Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19) - THE GOAT

is the cardinal/earth sign. Capricorns are natural goal setters. They willingly handle many tasks when it helps them get what they want. Many things are accomplished, because Capricorns always strive to reach higher goals. They need definitive guidelines. Rules and regulations provide the structure they need to establish their own behavioral patterns. They must learn, however, that the end never justifies the means.

 RULER: Saturn

 PHYSICAL CORRELATION: Bone system, knees, nails

 TAROT CORRESPONDENT: The Guardian

 ELEMENT: Earth

 QUALITY: Cardinal

 FEMININE

 COLOR: Gray

 NATURAL HOUSE: Tenth

 NATURAL HOUSE QUALITIES: Angular and substance

 KEYWORDS: cautious, hardworking

 PHRASE: "I use"

Capricorn is associated with the Greek myth of the goat Amalthea who provided the infant Zeus with milk. Zeus placed her in the sky to honor her (Catasterismi). Capricorn is also associated with the Greco-Roman god Cronus/Saturn and also sometimes the god Aristaeus. In Sumerian Mythology, Capricorn is sometimes associated with Enki.

Capricorn is an astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Capricornus. Under the tropical zodiac, Capricorn is occupied by the Sun from December 22 to January 19, and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from January 15 to February 12. The opposite sign to Capricorn is Cancer. Individuals born under this sign are thought to have an ambitious, patient, responsible, stable, trustworthy, shrewd and persistent character but one which is also prone to coldness, conservatism, rigidity, materialism, and dullness.