Sun in Capricorn – What Others Won’t Tell You About Your Capricorn Zodiac Sign (Significance, Characteristics, Personality)

by Dawn Rose

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Welcome my dear Sun in Capricorn person and be prepared to be blown away by the new perspective you are about to gain about your Capricorn Sun sign!

I am here to talk to you about the true significance of your Sun in Capricorn placement, because it represents the pure essence of your being, your life force, and the hidden potential that you are meant to fully unfold and take advantage of in this lifetime.

Let me start with this:

Yes, I am fully aware that you might not be resonating with your Capricorn zodiac sign and you might be looking for answers why that may be.

Yes, I am here to help you gain new depth into your Sun in Capricorn placement, which is going to give you a much more profound and well-rounded understanding of your personality and your biggest strengths and weaknesses.

Yes, I am going to provide the resources and explanation needed for you to understand what is the true role of your Capricorn zodiac sign and how it fits with your Moon and Rising sign placement.

Sun in Capricorn – Why This Is The Most Important Placement In Your Horoscope

Also check out all about Capricorn Rising

Each of the planets in our horoscope represents a certain type of energy that flows within us. A very specific type of energy that shapes different aspects of our personality.

The science of astrology is built on the assumption that we, as human beings are a mini-representation of the universe itself, and that we experience the influences of all 10 planets within us – through our life and consciousness.

Now think about the role of the Sun in our solar system – it is the only celestial body that shines with its own light. It is the ultimate force that gives light, warmth, and life to ALL other planets and forms of life.

It is a never-ending creative source that nourishes and lights up the whole solar system!

This is why, although it is correct when modern astrologers say we need the whole natal chart drawn up in order to fully understand and comprehend one’s personality, we cannot belittle the significance of the Sun, and put it on the same plane as our Moon and Rising signs.

The correct approach would be to understand the more profound meaning of your Sun in Capricorn placement and to consciously strive to live by its higher manifestations.

Learn all the higher and lower manifestations of your zodiac sign plus the fullest, most exhaustive list of keywords, describing each planet, zodiac sign, and house by Downloading the Fast Track To Astrology Cheatsheets.

Sun in Capricorn – Let’s Start With THE SUN

Also see The True Moon Sign Meaning

The Sun is the central figure in the solar system, the source of light and heat.

Light – figuratively and literally – gives us an opportunity to see and comprehend the world.

This is why your Sun in Capricorn placement is the equivalent of your consciousness. It is the pure source of your vitality and life-force.

If you better connect with the true meaning of your Sun in Capricorn placement, you will be able to literally improve the quality of your life and your well-being.

You will be able to accumulate more life force, which you can put into each of your endeavors in life!

Your Sun in Capricorn placement supports your life and your psyche, your, perception, your will, and actions.

The Sun ‘charges’ all other planets in your natal chart with energy. As a main driver of your conscious creative energies, its placement by sign, by house, and the aspects it makes with other planets are all truly significant.

Your Sun Placement represents:

Also Check out all about Moon in Capricorn

– Your will, ambitions and desires. Aspiration to impose yourself in life, to succeed, to realize yourself.

– The principle of power over yourself and over the forces that govern your life.

– Symbolizes the image of the father in a horoscope. It also embodies the image of powerful male figures in your life.

– Indicates the general vital forces of the body and temperament in general.

– Responsible for the heart and spine.

– Your own right to choose your own path, and not being thrown into different directions by outer circumstances.

– Shows how harmoniously or problematically your spirit will manifest itself

Little-Known Facts About Your Sun in Capricorn Placement

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Your Sun in Capricorn placement is the solar center in your horoscope, which is active; it is like a spring that flows and does not depend on other forces.

There are personality traits, connected with your Sun in Capricorn placement that cannot be changed through upbringing, education or experiences.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES WITH YOUR MOON PLACEMENT!

Your Moon placement is something that you can ‘work on’ and adapt as your mature and you grow up.

Every action that you initiate independently comes out of your Sun in Capricorn placement – this is the most independent power in you! Only the Spirit can have free will.

