Cappies, Im curious about this

You often take pride in how logical, rational and practical you are though dont you feel that sometimes your very pronounced tendency towards conservatism/traditionalism gets in the way of your rational thinking? Meaning, sometimes you follow certain idea's simply cause they have proven to work in the past though deep inside you do know you should be opting for a different idea that makes sense to you too but you're afraid to follow cause it is "too new"?

I guess thats why Aquarius comes after Capricorn 😉

Nope. I am not a risk taker.

I think this goes beyond risk taking, but maybe I didnt explain myself well enough

Or it could be something as simple as hunting for fun, I would imagine a textbook capricorn would prefer following the famiily tradition of killing animals for fun every once in a while THAN doing the "right" thing, which is NOT doing it.

i hear what you are saying and i'm not sure about other caps, though i'm guessing theirs is a similar thinking, but for me it's a risk assessment. if there's something i'm after, sometimes, i'll go the tried and true route gauranteed to push me forward. im not really sure what specifically you're referring to, so i'm answering kind of vaguely and abstractly. sometimes i'm not so orthodox. most of the time i'm really unorthodox actually. i'll make moves depending on my aims, what is at stake, where all the influencing factors are laying, how much time i have... all that jazz. it's like chess.

capsag cusp and mars in aquarius keeps me from any preconceived structures or molds usually, but tradition can also be a good way to start. sometimes i honestly wish i were more traditionally and structurally inclined. but even if my methods seem mad, there is always a plan in my head. sometimes the plan is no plan at all.

but another thing you have to understand is that in a capricorn's mind... a traditional idea might run through our mind as if it were our own idea. i hope that makes sense. another way to describe it is that even if tradition hadn't presented the idea to us... we would have likely come up with it on our own.

I am always completely rational in my thinking.

Although I tend toward the traditional, time-tested route, I do not blindly follow traditions that make no sense, as I am not a mindless robot, or "sheeple".

I do try new things now and then, but usually not things that are risky.

I take all accounts and angles into consideration, research and ask opinions, in the end I do it my own way. That usually is traditional, time tested or a rational, logical conclusion to the best course of action.

I'm a southerner: Hunting for sport. No. Hunting for food. Yes. An animal that is in pain and dying, put it out of its misery. Otherwise, no harm to animals.

Not a Cappy sun, but have cap in my chart, saturn is strong too, and i am not a risk taker (since you mentioned aquarius being after cap)

but here's the thing: My grandmother, is not a risk-taker (capricorn) BUT my mother in law, is more of a risk taker (she has aquarius venus) and takes risks even going on adventures and traveling to routes not usually taken, or just being bold. My hubby and I would never do that, we go safe routes.

as for religion, she is definitely more risk taking in the left wingest, liberal ways. I'm much much more traditional than she is, although for sure, she is down with the family tradition.

Also, isn't Jupiter more the risk-taker? "expansion" ....What if Caps have strong Sagittarius (ie, stellium in them?) If that's true for instance, then the risk taking was too much and got wild, so therefore, capricorn came after to settle everything down. That's when it was time to get down to business and no more playing around going adventuring like a wild horse.

Posted by capgirl69
I am always completely rational in my thinking.

Posted by StoicGoat

Posted by capgirl69
I am always completely rational in my thinking.

click to expand

what?
lol

Always

Completely

I'm could give Spock a run for his money, but even I would throw some kind of qualifier in there. lol 😛

Tommy Lee Jones is Hot for a man his age!

Stoic- lol!

I'm a very rational person, seriously.

I'm just having a little fun at your expense. The double disqualifier just really tickled Spock's funny bone 😛

I appreciate tradition, but I do what I want. If its something I dont agree with, regardless of tradition, im not doing it. I think with the more ambitious Caps part of why they do excel is because they followed what was true to them. Im not THAT into tradition or anything else personally. There's a voice within ill always listen to above anything and anyone else.