Aries Monthly Horoscope
December 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Aries
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| Aries born April 11 to 20 |
Overview for this Month: Aries (All)
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
You're drawn to slightly different experiences and activities this month, dear Aries, with Mars in your spirit sector all month and the Sun there until the 21st. December tends to get a little more serious or business-oriented as it advances. It's a fine month for learning, breaking the routine, and reaching a little higher. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although restlessness can predominate until you find your way.
The month begins with a strong desire for extra-curricular activities. You may gain recognition for your written work or ideas. Publishing, learning, and promotional efforts are strong. You enjoy some genuine enthusiasm and desire for new ideas, although, at times, there can be a sense of being held back as your attention is often demanded elsewhere. You might aim to feed your desire for different experiences by adding new or varied activities to your daily routines. Transits inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion.
Career and reputation matters can get a little tricky in the second half of the month, but they're also very often a satisfying area of focus! These matters gain more importance to your sense of well-being. Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, pointing to the need to rethink goals. You may need to backtrack over work that you thought you'd completed. This eventually works to your advantage, as you'll be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way, knowing what you want. It may be wise to stick to projects already in the works rather than take on brand-new endeavors. Some delays or mix-ups are possible, but do look for opportunities in the second half of the month to make valuable refinements and changes. It can be worth your while to look to the past for answers on how to manage current responsibilities, observe trends, and reconsider past plans and projects.
While Mercury’s retrograde from the 13th forward can confuse some areas of your life, you're gaining clarity in others. You might revive or renew projects you’ve been working on behind the scenes or shelved in the past, for example, with Neptune turning direct. With Chiron turning direct in your sign, people more readily recognize your charm and unique personality. A pleasant change of pace is in store, and a realization or discovery that pushes you to take charge of your life can come.
Venus spends much of the month in your solar eighth house (from the 4th to the 29th), and you seek more depth from your projects, activities, and relationships. You’re exceptionally skilled at resolving differences during this cycle. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret. You can be motivated by research, a relationship, or passion projects this month. Peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly.
Increasingly, as December advances, your ambitions and sense of responsibility come to the foreground. The Sun heads to the top of your solar chart on the 21st, and you, similarly, are aiming high. Your ambition is stirring, and your responsibilities are more strongly on your mind. You're giving more attention to your career, responsibilities, reputation, and long-term goals. There can be an achievement or an increased desire to perform and excel. You're more goal-oriented, and you’ll carry this with you into the new year. The next day, you gain a deeper understanding of your projects, goals, and needs. Aim to be vigilant about communicating prematurely about matters you don’t have all the facts about in the last week of the month.
The Full Moon on the 26th can stir up excitement or tension in the home, family, personal life, or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, which can lead to creative ideas. Home life can need extra attention.
From the 30th, money matters improve, and they're set to take off further in the months ahead as Jupiter turns direct in your resources sector. Alternatively, this transit can be about your assets, including your talents. You might purchase or receive something you’ve always wanted, or you’re especially fond of taking care of or improving prized possessions.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Aries (Born March 21 to 31)
AND Aries Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Aries:
December 2023 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 21st:
The Sun continues to shine its light on your solar ninth house now. This is a cycle in which you seek to expand your experiences and awareness, whether through philosophical thinking, higher education, travel, or simply activities that take you away from your everyday routines. You may feel a little restless if you don't find ways to explore.
It's an excellent period for looking at your life from a different perspective--a broader one--whether you initiate this process or you make contact with others who stimulate you to think about your circumstances differently. Your energy is strong, open, and friendly right now, you come across well to others, and you are a little bolder and adventurous than usual.
From December 22nd forward:
The Sun illuminates your career and reputation sector. More than any other time of the year, your focus is drawn to your "place" or standing in the outer world, and your reputation. This is the time when you are more interested in, and focused on, accomplishing something important. Your competency is something that you are especially sensitive to during this cycle.
