On the first date you are watching. Does this person keep their word about small things: the time they said, the book they promised to lend? You say little, notice everything, and decide nothing yet.
Venus in Capricorn takes its time, and then it stays.
The call at eight
You remember what was promised and when. The partner who says they will call at eight and calls at eight has already won half your heart; the one who calls at nine has to work for the rest. You choose someone you admire, and you admire them from a distance first. Status matters less to you than people think; competence matters more. Five dinners at the same good restaurant please you more than five places you never go back to. You dress well, on purpose, and you notice who else does. Romance, for you, is a plan kept. Love and ambition tangle in you: you fall for people who are going somewhere, and you help them get there.
Too guarded
Caution becomes coldness if you let it. You hold back affection until you are sure, which to a partner feels like forever, and you find it hard to say anything tender at all. You have been called hard to read, by people who were reading the wrong page. Trust, once given, is total and very hard to lose; you simply take a year to give it.
Try one soft sentence with no practical use, such as “I like the way you laugh.” It feels strange to say, and the person who hears it keeps it.
By the tenth anniversary
You show love by turning up ahead of need: the plumber booked before they noticed the leak, the birthday dinner reserved in March for October. By the first anniversary you have built something together, a shared calendar, a savings plan, a Sunday routine. By the tenth you are the warmest person at the table, and the people who met you on that first date would not recognise you. Capricorn is Saturn’s sign, and Dorotheus gave Venus the earth signs in a day chart, so this Venus is a welcome guest here: love that has made friends with time.
Were you born with Venus in Capricorn?
Venus comes to Capricorn about once a year and stays about three and a half weeks, or as long as four months when it turns retrograde there.
Venus’s every stay in Capricorn from 1920 to 2030, from the minute it entered to the minute it left, in Universal Time (UTC). Born on a first or last day? Then the hour and the place decide it, and your chart settles it.
1920s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 29, 1920, 11:55 a.m. | February 23, 1920, 3:47 a.m. |
| November 17, 1920, 5:28 p.m. | December 12, 1920, 11:45 a.m. |
| December 31, 1921, 4:31 p.m. | January 24, 1922, 1:13 p.m. |
| February 6, 1923, 2:34 p.m. | March 6, 1923, 5:38 a.m. |
| December 2, 1923, 6:06 a.m. | December 26, 1923, 8:03 a.m. |
| January 14, 1925, 10:28 p.m. | February 7, 1925, 11:16 p.m. |
| November 6, 1925, 10:34 p.m. | December 5, 1925, 3:09 p.m. |
| December 16, 1926, 2:48 p.m. | January 9, 1927, 11:48 a.m. |
| January 29, 1928, 1:13 a.m. | February 22, 1928, 4:15 p.m. |
| November 17, 1928, 6:09 a.m. | December 12, 1928, 1:25 a.m. |
| December 31, 1929, 3:44 a.m. | January 24, 1930, 12:22 a.m. |
1930s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| February 6, 1931, 12:24 p.m. | March 5, 1931, 9:46 p.m. |
| December 1, 1931, 5:29 p.m. | December 25, 1931, 7:44 p.m. |
| January 14, 1933, 9:56 a.m. | February 7, 1933, 10:30 a.m. |
| November 6, 1933, 4:02 p.m. | December 5, 1933, 6:00 p.m. |
| December 16, 1934, 1:39 a.m. | January 8, 1935, 10:44 p.m. |
