Cancer Monthly Horoscope December 2017

Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:

December 2017 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until December 21st:

The Sun continues to spotlight your solar sixth house. This is a busy period that finds you tending to many different details of your daily existence--your work, various projects, organization around the home and office, your daily routines, and health matters. Your ego may be especially tied up in the work you do, so that you are proud and more creative than usual in your job. You may be in the position to take charge in your work, or to take charge of your health and diet. Sometimes this cycle relates to increased activities involving pets. You seek to perfect your skills or methods now, and you focus on the parts that make up the whole now in order to improve your daily life. As a result, you can be more critical than usual, but this process is necessary for you to sort out what works for you and what doesn't.

From December 21st forward:

The Sun illuminates your seventh house. At this time of year, you have a greater need than usual to be with a partner. Bouncing ideas off someone helps you to better understand yourself. A partner provides a mirror for your own self-discovery. Now is the time to realize your own potential through a significant other. During this cycle, you focus on balancing your personal interests and objectives with your social life, or with those of a partner. The emphasis is on "us" rather than "me".

You need the energies, companionship, and support of other people, and they may also seek out your support and companionship. It's important to include others rather than to go solo for the time being. However, bending too much to the will of another is not advised either. Social interactions of a personal, one-on-one kind are emphasized. Circumstances are such that your diplomacy skills are required. Your popularity is increasing, and is reinforced by your own ability to cooperate and harmonize. Your ego and pride are tied up in how you relate to others now. This may be an especially busy time for people who consult or work with clients one-on-one.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 24th: 

Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.

From the 25th forward: 

Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. 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--very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

All month:

Mercury continues to transit your solar sixth house. This is an excellent cycle for improving your skills, objectively identifying your weaknesses so that you can work on them, and for finding flaws in your work methods or approach to daily activities so that you can make necessary changes.

You might be especially focused on list-making and to-do lists, as well as organizing things around you. The need to communicate about your work, health, and other daily affairs, or with co-workers, is especially strong now. Negative expression of this position is worrying about sixth house matters (work, health, pets, and so forth) rather than finding ways to improve these things.

Mercury is retrograde from December 3-22:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until the 9th:

Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.

From the 9th forward:

Mars animates and energizes your solar fifth house. This is a very self-expressive time when you have lots of energy, but not necessarily self-discipline to match. You have more energy at your disposal to express yourself creatively, through activities with children, romantic activities, hobbies, or sports. Your love life may step up a notch, and this could be an especially passionate time. You tend to put more energy into play and pleasure! Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends. Also, watch out for a tendency to want to gamble. You are more playful than usual, and especially magnetic. You have a likeably competitive, more energetic, and pleasingly assertive temperament during this transit. However, in some cases, you may be coming on too strong or aggressively, or meeting with aggressiveness in romantic relationships.

Overview Horoscope:

December 2017: A strong focus on your health and work routines continues in December and gains further traction, dear Cancer, but your social life is a dominant force later this month. With your work, methods, habits, or health, you're likely to be dealing with some backtracking or delays from the 3-22, but overall, December is strong for enjoying your work and health routines or daily life. In fact, taskmaster Saturn is moving out of this area of your chart, ending a transit that first started three years ago. While the rewards of this transit have been great (ideally,  your habits have improved), there has also been a lot of work and effort or serious themes related to these areas of life, and it now feels good to enjoy yourself more -- and more often! Your attention shifts to significant others and partnerships by the 20-21.

Until the 9th, Mars continues to transit your home and family sector. Strife or simply an accelerated level of "busyness" on the home front is a theme with this transit that has been with you since October 22nd, and now things begin to wind down. Around the 5-6, especially, you can be very productive with family or in the home. You might particularly enjoy working on putting recent ideas into action, particularly family, home, and work-related. This can be a time of organizing or re-organizing or returning to a project you left unfinished -- a time when it's easier to get through things quickly and efficiently.

Take note that a Full Moon occurs on the 3rd, bringing strong emotions to the surface as well as awareness of feelings you've been burying, and this occurs just as Mercury turns retrograde. It's wise to wait to draw conclusions and make big decisions.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurs this month, and its energies stick with you, in some shape or form, all the way until August 2018. This is a potentially magical transit for romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. You're drawing on your imagination quite beautifully now. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be wonderful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. A lover, child, or friend migh open your mind or heart to new experiences. Creatively speaking, you are well-received, and your audience is likely to expand. Your sense of drama expands now, as well. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you – they can provide a pleasant breather from pressures in your life. You have a keen interest in broadening your mind in general, and finding expression of your personality through your learning experiences, perhaps through higher education or exploring different philosophies of life. You may be in the position to inspire others through what you create now and in the months ahead.

You feel a little freer to express yourself in December, and others are responding to you well, although there may be some clarifications to make with a significant other. News you hear might be touching and inspirational. Your mood is cooperative, and you may be meeting with people who either share and reinforce your perspective on life -- or, at the very least, appreciate it. This is a time for making spirited connections.

