capricorn szn: stacks
[define: stack: to build, to amass]. specific to: wealth, posture, stature. karmic, longsuffering. / access on apple music [embedded below].
astrotalk: track by track
“raising a bar, i keep going hard / cause i gotta pay for my baby tuition, always believing in my intuition.” gotsta get paid x rico nasty
the pop stereotype about capricorns is that they really, really care about their money. reductive, maybe. but true to a large degree. classified as earth signs (most connected to the material world - what you can own, touch and feel), capricorns are also ruled by saturn - the planet associated with not only hard work but eventual payoff. you reap what you sow. saturn ruled placements are heavily karmic for that reason. “don’t get in my way, i gotsta get paid” - rico unknowingly speaks to the dogged commitment of capricorns to their own achievement and eventual reward. the dark, horrorcore chords in the background of the music draw up symbolism of the devil card in tarot - associated with capricorn.
“oh so tough, but you bluffed when you had me.” sunshine x steve lacy ft. foushee
capricorn placements get an unfair rap for being unemotional (says the capricorn moon), but i’d explain this disposition as more of a complexity than an absence. and sticking with earth sign themes of practicality, forward motion can be chosen over emotion at times. longsuffering is another word associated with capricorn however, as those feelings often remain, stewing and increasing depth over time. “but i’m always going to be, where you are. i still love you.”
“oh so high the climb, i can’t turn back now. must keep climbing, up to the clouds.” the climb x no doubt
capricorn association: mountain goats, thought of as solitary, hearty animals. armed with deep mastery of difficult terrain. “surefooted”.
“i see her in every place i go, sunday love is so cold. even though i’m falling apart, i want sunday love in my heart. I see her in blue eyes, still and shining. and lonely lovers, on bed sheets white.” sunday love x bat for lashes
“you should be holding a sign saying, “needs more hugging, needs more loving”. this bitch matters x doechii
doubling back to the perceived coldness of saturn’s child, aptly capricorn’s opposite sign is cancer - commonly troped as overly emotional and needy. “a closed mouth don’t get fed” - lack of expression does not automatically correlate to a lack of need. this bitch matters.
“the God within me won’t allow these niggas to contempt me… they resent me cause i’m counting all these blessings. one thing that’s for sure, bitch you gon respect me. look imma flex – do ya best not to sweat the technique.” brand new 911 x joey bada$$ ft. westside gunn
still x kenny beats (vocals: jpegmafia)
still. stay. remain. endure. 10 toes down. incorporated soul sample connects to the “old soul” of capricorns - saturnian influence.
“the deepest blue when daddy died, the ocean was jealous”. i love you more than you know x bLack pARty ft. childish gambino
something else i’ve heard about capricorn placements is that they’re boring. without speaking for every single placement in existence (i’m sure there are many that are), beyond a seemingly stoic exterior is also a hidden depth of feeling and grappling with existence. there is a play with the darker realities of life and merging them with humor, as if a passing lark. there is a quiet love for the other, often unexpressed in its infancy (why commit to something that may not stay?), but ultimately layered and persistent. doesn’t childish gambino sound like andre 3000 here?