Astrology Calendars

Friday, DECEMBER 9

A Venus-Jupiter square this morning can exaggerate or expand our affections, and this state of mind can lead to overdoing and overstating our feelings. However, if we keep this in check, it can be helpful for entertaining new ideas and approaches related to pleasure, money, and love. Because this aspect forms in the final degree of the signs, it’s particularly important to watch for snap decision-making in these areas.

Tonight, Venus enters Capricorn for a stay until January 2nd. During this time, we are more likely to form connections with people who support our ambitions. We value enduring relationships, reliability, and faithfulness. We take expressing our feelings seriously and could take our time warming up to others.

The Moon enters Cancer early today and is warm, encompassing, and protective.

The void Moon occurs from 1:15 AM EST, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a square to Jupiter), until the Moon enters Cancer at 2:50 AM EST.

Venus enters Capricorn

Venus is in Capricorn from December 9, 2022 to January 2, 2023.

Getting serious about our finances and boosting our relations with business partners and/or co-workers will be easier than usual under this influence. Our talents for creating artistic structure and form are enhanced, and our ability to form connections with people who support our ambitions increases.

We value enduring connections, reliability, and faithfulness. We take expressing our feelings seriously, and we take our time to warm up to others. We generally keep our “cool” in relationships. We’re steadfast and seek genuine, perhaps old-fashioned connections. It’s not a time for PDA, and we can be somewhat guarded and reserved with expressing our feelings or revealing our relationships.

The underdog who works hard can have their time in the sun now. We value slow and steady effort and long-term prospects. Reliability in others is most attractive.

This cycle favors getting along well with higher-ups, conservative business goals and ventures, long-term investments, and matters related to pension.

Saturday, DECEMBER 10

The Moon spends the day in Cancer, and we’re looking for safety, familiarity, warmth, and sustenance. This transit encourages us to center ourselves and let go of overthinking. We crave a stronger sense of belonging.

The Moon’s harmony with Uranus and the North Node points to a willingness to grow, change, and improve. New ways of getting comfortable or domestic can figure strongly.

There a couple of pokey aspects today that can get us going. For one, with a Mercury-Saturn semi-square, there can be delays or miscommunications. We may need to manage some inconveniences in our communications and transit. It’s essential to draw on patience, as minor edits can ultimately benefit us.

For another, a Venus-Uranus sesquiquadrate is also in play, and we can feel discontent with our current pleasures or pastimes. It’s best to tame restlessness or avoid abrupt moves but consider our needs for change and growth.

Sunday, DECEMBER 11

The Moon continues its transit of Cancer until 3:10 PM EST, and we seek familiarity, safety, and quiet. While this mission can clash with our ambitions or calls from the outside world this morning, we quickly discover ways to harmonize and express our needs for nurture. This Moon transit can stir a need to connect with our roots.

After 3:10 PM, we can feel more free-spirited but remain friendly and willing to share. We take more pride in our actions and creations. We’re likely to enjoy helping people, teaching, and growing through our connections.

The Moon is void from 1:50 PM EST, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Jupiter), until the Moon enters Leo at 3:10 PM EST.

Jupiter enters Aries

Jupiter is in Aries

• from May 10, 2022, until October 28, 2022,
• and then from December 20, 2022, until May 16, 2023.

Jupiter entered Aries on May 10th, but later turned retrograde and re-entered Pisces on October 28th. On December 20th, Jupiter enters Aries again and will complete its transit of the sign on May 16th, 2023.

Jupiter in Aries brings opportunities related to initiative, new enterprises, independent ventures, and self-starts.

We attract the most good fortune when we take the lead, initiate, inspire others, and demonstrate enthusiasm and courage. Prosperous areas are ones that allow us to head and lead, and to innovate. Faith in ourselves can bring about positive circumstances or good luck.

Faith in our ability to reinvent our lives and to move forward with confidence in spite of any “failures” or other challenges we may be leaving behind is strong during this cycle. We believe that “life is what you make it.” We enjoy competition as it pushes us to do better. Our belief in ourselves brings a spirit of the pioneer. We live in the “now” and quickly seize opportunities.

Negative manifestations include a too narrow focus, a me-first attitude that can be insensitive, failing to consider others’ points of view and leaving opportunities behind as a result, over-confidence, not learning from past mistakes, and a lack of objectivity.

However, the higher vibration of Jupiter looks for perspective. Jupiter’s perspective isn’t a detached, analytical, or detailed look at any given situation, but an overview–a look at the “big picture”. With Jupiter, ideally, we are able to rise above pettiness, mundane concerns, inconveniences, and the like. Where Jupiter is currently transiting in your own chart is generally where you are inclined to find your joy at this stage in your development.

