We come into December with the Sagittarius New Moon on the 1st when the Sun conjuncts the Moon [1:21 AM EST]. The New Moon configuration has a Mutable Sign T-Square by orb with the New Moon opposed Jupiter and the New Moon square Saturn. The New Moon signature also trines Mars. The New Moon influences the next two weeks up to the Full Moon on the 15th.
The tendency and liability of being all over the place with gusto cannot be discounted during this fortnight. We might feel as though we are caroming between going overboard with our activities and being restricted by having our wings clipped. We need to modulate our behavior and avoid extremes. Any rush to judgment is liable to have a nasty pushback.
The 2nd of December can provide a grounding element to our frenzy as Venus trines Uranus. Someone might provide valuable assistance to our completing our tasks and moving ahead with our goals. We could utilize streamlined methods and new technologies to be more effective with less expenditure of energy. Options and alternatives may provide greased wheels or make us aware of trajectories more aligned with our intentions. We need to be open to receive, for the opportunities associated with this energy configuration are likely to occur unexpectedly and without forewarning.
The Venus connection to Uranus on the 2nd begins the aspects of Venus to the three transcendental planets as Venus trines Uranus on the 2nd, Venus sextiles Neptune on the 4th, and Venus conjuncts Pluto on the 7th. Our benefits may come from other people who might provide insight, encouragement, and assistance amidst the helter-skelter of this period.
During this first week of December, Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces are engaged in a Mutable Sign T-Square with the Sun and Mercury both transiting Sagittarius.
The 4th has Mercury opposed Jupiter, the Sun square Saturn, and Venus sextile Neptune. Our thoughts may be expansive with a hope that what we want we can get. The reality may be something less with delays and frustrations blocking the realization of our desires. Things are far easier achieved in concept than in practical implementation, a fact likely to be made evident at this time. Even if we feel disappointed by the obstacles to achieving our goals, we can find solace in the comfort and love of another. We don’t have to play out the ‘misery loves company’ scenario, but we can step away from a focus on our miscues and concentrate on the love and friendship with a special someone.
The love we share with another person could give us a thrust of energy on the 5th when the Sun conjuncts Mercury. Although we might have been thwarted by any impediments to our plans yesterday, we may have found emotional support and comfort. The 5th gives us a thrust of energy and possibly the determination to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start all over again.
The stops and starts of early December continue as December 6th gives us Mercury square Saturn and Mars turning retrograde [6:33 PM EST]. Mercury completes its Mutable Sign T-Square having opposed Jupiter on the 4th and today with the square to Saturn. The wild swings between euphoria and despair during this early December can have us feeling like we’re banging our head against the wall today. We need to avoid having blinders on and assuming reality to be a foreboding place out to hurt us. With Mars turning retrograde in Leo our physical energy could wane. We might feel that we do not have the strength or the persistence to pursue our greatest adventures. If need be, let’s go to the wailing wall and whine about our greatest frustrations. But if we go there, let’s go there with a timer, set it for ten or fifteen minutes, wail to our heart’s content, and after the timer goes off, wash our hands, wash our face, and change our attitude.
Life may have its share of pain, but the suffering is optional
The 7th of December has the Sun completing its Mutable Sign T-Square with the Sun opposed Jupiter. The Sun had squared Saturn back on the 4th. Venus exits Capricorn to enter Aquarius [1:13 AM EST] with Venus today conjunct Pluto. Neptune turns direct. The past few days with the frantic energies running between expansion and contraction may have worn us out, but our intentions for our future could be strong. Social gatherings of one or several and whether in person or by telecommunications can have us pumped up, considering our future endeavors and all with the encouragement of a special someone. We might want to take on the world, but it would be wise for us to focus on what we feel drawn to achieve in our personal world. Like a pebble dropped in a pond with its ripple effects, our determination to make our personal world a better place can have ripple effects on the people around us, our community, and the world at large.
Venus opposes Mars on the 12th of December, and we need to avoid a tug-of-war with someone. While there can be a balance between our masculine and feminine energies, we might have a scuffle between the two characteristics before we come to equilibrium. Once parity is created, our relationships are likely to be stronger, and we might be far more capable of strategizing the best ways to achieve our intended goals. No need for contentiousness when we can determine a win-win scenario.
