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Posted On: October 19th 2026, 06:56 pm
21°51′ Gemini · Capella
Is abundance in a chart only a matter of Jupiter and Venus? The horn of plenty itself hangs on a fixed star, and its nature, by the old astrologers, is Mars with Mercury.
To its people, Capella brings a curiosity that discouragement does not wear down, an inventiveness that joins fields others keep apart, and a road into their work that few have taken. Many of them, looking back, find they gave several people their start without attaching much importance to it at the time. What the star does not supply is the urge to finish: it hands out beginnings freely, and the plenty becomes real only when one of them is carried to its end.
The myth says why. Capella means the little she-goat. She is Amalthea, who suckled the infant Zeus while he was hidden from his father, and whose broken horn became the cornucopia, the horn of plenty that refills as fast as it is emptied. The Charioteer carries her on his shoulder. Two ideas descend from her: nourishment given to something that will outgrow the giver, and abundance produced by a break.
Angelina Jolie was born with Mercury on Capella. Actress, director, UN Special Envoy for refugees and mother of six, hers is a life that keeps opening new doors, and the gift for other people’s beginnings shows plainly in it.
Capella lights up when one of your planets reaches it, at birth or as they travel through your life. The Sun crosses it each year in the middle of June.
Have you found Capella in your chart? Tell me in the comments how it has shown up in your life, I would love to read your experience.
Capella is written out in full in my free Book of Fixed Stars, with the calculator that shows whether it stands in your chart. I share one fixed star at a time here, so follow along and you will meet them one by one.
Comment STARS and I will send you the book ✦
#fixedstars #fixedstarastrology #gemini #natalchart #astrology
Is abundance in a chart only a matter of Jupiter and Venus? The horn of plenty itself hangs on a fixed star, and its nature, by the old astrologers, is Mars with Mercury.
To its people, Capella brings a curiosity that discouragement does not wear down, an inventiveness that joins fields others keep apart, and a road into their work that few have taken. Many of them, looking back, find they gave several people their start without attaching much importance to it at the time. What the star does not supply is the urge to finish: it hands out beginnings freely, and the plenty becomes real only when one of them is carried to its end.
The myth says why. Capella means the little she-goat. She is Amalthea, who suckled the infant Zeus while he was hidden from his father, and whose broken horn became the cornucopia, the horn of plenty that refills as fast as it is emptied. The Charioteer carries her on his shoulder. Two ideas descend from her: nourishment given to something that will outgrow the giver, and abundance produced by a break.
Angelina Jolie was born with Mercury on Capella. Actress, director, UN Special Envoy for refugees and mother of six, hers is a life that keeps opening new doors, and the gift for other people’s beginnings shows plainly in it.
Capella lights up when one of your planets reaches it, at birth or as they travel through your life. The Sun crosses it each year in the middle of June.
Have you found Capella in your chart? Tell me in the comments how it has shown up in your life, I would love to read your experience.
Capella is written out in full in my free Book of Fixed Stars, with the calculator that shows whether it stands in your chart. I share one fixed star at a time here, so follow along and you will meet them one by one.
Comment STARS and I will send you the book ✦
#fixedstars #fixedstarastrology #gemini #natalchart #astrology
Comments (3)
15 days agoa.vertcliff
A few more charts with Capella, for those who asked ✦ Linda McCartney was born with Jupiter on Capella. She began as a photographer and became the first woman to shoot a cover for Rolling Stone, then stepped onto the stage with Wings without having planned a life in music, then turned a kitchen habit into a cookbook and a food company that still carries her name. One life, several beginnings, and each of them grew into something that outlived her.
16 days agoa.vertcliff
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