld, it was
Enki, god of wisdom, land and waters, pictured like the goat-fish of
Capricorn, who was able to save her. He took some bits of clay from
underneath his fingernails (he had been sculpting mountains, no doubt) and
fashioned two little critters who buzzed down unseen through the gateways
to the lower world. They fearlessly approached and consoled the raging
underworld goddess so that she would free Inanna. The basic, pragmatic
approach of Capricorn's earthiness can often calm emotional turmoil and
effectively move a stagnant situation into new gear.Vishnu is a Hindu god who demonstrates Capricorn's creative mastery
of matter and organization. He entered his own dreams of creation, taking
on many animal and human forms to save the world. Once he was a turtle who
dove to the bottom of the ocean, where he placed himself underneath the
world mountain as a stabilizing foundation. At the same time, he sat on top
of the mountain, overseeing the operation. Capricorns often feel the weight
of the world, yet, like a sure-footed mountain goat, step by step they
attain the summit.Superman, Enki, Vishnu--great Capricornian masters all, whose
success rests on their ability to respect and incorporate the authority of
Gaia, Earth Mother, and work with her basic forms and capacity for
simplicity, organization and creative generativity.Back to Astro-Mythology Mainpage