Aries and Capricorn Compatibility

“Ninety degrees of friction, which is also where the heat is.”

Aries and Capricorn make a square in the Western zodiac, scoring 44 out of 100. That is the tie between the two signs themselves, before anything else about either person is taken into account.

The Reading · Square

Aries and Capricorn sit 90 degrees apart: a square.

What works

The square is the aspect that actually builds something. You will push each other into rooms neither of you would have entered alone, and the version of you that comes out is measurably larger.

Where it snags

You share a modality, which means you both want to run the play the same way, and neither of you is built to yield first. Left alone, that becomes a standoff with very good arguments on both sides.

Fire and earth: one lights it, the other has to live on the scorched ground. Excellent once the fire agrees to a hearth.

Two cardinal signs: you both start things. Deciding who gets to start this one is the entire negotiation.

Aries and Capricorn in the Ancient Zodiac

A sun sign is half of a reading. Which of the twelve Ancient Zodiac signs each of these two actually carries depends on the year they were born, and the pairing below is where the reading gets specific.