Whereas we’ve got fairly a couple of planets altering route this month, the important thing spotlight is Mars retrograde in Leo. Mars solely goes retrograde as soon as each 2 years, so when it does, that’s fairly an enormous deal.
Another excuse why this Mars retrograde cycle is so vital is that it’s a part of the unusually lengthy, 6-month Mars-square-Pluto transit.
That is deep, intense restructuring work. It’s my will vs. collective will – as we’re being requested to study the superb line between standing agency in our convictions and adapting to forces past our management.
At this Mars retrograde, we could really feel powerless if we stubbornly follow our weapons, OR we will use this vitality to regroup, readjust, and study to swim with the tide quite than in opposition to it.
December 2024 additionally options the 2nd Jupiter-Saturn sq., 2 mutable lunations – a New Moon in Sagittarius and a Full Moon in Gemini – that may stir shifting circumstances but in addition thrilling alternatives, and a goal-oriented New Moon in Capricorn simply earlier than New 12 months’s Eve.
However let’s check out crucial transits of the month:
December 1st, 2024 – New Moon In Sagittarius
On December 1st, 2024, we’ve got a New Moon at 9° Sagittarius. The New Moon is sq. Saturn in Pisces and trine Mars in Leo. The New Moon can be in a large opposition orb with its ruler, Jupiter, now at 17° Gemini.
New Moons are occasions of latest beginnings – when seeds are planted for the long run.
On the New Moon in Sagittarius, the Mars motivational gas is there, however we’re second-guessing ourselves (sq. Saturn).
Ought to we go forward? Ought to we plant the seed? The reply at a New Moon is all the time sure – as a result of that’s what the New Moon does each month: it will get pregnant with new concepts, new prospects, and new beginnings.
The seed planted on the New Moon in Sagittarius would require effort and perseverance. It is going to problem your beliefs and luxury zone. But, it’s one thing that may finally enable you to develop and transfer ahead (Sagittarius).
December seventh, 2024 – Mars Goes Retrograde In Leo
On December seventh, 2024, Mars goes retrograde at 6° Leo.
It is a vital astrological occasion as a result of it’s so uncommon. Mercury goes retrograde thrice a 12 months, most outer planets yearly, Venus each 18 months; Mars goes retrograde solely each 26 months.
When Mars goes retrograde, what used to really feel just like the default manner of being abruptly shifts. This typically interprets into an enormous wake-up name or a way of urgency to reexamine your route and motivations. It’s no surprise Mars retrograde durations are usually extremely eventful.
Many individuals with an astrology background could attempt to make a degree about not initiating main initiatives or making daring strikes throughout Mars retrograde, but they find yourself appearing boldly anyway, as a result of there’s such a way of urgency about this transit.
Nearly all the time, Mars retrograde brings a shift in perspective. Even when exterior circumstances stay unchanged, your inside motivation and method will shift.
Shifts in perspective would possibly sound like a Mercury factor, however are Mars at its essence. Mars is the planet of private will. Mars and Venus are our neighboring planets, so we’re influenced by them concretely and straight – extra so than the distant outer planets.
How this would possibly seem like for you in fact relies on your natal chart, but in addition on the extra generic facets, like the present Mars-Pluto opposition. For extra particulars, preserve a watch for Astro Butterfly’s Mars retrograde information nearer to the date.
December seventh, 2024 – Venus Enters Aquarius
On December seventh, 2024, Venus enters Aquarius.
If we used the phrase “Don’t hate what you don’t perceive” within the context of Pluto in Aquarius, the Venus in Aquarius equal could be “Love what’s totally different.”
Venus in Aquarius is a forward-thinking Venus – extremely inclusive, and naturally drawn to what’s quirky, distinctive, and defies norms.
Throughout Venus’ keep on this signal, we’ve got the possibility to get a style of this vitality: embrace one thing totally different, discover the unconventional, or method acquainted conditions from a recent angle, with a extra open-minded perspective.
December eighth, 2024 – Neptune Goes Direct
On December eighth, 2024, Neptune goes direct at 27° Pisces.
When you have planets between 27-29 levels (in any signal, however notably the mutable indicators of Pisces, Gemini, Virgo, or Sagittarius), that is the final time Neptune in Pisces will contact and activate these factors in your chart.
Neptune is in its final levels of Pisces. We gained’t have for much longer of Neptune in its domicile signal – so let’s make the most effective of it.
Because it modifications route, what’s Neptune in Pisces whispering to you? What magic, invitation, longing, subtlety, serendipity, or dream is it making an attempt to disclose?
Many affiliate Neptune transits with phantasm, however there’s rather more to Neptune than that.
Sure, a Neptune transit would possibly really feel like an phantasm if we choose it solely from the 3D perspective. If we dream of a unicorn, Neptune in Pisces – or another planet, for that matter – gained’t magically ship it to our door.
However that’s not what Neptune is right here for. Neptune is right here to infuse us with a way of risk, a imaginative and prescient, a sense – one thing that may lead us to locations we’ve by no means been earlier than.
