Capricorn is the sign that invented black humour. This dark approach to fun betrays the
seriousness of the sign - not for Capricorn the superficial laughs that others might get off on.
Capricorn wants to do things properly and well, it wants to first develop and then live up
to very high standards. It is this obsession with being the best that drives many with the
Sun here, motivated by that nagging feeling - 'actually I'm not very good at this'. Thus
Elvis insisted on recording endless takes of his early songs when everyone else in the
studio was more than happy with what he had sung, and Muhammed Ali bragged he was the
greatest. Secretly neither of them believed they were, thus setting a ridiculously high
standard that helped make them as near as 'the greatest' in what they did.
Yes, Capricorn is very serious about things. This is behind a downside of the sign -
when carried too far Capricorn can become addicted to the idea that all is gloom and doom;
wasting time beating itself up. The need to be the best at all costs can also lead
Capricorn to being calculating, manipulative and cold; the fall of President Nixon is often
cited as an example of the logical outcome of these dangers.
However, this same motivation leads many a Capricorn becoming an authority of some sort,
by getting to the top of its chosen organisation or by becoming as near as unassailably
excellent in what they do. Capricorns tend to the workaholic and are aware of weakness
and the value of power. This gives them the tendency to be excellent leaders and/or
fault-finding and pedantic. At best
they are dependable and practical, interested in doing their very best, exploiting every
situation and making things happen for the benefit of themselves and society. They hate
personal criticism or being told anything or anyone associated with them is not good enough.
They spend enough time criticising themselves, so don't need others joining in.
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Well Known People with the Sun in Capricorn
Muhammed Ali, Joan of Arc, Michael Aspel, Rowan Atkinson, Tom Baker,
Shirley Bassey, Orlando Bloom, David Bowie,
Richard Briers, Nicolas Cage, Paul Cezanne, Wayne Coyne, Quentin Crisp, Angus Deayton, Dido, Marlene
Dietrich, Alex Ferguson, Ralph Fiennes, Mel Gibson, Robin Guthrie, Anthony Hopkins, Jane Horrocks,
Johannes Kepler, Martin Luther King
Jr., Rudyard Kipling, Mark Lamarr, Annie Lennox, Chairman Mao, Henri Matisse, Henry Miller, Kate Moss,
Isaac Newton, Richard Nixon, Nostradamus, Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, Paracelsus, Louis Pasteur, Cynthia Payne,
Edgar Allen Poe, Elvis Presley, J.D. Salinger, Michael Schumacher, Joseph Stalin,
Rod Stewart, Michael Stipe, John Thaw, J.R.R. Tolkien, Carol Vorderman, Emily Watson, Tiger Woods.
Example Chart: Anthony Hopkins
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Time of birth classified "dodgy data".
The darkness of Capricorn can be seen in Hopkin's portrayal of the powerful killer Hannibal Lector in "The Silence of the Lambs". Hopkins has played many powerful figures such as Picasso and Richard Nixon (a fellow Capricorn). Control or repression of emotion have also been themes in the parts he has had; he played the repressed butler in "The Remains of the Day", for example.
Hopkins has suffered crises of confidence and can tend toward workaholism. His performances are full of power and control, as his Sun, Mercury and Venus in Capricorn shine through, darkly.
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