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December 2024 Horoscope: Predictions for Leo
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Overview for this Month: Leo (All)
Leo
The sector of your solar chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure is in stronger focus in December, dear Leo. While the New Moon on the first of the month inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 15th, pulls your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Motivation and enthusiasm may take a bit of a nosedive around the 6th. Try not to make new commitments until you are certain you have a handle on current ones.
Until the 7th, you might make beneficial connections through the pursuit of your work and health goals or because of a stronger interest in these things. It's a good time for personal enjoyment of projects, organizing, list making, watching your nutrition, and the like.
After the New Moon on the 1st, you can fee inspired, particularly on creative or romantic levels, although there can be some drama in the mix. It's a creative, interactive period for you, particularly with Mars in your sign, convincing you to go after what you want. This is a time for reconnecting with your "inner child." Ideally, you're feeling happier and freer. You're motivated to pursue your passions.
However, romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.
In fact, Mars turns retrograde in your sign on the 6th. Watch that you don't book yourself solid early in the month, as there can be a change of heart or slowdowns occurring later. You may not feel like following through, or you simply can't. While Mars will be retrograde until February 23rd, it spends only the first four and a half weeks retrograde in Leo.
Certainly, you can be more introspective during this retrograde. It's not that you lack confidence, but you're more inclined to look within for answers. Questioning your plans is likely and, in fact, entirely necessary. The temptation to push ahead with personal plans is strong, but circumstances could have you feeling stuck.
Watch for temper tantrums as you'll be strongest if you tame impatience and work on projects that need fine-tuning or completion rather than adding more to your plate. Avoid dwelling on matters you can't control, even with buried frustrations emerging in unexpected ways. The tendency to stew and to let things get to you is strong. Some disconnects can occur but can also lead to greater understanding down the line. For now, try not to push matters (or others). Give them space, and give yourself space as well.
Venus visiting your partnership sector from the 7th onward can enhance and improve companionability and popularity. You'll find it mostly easy to harmonize with others. You're in good shape for enhancing and boosting a close relationship. This influence can mitigate some of the complications of Mars retrograde in your sign. You can be mainly focused on coming to a balance in a relationship, and negotiations are fair and prosperous. The secret to happiness seems to be balance and patience.
Still, the Venus-Mars opposition on the 11th to the 12th can be strong on you with Mars in your sign. Someone may be frustrated with you, and perhaps that person hopes you'll intuit what they truly want, but it can be difficult to pinpoint. Reactions can be strong now. Try to detach yourself emotionally just enough to stay calm and work things out, but not so much that others think you're mocking them. You can learn a lot about yourself from whatever is triggered now.
The Full Moon on the 15th can bring drama to your social life or feelings about friendship to bloom. This is a time for putting something negative behind you. It's also when information you've been waiting for begins to trickle in with the end of Mercury's retrograde.
The Sun heads into your work and health sector on the 21st, and energy is shifting towards taking care of business. You're moving into a period of increased focus on routines and health, and the New Moon on the 30th clinches it. You're motivated to start fresh with your daily affairs and routines.
The last week of the month/year also brings stronger faith in your intuition. While you’re not yet ready to jump into action, you are absorbing a tremendous amount from your environment. You feel better equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with issues that were buried or swept under the carpet. Connecting with someone over a shared ideal or belief is possible.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Leo (Born July 23 to August 2)
AND Leo Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Leo:
December 2024 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 21st:
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 21st 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, Pleasure
Until December 6th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From December 7th 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
Mercury is retrograde since November 25th and until December 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don't mean what they say and don't say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar fifth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to matters surrounding romance, children, and creativity. Be as non-judgmental as you can with romantic partners and your children, if applicable. Re-thinking the suitability of your romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. 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. It's probably not the best time to launch a new creative project, but it's a good time for reworking an existing one. Same goes for romance! Things will change after 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 romantic partners, and children; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
From the 15th forward, these matters straighten out and smooth over as information unclogs:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from December 6th forward (until February 23rd, 2025):
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of faith, wisdom, perspective, personal philosophy, higher education, travel, and adventure in general because Mars rules your solar ninth house. You could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in adventurous ways. Your outlook on life in terms of the "bigger picture" could be a little more cautious, and you might find that you temporarily have less faith.
Occurring in your solar first house now, this Mars retrograde cycle is very up close and personal! The ways that your survival instincts have served you to date may not seem to be as effective, or you might be feeling cautious and withdrawn in a general way now. You might find that you are second-guessing yourself, and this is a natural process as you reassess how you've been going about meeting life and reacting/acting, which may need some polishing! It's a good time for refining these things. Your personal initiatives and confidence are affected. Perhaps you are less confident about your effectiveness and more cautious about sharing yourself with others. Personal initiatives might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them. You may be a little tired and more accident-prone during this cycle, so be sure to rest up.
