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quality: cardinal
element: earth
ruled by: saturn

Capricorn
(December 22nd to January 20th)
Colours: Deep Green, brown and dark grey. Cool green is the colour of Saturn, ruler of Capricorn.
Stones: White onyx, jet and sapphire.
Metal: lead.
Trees: Pine, elm and poplar.
Flowers: Pansies, ivy and sedum.
Countries: India, Greece and Mexico.
Cities: Oxford, Brussels and Port Said.

Cap"ri*corn (?), n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]

1. Astron.

The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden.

2. Astron.

A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.

Capricorn beetle Zool., any beetle of the family Carambucidae; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvae usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.

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