December 22nd – January 19th
You are a builder. You are responsible. You are ambitious. There is no job too big. When someone wants it done right, they call on you, Capricorn. You strive to excel in everything you do and work to reach peak results in the goals you set in life. There is a great need to identify your function within society, and to actualize the potential of that role. Those who have mastered the lessons of self-determination and self-discipline can realize meaningful social positions and status. Self-mastery feeds the very heart of your soul.
Element: Earth
Quality: Cardinal
Color: Brown, Black
Day: Saturday
Ruler: Saturn
Greatest Overall Compatibility: Taurus, Cancer
Lucky Numbers: 4, 8, 13, 22
Strengths: Responsible, disciplined, self-control, good managers
Weaknesses: Know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending, expecting the worst
Capricorn likes: Family, tradition, music, understated status, quality craftsmanship
Capricorn dislikes: Almost everything at some point
Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Belonging to the element of Earth , like Taurus and Virgo, this is the last sign in the trio of practicality and grounding. Not only do they focus on the material world, but they have the ability to use the most out of it. Unfortunately, this element also makes them stiff and sometimes too stubborn to move from one perspective or point in a relationship. They have a hard time accepting differences of other people that are too far from their character, and out of fear might try to impose their traditional values aggressively.
Saturn is the ruling planet of Capricorn, and this planet represents restrictions of all kinds. Its influence makes these people practical and responsible, but also cold, distant and unforgiving, prone to the feeling of guilt and turned to the past. They need to learn to forgive in order to make their own life lighter and more positive.
Capricorn – the Goat of Fear A goat with the tail of a fish is created to face fear and create panic. It is the sign of decisions made to be protected from monsters in our minds, lives, and immediate physical surrounding. Always ready to transform into something that scares those scary things off, Capricorn speaks of each natural chain reaction of fear, where one scary thing leads to many others, rising up as defensive mechanisms that only make things worse. Immersed in their secrecy, they face the world just as they are – brave enough to never run away, but constantly afraid of their inner monsters.
It is not easy to win over the attention and the heart of a Capricorn, but once their walls break and their heart melts they stay committed for a lifetime. Their relationships with other signs can be challenging due to their difficult character, but any shared feeling that comes from such a deep emotional place is a reward for their partner’s efforts. Shown sensitivity comes through acts rather than words, and years are often needed for them to open enough to chat about their actual emotional problems.
Turned to their personal goals, whatever they might be, Capricorns can lack compassion and emotion when relating to their loved ones. The certain ease of a “normal” life is something they will give with full devotion, and their partner will be able to rely on them, use them as a stepping stone for any personal endeavor, and have a lasting bond with a constant tendency of growth. Still, this isn’t someone willing to compromise much, and seems to have the need to create a problem only to resolve it or feel bad that it was never resolved before.
Capricorn might be a stiff Earth sign, set in their way, but this makes them a perfect match for certain signs of the zodiac
Belonging to the element of Earth , like Taurus and Virgo, this is the last sign in the trio of practicality and grounding. Not only do they focus on the material world, but they have the ability to use the most out of it. Unfortunately, this element also makes them stiff and sometimes too stubborn to move from one perspective or point in a relationship. They have a hard time accepting differences of other people that are too far from their character, and out of fear might try to impose their traditional values aggressively.
Saturn is the ruling planet of Capricorn, and this planet represents restrictions of all kinds. Its influence makes these people practical and responsible, but also cold, distant and unforgiving, prone to the feeling of guilt and turned to the past. They need to learn to forgive in order to make their own life lighter and more positive.
Capricorn – the Goat of Fear A goat with the tail of a fish is created to face fear and create panic. It is the sign of decisions made to be protected from monsters in our minds, lives, and immediate physical surrounding. Always ready to transform into something that scares those scary things off, Capricorn speaks of each natural chain reaction of fear, where one scary thing leads to many others, rising up as defensive mechanisms that only make things worse. Immersed in their secrecy, they face the world just as they are – brave enough to never run away, but constantly afraid of their inner monsters.
It is not easy to win over the attention and the heart of a Capricorn, but once their walls break and their heart melts they stay committed for a lifetime. Their relationships with other signs can be challenging due to their difficult character, but any shared feeling that comes from such a deep emotional place is a reward for their partner’s efforts. Shown sensitivity comes through acts rather than words, and years are often needed for them to open enough to chat about their actual emotional problems.
Turned to their personal goals, whatever they might be, Capricorns can lack compassion and emotion when relating to their loved ones. The certain ease of a “normal” life is something they will give with full devotion, and their partner will be able to rely on them, use them as a stepping stone for any personal endeavor, and have a lasting bond with a constant tendency of growth. Still, this isn’t someone willing to compromise much, and seems to have the need to create a problem only to resolve it or feel bad that it was never resolved before.