In Aries, Jupiter urges us to make our own opportunities, to believe in ourselves, and to take charge of our lives.

See also Jupiter transits Aries.

Sun enters Capricorn

Sun is in Capricorn from December 21, 2022-January 20, 2023.

While the Sun is in Capricorn, we are motivated by feelings of responsibility, ambition, and respect for law and order. Capricorn derives much satisfaction in completion and accomplishment. Standards, structures, and an appreciation for order are Capricorn themes.

Capricorn wants tangible results, knows what is feasible and what is not, and is most comfortable working within an established framework and known boundaries or limits. Working towards a long-term goal is most satisfying with this influence.

We take a conservative approach to most matters during this month-long transit. Taking risks or making impulsive moves doesn’t suit us. We move ahead gradually but steadily and prosper by playing the long game–patiently working toward our objectives and taking care of our future. It’s a time when we expect eventual success by embracing step-by-step methods.

Aspects the Sun makes while in Capricorn in 2022-2023

Excluding the Moon. The Sun’s major aspect dates are in bolded color.

• Dec 21, 2022 7:50 PM Sun 0 Capricorn 08 square Jupiter 0 Aries 08
• Dec 22, 2022 1:22 AM Sun 0 Capricorn 22 sesquiquadrate Uranus 15 Taurus 22
• Dec 28, 2022 4:19 PM Sun 7 Capricorn 07 semi-square Saturn 22 Aquarius 07
• Dec 30, 2022 6:21 PM Sun 9 Capricorn 15 quincunx Mars 9 Gemini 15
• Jan 1, 2023 9:02 AM Sun quintile Neptune
• Jan 2, 2023 5:29 AM Sun 11 Capricorn 45 trine True Node 11 Taurus 45
• Jan 2, 2023 11:02 AM Sun 11 Capricorn 59 square Chiron 11 Aries 59
• Jan 4, 2023 10:47 PM Sun biquintile Mars
• Jan 5, 2023 11:43 AM Sun 15 Capricorn 04 trine Uranus 15 Taurus 04
• Jan 7, 2023 7:57 AM Sun 16 Capricorn 57 conjunction Mercury 16 Capricorn 57
• Jan 10, 2023 8:29 PM Sun quintile Jupiter
• Jan 13, 2023 9:11 AM Sun 23 Capricorn 07 sextile Neptune 23 Pisces 07
• Jan 13, 2023 9:40 AM Sun 23 Capricorn 08 sesquiquadrate Mars 8 Gemini 08
• Jan 14, 2023 1:46 AM Sun 23 Capricorn 49 semi-sextile Saturn 23 Aquarius 49
• Jan 18, 2023 9:44 AM Sun 28 Capricorn 14 conjunction Pluto 28 Capricorn 14

The Moon is New in Capricorn on December 23, 2022, at 5:17 AM EST.

New Moon in Capricorn Chart: December 23, 2022

The New Moon in Capricorn marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Sagittarius New Moon cycle ends and the Capricorn New Moon cycle begins.

The New Moon is exact on December 23rd when the Sun and Moon align in the sign of Capricorn. This lunation symbolizes a new beginning in the cardinal earth sign of Capricorn. It’s a time during which we can focus on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Goat–tenacious, resourceful, disciplined, wise, ambitious, prudent, constant–and consider how to positively incorporate these qualities into our lives. Now, we can focus on practical and attainable long-term goals, work on developing maturity and common sense, prepare for the future, make commitments and recognize responsibilities, and nurture our dreams in a realistic manner.

With this potent Capricorn energy, we have the chance to create some serious order in our lives. It’s time to make some solid plans and to set the stage for reaping the rewards from our new beginnings, as little or big as they may be, in approximately two weeks’ time after the Full Moon occurs. One of Capricorn’s “lessons” is acceptance of the concept that reasonable boundaries and rules actually do offer us freedom–freedom from worry and chaos, for example. Setting goals for ourselves allows us to focus on what really matters.

This lunation harmonizes clashes with Jupiter, newly in Aries, and there is some danger of overdoing or overestimating.

New Moon in Capricorn Chart: Additional Points

This phase of the Moon occurs at 1 degree and 33 minutes of Capricorn, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 0 to 6 degrees of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) and 28 to 30 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

Mercury now turns retrograde at 24° Capricorn 21′.

