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Signs · Beginner

Capricorn

Also called Capricorn sign

The tenth sign, beginning at the December solstice; astrologers associate it with ambition, structure and endurance.

Astrologers associate Capricorn with responsibility, strategy, reserve and long-term effort. Mars is traditionally exalted here. In the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Capricorn from about 22 December to 19 January, the exact moment varying by a day from year to year.

How it is worked out
Tropical longitude 270° to 300°; element earth, modality cardinal, polarity yin; traditional ruler Saturn.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Earth signs, Cardinal signs, Polarity, Zodiac sign, Saturn, Solstice

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