Astrological Forecast for December 2024

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. It’s another holiday season 2024 and the last expression of the year before 2025 begins.

We start off December 1^st with a new Moon in Sagittarius (1:21AM EST) at nine degrees.

If you have the Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Sagittarius within the first fifteen degrees, you need lots of space to think deeply about your life as this new Moon chart has 5 T-squares and Mercury retrograde, also in Sagittarius, but not close enough to this new Moon, causing deep reflections about your future.

You question everything. Am I in the best relationship? Do I feel happy about the vocation I am in? What can I do to make sure my health is good? Why can’t I just settle down and not be so adventurous all the time?

It’s a wonderful time for students at school as Sagittarius rules higher education. College students are busy researching topics and taking exams before the Christmas/New Year’s Holiday season starts.

These same questions could also apply to the other mutable signs. Gemini, Virgo and Pisces as the five T-squares are asking for these signs to make adjustments.

Virgo is filling in the T-squares adding the needed balance so most of the energy of Virgo is busy healing other signs this month. Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces can count on their Virgo friends to seek additional advice or healing via holistic healthcare advice.

This new Moon in Sagittarius affects international tensions since Sagittarius is the sign of foreign countries and foreign languages. Add in Jupiter in Gemini, Jupiter is the natural ruler of Sagittarius, and you have lots of conversations about international tensions.

This is a pivotal month for the violence going on in the middle East, Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, Africa, Haiti and anywhere else in the world that is expressing tension in a violent way. Communication breakdowns can happen with Mercury not stationing direct till December 15^th and in mutual reception with Jupiter.

Both President Biden and President elect Trump will go through a stressful period so security should be very high. It’s more of a health issue for Biden. Could he step down and let Kamala Harris take his place as the first sitting female President? There is a 50/50 chance this could happen.

There are two new Moon’s this month and one full Moon. This first new Moon on December 1^st is the most stressful of the three charts.

Mars, the planet of physical strength, turns retrograde at six degrees of Leo on December 6th and moves into the sign of Cancer, in its fall, January 6, 2025, and will not station direct till February 24, 2025.

This indicates a time for the signs Leo and Cancer to reflect on this past year and think about what they would like to accomplish in 2025.

Sagittarius is going through the same internal evaluations in December, but the signs of Leo and Cancer are feeling stuck from December 6^th till beginning of May 2025.

If you have the Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Leo or Cancer, you may feel like you are not moving forward as fast as you would like. Therefore, make any moves forward before the New Year as any forward movement will be delayed for Cancer till April 18^th and for Leo it will take till May 2^nd when Mars is out of its retrograde shadow.

Those born under the sign of Cancer need to be careful not to get stuck in their emotions and take things too personally as they will be extra sensitive. Health is a priority for the sign of Cancer. Mars is affiliated with the immune system.

The sign of Leo may feel they are being ignored. They don’t enjoy being ignored so this Mars retrograde period is a time to listen to your internal dialogue and enjoy a more subjective approach to life rather than feeling life must be a party all the time.

It is a wonderful time to learn the art of deep meditation before the New Year starts. I teach “Inner Grace Meditation” over the phone and give you a sound, mantra, to meditate with making the process easy and simple.

Venus will move into Aquarius on December 7^th giving those with the Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Aquarius more charm and the ability to manifest more abundance till Venus moves into the sign of Pisces on January 3, 2025. Pisces are starting off the strongest in January of 2025. More on this in my January column.

Neptune, the natural ruler of Pisces, stations direct on December 7^th giving those with the Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Pisces the wind at your back. Neptune will be at 27 degrees so in the later degrees.

Neptune will move into Aries on March 29, 2025, so Pisces has till then to keep dreaming and planting seeds with their spiritual practices such as affirmations and creative visualization.

This will set up a manifestation period when Neptune moves into Aries and allows the dreams to move forward with courage (Aries).

The full Moon is in the sign of Gemini on December 15^th at 23 degrees (4:02AM EST) and Mercury stations direct at (3:56PM EST) on the same day. Sagittarius is ready to move forward. They had plenty of time to think their lives over.

Mercury rules both Gemini and Virgo, so these two signs will feel much better in the second half of December and since Mercury will be out of its shadow to start 2025 off, both Gemini and Virgo are ready to move forward with their lives right out of the gate with a new sense of purpose.

The full Moon in Gemini has less tension than the new Moon that started this month. With three T-squares rather than five, the mutable signs repeat tensions in all areas of their life and the fixed signs of Leo, Aquarius and Scorpio are also stressed.

This could be in personal relationships for those born under the fixed signs with Taurus experiencing the least amount of stress out of the four signs.

Remember, Mars is in retrograde motion at this time in Leo so those with the Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Leo are wanting to make changes in their personal and professional life and need to let go of the old and embrace all the wonderful new that the universe has for them.

Leaders in politics, Leo, will be stressed over who has military power and willing to push their power on other countries. This all started on the first day of December but reaches a climax on the full Moon. Look to December 13^th to the 18^th for the world to be on edge with the wars going on.

Venus is making a wide conjunction to Pluto and Pluto represents nuclear power.

New elected President Trump may be inheriting a huge international mess and President Biden, or President Harris, see earlier comment, may be happy they are getting out of the mess.

This includes immigration at the border which could be the last hurrah for those wanting to come into America and massive protesting from December 15 to Jan 20^th, regarding the new policies of the Trump administration.

Let’s all pray that the tensions in the air calm down and balance is restored rather than extreme points of view. This is the lesson for everyone involved around the world as Political and Religious leaders are concerned about humanitarian situations.

Thank God, Mercury will station direct in Sagittarius on this full Moon Day, but Mars, Jupiter, Chiron, and Uranus are all in retrograde motion causing constipation so issues that are trying to move forward for the signs of Leo, Tarus, Aries, and Sagittarius may linger.

Issues surrounding how they communicate, financial stability, leadership roles and having patience with life’s lessons are the hallmark at this time till the new Moon on December 30^th.

Financial markets may start to show vulnerabilities around the world. Many countries, NATO alliance and other environmental groups, are wondering what adjustments they will need to make with a new Trump administration starting on January 20, 2025.

The Sun moves into the sign of Capricorn on December 21^st early in the morning. Happy birthday to Capricorn.

Christmas is the most important holiday for many cultures around the world on December 25^th.

Happy holidays to everyone.

The new Moon will be in Capricorn on December 30^th at nine degrees (5:27PM EST). A calm in the eye of the storms since this new Moon only has one T-square showing the mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, are ready to start off the new year with a fresh outlook.

Everything that these signs thought deeply about in December is put to rest. A peace of mind starts in 2025 after having spent all of December contemplating what is best for the next stage of development in 2025.

I will discuss some of the most important astrological signatures in my January 2025 forecast. For now, you can go to my YouTube channel and see my video on 2025, The Minor Grand Trine”. (150) Louis Valentino - YouTube

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