Element: | Earth |
Quality: | Cardinal |
Color: | Brown, Black |
Day: | Saturday |
Most Compatible With: | Taurus, Cancer |
Lucky Numbers: | 4, 8, 13, 22 |
Date range: | December 22 - January 19 |
Strengths: Responsible, disciplined, self-control, good managers
Weaknesses: Know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending, expecting the worst
Capricorn likes: Family, tradition, music, understated status, quality craftsmanship
Capricorn dislikes: Almost everything at some point
People born in Capricorn zodiac or Capricorn ascendent (lagna) are physically thin and tall. With the Earth-centric principal zodiac sign, such people are the ones who are cautious for everything, they do saving, and fulfill things in a practical manner. They finish their work very slowly, but they end up with patience. There is no lack of confidence in them. The strength of each task is very strong. These are not generally optimistic. Such people are of Orthodox ideology. These people do not worry about problems in life. That is why they get suffused with the work done.
The marriage of these people is delayed. Their married life is not usually happy. These are disciplined, but speak more. Their nature is fierce. When they face failure in the work, they have inferiority complexes. They get annoyed when they tell their mistakes. Because of this, their nature is very stubborn. These often impose their talk on others.
Due to the sinful effects of sinister planets on ascendent, the people of this ascendent can become thieves, hoaxes, Junkers or 'grandfathers', but with good effect of planet aspect, they are honest and dutiful.
These people have selfishness. These change themselves in such the way other people do not understand them. These are good actors. They obtain money continuously, but it does not stay with them for longer.
The people of this ascendent are engineers, scientists, geologists, oil-businessmen, businessmen. Government jobs are also suitable for them.
Strengths – The greatest strengths of a Capricorn are his ambition, discipline and patience. With their ability to plan ahead and think of all necessary steps in their chase for a certain goal, they are often successful in their career path. Reliable and dedicated, these individuals often have trouble opening up to other people, but become trustworthy and stable in a relationship once they decide to be a part of it. With their endurance and patience, there is hardly anything that seems impossible.
Weaknesses – While they set extremely high goals for themselves, they often do so without the proper basis in their hearts. If they separate from their emotional needs and stay focused mainly on the image they will show to the rest of the world, they easily become unsatisfied, grumpy, and even angry at their circumstances, however successful they might get. The lack of compassion that comes as a product of their own, personal lack of satisfaction, leads to them becoming cold, distant and detached from others, while selfishly pursuing their goals with no regard to other people along the way. Their direction needs to be founded in their true personality, creativity and their hearts, in order for the rest of their life to have true quality.