Structure-Building Parent
public structure / family focus · responsibility + tenderness · traditional foundation · carrying legacy
Character
Capricorn Sun + Cancer Moon on opposite axes; one public, one family. Outside: goal-driven, professional, climbing within hierarchy; inside: maternal/paternal figure, caring about family, wanting to build a home. This person seeks success in career but the purpose of that success is usually building "a home that protects family." CEO, senior manager, statesman, university rector type. The reason for working is duty-based, not romantic. Risk: career pushes family aside; family sabotages career; can't give either the attention deserved. Lives the two halves of life in sequence: early career, late return to family.
The paradox
Public discipline and private tenderness are constantly weighed. Time for which? The answer is hard.
Integration
Do work for family, let family be work's purpose. Don't separate the two — Capricorn's structure carries Cancer's warmth.