You are also examining the way anger has helped or impaired your life and coming up with new ways to manage it. In the process, you can experience some real frustrations. The end result, ideally, is a much-improved "you." It's time to rethink, revise, and reorganize your plans. Backtracking is a good idea now. How you assert yourself and how you go about going after what you want out of life are up for review now.
Watch for unacknowledged or buried desires driving your behavior.
Overview Horoscope:
Leo
The sector of your solar chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure is in stronger focus in December, dear Leo. While the New Moon on the first of the month inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 15th, pulls your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Motivation and enthusiasm may take a bit of a nosedive around the 6th. Try not to make new commitments until you are certain you have a handle on current ones.
Until the 7th, you might make beneficial connections through the pursuit of your work and health goals or because of a stronger interest in these things. It's a good time for personal enjoyment of projects, organizing, list making, watching your nutrition, and the like.
After the New Moon on the 1st, you can fee inspired, particularly on creative or romantic levels, although there can be some drama in the mix. It's a creative, interactive period for you, particularly with Mars in your sign, convincing you to go after what you want. This is a time for reconnecting with your "inner child." Ideally, you're feeling happier and freer. You're motivated to pursue your passions.
However, romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.
In fact, Mars turns retrograde in your sign on the 6th. Watch that you don't book yourself solid early in the month, as there can be a change of heart or slowdowns occurring later. You may not feel like following through, or you simply can't. While Mars will be retrograde until February 23rd, it spends only the first four and a half weeks retrograde in Leo.
Certainly, you can be more introspective during this retrograde. It's not that you lack confidence, but you're more inclined to look within for answers. Questioning your plans is likely and, in fact, entirely necessary. The temptation to push ahead with personal plans is strong, but circumstances could have you feeling stuck.
Watch for temper tantrums as you'll be strongest if you tame impatience and work on projects that need fine-tuning or completion rather than adding more to your plate. Avoid dwelling on matters you can't control, even with buried frustrations emerging in unexpected ways. The tendency to stew and to let things get to you is strong. Some disconnects can occur but can also lead to greater understanding down the line. For now, try not to push matters (or others). Give them space, and give yourself space as well.
Venus visiting your partnership sector from the 7th onward can enhance and improve companionability and popularity. You'll find it mostly easy to harmonize with others. You're in good shape for enhancing and boosting a close relationship. This influence can mitigate some of the complications of Mars retrograde in your sign. You can be mainly focused on coming to a balance in a relationship, and negotiations are fair and prosperous. The secret to happiness seems to be balance and patience.
Still, the Venus-Mars opposition on the 11th to the 12th can be strong on you with Mars in your sign. Someone may be frustrated with you, and perhaps that person hopes you'll intuit what they truly want, but it can be difficult to pinpoint. Reactions can be strong now. Try to detach yourself emotionally just enough to stay calm and work things out, but not so much that others think you're mocking them. You can learn a lot about yourself from whatever is triggered now.
The Full Moon on the 15th can bring drama to your social life or feelings about friendship to bloom. This is a time for putting something negative behind you. It's also when information you've been waiting for begins to trickle in with the end of Mercury's retrograde.
The Sun heads into your work and health sector on the 21st, and energy is shifting towards taking care of business. You're moving into a period of increased focus on routines and health, and the New Moon on the 30th clinches it. You're motivated to start fresh with your daily affairs and routines.
The last week of the month/year also brings stronger faith in your intuition. While you’re not yet ready to jump into action, you are absorbing a tremendous amount from your environment. You feel better equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with issues that were buried or swept under the carpet. Connecting with someone over a shared ideal or belief is possible.
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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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2024 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2024 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 3 to 12)
AND Leo Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Leo:
December 2024 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 15th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From December 16th 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
Mercury is retrograde since November 25th and until December 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don't mean what they say and don't say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar fifth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to matters surrounding romance, children, and creativity. Be as non-judgmental as you can with romantic partners and your children, if applicable. Re-thinking the suitability of your romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. 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. It's probably not the best time to launch a new creative project, but it's a good time for reworking an existing one. Same goes for romance! Things will change after 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 romantic partners, and children; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
From December 15th forward, information unclogs and these matters smooth and straighten out, and from the 23rd:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from December 6th forward (until February 23rd, 2025):
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of faith, wisdom, perspective, personal philosophy, higher education, travel, and adventure in general because Mars rules your solar ninth house. You could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in adventurous ways. Your outlook on life in terms of the "bigger picture" could be a little more cautious, and you might find that you temporarily have less faith.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house during this period, your spirituality, private life, gut instincts, and intuition are affected. Perhaps you are not as confident about your hunches. Private affairs and solitary work might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them. Trusting your gut instincts may become an issue. Vague fears and anxieties need to be dealt with. Obsession with private matters or concerns about the past could be part of the picture. Your desire nature can be rather complicated now, and it can be difficult to find direct routes to satisfaction. Old resentments, hurts, and waves of anger can resurface. There can be lowered vitality, likely due to emotional frustrations and exasperation. It's time to rethink, revise, and reorganize your plans. Backtracking is a good idea now. This is a time for learning about how your mental health impacts your life.
