Lilith in Capricorn
Lilith in Capricorn is read as a refusal to bow to authority. You tend to have a complicated relationship with bosses and rules, and to want real power of your own rather than borrowed approval.
Birth dates with this placement
Lilith was in Capricorn 7 times from 1950 to 2010, for 8.5% of those years in all.
| From | To |
|---|---|
| December 6, 1955 | August 31, 1956 |
| October 10, 1964 | July 7, 1965 |
| August 15, 1973 | May 12, 1974 |
| June 20, 1982 | March 18, 1983 |
| April 25, 1991 | January 21, 1992 |
| February 29, 2000 | November 25, 2000 |
| January 3, 2009 | October 1, 2009 |
In love
You tend to be drawn to strong people and to fight them for control. You need a partner who respects your ambition and doesn't try to be your manager at home.
At work
You tend to climb hard and to refuse to be used on the way up. You do well once you are the one setting the rules, and you may take a long way round to get there.
What to watch
You can become the very authority you fought. It's worth asking now and then who you've started telling what to do.
Black Moon Lilith is a point, not a body: the far end of the Moon's orbit. It stays in a sign for about nine months. From the mean lunar apogee, shown as Mean Lilith in other software. How we calculate the sky.
With friends and family
With friends and family, Lilith in Capricorn is read as a tense relationship with authority, often starting with a strict parent or a family that measured worth by success. You may be the one who works hardest and admits the least. Friends who respect your ambition and don't need you to be in charge tend to suit you.
Making decisions
When deciding, this placement is read as strategic and very hard to push around. You tend to choose the option that keeps you in control. The useful question is whether a choice comes from ambition you own or from a need to prove someone wrong, since the second rarely feels like winning.
What Lilith in Capricorn gives you
The gift of Lilith in Capricorn is authority you build yourself. You can climb without asking for permission, run things well and refuse to be held back by anyone's idea of your place. Once the need to prove yourself eases, that discipline tends to make you a fair and respected leader.
When Lilith is in Capricorn again
After 2010, Lilith starts 3 stays in Capricorn before 2041. Astrologers read these as the stretches when its themes are in the air for everyone, and most of all for people born with it here.
| From | To |
|---|---|
| November 9, 2017 | August 6, 2018 |
| September 14, 2026 | June 11, 2027 |
| July 21, 2035 | April 15, 2036 |
Lilith in Capricorn: questions people ask
What does Lilith in Capricorn want?
It is read as wanting power, respect and control over its own life and work. It rebels against bosses, rules and systems that limit it, and against being told it is too ambitious.
How does Lilith in Capricorn show up in love?
It is read as reserved at first and very strong-willed, with a fear of losing control in a relationship. A partner who is an equal in ambition, and doesn't try to run you, tends to see its loyal, devoted side.
What sets off Lilith in Capricorn?
Being blocked by someone in charge, or told it isn't ready. Lilith in Capricorn tends to answer with cold ambition. Using that drive to build something of its own, rather than to win the fight, is read as its best outlet.
How long does Lilith stay in Capricorn?
About nine months. Black Moon Lilith moves at a steady pace, so each of its stays in Capricorn from 1940 to 2045 lasts between 269 and 271 days, and it comes back to Capricorn about every 8 years and 10 months.