Capricorn yana ɗaya daga cikin taurarin taurari kuma yana daga cikin taurarin 88 na zamani.
Dangane da ilimin taurari na wurare masu zafi Rana tana zaune a Capricorn daga Disamba 22 zuwa Janairu 19 , yayin da yake a cikin ilimin taurari na sidereal an ce zai yi jigilar shi daga Janairu 15 zuwa Fabrairu 14. Astrologically, wannan yana da alaƙa da duniyar Saturn.
Sunan tauraron taurari ya fito daga Latin don 'ƙaho mai ƙaho' kamar yadda ake nuna Capricornus a matsayin bunsurun teku, halittar almara wanda shine rabin akuya da rabin kifi. Ptolemy ne ya fara bayyana shi.
Wannan tauraron daga fromasashen Arewa ya kasance tsakanin Sagittarius zuwa gabas kuma Aquarius zuwa yamma. Ana iya ganin Capricornus mafi kyau daga Turai a farkon wayewar Satumba.
Girma: Wannan shine mafi karancin taurari a cikin zodiac da kawai murabba'in square 414.
Matsayi: 40na.
Haske: Wannan ita ce tauraruwa ta biyu mafi tsananin suma, bayan Ciwon daji .
Tarihi: Capricornus ɗayan ɗayan tsofaffin ƙungiyoyi ne, tun daga Zamanin Bronze Age. Mutanen Babila sun sa masa suna Suhur.mais “kifin akuya”. Tarihin Girkanci yana nuna shi azaman Amalthea, akuya wanda ya shayar da jariri Zeus. Ahon akuya ya zama cornucopia, ƙahon yalwa.
Taurari: Duk da kasancewar irin wannan tauraron mai rauni, Capricorn yana da starsan fitattun taurari: misali, tauraron alfa, Deneb Algedi, Denebola, Nashira da Giedi.
Galaxies: Capricornus yana da damo da dama da gungu masu taurari, gami da Messier 30 da ƙungiyar galaxy mai karko.
