Cappies - Sensitive or not?

So, the stereotypes of Capricorn say they're cold and unaffectionate but I have seen a few places saying they're sensitive deep down and will show it to someone who earns it.

I figured the best way to find this out would be to ask here. Are Cappies only cold on the outside as a defense and will they open up, showing their feelings at least a little and being affectionate with someone they really care about? Do they really care about work more than anything, even love? Are they really control freaks who always think their way is best or can they be tolerant and understanding?

How much do you think moon signs affect cappies? I imagine a water or fire moon would make a regular cappy more affecitonate and caring than an earth or air one.

I like a water moon in a Cappy lady. It's just a walking body of contradictions. The motions are quite intriguing to say the least ... a Man can easily get addicted to what comes out of that. Whenever it chooses to come out.

Yes they are sensitive, even more then pisces because pisces get detached and cappys are always grounded to it.

To answer your questions:

Im a cappy with a pisces moon. I can be very sensitive,and I'm veryyy affectionate. It does take a little longer than the average person for me to show my emotions,but nothing too ridiculous. The only time I come off as cold is when Ive been wronged. So if someone has pushed me to the point where I stop caring,I guess it can come out. It takes a lot of pushing,and really depends on the person though. Love is much more important to me than work,although I do put a great importance on it. Work doesnt even compare to love for me though. I wouldn't say I'm a control freak,but when I absoloutly believe I am right,I don't doubt myself. Usually though, I have to contemplate and analyze (virgo ascendant) each side completly before I can make up my mind. I also have a lot of head vs heart battles too. Heart usually wins haha.

Cappy with taurus moon. I am really sensitive and very very affectionate to my friends and lovers..

yeah, the moon seems to play an important role when it comes to caps and emotions. makes sense being as the moon stands for our emotions. anyway... i am close to 2 cap guys. one has their moon in pisces and the other in sag. the one with pisces is the one i am madly in love with. he is the one that seems to be the most cap on the outside but when u get close to him he is super affectionate and u can tell he feels very deeply. he's pretty aloof, comes off as mysterious to others, and is a little more reserved. the other cap seems to more or less wear his heart on his sleeve. he's a bit more fiery and it shows. he's painfully shy at first because he is afraid of new ppl but he warms up quickly and is very expressive verbally. the pisces cap would never so openly express himself through words. the sag cap can be a little dramatic sometimes but is not very affectionate at all. he doesn't mind it if u lean on him or show him some love but he's not as physical as the pisces cap. go figure.

yes..... cappies can be affectionate and they are extremely sensitive. The cappy that I messed around with was also very honest, but because they are so sensitive, you never know what hurts them. They will disappear very quickly. I avoid this guy now at all costs, because he became cruel after I opened myself up and expressed my feelings on him and I. I have no time for people that behave the way he did.... felt like I was back in high school all over again.

When I see him out in public, I won't even acknowledge him. I know it drives him insane, coz I will see him looking over at me, wanting me to acknowledge his existence.

Things is, he wasn't a gentleman by any means, and that really pissed me off. To me, that is dishonesty too. He condradicts himself, and my experience with cappies is that this is a firm trait of theirs..... I understand cappies, but they can't handle the heat......... I will tend not to burn them because of how sensative they are (my sister is a pisces, so I learned a lot from her), but boy oh boy, can they test my buttons. It's better that I ignore them, and put them in their place silently. I kinda reverse their game on them..... and cappies can't handle it.

Maybe next time I see him, I'll give him a big hug as a greeting....lol. Really throw him off!!!!

Cappy with an Aquarius moon ----> which means a seagoat mixed with water-bearer haha.

Thats enough of watery depth to drown even the best swimmers.


I'm very sensitive and I'm not afraid to admit that 😉 However, its like I'm a walking ball of emotional-guess who? One day, I may feel one way, and the next day, its something different.

It's strange how people accept that Scorpio and Cancer are sensitive but try to hide it and that Taurus and Virgo are senstive but can control it but everyone seems to believe Cappies are cold right through and not controlling or hiding anything.

i'm a cap with a scorpio moon....i suppose the water sign is what makes me read people (i've always been in tune with "vibes") and i tend to go very deep and fixate on emotions, even in others. i am a walking contradiction...but i think that's what makes me a fun cappie. 🙂 xoj

I am a male Cap... I am pretty sensitive INSIDE and VERY attached to people... but the thing is that I NEVER show it... and people can NEVER tell... we're good at that lol!!!

cap with pisces moon. I show no emotion until I feel disrespected or hurt. In love I dont express a lot emotion. venus in aquarius. Im a female.

I'm a cusp Cap-Aqua with a Sag moon..AND a Cancer asc.

I'm a pretty sensitive person, but I'll try and go to great lengths to hide it, doesn't always work. On the inside, though, I would consider myself pretty OVER-sensitive.

castorandpollux, that's an interesting explanation.
Personally I've never been all that sure of myself with the typical cancer descriptions of manipulation. Whilst it's nice for someone to be intuitive and emotionally aware of their partner I don't think I ask for miracles. Most of my chart is fire/air though. Most of the time I won't make a big fuss of things and don't want to discuss them because my Aries just wants me to do everything by myself, unless there's a specific job I can't do myself in which case I will ask for help with that one thing.

