Capricorn

The mountain-climbing goat. The tenth sign of the zodiac. In Hindu astrology, Makarar – and considered by the ancients to be the most important of all the signs. Is it possible the ancients recognized in the Winter Solstice the point of gravitation that controls the Sun’s orbit? Its symbol represents the figure by which the sign is often pictured – that of the forepart of a goat, with the tail of a fish – vaguely suggesting the mermaid. Sometimes also by the sea-goat, or dolphin. It is said to have a reference to the legend of the goat and the Sun gods.
The Sun is in Capricorn annually from December 22 to January 20. Astrologically and astronomically It is the first thirty degrees following the Winter Solstice, marked by the passing of the Sun over the Tropic of Capricorn and occupying a position along the ecliptic from 270° to 300°. It is the Leading quality of the Earth element: nega- tive, nocturnal, cold, dry, obeying.
Ruler: Saturn. Exaltation: Mars. Detriment: Moon. Fall: Jupiter.
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Symbolic interpretation: A goat with a fish’s tail, signifying extremes of height and depth; changes wrought by time; union of the Christian and Jewish religious dispensations. The sign of Initiation, of Cosmic Order and justice, wherein the Individuality is developed, and humanity fulfills its obligations to others.
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First Decan: Organization, coordination, a forerunner of better things; conciliates factions.
Second Decan: Martyrdom; dauntless, again and again it comes back for more; by indefatigable effort, scaling heights of success.
Third Decan: Idealism, natural ability to grasp high ideals, and to express them in concrete form; powerful imagination joined to intensive labor; draws knowledge from the infinite.
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0°…..The Galactic Center. The most important point in astrology. Cusp of the Twenty-Second Lunar Mansion. An ambitious degree.
2°…..Sight.
2°6′ 2°21’N (4) Polis, Mu Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mars) Keen perception, domination; ambition, success; horsemanship.
3°…..Medical.
4°…..Sleep and trance (4°-5°).
6°…..Analogy.
7°…..Unusual ability.
7°12′ 0°43’C (cl) Facies, 22m Sagittarii. (Sun Mars) Blindness or defective sight; illness; accidents. 9°…..Degree of history.
9°54′..Jupiter South Node.
10°….Memory. 11°….Religion.
11°16′ 3°26’S (2) Pelagus, Sigma Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mercury – Saturn Mercury) Optimism; veracity; a religious tendency.
12°….Cusp of the Twenty-Third Lunar Mansion. 12°31′ 7°10’S (3) Ascella, Zeta Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mercury) Happiness, good fortune.
13°52′ 0°52’N (4½) Manubrium, Omicron Sagittarii. (Sun Mars) Heroic, courageous, defiant; blindness from fire or explosion.
14°….Suicide.
14°12′ 61°44’N (1) Wega, Alpha Lyrae, a pale sapphire star in the lower part of the Lyre. (Venus Mercury – Jupiter trine Saturn in Part of Fortune) Beneficent, idealistic, hopeful, refined, changeable; grave, outwardly pretentious, but usually lascivious.
15°….Fall of Jupiter. A degree of duty.
16°….Degree of solid matter.
17°….Intellectual and governmental. 18°41′ 36°12’N (3) Deneb, Zeta Aquilae. (Mars Jupiter) Benevolent, liberal; ability to command; and a successful warrior.
19°34′.Pluto South Node.
21°….A scholarly degree.
23°….Governmental authority; music.
23°11′.Saturn South Node.
24°43′ 5°25’S (6) Terebellum, Omega Sagittarii. (Venus Saturn) Cunning, mercenary; a fortune, with a guilty conscience and unsavory reputation.
25°….Cusp of the Twenty-Fourth Lunar Mansion.
26°….Land and farming.
27°….Hair.
28°….Exaltation of Mars.
29°….Degree of collecting.

DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.