Overview Horoscope:
Leo
The sector of your solar chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure is in stronger focus in December, dear Leo. While the New Moon on the first of the month inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 15th, pulls your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Motivation and enthusiasm may take a bit of a nosedive around the 6th. Try not to make new commitments until you are certain you have a handle on current ones.
Until the 7th, you might make beneficial connections through the pursuit of your work and health goals or because of a stronger interest in these things. It's a good time for personal enjoyment of projects, organizing, list making, watching your nutrition, and the like.
After the New Moon on the 1st, you can fee inspired, particularly on creative or romantic levels, although there can be some drama in the mix. It's a creative, interactive period for you, particularly with Mars in your sign, convincing you to go after what you want. This is a time for reconnecting with your "inner child." Ideally, you're feeling happier and freer. You're motivated to pursue your passions.
However, romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.
In fact, Mars turns retrograde in your sign on the 6th. Watch that you don't book yourself solid early in the month, as there can be a change of heart or slowdowns occurring later. You may not feel like following through, or you simply can't. While Mars will be retrograde until February 23rd, it spends only the first four and a half weeks retrograde in Leo.
Certainly, you can be more introspective during this retrograde. It's not that you lack confidence, but you're more inclined to look within for answers. Questioning your plans is likely and, in fact, entirely necessary. The temptation to push ahead with personal plans is strong, but circumstances could have you feeling stuck.
Watch for temper tantrums as you'll be strongest if you tame impatience and work on projects that need fine-tuning or completion rather than adding more to your plate. Avoid dwelling on matters you can't control, even with buried frustrations emerging in unexpected ways. The tendency to stew and to let things get to you is strong. Some disconnects can occur but can also lead to greater understanding down the line. For now, try not to push matters (or others). Give them space, and give yourself space as well.
Venus visiting your partnership sector from the 7th onward can enhance and improve companionability and popularity. You'll find it mostly easy to harmonize with others. You're in good shape for enhancing and boosting a close relationship. This influence can mitigate some of the complications of Mars retrograde in your sign. You can be mainly focused on coming to a balance in a relationship, and negotiations are fair and prosperous. The secret to happiness seems to be balance and patience.
Still, the Venus-Mars opposition on the 11th to the 12th can be strong on you with Mars in your sign. Someone may be frustrated with you, and perhaps that person hopes you'll intuit what they truly want, but it can be difficult to pinpoint. Reactions can be strong now. Try to detach yourself emotionally just enough to stay calm and work things out, but not so much that others think you're mocking them. You can learn a lot about yourself from whatever is triggered now.
The Full Moon on the 15th can bring drama to your social life or feelings about friendship to bloom. This is a time for putting something negative behind you. It's also when information you've been waiting for begins to trickle in with the end of Mercury's retrograde.
The Sun heads into your work and health sector on the 21st, and energy is shifting towards taking care of business. You're moving into a period of increased focus on routines and health, and the New Moon on the 30th clinches it. You're motivated to start fresh with your daily affairs and routines.
The last week of the month/year also brings stronger faith in your intuition. While you’re not yet ready to jump into action, you are absorbing a tremendous amount from your environment. You feel better equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with issues that were buried or swept under the carpet. Connecting with someone over a shared ideal or belief is possible.
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 2024 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2024 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 13 to 22)
AND Leo Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Leo:
December 2024 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 11th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From December 11th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 24th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From December 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
Mercury is retrograde since November 25th until December 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don't mean what they say and don't say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar fourth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, real estate matters, and domestic issues. Be as non-judgmental as you can with family members. It may be challenging to keep a healthy perspective regarding deeply personal matters and family. Family members may be on edge, or appear to be. Home repairs may not turn out as expected. Try to put off major decision- making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time, but reworking and reorganizing your home can be especially fruitful now.
