I have enough Capricorn, I tend to assume the worst, to a point that is comical at times. I was feeling and thinking along these lines over the last few days, as Saturn prepared to change signs, and realized I had better check myself.
I checked myself by recalling the time, HQ bought me tickets to a concert. I am a Garland Jeffrey’s fan, he hardly ever plays. He’s a hard core New Yorker and never plays in Denver, but one year he did. Knowing I was a fan, HQ had been monitoring his website. He saw the concert coming up, bought the tickets and had them delivered by Fed Ex.
Home in Aurora, the Fex Ex van pulled up and had me sign for the envelope. Oh no, I thought, my heart dropping in my chest. Someone is suing me!
Sadly, and resigned to the situation, I signed for the envelope and walked into the house, sighing heavily as I opened the package to see who wanted what and why. Instead, the tickets fell out. I was stunned out of my mind and burst into tears.
I have to work very hard to overcome my propensity to assume the worst. You?
29 Responses to “Assuming The Worst”
The exact opposite, actually. I usually expect the best and get let down. 
If it’s a failing, it’s a good failing to have, methinks. 
Which isn’t to say I never expect bad things — that’s why I make contingency plans all the time — just that any random day, for any random occurrence, I think it’s going to work in my favor.
I tend to assume the worst and had to get over my own pessimism.
I still prepare for the worst, but acknowledge that it might not happen.
In most cases, I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed by my own expectations.
very hard, and still can’t tell most of the time whether i’m exaggerating or not. i am currently seeing a guy, and i’m concentrated on the things that might break us apart eventually. it seems so real and reasonable, that i have to remind myself of the things we have in common. moon in capricorn.
I don’t have such a severe problem anymore, which is why I wrote this. I realized I was falling back into this kind of pattern, which can really hold you back.
well, actually, this past few weeks have been very revealing. for the first time in my life i started to think that it might not be real, it might be my psychology, and that i have to work on changing that. and it’s my first saturn return coming soon
Thank you for the support, Elsa
Oh, it’s Cappy’s fault? Grr, my silly moon and Venus! Grr!
I know exactly what you’re saying. I’m that way about all my efforts at home (cappy moon in the 6th). It’s where my heart is and where I put all my effort, but dang if it’s not in cappy and I’m forever ‘dogging myself’ (as you put it) about it,
Angie
yep. i’m working on it
Yes. My M.O.? Always expect the worst and you are at least prepared. I usually have a plan B because I just never believe plan A will workout. If it does I am always surprised. The one time I let Jupiter make my decisions, I was made a fool. Not gonna happen again. Hope you had a great time at the concert Elsa!
Yes, I try to though my Mercury, Sun and Moon in Cap would have me think the worst – to be prepared “just in case”.
Elsa, whenever you feel you like an artist, a musician writer and so forth, do you feel compelled at some point to learn his or her sign? And if you do, does this influences in some way your enjoyment of his or her art?
I must confess this is what happens to me. Sometimes i just *need* to know the sign of an artist, to sort of complete the picture I am making of his or her art… but afterwards, i sometimes fear that I am now influenced, and biased by my possibly preconceived, partial idea of what that particular zodiac sign means to me. And maybe, to keep the experience pure, it was better if i didn’t know.
Hi Elsa, Thank you for welcoming me yesterday.
I have 3 planets in Capricorn (Sun/Merc/Venus) in the 8th. When I was younger I’d expect to come up short most of the time. Not so much anymore; aging has been good to me. So most of the time now, I feel lucky.
Thanks Elsa!
Great question, ico. I posted about it here: http://www.elsaelsa.com/astrology/2012/10/06/astrology-art-prejudice/
Always prepare and leave air space, room around me and my schedule in case of snafus. It’s become a habit to operate as such. I rarely expect anything good or bad because it zaps too much of my energy anymore. 1st house saturn. And with pluto squaring saturn I suppose I had to give up expectations sooner or later or frustrate myself to death.
I think I’ve got a healthy balance. Aries Sun/Venus assumes the best… Scorpio Moon is prepared for the worst.
I think its cuz Virgo that I am I wanna be absolutely prepared for the next crisis!
8th house Moon conjunct Pluto Scorpio… I really have to work at not thinking the skys gonna fall on me every 10 seconds… I want to assume the best in everyone and everything but its hard not to think everyones trying to “f*ck with me,” Haha pardon my French!
Maybe this should be my new Saturn resolution!
-Pepe
With all my Cap I always fear the worst to the extent I sometimes invite it. I’m pretty sure I’ve driven off a couple of men for that reason – it brings them down.
I’ve always been a ‘glass half empty’ person. I start dreading the end of the affair as soon as it’s started. I was distraught my dog would die before me, when she was still a couple of months old!
Elsa’s right: it can be very debilitating and has to be fought, constantly
I agree Blessed Place – and the idea the cup might just tip over…!!
I have been enduring Pluto directly on my Sun in 1st house so letting go and practising gratitude are now daily rituals I use to try and combat the self-sabotaging thoughts that still creep in from time to time.
But it ain’t easy!
I hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Run myself ragged flip-flopping between the two. Bite the bullet and either feel like an idiot or overly ecstatic. My Scorpio Mercury Rx likes to plan it all to the last detail.
I probably don’t assume the worst often enough. But I do remember having a scare recently. An envelope came in the mail and I thought, “Oh no, I’m being audited.” I panicked a little inside because I hadn’t filed taxes yet. Turned out to be nothing.
Jupiter is my only Capricorn placement. I don’t think that I always assume the worst. But, when the worst does happen (or the best for that matter) I always believe there is a higher purpose for it. I do, however, have a Scorpio Mercury in the 9th house that can be overly(jupiter/9th) paranoid (scorpio). THAT is where I have to work. I’m sure Saturn will deal with that within the next two years.
I’m not exactly sure how to transform that.
Somehow I manage to assume both the worst and the best. If I do not get either, I short-circuit.
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Yeah, I get that.
On the bright side, I’ve read somewhere that people who tend to play the worst scenarios on their head, are the ones who can react faster when things do go wrong. =)