Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat) is the tenth sign of the zodiac, for people born December 22 – January 19. It's a Cardinal Earth sign ruled by Saturn, known for discipline, ambition, and patience, with a talent for building lasting success step by step.

Dates

December 22 – January 19

Element

Earth

Modality

Cardinal

Ruling planet

Saturn

Symbol

The Sea-Goat

Strengths

Disciplined, Ambitious, Responsible, Patient

Challenges

Pessimistic, Rigid, Workaholic

Most compatible with

Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, Pisces

Capricorn personality & traits

Capricorn is the zodiac's achiever — disciplined, ambitious, and quietly determined. Ruled by Saturn, Capricorns play the long game, building success through patience, responsibility, and hard work. They're the mature, dependable ones who master whatever they set their minds to. The shadow is rigidity, pessimism, or defining themselves purely by achievement. At their best, Capricorn brings integrity, resilience, and the ability to turn ambition into lasting structure.

Capricorn in love & compatibility

In love, Capricorn is loyal, steady, and serious about commitment — it shows love through reliability and building a secure future together. It pairs naturally with the earth signs Taurus and Virgo, and with the water signs Scorpio and Pisces that soften its reserve. Its lesson is to let its guard down and make room for warmth alongside the goals.

Capricorn at work & career

Capricorn is the zodiac's natural executive: management, finance, law, engineering, and any field rewarding persistence and structure. Ambitious and dependable, Capricorn climbs steadily and delivers. Clear goals and a path to mastery bring out its considerable best.

Capricorn is only your Sun sign

Your Sun sign — Capricorn — describes your core identity, but it's only one part of your birth chart. Your Moon sign shapes your emotions, your Rising sign shapes how you come across, and the planets in their houses fill in the rest. That's why two Capricorn people can feel quite different.

On Zodigram you can generate your full natal chart from your birth date, time, and place — and read AI interpretations of every placement in your language, alongside your Human Design and Gene Keys.

What are the Capricorn zodiac dates?

Capricorn covers birthdays from December 22 – January 19. If you were born on the edge of these dates (on a "cusp"), your exact Sun sign depends on the year and time of birth, so it's worth checking your birth chart.

What element and ruling planet is Capricorn?

Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign ruled by Saturn. This combination shapes its core temperament — the Earth element gives its basic drive, and the Cardinal modality shapes how it acts.

Who is Capricorn most compatible with?

Capricorn tends to be most compatible with Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio and Pisces. That said, real compatibility depends on both people's full charts, not just their Sun signs.