Saturn in Capricorn
What Saturn in Capricorn means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Saturn is actually in Capricorn.
The sign: Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Saturn
Essential dignity
Saturn rules Capricorn. This is its home sign, or domicile, where the tradition sees it working most freely and most in character.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Saturn is in Capricorn
Every stay of Saturn in Capricorn between 1900 and 2100, useful for checking a birth year.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1900 | Jul 18, 1900 |
| Oct 17, 1900 | Jan 19, 1903 |
| Mar 15, 1929 | May 5, 1929 |
| Nov 30, 1929 | Feb 24, 1932 |
| Aug 13, 1932 | Nov 20, 1932 |
| Jan 5, 1959 | Jan 3, 1962 |
| Feb 13, 1988 | Jun 10, 1988 |
| Nov 12, 1988 | Feb 6, 1991 |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Mar 22, 2020 |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Dec 17, 2020 |
| Jan 24, 2047 | Jul 11, 2047 |
| Oct 22, 2047 | Jan 21, 2050 |
| Dec 3, 2076 | Feb 28, 2079 |
| Aug 2, 2079 | Nov 27, 2079 |
Dates in UTC, to the day: a slow planet takes hours to cross a sign boundary.
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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.