Capricorn: Personality and Compatibility
A cardinal earth sign that begins at the winter solstice. Like a goat climbing a steep mountain step by step, Capricorn heads steadily for the summit.
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- Dates (approx.)
- 22 December – 19 January
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Keywords
- responsibility, achievement, persistence
- Body
- Bones and knees
- Lucky colors
- Brown and black
- Ecliptic longitude
- 270° – 300°
1.The Capricorn personality
Strengths
Responsible, you keep working steadily toward your goals. Realistic, you are a grown-up people can rely on.
Things to watch
So cautious you can turn pessimistic, and with work first you may forget to play.
2.Love and work
Love: You choose a steady relationship with a future over a fling. Capricorns grow more attractive with age.
Work: Management, government, construction, finance and traditional crafts: building a track record over the long term.
3.Signs that get along with Capricorn
The other earth signs (Taurus and Virgo) share your values, while the water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) bring out the best in you.
4.The dates shift a little each year
A sign begins at the moment the sun reaches 270° of ecliptic longitude, so the boundary moves by about a day from year to year. Exact dates in Japan Standard Time:
| Year | Capricorn (JST) |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Dec 22, 2026 5:50 – Jan 19, 2027 |
| 2027 | Dec 22, 2027 11:42 – Jan 19, 2028 |
If you were born on a boundary day, check with the Sun, Moon and Rising sign reading.
5.Not just the Sun sign: the Moon sign too
Horoscope columns use your Sun sign, but the sign the Moon was in when you were born shows your private face and how your feelings move. See also the basics of Western astrology.
6.One sign earlier in Indian astrology
Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24° behind the tropical one, so most people born as Capricorn are Sagittarius there. Read more in What is Indian astrology?