Capricorn horoscope today
Friday 9 October · 22 Dec – 19 Jan · Earth · Cardinal · ruled by Saturn
Moon in Virgo · New Moon, 2% lit · your 9th house of travel, study and belief
The Moon is in Virgo today (new moon, 2% lit), which for Capricorn is the 9th house of travel, study and belief. Notice how that lands in your body before your head. Sun is in Libra, Capricorn's 10th house of career and reputation, which adds a second layer. Venus is in Scorpio, Capricorn's 11th house of friends, groups and hopes, retrograde. The useful move is small and specific. Choose one thing to do with care and let the rest be ordinary. Try this: before you answer anyone today, take one breath longer than usual.
The sky behind this
- The Moon is in Virgo today (new moon, 2% lit), which for Capricorn is the 9th house of travel, study and belief
- Sun is in Libra, Capricorn's 10th house of career and reputation
- Venus is in Scorpio, Capricorn's 11th house of friends, groups and hopes, retrograde
- Mars is in Leo, Capricorn's 8th house of shared resources and intimacy
- Venus is retrograde
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- ☉ Sun in Libra10th house · career and reputation
- ☿ Mercury in Scorpio11th house · friends, groups and hopes
- ♀ Venus in Scorpio ℞11th house · friends, groups and hopes
- ♂ Mars in Leo8th house · shared resources and intimacy
- ♃ Jupiter in Leo8th house · shared resources and intimacy
- ♄ Saturn in Aries ℞4th house · home and roots
Coming up
- 10 Oct · New Moon in Libra — A clean slate. Good for intentions and quiet beginnings.
- 18 Oct · First Quarter in Capricorn — A turning point in the lunar cycle.
- 26 Oct · Full Moon in Taurus — Things come to light. Expect clarity, release, or a reveal.
About Capricorn
playing the long game · ambitious, disciplined, dry, responsible
Sun in Capricorn: You build to last. Patience and structure are your tools, and you respect earned things.
Moon in Capricorn: You keep feelings organised and private; you soften when you feel competent and trusted.
Capricorn rising: People read you as serious and reliable, older than your years in the best way.
Gift: discipline that makes dreams concrete. Shadow: mistaking rest for weakness.