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Astrological Insights Dec 17th - 31st

12/17/2022

Winter Solstice, New Moon
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As the year is closing, the planetary energies emphasize a natural tendency for reflection and review of what 2022 has brought to you with a strong sense for intention setting for the new year coming. In the next couple of weeks, we have Winter Solstice closely tied to the New Moon in Capricorn, and the start of a Mercury Retrograde sandwiched between the holidays. Mars continuing to be in retrograde until January 11th can remind you to not push hard against the grain and just let yourself flow.

Dec 17th - 19th
Mercury Trine Uranus

Mercury makes a positive Trine aspect with Uranus, opening pathways for novel and creative levels of thought and communication. Have you been stuck in familiar ways of thinking that aren’t fully working for you? Do you need to move forward on how to communicate around an issue with another? Mercury influences how we think and speak, and Uranus sparks new ideas that help us break free from old stuck patterns. The 17th - 19th brings a supportive time for progressive conversations and thoughts about building new pathways forward. Are there situations that have been getting you down? You may notice sudden new vistas of ideas that allow you more freedom around these situations. It is a good time to share your inspirations and to write down insights you receive during these days as a good reference for later.

Dec 21st
Sun enters Capricorn
Winter Solstice
1:48 PM PST

December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the longest night and shortest period of daylight all year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a good day to pause and reflect on the year. The solstice is a pivot point that turns us towards more light coming in for the next six months. I recommend creating an intentional space to reflect on what personal shifts you’re making that ultimately allow you to bring more light to your life.

Each year, on Winter Solstice, the Sun moves into the sign of Capricorn. This movement can help fine-tune your intentions for positive shifts in your life’s deep focus. Symbolized by the Mountain Goat that can steadily make its way up to the top, Capricorn represents the ability to put forth consistent and solid efforts of focus and work to accomplish goals and create success. What aspects of your life need some Mountain Goat energy? This year the Capricorn Solstice occurs very close to the New Moon, amplifying your capacity to use this Solstice period to harness focus on renewing your sense of purpose.

Dec 23rd
New Moon in Capricorn
2:17 AM, PST

A few days after the Winter Solstice and the Sun entering Capricorn, there will be a New Moon in Capricorn on the 23rd. New moons occur when the Sun and Moon join together in the same sign, creating our monthly lunar reset point. Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth Sign. The four cardinal signs begin each season when the Sun enters:

Aries - Spring Equinox
Cancer - Summer Solstice
Libra - Autumn Equinox
Capricorn - Winter Solstice

Those born under these signs can be more inclined towards leadership, initiation, and focusing on new beginnings. Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) are more grounded, practical, and geared toward planning. During this new Moon, the Sun and Moon are in Capricorn; it’s a supportive time to connect to what you want to take initiation on building in your life, especially as we head into the New Year.

Under this New Moon energy, I recommend creating space for yourself to tune into what you’re excited about initiating in 2023. Writing out a reasonable and achievable plan for yourself with what you’re looking to build in the coming year.

Dec 23rd - 27th
Mercury Sextile Neptune

Are you curious about the planetary influences over the holidays this year? With Mercury sextile Neptune, your thinking can become more idealistic and dreamy, which can range from deep optimistic meditations on renewal and warm fireside soulfulness to animated holiday cheer amplified by imbibing libations. With Mercury making a positive Sextile with Neptune from the 23rd to the 27th, you may have more utopian, romantic, and idealized thoughts and perceptions in whatever holiday atmosphere you find yourself in. Mercury influences our mental processes, and Neptune’s energy can help us connect to more spiritual and universal concepts, making higher meaning out of any situation that arises.

Mercury and Neptune dynamics can also open your mental psychic senses, and you might notice yourself connecting to the thoughts and energies of others or tapping into higher octaves of your awareness. If you hope to avoid getting pulled into unconscious negative patterns at holiday gatherings, create an action plan for yourself before the 23rd. Make a list of what may happen and what you can do or say that will offer a way for you to stay connected to yourself and help keep you in your positive, conscious alignment.

Dec 29th - Jan 18th
Mercury goes retrograde

Mercury retrogrades on December 29th. That’s right; we couldn’t escape 2022 without one more Mercury retrograde! This Mercury retrograde supports our natural tendency to do an end-of-year review and to take the opportunity to set higher intentions for the new year.

As Mercury, the planet that governs thought and communication goes retrograde, it will be in “rewind’ mode and going back over the terrain of our recent weeks. Just as we are ending another year, it’s an excellent opportunity to review, reprocess, and integrate current events in your life. It’s a time for recollecting, reflecting, and metabolizing your recent experiences. When we avoid this opportunity and try to conduct our affairs by charging ahead as if Mercury were moving with a direct forward motion, communication and thinking go haywire and run wonky. When we allow the retrograde period as an opportunity to welcome a retreat into integration, we can take the opportunity to recalibrate ourselves and move in harmony with the nature of this time.

Mercury is retrograding in Capricorn and can direct our attention toward the practical matters of life. It’s a supportive time to finish up old projects taking up psychic space. Spend time with these activities during these next three weeks, and you will find ease in completing them. Clear out closets, garages, workspaces, donate items, etc.

