Zoe Moon Astrology DECEMBER MONTHLY Horoscopes
So, how are we wrapping up the year of 2024? Is it invaders from Mars or Mars Retrograde that is going to rock December? Well, let’s take a look.
First off, we enter the month with Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius until the middle of December, so we are still reassessing travel, distance, growth, or happiness, legal, educational, media, or ceremonial, as well as anything religious, philosophical, or political. Do we go back to the past, do we let go of something, do we rework what is going on, what stays, what goes, what can be fixed? Note mix-ups, miscommunications, and malfunctioning items around these topics are ways to get us to slow our roll and reevaluate, so give extra wiggle room and double check facts and figures, Mercury is Retrograde until Dec 15th.
Next, we get a New Moon in this same territory of Sagittarius at 1:21am Eastern on the 1st. The New Moon lasts until the 14th. So, while we are reassessing legal, travel, educational, media, ceremonial, distant, happy-making, religious, or political themes with our Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius we now have cosmic boost behind launching ahead into something new or next chapter with these same themes. It is tricky, I will not lie, but just keep in mind that our forward motion is tied to something we are letting go of or reworking or rekindling here.
We reach the Midpoint/Turning Point of the Mercury Retrograde on the 5th so there can be important news, ideas, talks, or decisions that shift us on our path of revision or help us let go or turn a corner today. It can be an aha moment, look to the skies!
By 6:33pm Eastern on Friday the 6th Mars Retrogrades in Leo. We are now heading back to reassess our passions, anger or actions/reactions regarding lovers, children, dramas, entitlement issues, speculations, creative endeavors, or recreational pursuits. This lasts until Jan 6th in this territory before Mars continues his Retrograde in Cancer from Jan 6-Feb 23 (more on this next month). So, is there something you wish you had done or had not done regarding one of these Leo topics? Did you fight in the past and want to patch it up or get better closure? Have you been reconsidering an old passion in one of these arenas? Look for anything new to slow down while doors to the past or rehashing something current open up. It could also be about rekindling, reworking or releasing something with a Leo in our lives.
Venus moves into Aquarius at 1:13am Eastern on the 7th and will tour this sign now through Jan 3rd. Venus in Aquarius wants to be free or try something new or be spontaneous, or get social when it comes to love or money, beauty or pleasure. It is quirky and genius if unpredictable over the next few weeks. Love may play out in more social ways or online, income may involve more associates, original ideas or groups, beauty may be loud and proud, with blue hair, pink glasses or chartreuse shoes, you get the idea, it’s exciting, rebellious, sudden, shocking, and fearless. Be in the moment.
At 8:43pm Eastern on the 7th Neptune goes Direct. This ends months of Retrograde do-over with artistic, romantic, and spiritual matters, with secrets and addictions, rest and recuperation, karmic matters and past life interests, institutions, research, and investigations. We are now ready to start moving forward into what comes next in these areas of life. Our imagination is back and charging, and if we pay attention, we may find more signs or messages in dreams are inspiring us moving forward. Do note, that in 2011 Neptune entered Pisces and as it goes Direct here today it is starting the final throes of its journey through this sign. From now until March 30, 2025 Neptune will move forward over the 27th, 28th, and 29th degrees of Pisces before exiting the sign and entering Aries for the first time since the Civil War. The 27th and 28th degrees are going to have their last activation by Neptune during this short window now through the end of March so if you have planets at these degrees in the mutable signs of Pisces, Gemini, Virgo, or Sagittarius, you may have important things going on in these areas of life now. Neptune will Retrograde back to the 29th degree one last time from Oct 22, 2025-Jan 26, 2026, giving us one last shot on the critical 29th degree to infuse our lives with this energy combination before settling into Aries for good. So, let’s all pay attention to what is front and center now at this Direct motion as it dissolves away or reinspires or both in our lives.
By 4:02am Eastern on the 15th we reach our Full Moon climax at 23 degrees of Gemini. This brings big news, talks or meetings to a head, offers or proposals coming in, writing or sales at their peak, something big with a move, short trip, or local activity, big moments with siblings or neighbors, something peaking with vehicles or electronics, or big moments with flirtations, duality, or diplomacy. Look for breakthroughs, wrap-ups, endings, or achievements in these areas in the days leading up to this and/or climaxing late on the 14th/early on the 15th. Since the Mercury Retrograde ends today at 3:56pm Eastern today that shift in direction of information may mean we have some rather major moments today between the two, for some a big ending via decisions being made.
The Winter Solstice arrives on the 21st as the Sun moves into Capricorn for his 30-day cycle here. It means we all start to get more serious about our own needs and how we are showing up in life. It is time to get real about our bodies, our involvement in ambitious activities, how our image or brand is impacting said goals, status, fame, or career, and what we are doing with our boss, parent, a judge, mentor, or other authority figures in our lives. It is time to lead ourselves forward with respect, with a plan, and with tenacity. May we have a lovely, quickly passing winter!
On Christmas Eve day Jupiter squares Saturn emphasizing the pretty big turning points we are all coming to in our lives this year. It may mean we are honoring someone who is no longer with us at this Holiday or that we are ready to close a chapter of life and embark on a new one. This can be bittersweet as it is laced with the sadness of letting go but some of the sparkle of hope for a new future. Be gentle with those around you this Holiday since it can bring emotions to the surface, especially in situations where people may say something without thinking or we hear something that reminds us of how much has or is changing.
Christmas Day, along with the beginning of Hanukkah commence under a Scorpio Moon and this day is looking powerful if also a bit intense. It should allow us to connect with deeper feelings and to evolve a story in our lives if we would like to do so. Mars, Pluto and the Sun are active so we are present, we are busy, we may be easily sparked into combat so keep it in mind around that crazy relative, lol, and to be honest, it looks the most amped up in the morning so we may find our bearings and our groove after all the pandemonium subsides. There is something about, ‘oh, I’m the adult’ in the mix and about nostalgia (seems fitting) that is front and center. And I would note that even though the 25th is the Holiday it would seem that we will have some important news, talks or meetings amping up on the 26th as well so we should pace ourselves!
On the 29th, at 4:13pm Eastern, Chiron ends his months of Retrograde and goes Direct. So, this is the cosmos’s way of letting us know we’ve had enough time to revisit old wounds and vulnerabilities, and we should now start to move forward regarding our choices about them or regarding what is occurring with them. Over the months ahead we can start to heal and court any new potential with our own spiritual guru teaching or healing of others. We should make this personal or start showing up in physical ways about it. Watch today for any clues as to how this is shifting in your own life and where it may be guiding you to go. Chiron will move forward from 19 to 27 degrees of Aries now through July 31st, 2025 so if you have planets in this degree plain in the Cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, you may have important stories ready to play out here over the months ahead.
At 5:27pm Eastern on the 30th we get our second New Moon of the month, this one at 9 degrees of Capricorn! This opens up 2 weeks of cosmic boost to help us start anything new or take our current interests forward when it comes to our personal goals, time and effort on projects, responsibilities, commitments, career, or ambitions, as well as with the boss, parent, director, producer, teacher, or other such authority figure in our lives.
New Year’s Eve has this momentum behind it as we are still in the Capricorn New Moon energy and this can make our celebrations more status conscious, ambitious, or mature. We have positive alignments today as we say farewell to 2024 and await 2025 so let’s make the most of them! Overall, it looks quite social. I’d also like to note that this is the first New Moon in Capricorn in 16 years without Pluto in the sign so I’m hopeful it is giving us more freedom to go for it, whatever ‘it’ is. Happy New Year!
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