The Stars are Really Dancing Through December!

Terra Wolfe

As we look at December on this first day, we notice that Mercury is retrograde. That's what took me out for a couple of weeks. But I am all set now.

We have a couple of patterns to consider here. First that Earth grand trine is separating as Mars proceeds throughVirgo. Although today it is still pretty strong with Mars trining Pluto within a three degree orb. It is moving out fast.

Then we have a Jupiter/Neptune sextile, but although l it never quite gets exact. The moon joined it today to give it a bit more presence. Moon and Neptune can be very spacey and emotional. But it is a nice feeling time and with Jupiter at a pleasant angle it is pretty cool. Just a day or so though and it is past. But Jupiter stays within the sextile for awhile; which is very good for things like music and art...ideas that just pour in, feeling perfectly natural but they appear like magic as though from somewhere else. Neptune has moved into direct motion now and is two degrees from moving into Pisces its own sign where it is very powerful, so stay tuned for more of its influence for several years.

Pluto is direct too and on the 10^thUranus will go stationary direct and proceed through Aries, which should be quite a trip. Not that it will not have any retrogrades through this time, there will be several because those outer planets are often retrograde. This is one of those times when all are direct. You will seldom feel any difference from the retrograde, except when they are right at the turning point (stationary) then they seem to have the most power.

On the 3^rdof December we have a bump in the road when the Sun conjuncts Mercury retrograde and squares Mars in Virgo. It passes quickly but look out for tempers flaring and feeling all “Marsy” about things that you usually glide past. The Moon is right on Uranus today too, so watch your temper.

The third is quite a powerful day in many aspects as I keep looking. Venus is on Pluto and trining Mars. Good? Bad? Wonderful? You have to check your own personal charts to see. This day is all over the place. And Saturn is coming into a trine with Neptune that could allow all of those great ideas coming along to become substantial.

On December 12^thMercury is stationary direct. A week or two in the shadow should take it back to just being friendly little Mercury.

If you are looking at your own chart in relation to all of this. Look at 9-12 degrees and again at 26 to 1 degree in the next sign. That seems to be where all the action is.

On the 13^ththere is a quick hit as the Moon moves into a fire grand trine with Uranus and Mercury. I usually wouldn't mention this but I fine that Mercury Uranus can result it temper flares, generally spoken. Sometimes you have to do that, just be sure you do it to the person who needs it and not just the person who is handy.

Saturn is moving into an opposition with Jupiter next month and by the end of this month you will begin to feel it. There is a push pull here between expansion and security. If we can find the balance, it can serve us well, it can just as easily be frustrating. This will be felt most strongly right at the beginning and the ends of the signs, particularly Earth ( Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) and water (Cancer Scorpio, Pisces) . Squares will be in Leo and Aquarius. This is kind of an important event in the social planets range, you will see this one happening out in the world at this time too.

On the 23^rdwe have the New Moon trining Jupiter...there is a promising note! Of course things being as they are, the Sun also squares Uranus that day. Big changes that turn out to be productive are the best outcome of these energies. Life being out of control and not feeling too bad is another possibility. Of course the new moon tends to linger in its influence and this day is way too interesting to be ignored.

Toward the end of the month the Saturn/Neptune trine with it's sextile to Jupiter is looking pretty interesting. Things can be accomplished now that began with dreams and creativity. Sweet! This is reinforced on the 28^thwith a Sun/Pluto conjunction that makes a wide trine to Jupiter...but with all of the rest going on, wide works for me. The Universe is putting an interesting package together for us at the moment.

Moving to the last night of the year we have a couple of squares that really don't connect to the pattern but can have personal effects. Pluto and the Sun are squaring to Moon for a couple of hours and Mercury squares Mars at 20 degrees Virgo and Sagittarius. Neither of these are long lasting or particularly annoying. Just the normal bumps in the road.

The real action as it will be for the next few years, is the Outer Planets and the Two social planets.

Happy Holiday. Blessed Yule.

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