Mercury in Capricorn
What Mercury in Capricorn means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Capricorn.
The sign: Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Saturn
Essential dignity
Mercury holds none of the four major dignities in Capricorn: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Capricorn
Every stay of Mercury in Capricorn from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2026, 21:11 | Jan 20, 2026, 16:41 |
| Dec 25, 2026, 18:22 | Jan 13, 2027, 06:06 |
| Dec 18, 2027, 11:58 | Jan 6, 2028, 05:58 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.