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Capricorn   /kˈæprəkɔrn/   Listen
Capricorn

noun
1.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn.  Synonym: Goat.
2.
A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius.  Synonym: Capricornus.
3.
The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19.  Synonyms: Capricorn the Goat, Goat.



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"Capricorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... the descent of the Sun into the underworld, and its long and doubtful strife with the forces of winter; and the cleansing of the stables of Augeas (5) has the same signification. It appears in fact that the stables of Augeas was another name for the sign of Capricorn through which the Sun passes at the Winter solstice (1)—the stable of course being an underground chamber—and the myth was that there, in this lowest tract and backwater of the Ecliptic all the malarious and evil influences of the sky were collected, and ...
— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter

... as you say, and I'm the captain of as fine a barkey as ever sailed under Capricorn. Leastways I was, afore ...
— The Opal Serpent • Fergus Hume

... to our oars and headed for the northwest. It is hardly necessary to say that we had lost our reckoning; but, after a manner, we made out that we were nearly in longitude 136.30 west, and about upon the Tropic of Capricorn. This would have made our situation about a hundred and seventy miles from a number of small islands lying to the eastward of the one hundred and fortieth meridian. The prospect was discouraging, as there was hardly a sound person in the boats to pull an oar, so badly ...
— The Ape, the Idiot & Other People • W. C. Morrow

... between the earth and the moon."19 He also adds, "The tropical signs Cancer and Capricorn are called the gates of the sun, because there he meets the solstice and can go no farther. Cancer is the gate of men, because by it is the descent to the lower regions; Capricorn is the gate of gods, because by it is a return for souls to the rank of gods in the seat of their proper ...
— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger

... as an astrologer," vowed Devar. "Having money to burn one day in Paris, I visited one of those jokers, and he told me I was born in Capricorn, under the sign of Aries, and I as good as told him he was a liar, because I was born in Manhattan under an ordinary roof. By Jove! that reminds me, John D., you're a whale on stars. Did you spot those two last night, low ...
— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy



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