| January 28, 1936, 2:00 p.m. | February 22, 1936, 4:14 a.m. |
| November 16, 1936, 6:36 p.m. | December 11, 1936, 2:51 p.m. |
| December 30, 1937, 2:42 p.m. | January 23, 1938, 11:16 a.m. |
| February 6, 1939, 9:20 a.m. | March 5, 1939, 1:29 p.m. |
| December 1, 1939, 4:52 a.m. | December 25, 1939, 7:25 a.m. |
1940s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 13, 1941, 9:29 p.m. | February 6, 1941, 9:49 p.m. |
| November 6, 1941, 10:17 a.m. | December 5, 1941, 11:04 p.m. |
| December 15, 1942, 12:53 p.m. | January 8, 1943, 10:03 a.m. |
| January 28, 1944, 3:11 a.m. | February 21, 1944, 4:40 p.m. |
| November 16, 1944, 7:26 a.m. | December 11, 1944, 4:47 a.m. |
| December 30, 1945, 1:56 a.m. | January 22, 1946, 10:28 p.m. |
| February 6, 1947, 5:41 a.m. | March 5, 1947, 5:09 a.m. |
| November 30, 1947, 4:22 p.m. | December 24, 1947, 7:13 p.m. |
| January 13, 1949, 9:01 a.m. | February 6, 1949, 9:05 a.m. |
| November 6, 1949, 4:53 a.m. | December 6, 1949, 6:05 a.m. |
1950s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| December 14, 1950, 11:54 p.m. | January 7, 1951, 9:10 p.m. |
| January 27, 1952, 3:57 p.m. | February 21, 1952, 4:42 a.m. |
| November 15, 1952, 8:03 p.m. | December 10, 1952, 6:30 p.m. |
| December 29, 1953, 12:53 p.m. | January 22, 1954, 9:20 a.m. |
| February 6, 1955, 1:15 a.m. | March 4, 1955, 8:22 p.m. |
| November 30, 1955, 3:42 a.m. | December 24, 1955, 6:53 a.m. |
| January 12, 1957, 8:23 p.m. | February 5, 1957, 8:16 p.m. |
| November 5, 1957, 11:46 p.m. | December 6, 1957, 3:25 p.m. |
| December 14, 1958, 10:55 a.m. | January 7, 1959, 8:17 a.m. |
1960s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 27, 1960, 4:45 a.m. | February 20, 1960, 4:47 p.m. |
| November 15, 1960, 8:57 a.m. | December 10, 1960, 8:34 a.m. |
| December 29, 1961, 12:07 a.m. | January 21, 1962, 8:31 p.m. |
| February 5, 1963, 8:36 p.m. | March 4, 1963, 11:41 a.m. |
| November 29, 1963, 3:21 p.m. | December 23, 1963, 6:53 p.m. |
| January 12, 1965, 8:00 a.m. | February 5, 1965, 7:41 a.m. |
| November 5, 1965, 7:36 p.m. | December 7, 1965, 4:37 a.m. |
| February 6, 1966, 12:46 p.m. | February 25, 1966, 10:54 a.m. |
| December 13, 1966, 10:08 p.m. | January 6, 1967, 7:35 p.m. |
| January 26, 1968, 5:35 p.m. | February 20, 1968, 4:55 a.m. |
| November 14, 1968, 9:48 p.m. | December 9, 1968, 10:40 p.m. |
| December 28, 1969, 11:04 a.m. | January 21, 1970, 7:26 a.m. |
1970s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| February 5, 1971, 2:57 p.m. | March 4, 1971, 2:24 a.m. |
| November 29, 1971, 2:41 a.m. | December 23, 1971, 6:32 a.m. |
| January 11, 1973, 7:15 p.m. | February 4, 1973, 6:43 p.m. |
| November 5, 1973, 3:39 p.m. | December 7, 1973, 9:37 p.m. |
| January 29, 1974, 7:51 p.m. | February 28, 1974, 2:25 p.m. |
| December 13, 1974, 9:05 a.m. | January 6, 1975, 6:40 a.m. |
| January 26, 1976, 6:09 a.m. | February 19, 1976, 4:50 p.m. |
| November 14, 1976, 10:42 a.m. | December 9, 1976, 12:53 p.m. |
| December 27, 1977, 10:09 p.m. | January 20, 1978, 6:29 p.m. |
| February 5, 1979, 9:16 a.m. | March 3, 1979, 5:18 p.m. |
| November 28, 1979, 2:20 p.m. | December 22, 1979, 6:35 p.m. |
1980s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 11, 1981, 6:48 a.m. | February 4, 1981, 6:08 a.m. |
| November 5, 1981, 12:40 p.m. | December 8, 1981, 8:52 p.m. |
| January 23, 1982, 2:56 a.m. | March 2, 1982, 11:25 a.m. |
| December 12, 1982, 8:20 p.m. | January 5, 1983, 5:58 p.m. |
