Capricorn is the sign of people born roughly between 22 December and 19 January. It is ruled by Saturn, the planet of duty, patience and maturity. Capricorn is associated with ambition, perseverance and common sense, and in love with seriousness, loyalty and constancy. Below you will find a general portrait of the sign, a birthday horoscope for each day, and a description of how Capricorn loves and what it needs in a relationship.
Capricorn’s character in a nutshell
People born under Capricorn are prudent, firm and ambitious. They can be pleasant company, friendly, kind and trustworthy. They value freedom and independence. Sometimes they attach too much importance to other people’s appearance and status, and they can also be proud and a little conceited. They are convinced that anything can be done – and they often prove it.
Capricorns not infrequently change jobs, but they can rise to senior positions and well-deserved recognition. They should remember, however, not to let their career and moneymaking overshadow matters of the heart. In relationships they tend to overanalyse, which creates extra problems for them.
Capricorn birthday horoscope – day by day
Each day of the sign adds slightly different accents to the Capricorn portrait. Here are short profiles of people born on each individual day.
22 December – People with great ambitions in life and a creative mind. They size up situations quickly. They can be jealous when others are doing better. They are excitable and should watch how they express their emotions.
23 December – They often achieve great financial success, but pay for it with loneliness. They are very persistent and consistent. With others, even those closest to them, they can be cold – they wear a mask of indifference, although inside they feel very deeply.
24 December – They have a talent for invention. They are truthful and noble towards others. They often change their views and ideas. They lack perseverance, and setbacks easily dampen their enthusiasm.
25 December – They have many passions that stay with them all their lives. They can foresee how events will unfold. They do not like judging others – they prefer to look at themselves. At work they are persistent and ambitious. They can be slow to communicate and withdrawn.
26 December – Very active people with many talents, mainly artistic. They can achieve a great deal relying only on their own strength. They know how to focus at the most important moments. They can be talkative and inclined to embellish their stories.
27 December – They act decisively and can be hot-tempered in conflicts. With others they can be subtle and affectionate. They bear grudges and are stern and brusque, but at heart they are well disposed towards people.
28 December – They know how to achieve the goals they set and have great practical talents. They amaze others with their perseverance and wit. However, they can be selfish and greedy, and in relationships not very approachable.
29 December – They have a very strong character and a clear drive towards their goals. These are decisive, ambitious people who take their duties very seriously. Intuition plays an important role for them. They often put themselves first and can be capricious, spiteful and even vindictive.
30 December – Serious, dutiful people. They can concentrate, believe in their own strength and are patient. They look critically at themselves and others. They are consistent in their convictions and devoted and faithful in love.
31 December – Blessed with courage and enterprise. In pursuing their goals they can be stubborn and dogged. In love they are loyal, affectionate and faithful. In a shared life they bring a sense of humour and wit, but also tenderness and subtlety.
1 January – Those born on this day are ambitious and level-headed. They have a worldly wisdom earned through hard work. They are consistent and patient, with the makings of an important role in public life. However, they can be obstinate and hold grudges.
2 January – Intelligent people with a trusting attitude to life, full of lofty ideas. They are cautious and at the same time shrewd. They have many friends, but should not get too involved in their affairs at the expense of their own lives.
3 January – Exceptionally enterprising, they strive to dominate their surroundings. They are very ambitious and have tremendous energy, which allows them to achieve their goals. They should, however, beware of careerism and excessive attachment to possessions, which can turn into deviousness and possessiveness.
4 January – Decisive, ambitious and imaginative. They analyse their options carefully, and once they decide to act, they do so with faith in success. They are witty and fair, although others do not always see them as sincere.
5 January – They have great potential to achieve ambitious goals. They can concentrate and are decisive and consistent. They easily impose their will on others. They should be careful about criticising other people, as this can weaken their authority.
6 January – People with a creative mind and an inventive streak. They are modest and understanding towards others. They are serious both at work and in family life. Thanks to their great personal charm, they have many friends.
7 January – Individualists with broad horizons, bold in carrying out their plans and patient. They should, however, check that their ambitions are not set too high.
8 January – Brave, combative and consistent. They often hold senior management positions. They abide by accepted rules. In friendship and love they are faithful and affectionate. However, they lack calm – they are quick to anger.
9 January – They are usually sensitive, with a rich imagination and a somewhat unrealistic view of life. They often succeed in the humanities. They have changeable moods that they find hard to control. They can be impulsive and are not always sincere.
10 January – They trust no one and rely only on themselves. They cannot stand anyone trying to dominate them. They are persistent, undeterred by difficulties and do not give in to pressure – it is said of them that they will always manage. However, they can be brusque and haughty, and so easily lose acquaintances.
