Sun in Capricorn
What Sun in Capricorn means, the traditional facts behind it, and when the Sun is actually in Capricorn.
What Sun in Capricorn means
Your Sun in Capricorn builds identity through purpose and the long climb — you take responsibility seriously and pace yourself for the summit. Capricorn is an earth sign, so lasting results matter more than quick wins.
A sign placement reads the same in every house system.
These interpretations are drafted with software assistance and edited by our writers. Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science — take what's useful and leave the rest.
The sign: Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Saturn
Essential dignity
The Sun 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 the Sun is in Capricorn
The Sun is in Capricorn every year from about December 21 to January 20. The exact moments this year and next:
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2026, 20:50 | Jan 20, 2027, 07:29 |
| Dec 22, 2027, 02:42 | Jan 20, 2028, 13:21 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
See where the Sun falls in your own birth chart
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.