Makar Rashi in English: Capricorn

Makar rashi is Capricorn in English, the tenth sign, ruled by Saturn and spanning 270 to 300 degrees of the sidereal zodiac. Common search spellings include Makara, Makara Rasi, Capricorn rashi.

Moon sign or Sun sign? Your Makar Rashi is where the Moon sat at birth, so a birthday alone cannot confirm it. The sidereal Sun passes through Makar about 14 January to 12 February. Western tropical Capricorn dates are approximately 22 December–19 January.

Saturn values time, accountability and durable results. Movable earth gives Makar the ability to organise effort toward a concrete goal and accept slow progress without losing the larger plan.

Makara is a mythic aquatic creature, often rendered in English as Capricorn’s sea-goat. Makar Sankranti marks the Sun entering sidereal Capricorn and is a major solar festival; your Moon can enter Makar on any date of the year.

Mars is exalted in Makar (deepest at 28°) and Jupiter is debilitated here (deepest at 5°). Disciplined effort tends to be rewarded more than optimism alone.

The Makar Moon person already has next year’s budget in a spreadsheet and quietly worries about the year after that.

Sade Sati for Makar Moon runs while Saturn transits Dhanu, Makar and Kumbh. Saturn rules both Makar and Kumbh, so it is often heavy on duty but steady in long-term results.

Makar holds parts of last three quarters of Uttara Ashadha, Shravana and the first half of Dhanishtha; the Moon’s pada sets the naming sound.

Saturn gives discipline, stamina and respect for earned authority. Makar is often comfortable with gradual progress, formal responsibility and goals that take years rather than weeks.

Caution can become pessimism, responsibility can become workaholism, and restrained emotion may be mistaken for coldness even when commitment is strong.

Mars is traditionally exalted in Makar, combining drive with Saturnian structure. This does not make every Makar native forceful; it explains why disciplined execution is a recurring sign theme.

Administration, government, civil engineering, mining, law, finance, project management, anything with a ladder and a long horizon.

Usually respects compounding, delayed rewards and durable assets. The balancing lesson is to plan for present enjoyment as deliberately as future security.

Undemonstrative but reliable. Shows love through provision and presence, not words. Strong with Vrishabha and Kanya, hard going with Mesh and Tula.

Vrishabha and Kanya often share Makar’s practical time horizon. Mesh and Tula may negotiate pace and control differently; marriage judgment needs both charts and the Navamsa.

Sidereal Makar (270°–300°) sits about 24° behind tropical Capricorn, so its solar window overlaps tropical Aquarius.

Commonly cited Makar Moons (birth times unverified):

Kalapurusha anatomy places the knees and joints in Makar, so classical texts connect this Rashi with joint stiffness and with the gradual, load-bearing kind of physical endurance.

Direction: South. Tattva: Prithvi (Earth). Dosha: Vata-dominant.

Makar Sankranti is the one Sankranti celebrated nationwide by name, marking Uttarayana and taking local forms such as Pongal, Lohri, Bihu and Uttarayan.

The classical remedial deity for Makar's ruling planet Saturn is Lord Shani, worshipped for patience, discipline and fair reward for effort. The commonly used beej mantra is Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaye Namah (Saturn beej mantra, traditionally chanted on Saturdays).

Blue sapphire acts fast, for better or worse; it must be tested for a few days on an unafflicted Saturn before committing, since a wrong fit can backfire quickly.

How each graha fares in Saturn's sign Makar:

For Makar Moons, Saturn's house and the running Dasha shape how these traits show up.