From December 15th forward, these matters straighten out as information unclogs:
Mercury moves through your solar fourth house. This is a time during which you can enjoy increased powers of concentration. You may require solitude in order to get mental work done during this cycle. Your memory is more retentive than usual, and your thoughts often turn to personal matters, family, and loved ones. You might particularly enjoy discussions about your early life, the past, or family matters during this cycle. In fact, it's a great time to open up conversations with loved ones, as you are more rational when it comes to personal matters now.
Your mind often wanders to domestic concerns, and issues surrounding your home, family, and personal past. On the other hand, this transit sometimes indicates an especially busy, and perhaps hectic, period on the domestic scene. For example, you might take home work or find that people drop by your home often during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from December 6th forward (until February 23rd, 2025):
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of faith, wisdom, perspective, personal philosophy, higher education, travel, and adventure in general because Mars rules your solar ninth house. You could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in adventurous ways. Your outlook on life in terms of the "bigger picture" could be a little more cautious, and you might find that you temporarily have less faith.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house during this period, your spirituality, private life, gut instincts, and intuition are affected. Perhaps you are not as confident about your hunches. Private affairs and solitary work might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them. Trusting your gut instincts may become an issue. Vague fears and anxieties need to be dealt with. Obsession with private matters or concerns about the past could be part of the picture. Your desire nature can be rather complicated now, and it can be difficult to find direct routes to satisfaction. Old resentments, hurts, and waves of anger can resurface. There can be lowered vitality, likely due to emotional frustrations and exasperation. It's time to rethink, revise, and reorganize your plans. Backtracking is a good idea now. This is a time for learning about how your mental health impacts your life.
Overview Horoscope:
Leo
The sector of your solar chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure is in stronger focus in December, dear Leo. While the New Moon on the first of the month inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 15th, pulls your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Motivation and enthusiasm may take a bit of a nosedive around the 6th. Try not to make new commitments until you are certain you have a handle on current ones.
Until the 7th, you might make beneficial connections through the pursuit of your work and health goals or because of a stronger interest in these things. It's a good time for personal enjoyment of projects, organizing, list making, watching your nutrition, and the like.
After the New Moon on the 1st, you can fee inspired, particularly on creative or romantic levels, although there can be some drama in the mix. It's a creative, interactive period for you, particularly with Mars in your sign, convincing you to go after what you want. This is a time for reconnecting with your "inner child." Ideally, you're feeling happier and freer. You're motivated to pursue your passions.
However, romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.
In fact, Mars turns retrograde in your sign on the 6th. Watch that you don't book yourself solid early in the month, as there can be a change of heart or slowdowns occurring later. You may not feel like following through, or you simply can't. While Mars will be retrograde until February 23rd, it spends only the first four and a half weeks retrograde in Leo.
Certainly, you can be more introspective during this retrograde. It's not that you lack confidence, but you're more inclined to look within for answers. Questioning your plans is likely and, in fact, entirely necessary. The temptation to push ahead with personal plans is strong, but circumstances could have you feeling stuck.
Watch for temper tantrums as you'll be strongest if you tame impatience and work on projects that need fine-tuning or completion rather than adding more to your plate. Avoid dwelling on matters you can't control, even with buried frustrations emerging in unexpected ways. The tendency to stew and to let things get to you is strong. Some disconnects can occur but can also lead to greater understanding down the line. For now, try not to push matters (or others). Give them space, and give yourself space as well.
Venus visiting your partnership sector from the 7th onward can enhance and improve companionability and popularity. You'll find it mostly easy to harmonize with others. You're in good shape for enhancing and boosting a close relationship. This influence can mitigate some of the complications of Mars retrograde in your sign. You can be mainly focused on coming to a balance in a relationship, and negotiations are fair and prosperous. The secret to happiness seems to be balance and patience.
Still, the Venus-Mars opposition on the 11th to the 12th can be strong on you with Mars in your sign. Someone may be frustrated with you, and perhaps that person hopes you'll intuit what they truly want, but it can be difficult to pinpoint. Reactions can be strong now. Try to detach yourself emotionally just enough to stay calm and work things out, but not so much that others think you're mocking them. You can learn a lot about yourself from whatever is triggered now.
The Full Moon on the 15th can bring drama to your social life or feelings about friendship to bloom. This is a time for putting something negative behind you. It's also when information you've been waiting for begins to trickle in with the end of Mercury's retrograde.
The Sun heads into your work and health sector on the 21st, and energy is shifting towards taking care of business. You're moving into a period of increased focus on routines and health, and the New Moon on the 30th clinches it. You're motivated to start fresh with your daily affairs and routines.
The last week of the month/year also brings stronger faith in your intuition. While you’re not yet ready to jump into action, you are absorbing a tremendous amount from your environment. You feel better equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with issues that were buried or swept under the carpet. Connecting with someone over a shared ideal or belief is possible.
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