What’s Neptune in Pisces whispering to you, like a mermaid calling from the ocean?
What does its foggy presence ask you to cease holding onto – as a result of it’s outdated, irrelevant, or now not serving you? What distant dream or forgotten reminiscence does its mist stir inside you, inviting you to discover what might be?
December fifteenth, 2024 – Full Moon In Gemini
On December fifteenth, 2024, we’ve got a Full Moon at 23° Gemini. The Full Moon is sq. Neptune in Pisces. Mercury, the ruler of the Full Moon, is in Sagittarius, about to show direct. Sudden turns of occasions could initially depart you confused, making you second-guess your choices.
The Full Moon in Gemini reminds us of the 7 of Cups Tarot card, the place somebody stands in entrance of various cups floating on a cloud. Every cup holds a distinct merchandise – like a dragon, jewels, snake, or a fortress.
These Full Moon in Gemini choices might be the “shiny object syndrome” OR actual alternatives – ones that will not initially seem like what you thought you wished however grow to be nice options or workarounds to issues or areas the place you felt caught.
The Full Moon in Gemini is an invite to rethink your choices and discover new views. Do not forget that Gemini is a twin signal.
Each choice or state of affairs has one other facet to it, and your perspective would possibly shift when you think about the other view. Typically, what looks like an phantasm might be even higher than the true factor.
December sixteenth, 2024 – Mercury Goes Direct
On December sixteenth, 2024, Mercury goes direct at 6° Sagittarius, simply in time for the vacation season.
This has not been the simplest Mercury retrograde; Mercury shaped tense facets to Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, and Jupiter in Gemini. Way of life modifications, surprising journey, or different disruptions could have examined our adaptability muscle.
However we’ve made it. Sure, as Mercury strikes direct, it’s going to once more move by means of the identical space of Sagittarius that squares the planets in Pisces and opposes Jupiter in Gemini. BUT – by now, we all know what wants fixing. We all know what we have to do.
December twenty first, 2024 – Solar Enters Capricorn
On December twenty first, 2024, the Solar enters Capricorn. Comfortable birthday to all Capricorns on the market!
That is that point of the 12 months once we naturally turn into extra retrospective, take inventory of the previous, get organized, and regain our mojo and dedication to maneuver ahead.
December twenty fourth, 2024 – Jupiter Sq. Saturn
On December twenty fourth, 2024, we’ve got the 2nd Jupiter-Saturn sq. at 14° Gemini and Pisces. Jupiter and Saturn, the social planets, remind us of bigger societal and structural themes. The sq. is unlikely to have an effect on our vacation temper, however it might intervene with our long-term targets or logistical plans.
There’s been a lot mutable vitality this month, so it’s not like we’re unfamiliar with the ‘winds of change.’ However this feels a bit totally different – extra structural. There’s a rising consciousness of the transferring items and the foundational pillars in our lives that want an improve.
If in December you’ve discovered your self pondering: “Rattling, I acquired caught in visitors once more and was late for work,” or “I couldn’t make it to my buddy’s birthday as a result of she lives on the opposite facet of city,” or “Why is the whole lot so inconvenient proper now?” – maybe what wants to vary is not only the main points however one thing deeper and extra structural.
Possibly it’s time to think about transferring to a extra sensible location. Or discovering a job that aligns higher along with your life-style. Or reassessing your priorities altogether. The Jupiter-Saturn sq. will carry consciousness to what actually wants altering – the foundational transferring items that dictate all of the smaller particulars of your life.
December thirtieth, 2024 – New Moon In Capricorn
On December thirtieth, 2024, we’ve got a New Moon at 9° Capricorn. What excellent timing for New 12 months’s resolutions!
Most of the time, the New Moon in Capricorn happens after Dec. thirty first, which signifies that our New 12 months’s resolutions are seeded through the Sagittarius lunar season, quite than the Capricorn one. This explains the passion – but in addition the occasional lack of practicality and follow-through.
Nevertheless, once we set our New 12 months’s resolutions through the Capricorn lunar season, we’re more likely to realize them.
The New Moon is nearly unaspected, other than a wide-ish sextile to its ruler, Saturn, now at 14° Pisces – we’ve got free will, with simply sufficient help from construction and self-discipline to information us ahead.
December thirtieth, 2024 – Chiron Goes Direct
On December thirtieth, 2024, Chiron goes direct at 19° Aries. Chiron’s change in route and the New Moon in Capricorn are an invite to interrupt free from the established order and do what wants doing.
Chiron is commonly related to therapeutic, but it surely’s greater than that. Chiron is that uninteresting ache in our soul that questions our narrative and pushes us to hunt one thing deeper, extra significant.
The timing of Chiron stationing direct simply earlier than the brand new 12 months couldn’t be extra becoming. This is a chance to go away the previous behind, let go of what 2024 introduced, and begin once more.
Simply as Chiron is half-human, half-God – a bridge between the mortal and the divine – we too are crossing a threshold. As we step into the brand new 12 months, we’ve got the chance to create one thing extra significant and aligned with our deeper goal.
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