Mercury rules our minds, and when you clear out the physical clutter, you are also helping clear your mental clutter. When Mercury goes direct again on Jan 19th, you can feel mentally refreshed if you take advantage of the Mercury retrograde, rewind, review, and clear out period.

Dec 31st
Venus Conjunct Pluto

It’s New Year’s eve, and Venus and Pluto are joining their energies together in Capricorn in a conjunct aspect. This combo can intensify attractions and make you feel a deep need to connect with loved ones in all kinds of ways. It’s a good day to be social but with intention. This planetary influence may have you going below the superficial layers of “ringing in the New Year” and wanting more of a transformational experience. You can tune into this understanding and see what this means for you. If you like to meditate and create an intention for the new year, these planetary influences can help you connect to the metamorphic depths that continually support the roots of love in your life.

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December 1st - 15th, 2022 Astrology Insights

12/1/2022

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~December Astrology~

The deep & soulful month of December has arrived. As colder airs blow in and nature settles into the roots, we do well to slow down, sleep more on these longer nights, and cozy up with warm drinks and dear ones. Mars continues to be in retrograde through the end of the year. It's a supportive time to rest yet stay reflective on what's taking shape in your life.

December 1st - 4th
Mercury Square Neptune
Venus Sextile Saturn

Venus and Saturn connect their energies over a positive and feel-good Sextile aspect the first week of December. You may notice more of a sense of ease and stability in relationships. If there have been some trying times between you and your loved one or ones, this could be a week that offers a sense of feeling more grounded in the ability to show up for whatever needs tending.

Also, during the first week of December, Mercury and Neptune come into a challenging square, possibly adding confusion to your thought processes and communications. Mercury’s influence affects your mind and the way you communicate. Neptune connects you more to the oceanic, intangible energetics of things. It opens up your capacity for intuitive sensing, and when Neptune is involved with Mercury, it isn’t always clear where your thoughts originate from in a given moment. Are you influenced by: others’ feelings, something you read, or the collective consciousness? It might be challenging to get clear on decisions you need to make during this first week of the month.

I recommend allowing the stability of Venus and Saturn to enable you to be in the flow of how things are. Try not to think too hard about things if they aren’t making sense. During these early days of December, wait until after this first week to make crucial decisions.

December 3rd - 6th
Venus Square Neptune

Moving towards the end of the first week of December, Venus squaring Neptune can activate your dreamy senses around ideals and how you imagine your life. A square aspect between two planets typically brings conflict; the challenge here is how you take what you're imagining and put it into reality. You may spend some time in dreamland from December 3rd through the 6th. I don’t recommend making weighty decisions during this time.

Venus also rules our connection to relationships, so the same can also be applied here. We can sometimes focus more on the potential of our partner(s) and fall in love with the possibility of who they could be and the life we could have versus the reality of who they are and how things are. Especially at this time, notice if you are attaching yourself to higher ideals and visions of your partner, these may have you overlooking essential things that require your attention. Venus square Neptune can highlight such tendencies; at this time, it’s worth looking at the parts of your relationship you might be avoiding.

December 7th
Full Moon in Gemini
8:08 PM PST

On December 7th, we have a Full Moon in Gemini. Gemini (the sign of Twins, dual options) is flexible and changeable and improves our multi-tasking skills. With the Sun in Sagittarius (sign opposite of Gemini), it’s a good time to notice your life direction while also seeing where you can open to versatility. The Sagittarian Centaur depiction of half man and half horse pointing an arrow in one direction symbolizes an ability to stand in your truth and know the right way for you. The Gemini Full Moon offers a sense of seeing there is more than one way of getting there, and perhaps it’s also okay to change the course if needed.

The moon rules our emotional and nurturing side and activates these aspects as it moves into its fully Sun-illuminated state. If you notice yourself feeling more emotionally expressive on the Full Moon or the day before or after, tune in to the Gemini Moon and Sagittarian Sun dynamics. Are there other options in your life being presented to you that you haven’t wanted to consider? Are there other ideas you’ve rejected because they don’t fit your plan but would be beneficial? Are you in need of changing your path or shifting your strategy but haven’t wanted to explore other directions or make a new plan?

If you can, create an intentional space on December 7th and spend time with the above questions. See where you might be too fixed on your inner-knowing that you haven’t been willing to see other ways to benefit you. The Gemini energy can be a great teacher of change and flexibility.

December 14th - 16th
Mercury Square Chiron

Mercury rules our thoughts and communications, and Chiron is the wounded healer, pointing you toward what needs healing and growth in your life. December 14th through the 16th might be when communications with others provoke awareness of what needs healing inside yourself. Something in need of healing could have also presented itself to you from a conversation you had with another on or around November 24th or 25th when Mercury was in a favorable trine aspect with Chiron. Whatever got opened up then may have seemed to be flowing, and now during the square transit between Mercury and Chiron in mid-December, you see more work to do or more conversations to come to get deeper with the same dynamic.

The healing could also be about the thoughts you have or the stories you tell yourself that keep you stuck in a rut. The Chiron energy can help you shift into new patterns, but as the square from Mercury occurs, you’ll have to allow the painful awareness to come in first. Mid-December might be a time for internal healing around your thoughts and how you communicate what you think to others.

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