Q 01/05

Capricornus is usually pictured as a sea goat: half goat and half what?

A) Snake

B) Bird

C) Horse

D) Fish

Answer · why

D) Fish

The hybrid goes back to the Babylonians, who used the goat-fish as a symbol of their god Ea.

Q 02/05

Capricorn is which sign in the order of the zodiac?

A) 10th

B) 9th

C) 12th

D) 11th

Answer · why

A) 10th

It spans the 270th to 300th degree, opening at the December solstice.

Q 03/05

Which planet rules Capricorn?

A) Saturn

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Venus

Answer · why

A) Saturn

Saturn classically also ruled Aquarius before Uranus was assigned there in the 20th century.

Q 04/05

Capricorn belongs to which element?

A) Water

B) Fire

C) Air

D) Earth

Answer · why

D) Earth

Virgo and Taurus complete the earth triplicity.

Q 05/05

What is the modality of Capricorn?

A) Mutable

B) Dual

C) Cardinal

D) Fixed

Answer · why

C) Cardinal

Cardinal signs open the seasons; Capricorn begins northern winter at the solstice.

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