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Capricorn
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Capricorn is an astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Capricornus. Under the tropical zodiac,
Capricorn is occupied by the Sun from December 22 to January 19, and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from January
15 to February 12. The opposite sign to Capricorn is Cancer.
Capricorn is the tenth sign of the Zodiac and associated with hard work and business affairs. Individuals born under this sign are
thought to have an ambitious, patient, responsible, stable, trustworthy, shrewd and persistent character but one which is also prone
to coldness, conservatism, materialism and dullness.
Capricorn is associated with the Greek Myth of the nanny goat who provided Zeus with his milk as a babe. When she died, Zeus placed her body in the sky to honor her.
Notable persons born under the Sign of Capricorn include: Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicolas Cage, David Bowie,
Raekwon, Mao Zedong, Muhammed Ali, Louis Pasteur, Marlene Dietrich, Madame de Pompadour, Syd Barrett, J. D. Salinger, Isaac Asimov,
J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Allen Poe, Martin Luther King, Pola Negri and Al Capone.
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