You want to shine! Your vision is practical right now, and you want to see tangible results for your efforts. More contact with authority figures is likely during this period. Recognition is likely to come your way whether you ask for it or not, and the responsibility that comes right along with it! Do what you feel is right, keeping in mind that you are at your most visible during this period in the year.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 4th:
Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships--both social and romantic--define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It's not about you right now--it's about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.
From December 4th to 29th:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
From December 29th forward:
Venus graces your solar ninth house during this period. A taste for the exotic takes hold during this cycle. Routine affairs simply don't seem to satisfy. You receive pleasure from anything that expands your horizons, both physically and mentally. Foreign people and places may particularly appeal now. You tend to be expansive and generous when it comes to love. A love interest who attracts you during this cycle may be somebody who you previously wouldn't consider attractive, or someone whose cultural background is very different than yours. You have a taste for the exotic and the spirit to match. Public relations work, promotion, and other such endeavors are favored now. It is more about how you express yourself than the specifics of what you are saying that helps sway others to your position. There could be especial rapport with foreigners and with women if you are traveling during this period. You are all the more attractive and charming with this position, which increases your popularity. If a romance were to begin now, it is more likely to be with someone of a different background or educational level, or someone you meet through travel. You have a taste for the exotic now that can show up in many areas of your life--who you are attracted to, what you buy, the kind of art or entertainment you enjoy, and so forth.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From December 1st to 22nd:
Mercury transits your solar tenth house. You are likely thinking a lot about your career and business matters, or your career requires more communication than usual during this cycle. You speak with authority during this period, and you are more accountable than usual for what (and how) you communicate. Your ideas may come into public view now.
Use the power of words to influence authority figures. This is an excellent period for developing career and professional plans or strategies. You may be turned to for advice or for your opinion on important matters. Although approachable and ready to communicate, you are less inclined to chat about frivolous matters now.
You tend to think about your position or standing on a professional level more frequently during this cycle. You are likely doing some multi-tasking regarding career and business matters. Negative use of this influence would be to worry unnecessarily about your reputation and responsibilities.
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar ninth and tenth houses this time, extra care should be used when communicating with superiors and co-workers, and regarding travel or education plans. Delays are very possible. You may be re-thinking things regarding your life path, but it's best to think rather than act for now, as your judgment may be compromised. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers, professors, lawyers, and family members, or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
You're drawn to slightly different experiences and activities this month, dear Aries, with Mars in your spirit sector all month and the Sun there until the 21st. December tends to get a little more serious or business-oriented as it advances. It's a fine month for learning, breaking the routine, and reaching a little higher. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although restlessness can predominate until you find your way.
The month begins with a strong desire for extra-curricular activities. You may gain recognition for your written work or ideas. Publishing, learning, and promotional efforts are strong. You enjoy some genuine enthusiasm and desire for new ideas, although, at times, there can be a sense of being held back as your attention is often demanded elsewhere. You might aim to feed your desire for different experiences by adding new or varied activities to your daily routines. Transits inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion.
Career and reputation matters can get a little tricky in the second half of the month, but they're also very often a satisfying area of focus! These matters gain more importance to your sense of well-being. Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, pointing to the need to rethink goals. You may need to backtrack over work that you thought you'd completed. This eventually works to your advantage, as you'll be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way, knowing what you want. It may be wise to stick to projects already in the works rather than take on brand-new endeavors. Some delays or mix-ups are possible, but do look for opportunities in the second half of the month to make valuable refinements and changes. It can be worth your while to look to the past for answers on how to manage current responsibilities, observe trends, and reconsider past plans and projects.
While Mercury’s retrograde from the 13th forward can confuse some areas of your life, you're gaining clarity in others. You might revive or renew projects you’ve been working on behind the scenes or shelved in the past, for example, with Neptune turning direct. With Chiron turning direct in your sign, people more readily recognize your charm and unique personality. A pleasant change of pace is in store, and a realization or discovery that pushes you to take charge of your life can come.
