Zodiac sign · element: Earth · quality: cardinal
Sign: Capricorn
Capricorn is a sign of earth and of a mountain climbed step by step. The tradition sees in it responsibility, persistence and thinking over long spans of time.
Strength
You can set goals years away and keep walking toward them long after others' enthusiasm has faded.
Cost
Duty easily takes up all the room. Rest and joy may be put off until a later that never comes.
Element: Earth
Earth is practicality, perseverance and what can be touched. Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn belong to it.
Quality: cardinal
The cardinal quality is beginning. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn open the seasons, and the tradition links them with initiative.
Planets in this sign
Sun
The tradition links the Sun in Capricorn with an identity built over years, through responsibility and consistency. Your self-confidence may grow with age, together with what you have managed to build.
Moon
The tradition links the Moon in Capricorn with feelings kept in check and a need to stay in charge of the situation. Calm may come to you from a plan and the sense that someone responsible is at the helm.
Mercury
The tradition links Mercury in Capricorn with matter-of-fact, orderly thinking aimed at results. You may say little, but every sentence has its purpose.
Venus
The tradition links Venus in Capricorn with serious affection, tested over time and shown through commitment. You may trust deeds more than declarations.
Mars
The tradition considers Mars in Capricorn especially strong. It links it with ambition, discipline and strength paced for the long distance.
Jupiter
The tradition links Jupiter in Capricorn with cautious growth, based on effort and proven steps. Your opportunities may grow with age and experience.
Saturn
Saturn in Capricorn stands in its own sign. The tradition links it with discipline, patience and the ability to build what will endure.
Uranus
The tradition reads Uranus in Capricorn as a generational theme: rebuilding structures, institutions and authority. You may want to change a system from within rather than only criticise it.
Neptune
The tradition reads Neptune in Capricorn as a generational theme: old structures dissolving and a dream of a new order. You may look for an ideal on which something lasting can be built.
Pluto
The tradition reads Pluto in Capricorn as a generational theme: the rebuilding of power, institutions and what used to pass for permanent. You may ask what authority really rests on.