Capricorn might be a stiff Earth sign, set in their way, but this makes them a perfect match for certain signs of the zodiac
FRIENDS - Capricorn is intelligent, stable and reliable, and this makes its representatives loyal and extremely good friends, standing in one’s life as pillars on their way to their dreams. They need to be surrounded by people who don’t ask too many nosey questions, know where boundaries are set, but also warm, open-hearted and loyal enough to follow their lead. They will not collect too many friends in this lifetime, but turn to those who make them feel at peace, intelligent and honest at all times.
FAMILY – This is a sign with full understanding for family traditions. Capricorns feel connected to every single thing from their past and their childhood, and loves bringing out these memories whenever a season of holidays or birthdays is near. This is a sign of a typical conflict one has over dominance in their household, with their father being and extremely important figure in the way this person built their self-image over the years. As parents they tend to be strict but fair, readily taking on responsibilities that come with a child.
THE HISTORY - The sign of Capricorn is not the same thing as the constellation Capricornus. They do not coincide and all of the stars from the constellation Capricornus are currently in the sign of Aquarius. The sign of Capricorn takes the tenth 30 degrees of the zodiacal circle, and begins with the first day of winter. This is a cardinal sign, meaning it marks the beginning of the season and the change it brings with it. The constellation Capricornus marked the winter solstice in the Early Bronze Age, for the Sun was in it when winter began until 130 BC.
The name of this constellation is Latin for “horned goat” or “goat horn”, and it is depicted as a sea-goat, a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish, bringing our attention to its tail with the brightest star in the constellation in it. The tail itself symbolically represents the past, our debts and what we are dragging from our past. The constellation is the smallest of all zodiacal constellations, and it is set in the area of the sky called “Sea” that consists of many water-related constellations such as Pisces and Eridanus.
Capricornus was listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolomy, but prior to this listing, it was one of the constellations oldest known to men, despite its faintness. It was represented as a hybrid of a goat and a fish since the Middle Bronze Age, with the first attested depictions dated around the 21st century BC. In Babylonian star catalogues it was recorded as “The Goat-Fish” before 1000 BC.
It is interesting that the planet Neptune was discovered in the constellation Caprcornus, near Deneb Algedi, the brightest star in the tail of the goat, on September 23, 1846. The link between Capricorn and Pisces seems to be incredibly strong, especially when you consider the symbolism of the creatures and all the stories regarding Capricorn and Capricornus.
THE MYTH - The myth of Capricorn is connected to Pan, the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds and rustic music. He had goat legs and the musical instrument he played, the panpipes, telling a special love story of a woman who feared her courtier, running away from his compliments. One of the stories of Pan speaks of a gathering of gods that was interrupted by Typhon, the monstrous giant. Out of fear, all of the gods changed shape, while Pan jumped into the river Nile, turning his legs into a tail of the fish, and his torso to a goat, to confuse the monster and scare it away with his appearance.
The important story hidden behind Capricorn is the one in which Zeus was helped by a goat that invented the scary horn called “panikos”, on his mission to defeat the Titans. The horn was discovered in the sea, and this explains the fishtail that was given to the goat, while the horn must have been a shell that made a sound to force all the Titans to scatter, panicked. When Titans were finally defeated by the Olympians and sent to the Underworld, each day as the night fell, there was a sense of fear that the Titans will rise on the horizon.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAPRICORN MYTH AND THE CAPRICORN ZODIAC SIGN - The word “panic” is derived from the name of god Pan, or actually from panikos, the instrument with a sound that made the Titans scatter away. Each version of the myth connected to the sign of Capricorn and its corresponding constellation is mainly about fear. This is fear that makes people change shape, and pretend to be what they are not. This is fear that grabs everyone around a person, forcing them to inflict pain.
We can see a woman, running away from the compliments of a man, but also a woman who fears a man with a strange appearance that startles her in a dark place while she is alone. We can recognize the power of fear that creates even more fear, as Pan turns into a monster himself, in order to scare away Typhon. In addition, we can see all sorts of problems with the lower half of one’s body. The fear in these stories never fades, and it is there even when the battle is over, in expectance of the enemy to return.
FRIENDS - Capricorn is intelligent, stable and reliable, and this makes its representatives loyal and extremely good friends, standing in one’s life as pillars on their way to their dreams. They need to be surrounded by people who don’t ask too many nosey questions, know where boundaries are set, but also warm, open-hearted and loyal enough to follow their lead. They will not collect too many friends in this lifetime, but turn to those who make them feel at peace, intelligent and honest at all times.