Venus spends much of the month in your solar eighth house (from the 4th to the 29th), and you seek more depth from your projects, activities, and relationships. You’re exceptionally skilled at resolving differences during this cycle. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret. You can be motivated by research, a relationship, or passion projects this month. Peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly.
Increasingly, as December advances, your ambitions and sense of responsibility come to the foreground. The Sun heads to the top of your solar chart on the 21st, and you, similarly, are aiming high. Your ambition is stirring, and your responsibilities are more strongly on your mind. You're giving more attention to your career, responsibilities, reputation, and long-term goals. There can be an achievement or an increased desire to perform and excel. You're more goal-oriented, and you’ll carry this with you into the new year. The next day, you gain a deeper understanding of your projects, goals, and needs. Aim to be vigilant about communicating prematurely about matters you don’t have all the facts about in the last week of the month.
The Full Moon on the 26th can stir up excitement or tension in the home, family, personal life, or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, which can lead to creative ideas. Home life can need extra attention.
From the 30th, money matters improve, and they're set to take off further in the months ahead as Jupiter turns direct in your resources sector. Alternatively, this transit can be about your assets, including your talents. You might purchase or receive something you’ve always wanted, or you’re especially fond of taking care of or improving prized possessions.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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See also general trends for Aries in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 1 to 10)
AND Aries Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Aries:
December 2023 Aries Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
This month, with the Sun spotlighting your solar ninth house, your focus turns outward, away from the more personal concerns that have occupied your thoughts in the last months. More than any other time during the year, you are feeling most adventurous and willing to take a leap of faith. This is a cycle in which you seek a higher meaning to your life, and/or seek out new experiences that take you beyond the here and now, and beyond the mundane details of day-to-day life. Anything that broadens your experiences attracts now.
A lack of superficiality finds you straight to the point, interested in the truth of things. It would be wise for you to consider scheduling a vacation, adventure of sorts, or a course that expands your mind. These don't have to happen now, but taking the time to recognize your needs for escaping the daily grind, taking a few risks, and feeding your spirit for self-expression through some form of adventure or higher learning, will help you to feel good about yourself. The only caution with this cycle is that you could lose touch with managing everyday affairs and important details.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 12th:
Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships--both social and romantic--define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It's not about you right now--it's about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.
From December 13th forward:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar ninth house this time, extra care should be exercised regarding travel or education plans. Delays or complications are very possible in these areas. Go over applications carefully before submitting them and make sure you understand instructions clearly. Expressing your opinions now might come across in entirely the wrong way. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with professors and lawyers as well; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 7th:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
From the 8th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar ninth house. During this period, you are especially enthusiastic and more bold than usual. Some restlessness and hunger for adventure is experienced now. Essentially, you are looking to expand your activities, and you may find that you have a lot of energy for higher studies, travel, or simply new subjects. Negative potentials include being excessively opinionated or getting easily fired up over differences in points of view, or legal fights.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
You're drawn to slightly different experiences and activities this month, dear Aries, with Mars in your spirit sector all month and the Sun there until the 21st. December tends to get a little more serious or business-oriented as it advances. It's a fine month for learning, breaking the routine, and reaching a little higher. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although restlessness can predominate until you find your way.
The month begins with a strong desire for extra-curricular activities. You may gain recognition for your written work or ideas. Publishing, learning, and promotional efforts are strong. You enjoy some genuine enthusiasm and desire for new ideas, although, at times, there can be a sense of being held back as your attention is often demanded elsewhere. You might aim to feed your desire for different experiences by adding new or varied activities to your daily routines. Transits inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion.
Career and reputation matters can get a little tricky in the second half of the month, but they're also very often a satisfying area of focus! These matters gain more importance to your sense of well-being. Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, pointing to the need to rethink goals. You may need to backtrack over work that you thought you'd completed. This eventually works to your advantage, as you'll be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way, knowing what you want. It may be wise to stick to projects already in the works rather than take on brand-new endeavors. Some delays or mix-ups are possible, but do look for opportunities in the second half of the month to make valuable refinements and changes. It can be worth your while to look to the past for answers on how to manage current responsibilities, observe trends, and reconsider past plans and projects.
