Earth · Cardinal · ruled by Saturn
Capricorn rising
Capricorn rising means Capricorn was crossing the eastern horizon at the minute of your birth, so it is the sign people meet before they meet your Sun. It takes 105.6 minutes to rise at the latitude of London, which gives it 7.36% of ascendants there — 8th of the twelve — and makes Saturn your chart ruler.
What Capricorn rising is read as
Capricorn rising is read as older than it is, and then younger than it is later on. The mask is composed, formal at first contact and economical with display, because Saturn rules the sign and Saturn on the ascendant builds a surface for competence rather than warmth. The first impression is of someone who can be relied on and has not yet decided about you.
The gap between the mask and the person
This is the ascendant with the widest documented gap between mask and person: dry humour and considerable warmth are standard behind it, and both arrive on a schedule of the person’s choosing.
Capricorn as a Sun sign is a different reading again, and the big three together are what most descriptions are actually built from.
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How common a Capricorn ascendant is
Capricorn crosses the horizon in 105.6 minutes at 52°N — 7.36% of the day, 2.06× what Pisces takes there, and 8 of twelve. The reason the signs are uneven is on the calculator page.
| Latitude | Minutes rising | Share of ascendants | Rank of 12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equator | 128.4 | 8.94% | 2 |
| 20° N — Mumbai, Mexico City | 122.8 | 8.55% | 8 |
| 35° N — Los Angeles, Tokyo | 117.3 | 8.17% | 8 |
| 45° N — Toronto, Milan | 111.8 | 7.78% | 8 |
| 52° N — London, Berlin | 105.6 | 7.36% | 8 |
| 60° N — Oslo, Saint Petersburg | 91.6 | 6.38% | 8 |
| 64° N — Reykjavik | 72.7 | 5.06% | 8 |
The chart a Capricorn ascendant builds
With Capricorn first, the other three angles follow without a choice being made, and Saturn becomes the chart ruler.
Whole-sign angles, as the tradition assigned them; a timed birth chart places the midheaven by degree and can move it a sign either way.
Computed from the rising speeds at 52°N
What Capricorn rising says about your birth hour
Given a Capricorn ascendant, your Sun sign fixes the hour — the method, and its margin, is on the calculator page.
If your birth time is approximate
Capricorn holds the horizon 106 minutes at a stretch at 52°N, so a quarter of an hour of doubt is harmless. One sign either way is Sagittarius rising or Aquarius rising — another ruler, another set of angles. The calculator returns every sign the recorded time allows; without a time at all, the moon sign is the placement that still holds.
Either side of it on the horizon: Sagittarius rising, Aquarius rising and Cancer rising.
The same sign elsewhere: Capricorn as a sun sign, Capricorn horoscope today, Capricorn compatibility and earth signs.