From the 9th, you are hyper-creative, romantic, desirous and desirable, and expressive. Mars moving into harmony with your sign is good for health and vitality as well as smooth, natural self-assertion.

Even so, Saturn moves into opposition to your sign from the 20th forward, placing some pressure on you. This transit lasts until 2020 and is very useful for better understanding your relationships and partnering needs. Along the way, you may face some tests to a current relationship's strength. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. You are more selective when it comes to your close associations. It's true that problem areas in a relationship may be magnified or illuminated in the beginning stages of this transit, and while flaws can appear bigger than they objectively are, eventually you’re likely to get to the point of increased clarity. Decisions are easier when you can see people and things for both their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you’ll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. During Saturn's transit, you may find relationships or life's situations a little more demanding than usual, and it makes sense to take better care of your health, particularly seeing to getting regular sleep and proper nutrition.

The Sun and Venus move into your partnership zone on the 21st and 25th, respectively, boosting your interest and personal investment in your relationships for the next while. This combination helps to smooth out your experiences and warm up your social life.

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Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:

December 2017 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

All month:

The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.

It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until December 9th: 

Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!

From December 9th forward: 

Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde from December 3-22:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.

All month: 

Mercury continues to transit your solar sixth house. This is an excellent cycle for improving your skills, objectively identifying your weaknesses so that you can work on them, and for finding flaws in your work methods or approach to daily activities so that you can make necessary changes.

You might be especially focused on list-making and to-do lists, as well as organizing things around you. The need to communicate about your work, health, and other daily affairs, or with co-workers, is especially strong now. Negative expression of this position is worrying about sixth house matters (work, health, pets, and so forth) rather than finding ways to improve these things.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until the 25th:

Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.

From the 25th forward:

Mars animates and energizes your solar fifth house. This is a very self-expressive time when you have lots of energy, but not necessarily self-discipline to match. You have more energy at your disposal to express yourself creatively, through activities with children, romantic activities, hobbies, or sports. Your love life may step up a notch, and this could be an especially passionate time. You tend to put more energy into play and pleasure! Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends. Also, watch out for a tendency to want to gamble. You are more playful than usual, and especially magnetic. You have a likeably competitive, more energetic, and pleasingly assertive temperament during this transit. However, in some cases, you may be coming on too strong or aggressively, or meeting with aggressiveness in romantic relationships.

Overview Horoscope:

December 2017: A strong focus on your health and work routines continues in December and gains further traction, dear Cancer, but your social life is a dominant force later this month. With your work, methods, habits, or health, you're likely to be dealing with some backtracking or delays from the 3-22, but overall, December is strong for enjoying your work and health routines or daily life. In fact, taskmaster Saturn is moving out of this area of your chart, ending a transit that first started three years ago. While the rewards of this transit have been great (ideally,  your habits have improved), there has also been a lot of work and effort or serious themes related to these areas of life, and it now feels good to enjoy yourself more -- and more often! Your attention shifts to significant others and partnerships by the 20-21.

Until the 9th, Mars continues to transit your home and family sector. Strife or simply an accelerated level of "busyness" on the home front is a theme with this transit that has been with you since October 22nd, and now things begin to wind down. Around the 5-6, especially, you can be very productive with family or in the home. You might particularly enjoy working on putting recent ideas into action, particularly family, home, and work-related. This can be a time of organizing or re-organizing or returning to a project you left unfinished -- a time when it's easier to get through things quickly and efficiently.

Take note that a Full Moon occurs on the 3rd, bringing strong emotions to the surface as well as awareness of feelings you've been burying, and this occurs just as Mercury turns retrograde. It's wise to wait to draw conclusions and make big decisions.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurs this month, and its energies stick with you, in some shape or form, all the way until August 2018. This is a potentially magical transit for romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. You're drawing on your imagination quite beautifully now. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be wonderful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. A lover, child, or friend migh open your mind or heart to new experiences. Creatively speaking, you are well-received, and your audience is likely to expand. Your sense of drama expands now, as well. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you – they can provide a pleasant breather from pressures in your life. You have a keen interest in broadening your mind in general, and finding expression of your personality through your learning experiences, perhaps through higher education or exploring different philosophies of life. You may be in the position to inspire others through what you create now and in the months ahead.

You feel a little freer to express yourself in December, and others are responding to you well, although there may be some clarifications to make with a significant other. News you hear might be touching and inspirational. Your mood is cooperative, and you may be meeting with people who either share and reinforce your perspective on life -- or, at the very least, appreciate it. This is a time for making spirited connections.

From the 9th, you are hyper-creative, romantic, desirous and desirable, and expressive. Mars moving into harmony with your sign is good for health and vitality as well as smooth, natural self-assertion.

Even so, Saturn moves into opposition to your sign from the 20th forward, placing some pressure on you. This transit lasts until 2020 and is very useful for better understanding your relationships and partnering needs. Along the way, you may face some tests to a current relationship's strength. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. You are more selective when it comes to your close associations. It's true that problem areas in a relationship may be magnified or illuminated in the beginning stages of this transit, and while flaws can appear bigger than they objectively are, eventually you’re likely to get to the point of increased clarity. Decisions are easier when you can see people and things for both their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you’ll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. During Saturn's transit, you may find relationships or life's situations a little more demanding than usual, and it makes sense to take better care of your health, particularly seeing to getting regular sleep and proper nutrition.