Each planet has four levels of human personal development.

The 4 Keys To Happiness Your Sun In Capricorn Placement Gives You:

1. Your Sun in Capricorn shows the path you must take to develop a healthy ego and feeling of individuality. 2. By developing the positive and constructive qualities of your Sun sign, you will feel happier and fuller.
2. Finding different activities and fields of life, where you can express and radiate the qualities of your Sun in Capricorn placement.
3. Your Sun in Capricorn placement is a symbol of what you have to consciously strive for and achieve, not qualities that are instinctively emerging.

Learn the fullest, most exhaustive list of keywords, describing each planet, zodiac sign, and house by Downloading the Fast Track To Astrology Cheatsheets.

The Aspects towards your Sun in Capricorn provide the following information

Each planet in aspect with the Sun represents energy or archetype, associated (in a positive or negative way) with the development of our individuality, personality and self-expression.

We need to find constructive ways to incorporate this energy into our lives (perhaps through vocation, inherent to the same planet). For example, a person with the Sun in aspect with Neptune must in some form meet Neptune in the process of individualization. They should express the planet in the form of Neptunian career, such as healing, music or art.

It is possible to feel the aspects of the Sun through other people in our lives (especially in oppositions). For example, a man with the Sun in opposition to Saturn will see others as limiting and blocking.

Ultimately, we will have to embrace and integrate these qualities, which we usually project on others.

The nature of the planet, aspecting the Sun, colors the problems with the father and the animus.

Now, that you better understand the role and significance of your Sun placement, we can move on to specifically talk about

Sun in Capricorn Characteristics

Your Most Likeable Trait STEADINESS

Motto: I act.

Day: Saturday

Color: black, gray

Stone: garnet

Metal: lead

Capricorn is the third and last sign, belonging to the earth element.

Therefore, the earthliness, practicality and business-like attitude reach their apogee in Sun in Capricorn people in comparison with all other earth signs. Not surprisingly, Capricorns are great managers and leaders.

Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn, therefore it is a personal planet for every individual, born under this sign. The most important keywords for Saturn are limitation, control and responsibility. Therefore, not everything is easy and hassle-free in life for Sun in Capricorn representatives, who are ruled by such a strict planet.

Here we seem to encounter the exact opposite energy, which is characteristic for the previous sign of Sagittarius. Such dualism is often found in astrology. Many planets seem to form pairs and emit opposite energy.

As an example, we can give the Sun and the Moon, Venus and Mars, and in this case Jupiter and Saturn.

While with Jupiter things happen as if ‘by themselves’ due to happy coincidence, with Saturn the energy has the exact opposite nature. Under its influence, people constantly encounter all sorts of obstacles, complications, difficulties, delays, etc.

If we say that those born with a strong Jupiter presence in their chart are born under a lucky star, then what about those born, under the influence of Saturn?

Human happiness is a kind of state of consciousness that cannot be given universal definition. What makes one person happy can make someone else unhappy, and vice versa. Often, when we think we are extremely happy, we are actually wasting our time and energy on insignificant things.

In other cases, when we have to work hard and think we are very unhappy, it turns out that in the end it was these days that were most rewarding in our lives. People, who are constantly doing well usually achieve less in life. On the contrary, those who are forced to overcome many difficulties before they are able to reach their goals, eventually achieve much more.

So, it can be said that Sun in Capricorn people are able to find their happiness in life by overcoming many difficulties, obstacles, delays and limitations. By building strength of character and personal will.

If we do not possess the above-mentioned qualities, we can never achieve anything solid and significant in our earthly life. This is the “happiness” and “luck” of those born under this sign of the Zodiac.

Sun in Capricorn Best Traits

Sun in Capricorn are extremely ambitious. They do best in professions that require organization, discipline, order, honesty, integrity, perseverance and determination. This is why on the outside they look very focused and concerned.

Sun in Capricorn radiate strength, stability and power.