11 January – They often manage to carry out their plans. They are enterprising and curious about the world. At times they slip into vanity, go through periods of low spirits and find it hard to trust people. Living with them requires patience – only patient people manage to awaken deep feelings in them.
12 January – Those born on this day are subtle and creative. They often fall into melancholy, but they can be brilliant. They can succeed in many fields, though their sensitivity sometimes makes it hard for them to reach the top.
13 January – Hard-working and persistent, they like precision, even to the point of pedantry. They have a penetrating mind and are good judges of people. In their dealings with others they are subtle and gentle. They have an excellent memory – they remember wrongs and favours alike.
14 January – They think logically and try to reach their goals as quickly as possible. They are well liked, sensitive and very affectionate. All their lives they are very popular with the opposite sex, although they do not always know themselves what they expect from love.
15 January – Blessed with outstanding intelligence. They analyse situations quickly and find original solutions, and their ingenuity helps them day to day. They have a rich emotional life and experience many infatuations and true loves. Home and family always come first for them.
16 January – They usually lead interesting, eventful lives and go far. Their creative, open mind means they rarely stagnate. They are cautious in action and do not commit until they have tested the waters. Their flaws can be self-centredness and selfishness.
17 January – They have a rich inner life. They are idealists prepared to make sacrifices. Many of their ideas are spot on, but they sometimes make unrealistic plans, and an overactive imagination occasionally exposes them to ridicule.
18 January – Worthy, ambitious people. They are kind to others and have sincere intentions; in everyday life they are modest and straightforward. They are not always popular with those around them, because they can be brusque and gloomy.
19 January – Creative, original people. They know what they want from life and they get there. They take many things very seriously. They are ambitious, patient and composed, which quickly brings them closer to success. However, they attach too much importance to their career, and their excessive ambitions rob them of the joy of what they have already achieved.
Capricorn in love and relationships
Most Capricorns are serious people who take love and intimacy seriously. Light flirtations and fleeting affairs rarely satisfy them – Capricorn wants to experience love in the fullest sense of the word. If it does have an affair, it is usually with someone older or of a higher social standing.
A single Capricorn should take care not to rush into a relationship that turns out to be toxic after a long spell without a partner. It often uses time alone to analyse its own needs and build its self-esteem – and then consciously looks for a strong and loving partner. What puts it off most is possessiveness and pushiness on the other person’s part.
In long relationships Capricorn can be very loyal to family and home – sometimes so much so that it fails to notice that it is not happy itself. It also happens that the relationship, though stable, slips into routine. The best remedy then is understanding and acceptance: talking about both partners’ needs lets Capricorn refresh the relationship instead of staying in it out of habit.
The Capricorn man – strengths and weaknesses
What attracts him
The Capricorn man has both feet firmly on the ground and approaches life, the world and love with common sense. He does not believe in love at first sight – he thinks you have to get to know someone well before you start planning a future together. Coquetry does not appeal to him. He values people with passion, interests of their own and character. He regards fleeting affairs as a waste of time.
What he is like in intimacy
Winning his trust takes time, but once you do, he turns out to be a passionate and caring partner. He pays attention to detail and wants his partner to feel special with him and to be happy in every area of their life together.
What he is like in a long-term relationship
He makes an excellent husband – very faithful and loyal. Having chosen his partner, he regards her as his ideal and sees no need to test anything. He believes in his own abilities, so he has nothing to prove to himself or anyone else. He is very ambitious and looks after his career in order to give his family a stable life. Men of this sign are practical and consistent and often reach the top in business.
His weaker points
He loves a settled way of life, so things with him can be predictable – spontaneous ideas are not his strong point, and a plan of action is essential. He can be stubborn, conservative and focused on his own comfort. He is easily offended, and once hurt he sulks for a long time and returns to old grievances. What hurts him most is having his intelligence and ambitions belittled, being compared with others, or hearing it suggested that his achievements are simply a matter of luck.
The Capricorn woman
Capricorn women are capable, faithful and likeable. They value home and order, are good housekeepers and hospitable. From the outside they may seem more firm than gentle, and they are guided more often by reason than by intuition, but in close relationships they are devoted and trustworthy partners.
Who makes a good match for Capricorn?
According to the traditional description of the sign, the best match for Capricorn is another Capricorn – two people with a similar sense of duty and similar goals easily find common ground. A full picture of compatibility, however, only comes from comparing both partners’ complete horoscopes.
Capricorn symbols
- Ruling planet: Saturn
- Lucky stone: garnet
- Colour: green
- Day of the week: Saturday
First published (Polish original): 7 January 2011. Written by astrologers and esoteric specialists working with our editorial team; edited and translated for HOROSCOP.SPACE. © All rights reserved.
