Capricorn Season: The Devil You Know
- Julie Miller
- Dec 20, 2025
- 3 min read
Welcome to Capricorn season, where the vibes shift from “what if?” to “show me the receipts.” The sun moves into Capricorn, and suddenly the universe stops coddling you and starts asking real questions - about your habits, your patterns, your money, your power, and yes… your bullshit.
And what tarot card rules this season?
The Devil.
Before you clutch your pearls or sage your laptop: relax. This isn’t about evil. It’s about truth.
The Devil Tarot Card (No, It’s Not What You Think)
The Devil isn’t here to ruin your life. He’s here to show you where you’ve handed over the keys.
In classic tarot imagery, the figures are chained—but the chains are loose. They could take them off anytime. They just… haven’t.
That’s the whole damn point.
The Devil represents:
Patterns you keep repeating because they’re familiar
Attachments that feel safer than freedom
Coping mechanisms that worked once… and now quietly run your life
The stories you tell yourself about why you “can’t”
Nothing is being done to you here. This is about choice. Uncomfortable, adult, take-responsibility-for-your-own-shit choice.
Very Capricorn.
Capricorn Energy: Discipline Over Delusion
Capricorn doesn’t do vibes-only manifesting. Capricorn wants a plan, a timeline, and preferably a spreadsheet.
This season asks:
Where are you outsourcing your power?
What comforts are actually cages?
What would change if you stopped pretending you were stuck?
Capricorn is ruled by Saturn - the planet of boundaries, consequences, and long-term payoff. Saturn doesn’t punish. Saturn teaches. Repeatedly. Until you get it.
And The Devil? He’s Saturn’s mirror. Showing you exactly where the lesson keeps looping.
This Is Shadow Work Season (But Make It Practical)
Capricorn season + The Devil is prime time for shadow work that actually does something.
Not just journaling about your feelings (though yes, do that too). But:
Changing a habit
Ending a pattern
Setting a boundary you’ve been avoiding
Looking at your relationship with money, work, sex, control, or validation - without flinching
This is where liberation lives. Not in pretending you’re healed. But in owning your choices and choosing differently.
Here’s the truth: Capricorn season is not New Year, New You. That’s capitalism in a party hat. We’re not doing that shit.
This is how you work with Capricorn + The Devil without setting yourself up to faceplant before Aquarius season rolls in like, “lol, anyway—”.
Working With the Goat and the Devil Pick ONE Pattern. Not Your Whole Personality.
The Devil doesn’t want a glow-up manifesto. He wants accuracy.
Ask: What is one habit, attachment, or story I keep choosing because it’s comfortable - not because it’s good for me?
One. Not your diet, finances, relationships, sleep, mindset, skincare, and childhood trauma all at once. Chill.
Capricorn loves precision, not overwhelm. Swap Shame for Structure
Capricorn is Saturn-ruled, not shame-ruled.
Instead of:
“I’m so bad at this”
“I never stick to anything”
“I should be better by now”
Try:
What’s the smallest structure that would support me here?
What would make this easier, not harder?
If your plan requires you to become a totally different person, it’s trash. Toss it. Work With the Chains, Not Against Them
The Devil shows you where the chains are loose.
You don’t need to blow up your life. You need to notice where you already have a choice.
Examples:
One fewer “yes” per week
One boundary said out loud
One pause before a default behavior kicks in
That’s liberation, Capricorn-style. Quiet. Effective. Sustainable. Make It Boring on Purpose
Capricorn thrives on repetition. Aquarius thrives on chaos. So give Capricorn its moment.
This season is perfect for:
Doing the same small thing consistently
Cleaning up systems (money, time, energy)
Choosing reliability over intensity
If it feels a little dull? Congrats. You’re doing it right.
All that to say...
Capricorn season isn’t soft. But it is honest.
The Devil isn’t your enemy. He’s just pointing at the door and saying, “You can leave whenever you’re ready.”
And this season?
You might finally be ready.
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