If I have a problem with something emotionally I don't really want to talk about it and hope someone magically understands. I try to work it out logically (gemini moon) by myself because I really don't want to share every little feeling I have. I don't see the need. I want to deal with it myself which I usually do quite quickly and move on.

I can be direct and honest about things I think. I actually prefer that so long as it's done with just a little bit of sensitivity. Maybe that's all my Gemini/Aries and of course my Sag too, particularly Sag rising. My moon and mercury are in mutual reception so communicating emotions can be ok.

Really my curiosity about Caps and sensitivity isn't so much because I would want long discussions of our feelings (what the hell is that about?) but because they are so often described as being robots. Just a little affection and knowing they have interests outside of work, or even work they are passionate about for a reason other than security and wealth would be enough.

I'm a cappy with a gemini moon & taurus ascendant. I'm super sensitive but I hide it by shutting down and being quiet. I don't dwell on my feelings too long. I'll have a myself a pity party for a minute and move on to the next. Life is too short to dwell on negative emotions.
Compared to my friends who want to talk about my feelings all day long and take every offense so seriously, its an emotional drain for them. I say my piece and move on. Some see as being cold and aloof but I see it as self preservation.

castorandpollux, Hi again.
My sag rising is great. I'm so glad I don't have too much adding to my Cancer planets. I don't know how other people manage. I actually have a Cancer friend who has a worrying amount of capricorn/cancer and she drives me crazy with clingyness sometimes and never telling me when something is wrong but still letting the feelings out, just not explaining them. And then she gets in a bad mood with me for not being able to magically know what to do. And it's every day, the same problems. So yeah, cancerians can be really annoying I won't lie.

My cap is kind of confusing though. Outwardly he's very shy and definately doesn't like to be the centre of attention, although obviously he does like recognition of things he has done well. But he also likes to completely switch off from work when he gets home. And he can be quite affectionate and passionate (though obviously more when it's just the two of us). He's a little shy about it but relaxes over time and I'm trying to work out this side of him since it's not how I hear Caps being described much.

I think it might be that he has no other earth (and only one air) besides his cap signs so he is quite firey with a little water. I think it may affect him the way my water is toned down by the heavy influence of fire and air. His earth is sort of softened by the fire and water. His mars is in Scorpio and moon in sagittarius which makes him much more passionate and playful than a cappy sun is meant to be. His venus/mars are very closely sextile as well (less than a degree difference I think) which apparently also makes someone more demonstrative and warm.

There are a few oppossies between our charts too which I think encourages a lot of passion and excitement.

^ That's something I find hard to understand with anyone of any sign. If you really love and care for someone, especially in a sexual relationship, then how can you not express that? Surely the feeling is too big for you to hold inside all the time. I'm not affectionate with many people at all but with someone I'm comfortable around and care for I do want to show them that. And if it's with someone who isn't affectionate at all then I'd feel guilty about being affectionate, like I was worried it was bothering them and they were just putting up with it because they never initiated it.

I think everyone's hella sensitive and every sign's characteristics are how their defense mechanisms.

I kind of don't see why you can't have both.
People always act like you can either have someone who isn't outwardly passioante, affectionate or sensitve but is loyal and will stick around or someone who is obviously passionate, affectionate and sensitive but they will only ever be a short term thing and their feelings are always born out of obsession and lust.

Maybe it's that my natal chart is so contradictory in places but surely you can have both. You can be with someone who is only interested in commitement and is loyal and trustworthy but also has passionate, affectionate moments once they're commited in which they want to show that.

I find it very hard to be affectionate with anyone I'm not very, very close to but once I am comfortable with them I'm not scared of letting people see that and showing my affection for them.

I'm not even sure how we got onto this exact line of questioning because my cap guy is actually quite affectionate, at least imo. Maybe it's because he's european.lol. Culturally speaking they are more physically relaxed with touching people and things. He's even quite affectionate with his male friends and things.
Or maybe it is that Sag moon of his.

Cap w/ Gem Moon & Ascendant. I describe myself as 'stoic' and people who know me (and some who don't) would agree. Last week I found out one of my foster dogs is dying. A friend told me that he liked the fact that I showed emotion for a change (he's a Sag) and that logic cannot be applied to all situations. I couldn't help myself and argued that point with him. No, logic doesn't rule matters of the heart, but decisions are best made through rational calculation and, despite my open display of emotion about the situation, I talked with him at length about the aspects of the dogs condition and why the choice made was for the best. I was crying because I was helpless - for me that is a crushing feeling as I like to be in total control of my environment and in this case I can't be (and control = security). I suppose I was more upset about the situation itself and that I could do nothing about it, not about the impending loss; and when he dies, I will dwell on what else I could have done to keep him with me just one more day and did I show him enough love in his last days.

I am very sensitive and show emotion at times, but the way I see it I don't feel, I think. Sometimes I think I'm an oddity as I think about and try to dissect my own emotions - what do I feel, why do I feel this way, what about the situation is eliciting this in me and how can I change (control) it? But, this perspective makes me somewhat intuitive to others feelings as well, or at least why they feel the way they do which in turn makes people think I'm intuitive because I can describe the why when they're just focusing on the what.