Capricorn Compatibility: Who Is Capricorn Compatible With?

In Western astrology, Capricorn is rated highest with Taurus and Virgo (a strong match, 8 of 8 points) and lowest with Aries and Libra (a challenging match, 1 of 8). The list below ranks all eleven other signs; the same-sign pair is noted under it.

Capricorn compatibility here is one sign set against the other eleven, and every pairing keeps a verdict page of its own. To check Capricorn against any other sign, open the sign compatibility calculator. Each row of the list below opens one of those pages. Scorpio and Capricorn, for example, is a good match at 5 of 8 on our scoring, and the full reading lives on Scorpio and Capricorn compatibility.

How compatible is Capricorn with each zodiac sign?

The two rows at the top are the other earth signs, a trine from Capricorn. A trine inside one element is the only way a pair reaches 8 points: 5 for the aspect, 2 for the element, 1 for the modality. The two at the bottom, on 1 point, sit a square away, the angle astrologers read as friction. Between them are two sextiles on 5, one opposition on 4, and four signs on 2, where the tradition reads adjustment instead of a clash. What it means is narrow by design: three traditional readings added up, not a forecast about anybody.

What is Capricorns' best match?

The tradition's best match for Capricorn is Taurus and Virgo: a strong match at 8 of 8 points, same element, trine.

Our scoring leaves two signs level at the top for Capricorn. No rule in the tradition breaks the tie.

• Taurus, 8 of 8: earth with earth at the trine, the angle astrologers call the easiest of the five majors (same element, trine).
• Virgo, also 8 of 8: the third earth sign, the same trine taken from the other side of the wheel (same element, trine).
• Scorpio, 5 of 8: water is the element the convention pairs with earth, and the sextile reads as friendly rather than automatic (paired elements, sextile).
• Pisces, also 5 of 8: the second water sign, scoring on the same two counts (paired elements, sextile).

Earth with earth and earth with water are the only element pairings that earn points here. That is why the four best matches for Capricorn are two earth signs and two water signs.

Who is a bad match for Capricorn?

The lowest ratings for Capricorn are Aries and Libra: a challenging match at 1 of 8, unpaired elements, square. A low rating is the tradition's reading of two sun signs, not a fact about two people.

The challenging matches for Capricorn come as a pair. One angle accounts for both.

• Aries, 1 of 8: two cardinal signs whose elements are not paired, three signs apart, which is the square (unpaired elements, square).
• Libra, also 1 of 8, the same square counted the other way (unpaired elements, square).
• Cancer scores above both on 4 of 8, an opposition rather than a square, and belongs to the middle of the table.

Aries, Libra and Cancer are the three other cardinal signs. Two cardinal signs together lose the modality point, which is why Capricorn's own modality fills the bottom of its list. A low rating is a reading about ease, never a judgement on a person. It comes out the same whichever of the pair is the Capricorn.

Who is the best match for a Capricorn woman?

The ranking holds for a Capricorn woman, with Taurus and Virgo at the top, because our scoring compares two signs and reads nothing else. Gender is not an input. The question changes only the emphasis. Capricorn is the cardinal sign of the earth trio, the one the tradition reads as setting a direction and keeping to it. That applies to a Capricorn woman as it does to any Capricorn.

Who is the best match for a Capricorn man?

The ranking holds for a Capricorn man too, and Taurus and Virgo lead it for the same reason. The angle to add here is the ruling planet. Saturn rules Capricorn, and astrologers read Saturn for structure, patience and limits rather than for impulse. Saturn is also the traditional ruler of Aquarius, which scores 2 of 8 in the table above. A shared ruler shapes a reading and adds no points to it.

How is Capricorn in love, friendship and marriage?

The three readings all run off the same eleven scores. The tradition uses the element for temperament, the aspect for ease, and the modality for pace. Pace is the measure it leans on over years.

What does Capricorn need in love?

Capricorn needs steadiness and a shared plan, in the tradition's reading, because Capricorn is an earth sign, cardinal by mode, ruled by Saturn. Earth is read for practicality, cardinal for starting things, and Saturn for patience and structure. Those three facts are exactly what the scoring compares, so they sit behind the whole ranking rather than beside it.

Which signs are the best friends for Capricorn?

Taurus and Virgo are the easiest company for Capricorn in the tradition's reading, with Scorpio and Pisces close behind.

• Taurus works at the same pace, because both signs are earth (trine).
• Virgo closes the earth trio, reached by the same trine from the far side (trine).
• Scorpio and Pisces bring water, the element paired with earth, and their sextile reads as friendly (sextile).

How signs make friends in general is a wider question than one sign hub answers.

What do Capricorns usually marry?

Taurus and Virgo first, then Scorpio and Pisces: that is who Capricorns usually marry in the tradition's reading, and it is the order the scoring already gives. Over a marriage astrologers weigh modality above element, because modality describes pace. Capricorn is cardinal, so a fixed or a mutable partner takes the modality point while another cardinal sign does not. Love compatibility read this way is a comment on two styles, never a claim about anybody's marriage, and no page here can tell anyone who to marry.

The date range above is the one most calendars use rather than an exact boundary. The Sun's entry into a sign shifts by up to a day with the year and the time zone. A birthday on either edge can belong to the sign next door. Every sign has a best and a worst match in the tradition. The ranking for all twelve at once sits in best, worst and soulmate matches by sign. Capricorn compatibility, as this page scores it, stops at the sun sign.