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December 22 – January 19 · The sea-goat

Capricorn

Long-term effort: ambition, structure and earning results.

  • Ambitious
  • Reliable
  • Reserved
Element
Earth
Mode
Cardinal
Ruler
Saturn
Opposite
Cancer
Body
Bones, knees and teeth
Degrees
270°–300°
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Strengths

What Capricorn does best

You plan for the long term and you get there. You are disciplined, responsible and quietly funny, and you improve with age.

Challenges

Where it trips up

Work can take over your rest, and you put feelings aside for later. You can be harder on yourself than anyone else is.

Love

Capricorn in love

You take love seriously. You show it by building a future together. You are slow to open up and deeply committed once you do.

Work

Capricorn at work

You do well in management, building and finance, anywhere with clear steps to progress. Success feels better when you share it.

Compatibility

Capricorn with the other signs

This uses Sun signs only, which is the simplest kind of compatibility. Tap a pair for love, friendship and work.

Easiest

Most challenging

Two of a kind

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What are Capricorn’s dates?

Capricorn season usually runs December 22 – January 19. In 2026 the Sun enters Capricorn on 21 December 2026 at 20:50 UTC and leaves on 20 January 2027. If you were born near a change of sign, your exact birth time and place decide your sign.

What element and mode is Capricorn?

Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign. Its ruling planet is Saturn.

Who is Capricorn most compatible with?

By sign alone, Capricorn’s easiest matches are Taurus, Virgo, Pisces. Its most difficult matches are Leo and Aries. Real compatibility depends on whole charts: the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising signs.

What is Capricorn’s opposite sign?

Cancer. Opposite signs have the same mode and elements that complete each other. Each sign has what the other one is learning.

What does it mean to have a Capricorn Moon or rising sign?

A Capricorn Moon has Capricorn feelings and needs (ambitious, reliable, reserved). A Capricorn rising shows these qualities to other people. Use the birth chart calculator to find yours.