Capricorn ♑︎

Dates

December 22 to January 19

Element

Earth

Modality

Cardinal (starts things)

Ruler

Saturn

Lucky day

Saturday

Colour

charcoal

Birthstone

garnet

Capricorn personality

Capricorn climbs. The sea-goat is ambitious, disciplined and dryly funny, plays the long game and tends to get better, and more relaxed, with every decade.

Strengths: discipline, ambition, responsibility, patience.

Weaknesses: workaholism, pessimism, hiding feelings.

Capricorn in love

In love Capricorn is serious about it: slow to open up, then steady and loyal, with plans for the two of you five years ahead.

Capricorn at work

Capricorn is built for long careers: management, law, finance, architecture, politics and running their own business.

Best matches

Taurus 93%Virgo 93%Scorpio 84%

Capricorn compatibility with every sign

with Taurus93%with Virgo93%with Scorpio84%with Pisces83%Capricorn and Capricorn74%with Cancer71%with Aquarius60%with Sagittarius59%with Gemini57%with Leo56%with Libra50%with Aries49%

Scores are traditional astrology turned into numbers: the angle between the signs, their elements and their modalities. How we score.

Questions about Capricorn

What are the Capricorn dates?

Capricorn season runs from December 22 to January 19. If your birthday falls in that range, your sun sign is Capricorn. Boundary dates can shift by a day in some years.

What is Capricorn's element and ruling planet?

Capricorn is a earth sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Saturn. Earth signs build: practical, patient and loyal, sometimes stubborn.

What is the best match for Capricorn?

By our compatibility scores, Capricorn's best matches are Taurus (93%), Virgo (93%), Scorpio (84%). Any pairing can work: the scores are traditional astrology turned into numbers, for fun.

What are Capricorn's strengths and weaknesses?

Strengths: discipline, ambition, responsibility, patience. Weaknesses: workaholism, pessimism, hiding feelings.