Capricorns have the usual nine lives, but as with everything else, they are loathe to give them up. Your Capricorn is a little bit aloof most of the time, not because it disdains your company, but because it wants to make discoveries outside of its customary home. In its exploring, though, you’ll never have to worry that it will get itself into trouble. Capricorns are very pragmatic cats. They understand, for example, that climbing along the fence in view of your neighbor’s bloodthirsty dog is more daredevilish than brave, and they will accordingly avoid that situation (and anything similar). They won’t ever climb so far into a tree that they cannot get themselves down again, and they usually won’t be walking around underfoot while you are cooking with hot grease.

Although Capricorns like to maintain a schedule, they are patient enough to wait for food if things are running late. They may eventually grow a bit sour if left untended for some time, at least when it comes to those more basic needs, but they will eventually forgive you. That being said, many Capricorns are never the cuddliest of cats. Instead, they maintain a certain level of quirkiness around you. It always keeps the chuckles coming.

Whenever visitors come over, Capricorns will usually retreat to a safe spot where they can observe the proceedings. They are not timid and will not run away for the sake of running away, but if they have decided to stand back and watch events unfold, you won’t be able to coax them out with anything short of a salmon steak. It’s probably safe to feed your cat the occasional delicious morsel without raising its expectations in the food department, but use that as a reward instead of bribery. Be sure that cat-sitters and guests are aware of this, too. When your Capricorn eventually warms up to a visitor, it will expect your friend to maintain essentially the same attitude not only throughout the whole visit, but whenever he or she returns. If your aunt pampers your Capricorn whenever she comes over, your Capricorn will expect pampering. Because your cat is so patient, however, if she leaves without granting the same sort of attention at exactly the time your cat wants it, you will be the one left to deal with a grumpy feline.

As with humans, so with other pets: your Capricorn is slow to respond and swift to pigeonhole. Once Capricorns have determined how they want to respond to any new animal, they will always judge from that paradigm, even if later circumstances ought to change their approach. No matter its overall reaction to the animal, the Capricorn will tend towards the territorial. It hisses if another animal comes near its food or toys but sometimes feels that it is justified in going after another animal’s very same possessions. Your Capricorn is usually wise enough to know that it shouldn’t do that if the animal is particularly aggressive, but anything shy of posing an actual threat is fair game for a Capricorn’s caprice. Try to surround your cat with Tauri and Virgos—failing that, just be firm in your pampering.