♑ Capricorn

Capricorn is the mountain of the zodiac — disciplined, ambitious and built for the long climb. It masters things slowly and carries real weight.

Capricorn at a glance

• DatesDecember 22 – January 19
• ElementEarth
• ModalityCardinal
• Ruling planetSaturn
• PolarityNegative
• ArchetypeThe Master / The Elder

What Capricorn is like

Capricorn is traditionally associated with ambition, discipline, mastery, responsibility, structure, patience, achievement. As a cardinal earth sign, it moves through the world in its own distinct way. A planet in Capricorn takes on this flavour — it expresses itself with Capricorn's pace and priorities. In the body it's linked to the knees, bones and skin.

Capricorn also touches

career, authority, structure, tradition, time, mastery, reputation, the long game.

A question to sit with

Whose approval are you still climbing toward — and is it yours?