The Black Moon in the 10th house or Capricorn in birth chart

These are global energies of the Black moon in Capricorn or in the 10th House which must be nuanced according to your birth chart, see the article Black Moon in birth chart; see also the article on the general interpretation of the Black moon.
It represents an important karmic factor, at the same time a seed of incarnation (see the Triangle of incarnation), a source of attractions, compulsions, and also of fears, introversions.
The black moon is one of the attributes of the Anima in the chart, and as such it can indicate a Projection of the latter…
As the black moon remains 273 days per sign, its position in the houses is more telling for the personality, the archetypal color of the sign modulates according to it. Consequently, focus on the house impacted in the interpretation, the analysis of the sign must be subordinated to it.

Overcompensation related to one’s function

The black moon in the 10th house or in Capricorn may give people with this positioning a great need to prove their worth to the world and carry out their function (their profession, their mission), with a significant sense of duty and strong morals, but this is also likely to often swallow up the other sectors of their lives, give them an obsessive side, and also reactivate fears of social rejection, for example (difficulties integrating into the collective).

This position may lead to a non-negligible Saturnian side of the personality; as a germ of incarnation, it may for example give these people a certain coldness, a serious, mature side, and even a pessimistic side, which will surface more directly in the context of social fulfillment.

Certain astrologers designate this sector as the black moon’s domicile, which corresponds nicely given that this karmic factor has much depth here and yet at the same time has the forces of structure necessary to be taken advantage of in a conscious, effective, and productive way.

This is a sector that we often link to these people’s social and professional fulfillment, to getting recognition, to managing to prove their usefulness to others, and to finding their place in society (and establishing themselves there), and there are likely to be many things that they need to prove here, with both deep-seated fears and also powerful sublimation capabilities present.

There is a great risk of burnout, and also of the professional sphere, that is, these people’s function, predominating over all the rest, which may translate into being torn in multiple directions, potentially most notably with regards to the more intimate, familial, emotional sphere.

We may for example find that these people sacrifice themselves for their function out of moral obligation, and we may also find that they start out with nothing but then succeed as a result of their patience, perseverance, tenacity, determination, and hard work, ultimately rising to the top.

For that matter, their capacity for work is often extraordinary: social fulfillment is such an intrinsic part of fulfillment in general that it may be difficult to find the “off button!”

The worst thing about this position is that these people have difficulty finding or carrying out their “function” (especially if Virgo is accentuated), and they may also for various reasons find themselves to be socially “downgraded,” or their work and their function may be totally destroyed, unrecognized, or dishonored.

In some cases, this will draw these people towards older people, who may also play the role of a “mentor” by more directly embodying these karmic forces of the black moon, and this may promote much evolution, leading these people to be mature beyond their years, creating structure, and allowing them to be highly strategic.

We connect Saturnian energies more directly to the parental archetype, as a “prescriptive parent,” the one who sets limits and teaches social and moral rules at the same time, which may highlight patriarchal forces overall (in the sense of a “good father,” as we say in French law, with good “common sense” and well-developed honesty).

Sometimes this black moon will require these people to confront figures of authority, first and foremost the paternal archetype, precisely in order to find their limits and to better determine their own values and morals, especially if this planet forms tense aspects or if we find that there are tensions weighing on the Sun, for example.

It will be important for people with this positioning to cultivate forces of emancipation in both social and professional contexts, because hierarchical relationships, as well as any relationships where one person is subordinate, will not necessarily be easy to handle, especially if these people’s Uranian side is highly developed: their free-spirit side may be more present and may greatly encourage notions of “social and professional confrontation” during their incarnation.

The notions of “power” and “potency” (in the sense of what may for example motivate someone with Pluto in the 10th house or in Capricorn) are mixed here with significant forces of mastery and control, which is a mixture that is highly efficient and productive, yet also very intense, like sangfroid in a way, or a force of calm that knows that its perseverance, strategy, and powerful determination will be able to triumph in the end.

The forces of the Shadow mean that downward spirals or negative expressions of energy are not out of the question, but they are probably more “abrupt,” colder, more cutting, and more intransigent than they are connected to a true notion of excessive abuse, violence, or overflow.

This is not the sort of energy that should be underestimated or disregarded; all you have to do is look at the people with this positioning to understand that many of them even managed to outlive even their enemies, end up as the last ones standing on the battlefield, and overcome all of the trials along the way.

It should be noted that values of secretiveness may often lead these people to be highly discreet, to say the least, and also humble in a certain way, despite the great achievements that are carried out. Again, this social radiance is not expressed in the solar Leo way, but instead in a hermit-like, Saturnian way.

Often, with this positioning, we realize that one of the greatest challenges of these people’s birth charts involves opening up to their emotional side and finding pathways of compromise so that they may “drop their defenses,” but this is never easy, because this fortress is strong and well-built, and the openings are risky.

Celebrities with Black Moon in 10th House

Mother Teresa, Vladimir Putin, Albert Einstein, Mozart, Dalida, Vincent van Gogh, Bob Marley, Charles de Gaulle, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Copernicus, Julia Roberts, Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, François Mitterrand, Osama bin Laden, Angela Merkel…

Celebrities with Black Moon in Capricorn

Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther King, Keanu Reeves, David Bowie, Tom Hanks, Grace Kelly, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bradley Cooper, JK Rowling, Clint Eastwood, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stephen King, Marie Curie, Robbie Williams, Mireille Darc, Michel Sardou…