Sign 10 of 12 · Tropical zodiac
Capricorn
Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn. Initiative through structure. The emphasis is on organizing effort around responsibilities and longer-term aims.
Find Capricorn in my chart- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Traditional ruler
- Saturn
- Zodiac longitude
- 270° to <300°
Read Capricorn through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Capricorn
Sun in Capricorn is associated with building confidence through responsibility and sustained effort. Completing a demanding project can matter because it proves what you can do. The tension comes when achievement becomes the only way you recognize your own value.
Read the full Sun in Capricorn guideMoon in Capricorn
A Capricorn Moon is associated with feeling reassured by dependable actions and clear responsibilities. Knowing who will handle a difficult task can help more than a vague promise of support. Being capable does not remove the need to receive care.
Read the full Moon in Capricorn guideCapricorn rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Capricorn rising, Saturn is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Capricorn Sun concerns the identity developed through responsibility. A Capricorn Moon concerns the emotional use of structure. Someone can choose an unconventional career and still prefer dependable arrangements in close relationships. Their Sun and Moon do not have to emphasize the same kind of security.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Capricorn
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 285° is 15° Capricorn. At exactly 300°, the next sign, Aquarius, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Capricorn rising
The Ascendant degree in Capricorn starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Taurus and Virgo share the earth element. Cancer is opposite Capricorn in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:29:28.632Z.