While Mercury’s retrograde from the 13th forward can confuse some areas of your life, you're gaining clarity in others. You might revive or renew projects you’ve been working on behind the scenes or shelved in the past, for example, with Neptune turning direct. With Chiron turning direct in your sign, people more readily recognize your charm and unique personality. A pleasant change of pace is in store, and a realization or discovery that pushes you to take charge of your life can come.
Venus spends much of the month in your solar eighth house (from the 4th to the 29th), and you seek more depth from your projects, activities, and relationships. You’re exceptionally skilled at resolving differences during this cycle. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret. You can be motivated by research, a relationship, or passion projects this month. Peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly.
Increasingly, as December advances, your ambitions and sense of responsibility come to the foreground. The Sun heads to the top of your solar chart on the 21st, and you, similarly, are aiming high. Your ambition is stirring, and your responsibilities are more strongly on your mind. You're giving more attention to your career, responsibilities, reputation, and long-term goals. There can be an achievement or an increased desire to perform and excel. You're more goal-oriented, and you’ll carry this with you into the new year. The next day, you gain a deeper understanding of your projects, goals, and needs. Aim to be vigilant about communicating prematurely about matters you don’t have all the facts about in the last week of the month.
The Full Moon on the 26th can stir up excitement or tension in the home, family, personal life, or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, which can lead to creative ideas. Home life can need extra attention.
From the 30th, money matters improve, and they're set to take off further in the months ahead as Jupiter turns direct in your resources sector. Alternatively, this transit can be about your assets, including your talents. You might purchase or receive something you’ve always wanted, or you’re especially fond of taking care of or improving prized possessions.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Aries in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 11 to 20)
AND Aries Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Aries:
December 2023 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 11th:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar eighth house. Your attention turns inward, as well as to close personal relationships on a deeper level. Personal transformations, personal power, and intimate matters fulfill you most during this cycle. There may be a strong focus on other's money, such as the resources of a partner, inheritance, banking and loans, or taxes.
You are more intense in your mood and disposition, and perhaps even secretive, at this time of year. You are more in touch with the deeper and even primal elements of your own personality, and more able to see these things in others. This can be a determined and personally powerful time of year if you apply the energy of this transit constructively.
From December 12th forward:
This month, with the Sun spotlighting your solar ninth house, your focus turns outward, away from the more personal concerns that have occupied your thoughts in the last months. More than any other time during the year, you are feeling most adventurous and willing to take a leap of faith. This is a cycle in which you seek a higher meaning to your life, and/or seek out new experiences that take you beyond the here and now, and beyond the mundane details of day-to-day life. Anything that broadens your experiences attracts now.
A lack of superficiality finds you straight to the point, interested in the truth of things. It would be wise for you to consider scheduling a vacation, adventure of sorts, or a course that expands your mind. These don't have to happen now, but taking the time to recognize your needs for escaping the daily grind, taking a few risks, and feeding your spirit for self-expression through some form of adventure or higher learning, will help you to feel good about yourself. The only caution with this cycle is that you could lose touch with managing everyday affairs and important details.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 21st:
Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships--both social and romantic--define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It's not about you right now--it's about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.
From December 21st forward:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
This month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar ninth house. During this cycle, you are especially fond of exchanging ideas with others, particularly your personal philosophies. You are inclined to take a broader look at things now, rather than concentrate on the details. You are communicating with more persuasiveness, enthusiasm, and optimism at this time.
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar ninth house this time, extra care should be exercised regarding travel or education plans. Delays or complications are very possible in these areas. Go over applications carefully before submitting them and make sure you understand instructions clearly. Expressing your opinions now might come across in entirely the wrong way. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with professors and lawyers as well; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 21st:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
From the 22nd forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar ninth house. During this period, you are especially enthusiastic and more bold than usual. Some restlessness and hunger for adventure is experienced now. Essentially, you are looking to expand your activities, and you may find that you have a lot of energy for higher studies, travel, or simply new subjects. Negative potentials include being excessively opinionated or getting easily fired up over differences in points of view, or legal fights.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
You're drawn to slightly different experiences and activities this month, dear Aries, with Mars in your spirit sector all month and the Sun there until the 21st. December tends to get a little more serious or business-oriented as it advances. It's a fine month for learning, breaking the routine, and reaching a little higher. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although restlessness can predominate until you find your way.