The Sun and Venus move into your partnership zone on the 21st and 25th, respectively, boosting your interest and personal investment in your relationships for the next while. This combination helps to smooth out your experiences and warm up your social life.

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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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.

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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.

See also general trends for Cancer in 2017.

See also detailed 2017 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.

Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:

December 2017 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until December 11th:

The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.

This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.

From December 11th forward:

The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.

It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until December 17th: 

Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!

From December 17th forward: 

Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde from December 3-22:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar fifth and sixth houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to romance, children, creativity, work, and daily routines. Be as non- judgmental as you can with co-workers, romantic partners, and your children. Re- thinking the suitability of your job and/or romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you. Double-check your work. There may be the need to revisit old issues with your children or lover, or there could be some communication problems with the same. Arguments with a lover may be blown out of proportion far too easily. Both you and your lover should avoid harping on the words used and try to get to the meaning behind the words instead. Or, a romance may not be moving forward in obvious ways. It might seem like stagnation, but it's actually a period of review and rest. Other possibilities include calls that are not returned, a lover is late for a date, or dates get cancelled. Speculation and gambling are not advised right now. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers, professors, lawyers, romantic partners, and children, 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 activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.

Overview Horoscope:

December 2017: A strong focus on your health and work routines continues in December and gains further traction, dear Cancer, but your social life is a dominant force later this month. With your work, methods, habits, or health, you're likely to be dealing with some backtracking or delays from the 3-22, but overall, December is strong for enjoying your work and health routines or daily life. In fact, taskmaster Saturn is moving out of this area of your chart, ending a transit that first started three years ago. While the rewards of this transit have been great (ideally,  your habits have improved), there has also been a lot of work and effort or serious themes related to these areas of life, and it now feels good to enjoy yourself more -- and more often! Your attention shifts to significant others and partnerships by the 20-21.

Until the 9th, Mars continues to transit your home and family sector. Strife or simply an accelerated level of "busyness" on the home front is a theme with this transit that has been with you since October 22nd, and now things begin to wind down. Around the 5-6, especially, you can be very productive with family or in the home. You might particularly enjoy working on putting recent ideas into action, particularly family, home, and work-related. This can be a time of organizing or re-organizing or returning to a project you left unfinished -- a time when it's easier to get through things quickly and efficiently.

Take note that a Full Moon occurs on the 3rd, bringing strong emotions to the surface as well as awareness of feelings you've been burying, and this occurs just as Mercury turns retrograde. It's wise to wait to draw conclusions and make big decisions.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurs this month, and its energies stick with you, in some shape or form, all the way until August 2018. This is a potentially magical transit for romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. You're drawing on your imagination quite beautifully now. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be wonderful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. A lover, child, or friend migh open your mind or heart to new experiences. Creatively speaking, you are well-received, and your audience is likely to expand. Your sense of drama expands now, as well. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you – they can provide a pleasant breather from pressures in your life. You have a keen interest in broadening your mind in general, and finding expression of your personality through your learning experiences, perhaps through higher education or exploring different philosophies of life. You may be in the position to inspire others through what you create now and in the months ahead.

You feel a little freer to express yourself in December, and others are responding to you well, although there may be some clarifications to make with a significant other. News you hear might be touching and inspirational. Your mood is cooperative, and you may be meeting with people who either share and reinforce your perspective on life -- or, at the very least, appreciate it. This is a time for making spirited connections.

From the 9th, you are hyper-creative, romantic, desirous and desirable, and expressive. Mars moving into harmony with your sign is good for health and vitality as well as smooth, natural self-assertion.

Even so, Saturn moves into opposition to your sign from the 20th forward, placing some pressure on you. This transit lasts until 2020 and is very useful for better understanding your relationships and partnering needs. Along the way, you may face some tests to a current relationship's strength. This transit can also stimulate a stronger desire for long-term, real connections, or it may bring a more mature or serious partner into your life. You are more selective when it comes to your close associations. It's true that problem areas in a relationship may be magnified or illuminated in the beginning stages of this transit, and while flaws can appear bigger than they objectively are, eventually you’re likely to get to the point of increased clarity. Decisions are easier when you can see people and things for both their strengths and weaknesses, so aim for this sweet spot. Once beyond the exaggerated stage of realizations, you’ll be in an excellent position to reassess your needs from your relationships. During Saturn's transit, you may find relationships or life's situations a little more demanding than usual, and it makes sense to take better care of your health, particularly seeing to getting regular sleep and proper nutrition.

The Sun and Venus move into your partnership zone on the 21st and 25th, respectively, boosting your interest and personal investment in your relationships for the next while. This combination helps to smooth out your experiences and warm up your social life.

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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.

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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.

See also general trends for Cancer in 2017.

See also detailed 2017 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.

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