The 13th of December with Mercury sextile Venus can have our mind wandering the limitless terrain of prospects and alternatives. We are likely feeling upbeat and willing to engage the extraordinary and even other worldly. Whether we are privy to the magic and mini miracles of the paradigm shift, we are at the very least open to possibilities that may seem at first impossible. Increasingly, the blinders are being removed. We can see from peripheral vision and are more open to interesting phenomena.
The term ‘divine intervention’ has been bandied about, a term that reveals those inexplicable incidents each of us may be occasionally experiencing.
The Gemini Full Moon on the 15th of December when the Sun opposes the Moon [4:02 AM EST] has a loose Mutable Sign T-Square with both the Sun and Moon square to Neptune. This is also the day that Mercury ends its three-week retrograde cycle and turns direct [3:56 PM EST]. Whenever Mercury turns direction, things can get squirrely until we become accustomed to the shift in the energies.
During these times of the paradigm shift, it is often difficult to ascertain what is really going on. We are no longer dealing in sequential reality but rather in asequential reality where things can happen in the most unexpected manner and what often seems like random happenings. In addition to the inexplicable characteristics of this paradigm shift we have society having morphed into the post-modern era where the subjective supersedes the objective and fiction often regarded as fact. All these changes occurring can certainly be destabilizing if not crazy making.
The 18th of December has the Sun square Neptune. We might feel highly creative in our mind but have difficulty in implementing our conceptual into the physical. Confusion regarding our direction forward could keep us stymied as though spinning our wheels, getting somewhere in our mind’s eye but nowhere as far as manifestation. This would be a time to consider our options but not to act on them. Let’s take a breather, enjoy the spirit of the holidays, and not feel pressured to do anything concrete.
The last major energy configuration of the autumn season has the two ‘good guys’ of the planetary realm, Venus and Jupiter, in trine aspect on the 19th of December. Love and romance are highlighted with scintillating conversations and full appreciation that life is good.
The winter season begins on the 21st with the winter solstice as the Sun enters Capricorn [4:21 AM EST]. Influencing the next three months, we may be feeling the impacts from the Jupiter Saturn square and the Mars opposition to Pluto. Life might seem like a pachinko machine with us being buffeted by various push – pulls and liabilities of different slams as we move through the first quarter of 2025.
No matter the intensity of these revolutionary times, there is light at the end of the tunnel as we come into the latter spring period with its promise of renewal, rebirth, a true renaissance.
The 24th of December has Jupiter square Saturn, the second of three such engagements, the first having been back on the 19th of August, the third on the 15th of June of next year. Past issues, old connections could have us talking a walk down Memory Lane. It may seem somewhat Dickensian as we visit ghosts of the past. While our spirits might be diminished by our burdens and our responsibilities, we might also use this time to fine tune our involvements, clear up our messes before the new year, and reflect where we are now compared to where we were back then. The Christmas holidays reflect the winter solstice in the northern latitudes with the birth of the light in the darkness.
The latter part of December can have us going through extreme mood swings due to the Mercury square Jupiter on the 26th, followed by Mercury square Saturn on the 27th. The Jupiter Saturn square is engaged with Mercury triggering first a sense of irrational exuberance followed by unfounded despair. The liability of extreme emotions cannot be discounted and would suggest we take our time in evaluating whatever we are considering with the recognition that our thoughts and ideas at this time may seem most metronome-like with wild swings and consequently the liability of miscues, misjudgments, and misunderstandings. This would not be a time for us to make definitive judgments or long-term commitments.
Some of the collateral damage from the Mercury trigger of the Jupiter Saturn square could be seen on the 28th when Venus squares Uranus. A sudden incident or an unexpected development might create difficulties in our relationships. We may see people from a different perspective and find them wanting in our estimation. Let’s be careful that any hasty actions don’t precipitate consequences beyond recall.
Just as with every season, the season truly begins with the Cardinal New Moon of that particular season. This winter season begins with the Capricorn New Moon on the 30th when the Sun conjuncts the Moon [5:27 PM EST]. Despite the Mars Pluto opposition and the Jupiter Saturn square energy configurations, this New Moon’s signatures offer us the ability to organize and structure our ways forward, as long as we don’t try to rush the river or become willful in our endeavors.
The challenge for each of us is to prevent our ego getting the better of us and determining our course of action. We are in the midst of a paradigm shift that calls for us to be humble, accepting our roles as co-creators with the universe unfolding, and for us to come from spirit.
Just like the winter solstice and the celebration of Christmas, the light is born out of the darkness.
December 2024… let it shine, let it shine…
