Traditional Capricorn traits
Practical and prudent
Ambitious and disciplined
Patient and careful
Humorous and reserved

On the dark side
Pessimistic and fatalistic
Miserly and grudging

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Capricorn is one of the most stable and serious of the zodiac. Capricorns are independent, rocklike characters with many great qualities. They are normally confident, strong willed and calm. These hardworking, unemotional, shrewd, practical, responsible, persevering, and cautious to the extreme persons are capable of persisting for as long as is necessary to accomplish a goal they have set for themselves. They can be reliable workers in almost any profession they undertake.  Capricorns set high standards for themselves and others. In their methodical, tough, stubborn, unyielding way, they persist against personal hardship, putting their families and/or their work before their own needs and welfare to reach their objectives long after others have given up and fallen by the wayside. They plan carefully to fulfill their ambitions.

Capricorns can be very subtle. They think profoundly and deeply, thoroughly exploring all sides of an issue or problem before deciding on a safe alternative. They have good memories. They are rational, logical and clearheaded, have good concentration, delight in debate in which they can show off their cleverness by luring their adversaries into traps and confounding them with logic.

They are often ill-at-ease in personal relationships, if not downright unhappy. Somewhat self-centered but not excessively so, they tend to be wary and cautious around people they don't know very well, thus they tend to attract people who do not understand them. Capricorns may treat casual acquaintances  with diplomacy, tact and reserve. They make few good friends but are intensely loyal to those they do make. They can become bitter and powerful enemies. They sometimes dislike the opposite sex and test the waters of affection gingerly before deciding the relationship is right for marriage. Once married they are faithful though inclined to jealousy. Most Capricorns marry for life.

Their occupations can include most professions that have to do with math or money and they are strongly attracted to music. They can be economists, financiers, bankers, speculators, contractors, managers and real estate brokers. They excel as bureaucrats, especially where projects demanding long-term planning and working are concerned, and their skill in debate and love of dialectic make them good politicians. They are excellent teachers, especially as principals of educational establishments where they have the authority to manage and organize without too much intimacy with the staff members. If working with their hands, they can become practical scientists, engineers, farmers and builders. The wit and flippancy which is characteristic of certain Capricorns may make some turn to entertainment as a career.