| January 25, 1984, 6:51 p.m. | February 19, 1984, 4:52 a.m. |
| November 13, 1984, 11:54 p.m. | December 9, 1984, 3:26 a.m. |
| December 27, 1985, 9:17 a.m. | January 20, 1986, 5:36 a.m. |
| February 5, 1987, 3:03 a.m. | March 3, 1987, 7:55 a.m. |
| November 28, 1987, 1:51 a.m. | December 22, 1987, 6:29 a.m. |
| January 10, 1989, 6:08 p.m. | February 3, 1989, 5:15 p.m. |
| November 5, 1989, 10:13 a.m. | December 10, 1989, 4:54 a.m. |
1990s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 16, 1990, 3:23 p.m. | March 3, 1990, 5:52 p.m. |
| December 12, 1990, 7:18 a.m. | January 5, 1991, 5:03 a.m. |
| January 25, 1992, 7:14 a.m. | February 18, 1992, 4:40 p.m. |
| November 13, 1992, 12:48 p.m. | December 8, 1992, 5:49 p.m. |
| December 26, 1993, 8:09 p.m. | January 19, 1994, 4:28 p.m. |
| February 4, 1995, 8:12 p.m. | March 2, 1995, 10:10 p.m. |
| November 27, 1995, 1:23 p.m. | December 21, 1995, 6:23 p.m. |
| January 10, 1997, 5:32 a.m. | February 3, 1997, 4:28 a.m. |
| November 5, 1997, 8:50 a.m. | December 12, 1997, 4:39 a.m. |
| January 9, 1998, 9:03 p.m. | March 4, 1998, 4:14 p.m. |
| December 11, 1998, 6:33 p.m. | January 4, 1999, 4:25 p.m. |
2000s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 24, 2000, 7:52 p.m. | February 18, 2000, 4:43 a.m. |
| November 13, 2000, 2:14 a.m. | December 8, 2000, 8:48 a.m. |
| December 26, 2001, 7:25 a.m. | January 19, 2002, 3:42 a.m. |
| February 4, 2003, 1:27 p.m. | March 2, 2003, 12:40 p.m. |
| November 27, 2003, 1:07 a.m. | December 21, 2003, 6:33 a.m. |
| January 9, 2005, 4:56 p.m. | February 2, 2005, 3:42 p.m. |
| November 5, 2005, 8:11 a.m. | December 15, 2005, 3:57 p.m. |
| January 1, 2006, 8:18 p.m. | March 5, 2006, 8:39 a.m. |
| December 11, 2006, 5:33 a.m. | January 4, 2007, 3:31 a.m. |
| January 24, 2008, 8:06 a.m. | February 17, 2008, 4:22 p.m. |
| November 12, 2008, 3:25 p.m. | December 7, 2008, 11:37 p.m. |
| December 25, 2009, 6:17 p.m. | January 18, 2010, 2:35 p.m. |
2010s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| February 4, 2011, 5:58 a.m. | March 2, 2011, 2:39 a.m. |
| November 26, 2011, 12:36 p.m. | December 20, 2011, 6:26 p.m. |
| January 9, 2013, 4:11 a.m. | February 2, 2013, 2:46 a.m. |
| November 5, 2013, 8:43 a.m. | March 5, 2014, 9:03 p.m. |
| December 10, 2014, 4:42 p.m. | January 3, 2015, 2:48 p.m. |
| January 23, 2016, 8:31 p.m. | February 17, 2016, 4:17 a.m. |
| November 12, 2016, 4:54 a.m. | December 7, 2016, 2:51 p.m. |
| December 25, 2017, 5:26 a.m. | January 18, 2018, 1:44 a.m. |
| February 3, 2019, 10:29 p.m. | March 1, 2019, 4:45 p.m. |
| November 26, 2019, 12:28 a.m. | December 20, 2019, 6:42 a.m. |
2020s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 8, 2021, 3:41 p.m. | February 1, 2021, 2:05 p.m. |
| November 5, 2021, 10:44 a.m. | March 6, 2022, 6:30 a.m. |
| December 10, 2022, 3:54 a.m. | January 3, 2023, 2:10 a.m. |
| January 23, 2024, 8:50 a.m. | February 16, 2024, 4:05 p.m. |
| November 11, 2024, 6:26 p.m. | December 7, 2024, 6:13 a.m. |
| December 24, 2025, 4:26 p.m. | January 17, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| February 3, 2027, 2:31 p.m. | March 1, 2027, 6:32 a.m. |
| November 25, 2027, 11:59 a.m. | December 19, 2027, 6:40 p.m. |
| January 8, 2029, 2:47 a.m. | February 1, 2029, 1:03 a.m. |
| November 5, 2029, 1:39 p.m. | March 6, 2030, 12:51 p.m. |
2030s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| December 9, 2030, 2:52 p.m. | January 2, 2031, 1:14 p.m. |