Sun in Capricorn are traditionalists and conventionalists, who adhere to tried and tested methods of work. They usually treat with a great amount of distrust any innovative, untested methods that promise quick improvements. They know that in order to build something solid, they need time and patience.

Sun in Capricorn wish to give a good example to others with what they have accomplished and built.  That is why they always want to do the right thing and follow laws, rules and established norms and procedures. Capricorns can be relied on, especially in times of crisis.

In critical times, Sun in Capricorn possess self-control and integrity. It is then that the strength of their character is most evident. They are indispensable in their ability to organize everyone, to make them go in a certain direction, to inspire them with courage and bravery.

In short – Sun in Capricorn are born leaders and managers!

Sun in Capricorn are excellent strategists, too. Before drawing up an extremely long-term plan of action, they weigh in all the pros and cons of a given course of action and they move on with it only when they are absolutely convinced it is the right thing to do. They never rush recklessly to carry out unrealistic plans.

Sun in Capricorn always like to act on common sense, practicality and expediency. Their plans are usually long-term. They understand that it takes time and years of work to achieve serious success.

Capricorns are ready to help if being asked to, but otherwise they do not interfere in other people’s affairs. They usually have extensive practical experience and can give very good advice if you approach them. In general, they are not aggressive.

Sun in Capricorn almost never attack first and are not aggressive by nature. However, if they become the object of someone’s aggression, they will not hesitate for a moment to repel by force.

Sun in Capricorn Worst Traits and Personality Challenges

Sun in Capricorn tend to worry that there is still a lot of work to be done and their efforts are never enough.

From time to time you hear them complain about the difficulties in life. At the same time, however, it is immediately apparent that nature has provided them with all the tools and qualities necessary to overcome any difficulties and to do the hard work.

Still, this does not stop them from complaining from time to time. This may make it easier for them, or they may want others to notice the large burden they are called to carry on their shoulders.

Although at first sight Sun in Capricorn seem absolutely self-sufficient, strong, and ambitious, internally they suffer from a lack of self-confidence. Although their facade looks like an inaccessible fortress, they feel that they do not have enough experience, skills, abilities, capabilities, etc.

This inner lack of self-confidence constantly pushes Sun in Capricorn representatives to work even harder to prove to themselves and the world that they are capable people. In fact, others immediately notice it, although Sun in Capricorn may not appreciate themselves enough.

The world is structured in such a way that there is nothing objective in the perception of a subjective reality, because we are all subjects in this reality. For this reason, we perceive it completely subjectively.

We all see the same things, but the perceptions of each individual are filtered through their strictly personal preferences, passions, emotions, goals and objectives.

No matter how dignified they may look from the outside, Sun in Capricorn often see themselves as insufficiently capable and insufficiently advanced in life. For them, this is the strong incentive that puts them into action.

Sun in Capricorn will do themselves some good if they periodically look back to see what they have achieved over the years. This would give them much more confidence in their own abilities and capabilities. Then they can congratulate themselves on a job well done, gain more confidence and roll up their sleeves again, work day and night, month after month and year after year, until they finally reach the next level.

Sun in Capricorn may also suffer from periodic bouts of major depression. At times, they just can’t see anything good and positive in life. The burden they carry on their shoulders seems unbearably heavy. During such moments, they do not see any light at the end of the tunnel.

Indeed, taking on great responsibility and leading a large team is not easy. Nor is it easy to implement large projects that require years of strategic planning and in-depth day-to-day work. However, in the end, they must keep in mind that no sign of the Zodiac has been assigned a mission impossible.

Capricorns often shut themselves in and isolate themselves from the world. Despite their harsh and serious external presence, they suffer a lot internally and easily feel hurt by someone’s carelessness or disrespect. This is mainly due to a lack of self-confidence.

Sun in Capricorn often feel like others don’t understand them, so they are prone to self-isolation, self-pity, pessimism and negativism.

Capricorns can show extreme concern and loyalty towards close friends and family. In return, however, they require respect and at least some gratitude. In fact, Sun in Capricorn are striving for exactly these two things in life – material security, on the one hand, and on the other hand, they wish to receive the recognition and respect of others.

