Sun in Capricorn: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035

The short answer

The Sun makes 37 visits to Capricorn between 2000 and 2035, 1,060 days in all. The first stretch runs 22 December 1999 to 20 January 2000 and the last 22 December 2035 to 20 January 2036.

What the Sun in Capricorn means

The Sun describes your sense of self and what you want to be recognised for. In Capricorn, an earth sign of the cardinal modality ruled by Saturn, that side of you runs on structure, ambition, responsibility and a long view of time.

The Sun has no traditional dignity or debility in Capricorn, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.

Between 2000 and 2035, the Sun is in Capricorn 37 separate times, 1060 days in all. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has the Sun in Capricorn in their birth chart.

Sun in Capricorn at a glance

  • Capricorn is an earth sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Saturn.
  • Dignity of Sun in Capricorn (traditional table): none.
  • Visits between 2000 and 2035: 37, 1,060 days in all.
  • A visit to one sign lasts about 30 days on average (shortest about 29 days, longest about 31 days).

Every date Sun is in Capricorn, 2000 to 2035

Enters CapricornLeaves CapricornDaysRetrograde in Capricorn
22 December 199920 January 200029No
21 December 200020 January 200129No
21 December 200120 January 200229No
22 December 200220 January 200329No
22 December 200320 January 200429No
21 December 200419 January 200529No
21 December 200520 January 200629No
22 December 200620 January 200729No
22 December 200720 January 200829No
21 December 200819 January 200929No
21 December 200920 January 201029No
21 December 201020 January 201129No
22 December 201120 January 201229No
21 December 201219 January 201329No
21 December 201320 January 201429No
21 December 201420 January 201529No
22 December 201520 January 201629No
21 December 201619 January 201729No
21 December 201720 January 201829No
21 December 201820 January 201929No
22 December 201920 January 202029No
21 December 202019 January 202129No
21 December 202120 January 202229No
21 December 202220 January 202329No
22 December 202320 January 202429No
21 December 202419 January 202529No
21 December 202520 January 202629No
21 December 202620 January 202729No
22 December 202720 January 202829No
21 December 202819 January 202929No
21 December 202920 January 203029No
21 December 203020 January 203129No
22 December 203120 January 203229No
21 December 203219 January 203329No
21 December 203320 January 203429No
21 December 203420 January 203529No
22 December 203520 January 203629No

Where these dates come from

Every date on this page is read from the site's ephemeris, the same one behind the daily horoscopes and birth charts. Positions are charted at 12:00 UTC each day from 1950 to 2045, and every five days further out for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each sign change is placed where the planet's path between two neighbouring days crosses the sign boundary, which lands within minutes of the true moment. Dates are UTC, so a change late in the day can fall on the next date in Australia or Asia. Retrograde spells run from the day the planet appears to stop and turn back to the day it turns forward again. Positions are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac.

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