January 2 1959

The day that's in it:

Capricorn is an astrological sign, which originated from the constellation Capricornus, and is the tenth sign of the zodiac. Capricorn is classed as a Negative or feminine, introverted sign; its element is Earth and its Quality is Cardinal. [1] Traditionally in astrology Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn. The opposite sign to Capricorn is Cancer. Under the tropical zodiac, Capricorn is occupied by the Sun from December 22 to January 19...

Capricorn is associated with the Greek myth of the goat Amalthea, who provided the infant Zeus with milk, or ambrosia in some versions. Zeus placed her in the sky to honor her (Catasterismi). Capricorn is also associated with the god Saturn and the god Aristaeus...

Astrologers broadly agree that the following are the characteristics of Capricorn: [10] The Capricorn person is prudent, responsible, realistic, very wise, formal, patient, methodical, disciplined, traditional, cautious, conventional, hard-working, polite, persevering, ambitious, dedicated, focused, honest, dependable, serious, self-reliant, businesslike, career-oriented, authoritative, conscientious, and competent. They can also sometimes be rigid, suspicious, status-seeking, demanding, insensitive, inhibited, cold, dry, aloof, lack of emotional depth, possessive, self-conscious, materialistic, narrow-minded, vindictive, bitter, lacks hope, melancholy, stuck-up, controlling, harshly critical, restricting, calculating, and saturnine...

Likes- Romance, Loyalty, Feeling secure, Financial/material stability, Ambitious mates, Feeling committed, Making long term relationship plans, Dependability, Reliability, Perseverance...

Dislikes- Flightiness, Being bossed around, Crudeness/coarseness, dominance, Game playing, Ego displays, Extravagance, Being challenged by a lover, Indecisiveness...

Suitable occupations are where responsible, patient and economising qualities can be exercised; such as scientist, engineer, manager, civil servant, mathematician, farmer, builder, politician, director. In medical astrology Capricorn governs the knees and skeleton....

Always have had bad knees. Sure don't like being bossed around.

[And a shout-out to my Capricorn brother Steve, who's breaking trail for me]