symbol-capricorn.jpg Capricorn : Dec 22- Jan 19 Ruling Planet : Saturn, planet of limits, struggle, and restricts Element : Earth Symbol : Goat Gemstones : Garnet, Turquoise, Zircon, Peridot, Chalcedony, Black Opal, Tourmaline Magickal Birthstone : Garnet, attracts popularity, high esteem and true love. Spirit : Gnome Colors : Brown, Dark Green, Indigo Tree : Pine, Elm, Poplar Flowers & Plants : Carnation, Ivy, Thistle Metal : Lead Cities : Oxford, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Montreal Countries : Mexico, Afaganistan, India Lucky Day : Saturday Lucky Numbers : 2 & 8 Cardinal : Capricorn is reserved, prudent, patient, uses cunning instead of force, seeks security, is disaplines determinded and quick to sieze oppertunity. Negative : Feminine "experiences" "I USE" your goals achived To teach that love is wisdom and to learn that love is unselfishness. Challange : Sociability Gift : Steadiness Keywords : Prudent, Cool, Aspired, Restores, Calculating, Responsible, Effcient, Self- absorbed. Polarity : Cancer - Capricorn is the sign of governing, reputation, career, standing in the community. It's natives seek honor, praise and approval in the world at large, but tend to be emotionally reserved in personal relationships. Cancer the opposite sign, is the sign of domestic and home life, Cancers derive security from loved ones, closeness and family. Danger : Other people may harbor hidden grudges and resentments because of Capricorns coldness and reserve. Secrets from their past are often used against them. Ruled by the bones, joints and knees. They often have beautiful bone structure but they are subject to stiff joints, rheumatism and orthopedic prblems. These people are steady and true. They too are very concerned with "their public" and how they are seen by the public and others in general. Most of them have beautiful bone structure and are very defined. They are just friendly by nature! Often scared up from all the bumps and falls they will always clean up and look their best at ANY event. King of Rock & Roll is the best example. Their motovation is driven by the desire for money, success, postion and authority. Underneath the mask you wear are still other masks and it may take you a long time to discover the real you. The Capricorn is the ideal industrialist or merchant, letting no humanitarian concerns interfere with important business or money-making oppertunities. Capricorns habor powerful emotions that as Earth signs they find difficult to express. This sign can be very unimaginative, serious, and cautious when drawn into the world of materialism. Capricorns' greatest traits are their ability to heal and to have great visions. Their greatest downfall is being manipulative and deceitful. Capricorn is Cardinal Earth and the epitome of ambition. The sign Capricorn is ambition in its purest form. Utility with no frills. If the sign were the tires on your car, it would be black walls for sure! Capricorn is just down right serious stuff. It is the end of fun and frivolity. The absence of laughter and the confines of time. Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign frounded and serious. Someone who looks before they leap; and thinks out and methodically plans each move. Ambition, if taken to extremes by a Capricorn becomes, manipulation. This for sure is the negative side of Capricorn for they truly become master manipulators if this negative side is present in their personality. People born under the sign should always be aware of this energy. Self control and discipline are innate abilities for the earthy sign Capricorn and they actually are natural born bosses. They are the people whp reach for the top and eagerly want all the responsibilities that can be given to them. The born workaholic and the builders of the zodiac. At home climbing mountains or building an empire. Capricorn's are extremely careful i dealing with material things, and are the worrywarts of the zodiac. One thing a Capricorn sun should always work to cultivate is their sense of humor for it is easily lost among all the seriousness surrounding the Capricorn individual. Practical implementation of goals is a means of seeking a justification to the existence of the Capricorn, for life without a purpose isn't really a life for this practical earth sign. Spirit's attempt to bring about the perfect society, to create heaven on earth; making practical, efficient connections with other on the physicl plane; abitious, feels pride in accomplishments; concern with truth, reality, "hard facts"; relationship to authority. Serious, determined, disciplined, focused; needs to play more; fathering discipling love; authority figures; seeks certainies in life, wants things "cast in concrete"; the Buinessman. Concrene with the practical relationships to support yourself within society; not interested in "blue sky" ideas, needs to bring theory into concrete reality; "knowing the rules and playing the game"; making a niche in the world. Capricorn : The Goat - Practical and prudent; ambitious and disciplined, patient and careful, humorous and reserved. Pessimistic and fatalistic, miserly and grudging. Likes : Reliability, professionalism, knowing what you discuss, firm foundations, purpose. Dislikes : wild schemes, fanatasies, go-nowhere jobs, ignominy, ridicule. Your ruling planet is : Saturn Your color is : Brown Your starstone is : Black Onyx (Pentacles) Capricorn : Dec 22 - Jan 20 - red/brown The Snow Goose : Dec 22 - Jan 20 Date of Birth : December 24 - January 20 Animal : Stag Gaelic Name : Damh (Approximate pronunciation: Dav) Ruling Planet : The Sun Key Words : Independence, Majesty, Integrity, Pride Gift Quality or Ability : Sensitivity to other worlds, shape shifting, initiation, journeying Birthstone : Crystal Compatibility : Harmonious relations with the signs of adder and salmon. Will also relate well to the signs of seal, otter & goose.Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs. The Birch Tree : 24 December - 20 January To the druids, the Birch represented renewel and rebirth as it was the first tree in leaf after winter. Birch people are determined, resilient and ambitious. Good organisers, leaders and strategists, they are not deterred by setbacks, believing hard work, patience and persistance will triumph. They are loyal but reserved in showing affection. The Ruling Diety : The Celtic Warrior God Lugh, inventor of all arts and crafts, rules this sign. The Druic Animal : The white stag symbolises high ideals and aspirations. Birch people need a goal in life or they become depressed and pessimistic. Planetary Ruler : Sun Ogham Word : Beithe