The month begins with a strong desire for extra-curricular activities. You may gain recognition for your written work or ideas. Publishing, learning, and promotional efforts are strong. You enjoy some genuine enthusiasm and desire for new ideas, although, at times, there can be a sense of being held back as your attention is often demanded elsewhere. You might aim to feed your desire for different experiences by adding new or varied activities to your daily routines. Transits inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion.
Career and reputation matters can get a little tricky in the second half of the month, but they're also very often a satisfying area of focus! These matters gain more importance to your sense of well-being. Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, pointing to the need to rethink goals. You may need to backtrack over work that you thought you'd completed. This eventually works to your advantage, as you'll be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way, knowing what you want. It may be wise to stick to projects already in the works rather than take on brand-new endeavors. Some delays or mix-ups are possible, but do look for opportunities in the second half of the month to make valuable refinements and changes. It can be worth your while to look to the past for answers on how to manage current responsibilities, observe trends, and reconsider past plans and projects.
While Mercury’s retrograde from the 13th forward can confuse some areas of your life, you're gaining clarity in others. You might revive or renew projects you’ve been working on behind the scenes or shelved in the past, for example, with Neptune turning direct. With Chiron turning direct in your sign, people more readily recognize your charm and unique personality. A pleasant change of pace is in store, and a realization or discovery that pushes you to take charge of your life can come.
Venus spends much of the month in your solar eighth house (from the 4th to the 29th), and you seek more depth from your projects, activities, and relationships. You’re exceptionally skilled at resolving differences during this cycle. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret. You can be motivated by research, a relationship, or passion projects this month. Peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly.
Increasingly, as December advances, your ambitions and sense of responsibility come to the foreground. The Sun heads to the top of your solar chart on the 21st, and you, similarly, are aiming high. Your ambition is stirring, and your responsibilities are more strongly on your mind. You're giving more attention to your career, responsibilities, reputation, and long-term goals. There can be an achievement or an increased desire to perform and excel. You're more goal-oriented, and you’ll carry this with you into the new year. The next day, you gain a deeper understanding of your projects, goals, and needs. Aim to be vigilant about communicating prematurely about matters you don’t have all the facts about in the last week of the month.
The Full Moon on the 26th can stir up excitement or tension in the home, family, personal life, or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, which can lead to creative ideas. Home life can need extra attention.
From the 30th, money matters improve, and they're set to take off further in the months ahead as Jupiter turns direct in your resources sector. Alternatively, this transit can be about your assets, including your talents. You might purchase or receive something you’ve always wanted, or you’re especially fond of taking care of or improving prized possessions.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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About Our Monthly Horoscopes:
Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart.
Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month.
For example, the Sun might transit the fifth house of your solar chart from July 22 to August 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both July and August’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
These monthly horoscopes also include an overview paragraph, as well as other energies specific to the month, such as retrogrades, eclipses, or major outer planet transits.
The Highlights section reveals lunar cycle dates. Lunar cycles repeat themselves approximately every 28 days, so it is normal to see the same lunar peaks, such as “Your Personal New Moon” and “Monthly career peak” repeat themselves from month to month, but with different dates. They serve as a helpful guide to cycle peaks in different areas of life, such as financial, career, romance, and partnership.
The horoscopes are divided into three groups or decanates, and the differences between the groups are subtle in parts and large in other parts. For those who prefer a whole sign approach to horoscopes (classic), simply read the first decanate regardless of your birthdate.
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Learn all about the signs of the zodiac. We offer interpretations of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Ascendant in the signs:
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