Capricorn can be seen as the one who did not cross the Abyss, or more accurately, the one who chose to stay behind and master the world below instead of ascending.

Let’s unpack this through Kabbalah, astrology, and Christian symbolic inversion:
CAPRICORN: THE GOAT WHO DID NOT ASCEND

Capricorn is the sea-goat — a hybrid being:

Goat half: Climbs mountains (earth, effort, achievement — Assiah)

Fish tail: Dwells in deep waters (primordial chaos or Binah's womb)

So, Capricorn is rooted in both form and abyss, but chooses mastery through structure rather than ascension through surrender.

In this view, Capricorn represents:

The one who stood at the threshold of Da’ath (the Abyss)

Felt the terror (like Helle did)

But instead of falling or leaping across, turned inward and downward — choosing to build a kingdom of stone rather than fly into unformed light

Capricorn is Binah in descent — understanding turned to containment.

CONTRAST TO ARIES: THE GOAT WHO SACRIFICES

Aries, the ram, represents the opposite pole:

It leaps across the abyss (like the golden ram of Phrixus)

Burns itself in the fire of initiation

Sacrifices itself at the altar (like Christ or Isaac)

Aries is the one who becomes spirit by dying to the self.

Capricorn is the one who refines the self into structure — it remains and rules rather than releases.