DECEMBER 2024
Starting on an adventurous, knowledgeable Sagittarius New Moon, this month will be filled with peaks and troughs. Jupiterian highs will bring fun conversations and inspiring through not always realistic ideas. Saturn which is its equal and opposite twin will bring regret about past mistakes, twinges of self-doubt and ever-present indications that duty and responsibility will be needed, pushing aside indulgence and relaxation. Finding a balance will be vital. Venus in friendly Aquarius will help as will the ever-optimistic Sagittarius Sun until the 21st. Thereafter Capricorn takes over as the New Year approaches. Janus, the double-faced figure from mythology – not devious but looking backwards as well as forwards. The month finishes as it started on a new Moon hinting at a need for fresh resolutions for what comes next.
PLANETARY ASPECTS:
1: New Moon in Sagittarius – new beginnings.
2: Venus in Capricorn trine Uranus in Taurus – social fun, flirtatious, emotional freedom.
4: Mercury in Sagittarius square Jupiter in Gemini – upbeat, not realistic, over hopeful.
Sun square Saturn in Pisces – the opposite, downbeat, mistakes surface, delays.
Veenus sextile Saturn – cool, sophisticated.
6: Sun conjunct Mercury in Sagittarius – in mental overdrive, talking constantly.
Mars in Leo retrograde until late February 2025 – energy inward directed, slower progress.
7: Mercury square Saturn – serious chats, negative thoughts.
Venus into Aquarius until January 3 – friendly, not keen to be tied down to possessive twosomes.
Venus conjunct Pluto – intense emotional reactions, charming and seductive though also manipulative.
Sun opposition Jupiter – expansive, over confident, lazy.
12: Venus opposition Mars in Leo – passionately enthusiastic, over the top, not sensitive.
13: Mercury sextile Venus – charming, soft words
15: Full Moon in Gemini – pulled in two directions.
Mercury direct – communication hitches and glitches of previous three weeks disappear.
18: Sun square Neptune – vague, low energy, kind, uncertain.
19: Venus trine Jupiter – sociable, frivolous, charming, indulgent.
21: Sun into Capricorn for four weeks – practical, ambitious, can be creative, traditional.
24: Jupiter square Saturn – up and down, tricky balances to be struck.
26: Mercury opposition Jupiter – confident, over optimistic, promise more than can deliver.
27: Mercury square Saturn – downbeat, negative, self-doubting
28: Venus square Uranus – emotionally unsettled, dislike being tied down.
30: New Moon in Capricorn – new beginnings.
OUTER PLANETS
Jupiter in Gemini from May 25 2024 until June 2025 – good for conversations, curious, knowledgeable, thinks and talks easily, multi-tasking, tendency to go for breadth of understanding not dept, superficial.
Saturn: In Pisces from March 8 2023 till September 2025 – a time to let the past go, push old regrets aside and be supportive to those in need.
Uranus: From March 2019 until July 2025 in Taurus – changing attitudes to handling of money, possessions and resources especially in agriculture and our attitude to nature.
Neptune in Pisces from February 2012 until April 2025 – religious, spiritual, has resonances with Muslim history.
Pluto in Aquarius from late November 2024 till 2044. Can be enlightening, fosters social movements and equality, changes outlooks and attitudes, brings intense discussions and scientific advances.