Capricorn Horoscope for Today
A horoscope for Capricorn (December 22 – January 19) based on the actual positions of the planets. Its main part is the Moon: it moves into a new sign every two to three days and sets the theme of the day. The other planets move more slowly and show the background for the month and the year.
The Moon
Until 5:40 PM: in Libra, 10th house; from 5:40 PM: in Scorpio, 11th house.
Until 5:40 PM. The Moon is in the 10th house, the house of career and reputation. By tradition, you are in the public eye: work, your boss, your goals and how others judge you take center stage. A good day for business conversations and public matters; emotional reactions show more than you might like.
From 5:40 PM. The Moon is in the 11th house, the house of friends and hopes. By tradition, this is a day for groups, like-minded people and plans for the future: getting together with friends, shared projects, communities. A good time to ask for support.
Times shown are New York time (US Eastern, UTC−5). Planetary positions are from the JPL DE421 ephemeris. Houses are counted from the sign: the sign itself is the 1st house, the next one is the 2nd, and so on. Interpretations follow the rules of tradition; the text is the same for everyone of the same sign.
The other planets
- Sun — in Scorpio, 11th house
The Sun in the 11th house: a month of friends — groups, shared projects and plans for the future.
- Mercury — in Scorpio, 11th house retrograde
Mercury in the 11th house: time with friends and in communities, an exchange of ideas.
Mercury is retrograde right now. By tradition, this is a time to review and redo: old issues and people come back, and new contracts, trips and tech purchases are best planned with room to spare.
- Venus — in Libra, 10th house retrograde
Venus in the 10th house: favor from those above you, a good reputation, luck in work connected with beauty and the arts.
Venus is retrograde right now. By tradition, a time to return to past relationships and spending; anything new — a romance, big purchases, a wedding — is best started after it turns direct.
- Mars — in Leo, 8th house
Mars in the 8th house is, by tradition, a difficult placement: tension around shared money and debts, decisive changes.
- Jupiter — in Leo, 8th house
Jupiter in the 8th house: a year of shared money — loans, inheritance, a partner's income — and deep change.
- Saturn — in Aries, 4th house sign ruler retrograde
Saturn in the 4th house: worries about home and parents, renovations, responsibility for the family.
Saturn is retrograde right now — for about four and a half months a year. By tradition, a time to go back to unfinished obligations.
Houses for Capricorn
In a horoscope by sign, your sign counts as the 1st house, the one after it as the 2nd, and so on around the circle. For example, for Capricorn a planet in Cancer is in the 7th house, the house of partnership. Here are all the houses for Capricorn:
| House | Sign | Area of life |
|---|---|---|
| 1st House | Capricorn | self and well-being |
| 2nd House | Aquarius | money and possessions |
| 3rd House | Pisces | communication and short trips |
| 4th House | Aries | home and family |
| 5th House | Taurus | love, children, creativity |
| 6th House | Gemini | work and health |
| 7th House | Cancer | partners and contracts |
| 8th House | Leo | shared money and change |
| 9th House | Virgo | long journeys and study |
| 10th House | Libra | career and reputation |
| 11th House | Scorpio | friends and plans |
| 12th House | Sagittarius | rest and solitude |
Ruling planet
The ruler of Capricorn is Saturn. It takes about two and a half years to pass through a sign and sets the longest background for Capricorn: whichever house Saturn is in is where, by tradition, the work, the responsibility and the slow but solid results lie.
How to read this horoscope
The Moon is the day: look at which house it is in and whether it changes sign. The Sun shows the theme of the month (in the 1st house, your birthday month); Mercury, Venus and Mars set the background for several weeks, Jupiter and Saturn for a year or more.
Event times are shown by your device's clock, adjusted for your time zone. The “Yesterday” and “Tomorrow” buttons show the neighboring days.
This text is the same for everyone born under Capricorn — that is how a horoscope by sign works, and it has no proven predictive power. For an individual picture, see transits to your birth chart; for the character of the sign, see the Capricorn page.