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Capricorn
December 22 – January 19
The long climb. Mastery as patience — the part of you that builds what outlasts the mood it was built in.
Element
earth
Modality
cardinal
Polarity
negative
Ruler
Saturn
Natural house
10th house
Body rulership
Bones, knees, joints, skin
Where Capricorn sits in the wheel
Axis partner · 180°
Cancer
The sign directly opposite. Every axis has a lesson: the way Capricorn’s instinct gets completed — or challenged — by Cancer’s.
earth triplicity
Capricorn · Taurus · Virgo
The three signs that share Capricorn’s elemental key. Trines form naturally between them — they move by the same logic even when they look nothing alike.
Decans — the sign in three acts
Each sign divides into three 10° decans, each with its own Chaldean planetary ruler. A Sun at 4° Capricorn lives in the first decan and takes a different colour from a Sun at 24°, even though both are Capricorn.
I
0° – 10°
Ruled by Jupiter
II
10° – 20°
Ruled by Mars
III
20° – 30°
Ruled by Sun
Planets that live here
Which bodies find their home, their honour, their friction, or their humbling when they fall into Capricorn. Hover any planet to open its reference page.
Rulership
At home in Capricorn. Strong, native, characteristic — though rulership is not always ease.
Detriment
In Capricorn, these planets work harder. What comes naturally at their home sign, comes via friction here.
Fall
The planet’s gifts show up quieter in Capricorn — sometimes inverted. Humility is the tuition.
How to use this reference
Practitioner facts above. Personal interpretation below.
The structured reference above — element, modality, ruler, natural house, body rulership, the one-line practitioner read — is what you need to ground your work with Capricorn. For how this sign shows up in yourchart specifically (Sun, Moon, or Rising, with the houses and aspects that modify it), bring the chart to a calibrated reading rather than a generic essay. That’s where the depth lives — in the specifics of your chart, not in another paragraph about the archetype.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. If you want to see how Capricorn actually sits in your sky, run your birth chart. The tool uses real ephemeris math and the interpretations already live in the Natal chamber.
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Tarot correspondences
Tarot cards classically attributed to this sign
In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, every Major Arcana card walks a zodiacal or planetary path on the Tree of Life, and every minor pip card carries a specific decan. The cards below are the Tarot keys that resonate with this sign’s energy.
Combinations with Capricorn
How Capricorn pairs with the other 11 signs
Your Sun is one of three foundational reference points in a chart. Pair it with each Moon, Rising sign, or partner’s sign for the full combinatorial reading. 36 reference pages below — pick the configuration that matches your chart or relationship.
Capricorn Sun + Moon (12 pairings)
Capricorn Sun + Rising (12 pairings)