CAPRICORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capricorn mean? 

• CAPRICORN (noun)
  The noun CAPRICORN has 3 senses:

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn

2. a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius

3. the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19

  Familiarity information: CAPRICORN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRICORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Capricorn; Goat

Hypernyms ("Capricorn" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Capricorn; Capricornus

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Holonyms ("Capricorn" is a part of...):

zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Capricorn; Capricorn the Goat; Goat

Instance hypernyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)

 Context examples 

Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will move into Capricorn for the first time since 2008, to stay a year, until December 19, 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On this day, the Sun and Jupiter will be conjunct in Capricorn, your communications and travel sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are a water sign, and Capricorn is an earth sign—together the combination is a very fertile combination that brings new life.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This solar eclipse will fall in Capricorn at four degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This time, on March 20, they’ll meet in Capricorn, your home sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

March 21 will be another notable day: That is the day Saturn will temporarily move out of Capricorn and into Aquarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Remarkably, on this day, Jupiter will be at five degrees Capricorn, just one tiny degree away from the Sun and new moon solar eclipse at four degrees Capricorn.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Neptune is in Pisces, your sector of identity and personality (first house), while Jupiter is now in compatible Capricorn, your friendship/community center (eleventh house).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When Mars leaves Sagittarius, he will move into Capricorn, your eleventh house, from February 16 to March 30.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After July 1, Saturn will move back into Capricorn to finish out his tour of duty in your fourth house of home and family—July 1 to December 16, 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)