Dec 21 – Jan 19
♑ Capricorn
Earth · Cardinal · ruled by Saturn
Playing a longer game than they let on.
- disciplined
- dry-humored
- ambitious
- self-reliant
Capricorns build quietly toward goals they mentioned once, years ago, and rarely announce a plan before it's already half finished. The dry humor is real, and so is the ambition underneath it.
Capricorn in love and at work
In love
Capricorn takes love seriously and builds it the way they build everything: slowly, on solid ground. They are rarely showy, but once they trust you they are committed, dependable and quietly romantic.
At work
Capricorn is made for long-term goals: management, business, finance, law and public service. They climb steadily and are often the one trusted to run things.
Who Capricorn gets along with
Water signs, a natural complement: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Sun signs are only one part of compatibility. Our Saju pairing compares both full birth charts.
Those dates aren’t fixed
Dec 21 – Jan 19 is the usual printed range, but the Sun crosses into Capricorn at a different hour every year, sometimes a full day earlier or later. If your birthday sits at either end of that range, check it properly rather than trusting the table.
Check my exact sign (free)The other eleven
Same birthday, different system: your Chinese zodiac animal.
The other chart
Why two Capricorns can be so different
A sun sign uses one fact about your birth. Saju, the Korean birth chart, uses the year, month, day and hour, and weighs them as five elements. That is why two Capricorns born a week apart can come out very differently.
See my Saju chart (free)