Symbol: ♑
The glyph of Capricorn represents either the mountain goat with its curling horns or the mythical creature who is a goat above and a fish below.
Polarity: Negative
Modality: Cardinal
Duality: Feminine
Element: Earth
Favourable Colours: Dark green and brown
Lucky Gem: Onyx
Part of the Body: The Teeth, bones, joints, and knees: Capricorn natives often have beautiful bone structure, but they are subject to stiff joints, rheumatism, and orthopaedic problems.
Metal: Lead
Ruling Planet: Saturn
Key Phrase: I use
Opposite Sign: Cancer
Lucky Day: Saturday
Tarot Card: The Devil
In tarot, the card associated with Capricorn is The Devil. It represents facing challenges and breaking free from limitations, much like overcoming obstacles.
Positive Traits
Sense of responsibility; strives to achieve success, is able to work hard and with great perseverance in order to attain his goals. Never neglects obligations. Disciplined, and likes to help others become more disciplined. Overcomes obstacles with patience and dedication. Reliable. Interested in politics.
Negative Traits
Only acts to satisfy material interests. Cold, distanced, rigid. Difficulties in emotional life because of an inability to express feelings. Lives as he thinks “one is supposed to live” instead of taking his true needs into account; this may lead to loneliness, or even depression.
Somebody has to uphold tradition. Somebody has to follow the rules. For that matter, somebody has to write them. With sombre Saturn, the planet of structure, as your ruler, it may as well be you.
Capricorns are marked by a purposeful pursuit of their destiny. Your motivating force is desire for success, money, status, position, authority, and (though you may not realise it) for love.
You’re productive, responsible, competitive, and mature. You’re an adult — even as a child. Indeed, Capricorn often has a tough time as a youngster because you’re more serious than most people. You come into your own in adulthood, and you age beautifully. Although there may be occasional dips along the way, it’s a well-recognised phenomenon that the older you get, the happier you become. It’s the miracle of Capricorn.
You’re ambitious. Like the mountain goat that clambers over rocky terrain to reach the summit, you have your eye on a distant peak — and you’ve figured out a strategy for getting there. Patient, industrious, and thrifty, you bravely weather any difficulties you encounter along the way. Society depends on Capricorn because you have the ability to step outside of yourself, to consider the needs of others, and to develop realistic strategies for fulfilling those needs. You’re a natural leader.
Though you may panic internally during times of stress, externally you stay calm. Unlike other signs, you know how to apply self-discipline — and, unlike Virgo, you can do so without making a fetish of it. Your control is obvious in every cell of your body. You’re cool, reserved, dignified, and authoritative. As an earth sign, you see what needs to be done and you act expeditiously. And though you often have trouble loosening up, you have that earth-sign sensuality to indulge in. You respond to timeless art, true love, and the pleasures of the kitchen, the bedroom, and the boardroom — up to and including a nice fat investment portfolio. Say what you will, money does provide security.
How Others See You
You’re often seen as an irresistible force and an immovable object. People put you in charge because you’re decisive—you’re famous for having a great sense of realism. When others need a rational head in a crisis, they call on you. In personal relationships, some friends will stand in line to unload their problems on you; others avoid you because they think your outlook is too downbeat. Everyone agrees that it’s difficult to divert you from your course when you’ve set a goal. Some people feel that in order to find the real you they have to strip away layers of secrecy, but most understand that your aloofness stems from a deep sense of personal privacy.
