Positions
Descendant in Capricorn
Modern
With Capricorn on your Descendant you are drawn to partners who are responsible, capable, and built to last, the ones who take commitment seriously and carry their weight. You look across at maturity and structure, often someone older or steadier, because that grounded authority is what you want a partnership to provide. The shadow is choosing for status or security until the bond turns cold or dutiful, attracting a controlling or distant partner, or projecting your own ambition, until you let warmth share the load with duty.
Traditional (Hellenistic)
With Capricorn on the seventh cusp the partner is signified by Saturn in his nocturnal house and comes as a sober, ambitious, and responsible figure, often older or established, who marries for the long term. The native seeks a mate of substance and constancy, and the union endures when Saturn is dignified but turns cold, dutiful, or burdened when the lord is afflicted. The open enemy is patient and formidable rather than rash, so weigh the lord of the seventh with care.
- capricorn
- descendant
- committed partner
Sources
- Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647), p. 300Reads marriage and open enemies from the seventh; a Saturnine cusp gives a sober, enduring, often older partner.
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, IV.5Judges marriage from the angle and Saturn; a Saturnine seventh points to a steady, dutiful, long-lasting union.
- Sasportas, The Twelve Houses (1985)Reads the seventh as the partner sought; a Capricorn cusp wants reliability, achievement, and lasting structure.