Sun in Capricorn show great patience and perseverance and thanks to these qualities they usually achieve the mentioned two goals in their life.

Many of them often focus too much on the accumulation of money and material possessions. The underlying reason behind that is that they fear they are not sufficiently materially secure. But the more money they accumulate, the stronger their fear of losing them grows. In fact, instead of receiving satisfaction from what they have achieved, Sun in Capricorn have even greater cause for concern.

This is why they should strive to develop more faith and trust in the spiritual invisible side of things. Then their fears will gradually begin to disappear.

Sun in Capricorn Ambitions

Sun in Capricorn goals are usually quite ambitious. For example, in the West, it normally takes about 20-30 years to repay a mortgage. Capricorn is the sign of the Zodiac, which is best able to complete this task. While a fire sign can hardly imagine working on something for such a huge amount of time, Capricorn is able to build a long-term plan and work steadily on it. Taurus and Virgo can also work in the long run, because they are the first and second manifestation of the earth element.

However, it is with Capricorn that something new appears for the first time, because they are a cardinal signs. And it is with cardinal signs that a significant change happens.

This is why Sun in Capricorn possess the strategic, organizational qualities and leadership skills that are harnessed to achieve a long-term goal.

Very often Capricorns reach high positions in their career and take responsible management roles. However, the geometry of the office structure is shaped like a pyramid. The higher you get, the less space there is. While finally at the highest point of the pyramid, there is room left for one person only. This means that the higher we are in the career pyramid, the more isolated and lonely we become.

These qualities are necessarily present in the official and social life of Capricorns. They often rise to very prestigious and responsible management positions, which requires them to work in relative solitude and isolation from the world.

Sun in Capricorn True Mission

Each Sun sign has their own unique mission and each character is given unique abilities and talents, thanks to which they can successfully cope in life.

Sun in Capricorn may think that their mission is particularly difficult and that no other sign of the Zodiac has to work so hard. This may be true, but only partially. The others also have very difficult missions to complete. The nature of the tasks assigned to the rest of the zodiac may be different, but still no less difficult in nature.

In the end, all the signs form a circle and each occupies exactly 30 ° from it. In this sense, they are truly equal and complete in themselves. Each of them is called to perform a different mission and is endowed with unique abilities that allow them to perform it successfully.

Sun in Capricorn’s mission is to teach the other signs of the Zodiac how to work properly.

This is a very difficult task, because the others are built differently. Therefore, Capricorns may often feel like they have to carry the responsibilities of the whole world on their shoulders.

Sun in Capricorn should not forget that they are given gifts and talents that they can use to accomplish their mission — conscientiousness, practicality, patience, prudence, and discipline. And last but not least, they are given another powerful weapon – a great sense of humor.

Even if it may sounds strange, it is true that the sense of humor is precisely under the rule of Saturn and Capricorn. In my early years of studying astrology, I couldn’t understand how the same planet, Saturn, could govern both pessimism and a sense of humor.

This is why Sun in Capricorn can sometimes be extremely gloomy, timid and depressed, and in the next day they can laugh at themselves and approach a difficult situation with self-irony, showing a remarkable sense of humor.

Sun in Capricorn Career

In their careers, Capricorns must strive for a gradual development. It is not recommended that they try to jump two or three steps at a time up the corporate ladder. Unless Sagittarius is also strongly present in the chart, usually such attempts end in disaster.

On the other hand, with slower but steady progress, the highest place in the hierarchy is guaranteed after a long period of time.

In the financial sphere, Sun in Capricorn are extremely cautious. They spend their money only as a last resort, and for things that they absolutely need. Before opening the wallet, they ask themselves the question: “Do I need this right now? ” For example, they see comfortable and practical shoes, but their first thought is: “But I have shoes. I don’t need new ones right now. ”

It would be good for Capricorns to periodically buy not only the things they desperately need for their physical survival.

