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Capricorn
noun
uk /ˈkæp.rɪ.kɔːn/ us /ˈkæp.rə.kɔːrn/
[ C or U ]
the tenth sign of the zodiac, relating to the period from 23 December to 20 January and represented by a goat with a fish's tail, or a person born during this period: 摩羯宫（黄道第10宫）;出生于摩羯宫时段（即在12月23日至1月20日之间）的人
She was born on Christmas Eve, 24 December, so her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
I'm a Capricorn.
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Capricornus
Capricorn is an earth sign.
Capricorns are supposed to be methodical, businesslike, and good with money.
We seem happy to caricature people according to their star sign: balanced Librans, grumpy Capricorns.
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Signs of the zodiac
Aquarian
Aquarius
Arian
Aries
cancer
Cancerian
crab
Gemini
Geminian
Leo
Libra
Piscean
Pisces
Sagittarian
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Taurus
Virgo
Virgoan
Horny-handed sons of toil are born under Capricorn.
It was near the end of December, when the sun in Capricorn darts over Mauritius, during the space of three weeks, its vertical fires.
The sun enters Aries at the spring equinox and Libra at the autumnal equinox, while the first point of Cancer marks the summer solstice, and that of Capricorn the winter.
Capricorn | American Dictionary
Capricorn
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈkæp·rɪˌkɔrn/
the tenth sign of the zodiac, covering the period December 22 to January 19 and represented by a goat, or a person born during this period
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