Q 01/05

The constellation Capricornus is traditionally drawn as half goat and half what?

A) Serpent

B) Lion

C) Horse

D) Fish

Answer · why

D) Fish

Fish. The Greeks inherited the hybrid from Babylonian sky lore, and only then told of a god who grew the tail while hiding in a river to explain it.

Q 02/05

Capricorn is the zodiac's tenth sign; which sign is counted first?

A) Aries

B) Pisces

C) Leo

D) Taurus

Answer · why

A) Aries

Aries comes first because the zodiac is counted from the March equinox. Nine signs later, Capricorn begins exactly at the December solstice.

Q 03/05

Which planet rules Capricorn?

A) Saturn

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Venus

Answer · why

A) Saturn

Saturn was the slowest planet the ancients could see, and people born under it were thought cold and gloomy, which is where the word 'saturnine' comes...

Q 04/05

Which sign follows Capricorn in the zodiac?

A) Aquarius

B) Sagittarius

C) Pisces

D) Scorpio

Answer · why

A) Aquarius

Aquarius starts around January 20. The real Sun runs about a month behind the signs, though, and only crosses into the stars of Aquarius in mid-Februa...

Q 05/05

Capricorn opens a season at the December solstice; which astrological quality does that give it?

A) Mutable

B) Cadent

C) Cardinal

D) Fixed

Answer · why

C) Cardinal

Cardinal: the four cardinal signs each begin at a solstice or an equinox, so astrologers cast them as the zodiac's starters and initiators.