They could also afford to buy many other things. The goal it is to get life satisfaction and to make purchases a small reward for their hard work. Otherwise, the thrift so characteristic of this sign may become pure stinginess.

Suitable professions for Sun in Capricorn are local government, banking, finance, construction and real estate, medical professions – especially those, related to the bone and muscular system, osteopathy, dentistry, etc. Many successful businessmen with their own small or medium businesses are also Capricorns.

Sun in Capricorn Children

In childhood, Sun in Capricorn are characterized by loyalty and diligence. They are very impressed by the authority of the figures, who first appear in their lives – mother, father, teachers, etc. Their behavior at school is usually conventional and traditional. They strictly follow the established norms and rules, study diligently, methodically and persistently.

From an early age, Sun in Capricorn love discipline and order, so it’s not hard to convince them to do something. As an incentive, it is best to give them an extra amount of pocket money or to assign additional responsibilities to them.

Early on, Sun in Capricorn are characterized by uncharacteristic for their age seriousness. It is therefore recommended to periodically give them additional impetus for the development of such qualities as spontaneity, joy of life, games, laughter and fun.

Their sense of humor must be encouraged from an early age. This can also help them develop more self-confidence, which they may be inherently lacking.

If the Capricorn child is one of the last in class when it comes to performance, this should not be a major cause of concern for parents. Usually it takes much longer for these children to fully manifest their talents and abilities.

It is important to tactfully encourage their ambition and give them recognition for their work and achievements.

Success will come gradually.

Sun in Capricorn Parents

As parents, Capricorns can be too demanding of their children. They must not forget that some children have an artistic, sensual and dreamy nature and do not respond well to iron discipline and the imposition of strictly defined rules and procedures.

Such children develop well in a more chaotic, artistic environment. This can be misunderstood by the earthly and practical Capricorn.

Sun in Capricorn Health

Sun in Capricorn usually lead a sensible lifestyle. They almost never overdo it with food, alcohol, opiates, cigarettes and the like. They have a practical and rational approach to life.

In terms of health, they suffer mostly from a lack of exercise, as they tend to spend long hours in front of the computer and at work.

Therefore, especially after a certain age, Sun in Capricorn are advised to take extra calcium. The skeletal and articular systems are controlled by Saturn, and certain difficulties can be expected there. They should be very careful with their knees, elbows, joints and do regular exercise, as they may easily be affected by arthritis. Other areas that require special attention are the teeth and the skin, which is often prone to severe sunburn.

Sun in Capricorn Love Life and Relationships

In their love life, Sun in Capricorn are restrained, practical and earthly.

Maybe they don’t possess the charm, charisma and sexual magnetism inherent in some of the other zodiac signs, but they have exceptional loyalty and stability. They are people you can count on.

Capricorns are the ideal partner for a relationship, based on mutual friendship, support and assistance. They usually do not like to rush into verbal love explanations, but in practice they will show you their affection and love.

One of the main keyword for Capricorn is “thrift” and this applies not only to money but also to the words they use, the feelings they show, etc.

In general, Sun in Capricorn are quite cautious about the choice of a future partner and are in no hurry to throw themselves into a passionate affair, born from raging hormones.

Before deepening the connection with someone, Sun in Capricorn want to be sure of both their own and their partner’s intentions. That’s why they often stay single until they reach a certain more mature age when they feel ready for marriage.

Some Capricorns are more attracted to maturity and social status. That’s why many of them attract older partners. Some marry for prestige, career growth reasons, or better financial situation. Many of them also make the mistake of devoting themselves entirely to their work and don’t pay almost any attention to their partner. They should not forget that their partner needs to feel and hear that they are being loved and wanted from time to time.

Once married, Sun in Capricorn rarely divorce. They see marriage as a long-term contract. They believe that it is possible to smooth out all problems if enough effort is put into it .

Since this is such a vast topic to cover, I have dedicated separate articles to it.

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Capricorn Man In Love here

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Please don’t forget that the exploration of one’s personality by Sun sign is one aspect of a bigger picture only! 

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