FAMILY – This is a sign with full understanding for family traditions. Capricorns feel connected to every single thing from their past and their childhood, and loves bringing out these memories whenever a season of holidays or birthdays is near. This is a sign of a typical conflict one has over dominance in their household, with their father being and extremely important figure in the way this person built their self-image over the years. As parents they tend to be strict but fair, readily taking on responsibilities that come with a child.
THE HISTORY - The sign of Capricorn is not the same thing as the constellation Capricornus. They do not coincide and all of the stars from the constellation Capricornus are currently in the sign of Aquarius. The sign of Capricorn takes the tenth 30 degrees of the zodiacal circle, and begins with the first day of winter. This is a cardinal sign, meaning it marks the beginning of the season and the change it brings with it. The constellation Capricornus marked the winter solstice in the Early Bronze Age, for the Sun was in it when winter began until 130 BC.
The name of this constellation is Latin for “horned goat” or “goat horn”, and it is depicted as a sea-goat, a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish, bringing our attention to its tail with the brightest star in the constellation in it. The tail itself symbolically represents the past, our debts and what we are dragging from our past. The constellation is the smallest of all zodiacal constellations, and it is set in the area of the sky called “Sea” that consists of many water-related constellations such as Pisces and Eridanus.
Capricornus was listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolomy, but prior to this listing, it was one of the constellations oldest known to men, despite its faintness. It was represented as a hybrid of a goat and a fish since the Middle Bronze Age, with the first attested depictions dated around the 21st century BC. In Babylonian star catalogues it was recorded as “The Goat-Fish” before 1000 BC.
It is interesting that the planet Neptune was discovered in the constellation Caprcornus, near Deneb Algedi, the brightest star in the tail of the goat, on September 23, 1846. The link between Capricorn and Pisces seems to be incredibly strong, especially when you consider the symbolism of the creatures and all the stories regarding Capricorn and Capricornus.
THE MYTH - The myth of Capricorn is connected to Pan, the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds and rustic music. He had goat legs and the musical instrument he played, the panpipes, telling a special love story of a woman who feared her courtier, running away from his compliments. One of the stories of Pan speaks of a gathering of gods that was interrupted by Typhon, the monstrous giant. Out of fear, all of the gods changed shape, while Pan jumped into the river Nile, turning his legs into a tail of the fish, and his torso to a goat, to confuse the monster and scare it away with his appearance.
The important story hidden behind Capricorn is the one in which Zeus was helped by a goat that invented the scary horn called “panikos”, on his mission to defeat the Titans. The horn was discovered in the sea, and this explains the fishtail that was given to the goat, while the horn must have been a shell that made a sound to force all the Titans to scatter, panicked. When Titans were finally defeated by the Olympians and sent to the Underworld, each day as the night fell, there was a sense of fear that the Titans will rise on the horizon.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAPRICORN MYTH AND THE CAPRICORN ZODIAC SIGN - The word “panic” is derived from the name of god Pan, or actually from panikos, the instrument with a sound that made the Titans scatter away. Each version of the myth connected to the sign of Capricorn and its corresponding constellation is mainly about fear. This is fear that makes people change shape, and pretend to be what they are not. This is fear that grabs everyone around a person, forcing them to inflict pain.
We can see a woman, running away from the compliments of a man, but also a woman who fears a man with a strange appearance that startles her in a dark place while she is alone. We can recognize the power of fear that creates even more fear, as Pan turns into a monster himself, in order to scare away Typhon. In addition, we can see all sorts of problems with the lower half of one’s body. The fear in these stories never fades, and it is there even when the battle is over, in expectance of the enemy to return.
MINERALS & GEMS - For Capricorn, the crystals that are connected with your astrology sign are Garnet (your power stone), Azurite, Turquoise, Rutilated Quartz and Quartz Crystal. These crystals for Capricorn were carefully chosen just for you, Capricorn. They will help to enhance your strengths and assist in your soul’s evolution. Garnet is a revitalizing gemstone that brings serenity by extracting negative energy from the chakras. Azurite is known as the gemstone of Heaven, stimulating the pursuit of the heavenly self. Turquoise cleanses and stimulates the throat chakra, helping you to express yourself. Rutilated Quartz calms your nerves and activates unconditional love. Quartz Crystal dissolves all the energy blockages within your body so energy can flow smoothly.
Your birthstones are a major power source. Wearing your Capricorn jewelry, or having the crystals for Capricorn, in your environment will bring you many blessings!