Mercury is retrograde from December 29th, 2022, at 24° Aquarius 21′, until January 18, 2023, at 8° Capricorn 08′.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from December 29, 2022 to January 18, 2023:

Mercury Retrograde from December 2022 to January 2023

• December 12, 2022, Mercury enters the Retrograde Zone at 8° Capricorn 08′
• December 29, 2022, Mercury stations and turns retrograde at 24° Capricorn 21′
• January 18, 2023, Mercury stations and turns direct at 8° Capricorn 08′
• February 7, 2023, Mercury leaves the Retrograde Zone at 24° Capricorn 21′

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury spends this retrograde cycle entirely in the sign of Capricorn.

Note that the shadow period begins before Mercury turns retrograde–when Mercury first passes over the degree that Mercury later returns to in retrograde motion. The shadow period ends when Mercury again passes over the degree at which it first turned retrograde. The shadow period is different than Mercury’s storm period in astrology, which refers to the period when Mercury is moving especially slowly.

Mercury’s post-retrograde shadow is generally better for new long-term endeavors than the pre-retrograde shadow. For new enterprises in the pre-retrograde shadow, the venture’s secondary progressed Mercury will turn direction (retrograde) in the coming years which may not be ideal.

Also note that things are most wonky on the days of the stations whether Mercury is turning retrograde OR direct (the start and end date of the retrograde cycle) as the shifts occur, after which we grow more accustomed to the energy.

Mercury is retrograde approximately three times a year for approximately three weeks each time. As such, retrograde Mercury is a fairly common occurrence (Mercury is retrograde approximately 18% of the time).

As the planet of communication, Mercury retrograde tends to breed a certain level of confusion. Mercury rules our “lower” mind–how we perceive and interpret information that we receive from our environment, and how we relay that information to others. Mercury has rulership over such things as speaking, negotiating, buying and selling, listening, formal contracts, documents, travel, the mail and shipping, and so forth. All of these areas of life are affected when Mercury is functioning in a sluggish state. Decision-making is challenged during Mercury retrograde.

Needless to say, it is not advised to sign contracts, engage in important decision-making, or launch a new business. Delays and challenges are more probable with Mercury retrograde. It’s a time when being careless with money, our personal information, or paperwork can be costly.

While Mercury is retrograde, we may be rethinking a previous opinion or idea. Looking to the signs and houses it transits can give clues as to what we may be reconsidering.

There is absolutely a positive side to Mercury Retrograde. This period is best used for re-organizing and reflecting. We look at the world a little differently–through different filters–and can come up with some very important inner revelations. It may be difficult to communicate them under this influence, but not everything needs to be rationalized.

Mercury retrograde periods can be times of heightened inner awareness, when meditation, benefiting from keeping a journal, reworking old plans, and reviewing past work are favored. Mercury retrograde is powerful for studies, particularly for returning to old studies or for re-learning or refreshing knowledge in a subject already taken.

Minor breaks in the mechanical aspects of communication can actually reconnect us to other means of communication, such as when there is an unexpected power outage and we’re forced off the computer and television, finding different and often satisfying ways to entertain ourselves.

It is important to note that there is absolutely no reason to suspend projects or anything of the sort during the Mercury Retrograde cycle. It’s not an ideal time to start new ones or to sign contracts, simply because a change of mind is quite likely once Mercury turns direct. However, it’s a fabulous time to do some “outside of the box” thinking. Acting on our ideas, however, might be best left for a Mercury Direct period.

Pay close attention to what you say and communicate in general, particularly around the days of Mercury’s stations (in this case, December 29th, 2022, and January 18th, 2023), as well as around retrograde Mercury’s conjunction to the Sun (called the “inferior conjunction“) on January 7th, 2023 (midway between the start and end of the retro period).

If you are itching to make a point with someone, especially, or if you are planning on “signing on the dotted line,” try to hold off. It is likely that you will have a change of mind once the station passes, and you can do some damage in the meantime. When a planet stations, its energies are very strong in our lives.

When Mercury stations, communications have more impact, so that negative ones could have long-term implications at this time. However, if you are very clear within yourself and about what you are communicating, this can be a positive thing.

With Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn:

Mercury retrograde in Capricorn implies communication snafus in business relationships or with parents or bosses, in particular. While Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn, we may have little tolerance for small talk and tend to express ourselves after much deliberation. Plans may be considered then reconsidered. Still, we are in a good position to reevaluate professional or life path plans and goals. It’s also a fine time to explore what ambition or our reputation means to us.

Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun on January 7th in the sign of Capricorn, bringing illumination to our thoughts. It’s a favorable time for processing recent events and ideas, and for beginning to look at problems or issues from a new perspective and with a new understanding. Significant new ideas can be birthed at this time.

We might look at past decisions and ideas from a new, possibly enlightened perspective, and find usefulness in old or past ideas and recycling them in new ways.