Capricorn Personality

Capricorn is a cardinal, earth sign, symbolized by a goat.  He rules the tenth house.

The Capricorn personality has a Cardinal Quality.
Cardinal Signs are the leaders of the zodiac.  They like to initiate projects and have quick thinking and decision making capabilities.  They are pioneering and Generally, their thinking is quick and make executive decisions easily.  Restless and active cardinal signs are ambitious and interesting in making their mark on the world.  They are creative, independent and forceful.  Each element has a cardinal sign making each cardinal sign unique.  Capricorns are the most ambitious of the zodiac and often make a name for themselves in the world.  The United States has had more Capricorn President’s than another other sign.

The Capricorn personality is an Earth Sign
This is a practical group of people that get things done extremely well.  They value solid foundations, structure and form.  If you want to build something from a business to a house, you want some earth signs involved.  They are very responsible action oriented often successful people.  They understand that you need a systematic plan that can be implemented and then they accomplish that plan step by step.  They are realists and like things that you can experience with your senses.  Capricorns value their reputation and their place in society.  You will often find them in government and positions of power.

Capricorn rules the Tenth House of reputation.  Capricorn interests here include:

• Ambition, status and public life
• Professional and business achievements,
• Honor, ego, ambition business,
• Paternal relationships and authority figures.
  
  

The Capricorn personality is ruled by Saturn.  Saturn is the great teacher of life’s important lessons.  Saturn can be a difficult task master and sometimes Capricorns can get a little heavy or pessimistic.  But they are often great heroes and responsible people who can rise to positions of power.  Capricorn’s are ambitious, honest, hard-working people by nature.  They are symbolized by the goat.  They are rugged, can climb very high hard to navigate terrain and they are very VERY stubborn.

Other Capricorn associations:
Planet:  Saturn
Symbol: Goat
Part of the Body:  Knees
Color:  Brown and earth tones
Stone: Sapphire
Plant: Lead

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