♑︎ Capricorn

December 31 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn — Traits

The December 31 zodiac sign is Capricorn, a cardinal earth sign. The Sun is in Capricorn on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 7° and 12° of the sign, a range that straddles the first and second decans of Capricorn, so the decan depends on the year and the hour.

Anthony Hopkins, Alex Ferguson and Ben Kingsley were born on December 31. StarMap has birth charts for 15 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on December 31 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Capricorn traits

Born on December 31, your Sun is in Capricorn. You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

Born on December 31 too?

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Famous birthdays on December 31

Anthony Hopkins, Alex Ferguson and Ben Kingsley were born on December 31. StarMap has birth charts for 15 people born on this date, the best known first.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (14 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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