Scapegoat. Pan Goat. Mountian Goat!

This topic was created in the Capricorn forum by SirHorns on Thursday, October 23, 2014 and has 1 replies.

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The ambitious Capricorn archetype is a fairly old one. Caesar Augustus was said to have minted coins which depicted him as having been born a Capricorn because he wanted to send an ambitious, aggressive message. In fact, Augustus was a Libra. (He may have been tapping his unconscious Saturn, because Saturn is exalted in Libra.)

The other stereotype has to do with the dry wit that Capricorn is said to be famous for. A lot of us do have it, in one way or another. Sometimes it's a quiet or soft wit, and it may only manifest from time to time. Other times it is a distinct talent for sarcasm or bon mots — these are the charismatic Capricorns that tend to have lots of friends, and are often associated with the Pan archetype.

Astrologically, the dry wit is associated with having both the Sun and Mercury in Capricorn (since Mercury is fairly close to the Sun in most nativities, many Capricorn Sun-signs will also have Mercury placed here). One famous Roman Capricorn whose terse wit and wisdom is still widely quoted today was Cicero.

http://slushpileastrology.blogspot.com/2010/03/woefully-misunderstood-capricorn-drum.html