Libra Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2023}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Libra Sun and Libra Ascendant.
December 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Libra
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We divide our 2023 monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates/decans) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here or use Cafe Astrology’s Ascendant Calculator.
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Overview for this Month: Libra (All)
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
December can be a mentally busy month, dear Libra, although as it advances, you pay more attention to rest, comfort, and quiet. In the meantime, there can be much communication, daily activity, learning, and connecting.
You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect this month. It's possible siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life, or your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. Watch for overstraining on physical, emotional, and mental levels. Otherwise, it's a strong month for learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
There are both challenges and rewards to your studies, communications, and connections. You're generally more communicative in December. It can be a big idea month, and it’s quite excellent for reaching out to others, although there can be times when you feel you have too much on your plate, and you can be a little scattered as a result. Dealing with errands and short trips may be more frequent but can also lead to some nice opportunities.
Your communications, teachings, studies, ideas, and writing may be a little hasty at times, and you can sometimes feel mentally wired. However, you enjoy greater passion and motivation to learn or produce. You learn best when teaching yourself or engaging in self-study this month.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, bringing on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns. However, there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting.
While some key areas of your life can feel slow-moving or up in the air, the motivation to renew health/wellness programs can return. Partnerships feel lighter or more straightforward.
The New Moon on the 12th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You’ll have to juggle, but the central focus should be on keeping your daily affairs in order.
Venus spends much of the month (from the 4th to the 29th) encouraging you to enjoy yourself. The focus is on building or enjoying your resources, and attracting the right things to you comes naturally. Getting along well with others can be one way to boost your business or income. There can be relaxing moments to enjoy, explore, and develop your talents. You might also more fully enjoy activities that soothe, comfort, and boost your confidence.
As the month advances, things slowly but surely settle down for you as you gear up for a home-centered, back-to-roots time. It's not only about improving your life at home or with family; it's also about getting in touch with your needs and desires. Domestic matters assume more importance from the 21st forward. As exciting as your projects and interactions have been in the past weeks, you’re beginning to crave more downtime and the comfort of familiar settings.
Through new information, musings, conversations, or meetings around the 22nd, you may gain further insight into past matters, particularly related to childhood or family and home life. These can lead to new ideas and directions that are significant for you.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your communications sector on the 23rd, and matters surrounding studies, transportation, and essential communications can involve some confusion, delays, or backtracking. However, this can be a good time for doing some catch-up work–you may very well enjoy yourself as you do.
The Full Moon on the 26th can bring a work matter to a head. You can find yourself in high demand! You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea of where you want to head with your life. This Full Moon can reveal how vital meeting your responsibilities and thriving in your work or performing at your peak is to the rest of your life. You need to feel good about your performance so that other projects and endeavors can thrive and you can feel more comfortable in your personal life.
With Jupiter’s direct turn on the 30th, you’ll gradually see improvements or forward motion with your intimate life or finances as you close out the month/year. You feel more confident about dealing with tricky emotions and complicated problems. Personal charisma increases, and leaving a bad habit behind feels right.
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Libra (Born September 24 to October 3) and Libra Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Libra:
December 2023 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 21st:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar third house--a time of the year in which you are most likely to be a "busy bee". Communications, short trips, errand-running, and general busy-ness feature now. You could have a finger in many pies, so to speak, as your curiosity is piqued by a larger variety of things than usual. Used well, this could be a period in which you come up with solutions to a number of problems. You are more inclined to take pride in your intellectual accomplishments and/or your ability to socialize and make connections.
From December 22nd forward:
With the Sun spotlighting your house of family and home, these areas are your instinctive focus during this period. Your family, home, property concerns, roots, and heritage come into focus and become a source of pride. You are likely quite preoccupied with feelings of security and your inner experiences. This is a time when you send down roots and seek a feeling of belonging. You could be thrust into a position of leadership on the home front.
Ego confrontations with family members are possible now, but the best way to handle this energy is to do your best to strengthen your relationship with your family and your home base. This is a time to do what you can to build trust in your family life and a strong foundation within yourself so that regardless of what you meet in the outside world over the next months, you have a secure place to return to. Besides spending more time tending to domestic affairs, the focus can be on cultivating and nourishing the inner foundations that support you and your growth. This is a time to collect yourself--to fill your well, so to speak.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 4th:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From December 4th to 29th:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
From December 29th forward:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From December 1st to 22nd:
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.
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar third and fourth houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to composing letters, emails, phone calls, and family relations. Be as non- judgmental as you can with family members. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues with siblings or neighbors, errands could go wrong, you might have trouble getting from point A to point B (example, transportation problems), emails or letters get lost, and so forth. Idle chit-chatting during this period may have repercussions! People might be misunderstanding your words. You may be forgetful during this cycle, and it makes sense to allow yourself extra time to get to appointments, if they are not cancelled in the first place! It would also be wise to double-check your work and communications before sending them off.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to activate and energize your solar third house now. You may be especially busy running errands and tending to daily activities during this cycle. It's a strong time for putting your energy into intellectual projects or studies. You tend to communicate in a more direct manner now, and you might want to be careful that you don't come across as insensitive or abrasive. You may find it too easy to become impatient with others if they seem to be taking up too much of your time, such as with other drivers or with people who are not speaking as directly as you are. Channel your extra energy into mental tasks so that this transit can be highly stimulating (instead of stressful).
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
December can be a mentally busy month, dear Libra, although as it advances, you pay more attention to rest, comfort, and quiet. In the meantime, there can be much communication, daily activity, learning, and connecting.
You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect this month. It's possible siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life, or your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. Watch for overstraining on physical, emotional, and mental levels. Otherwise, it's a strong month for learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
There are both challenges and rewards to your studies, communications, and connections. You're generally more communicative in December. It can be a big idea month, and it’s quite excellent for reaching out to others, although there can be times when you feel you have too much on your plate, and you can be a little scattered as a result. Dealing with errands and short trips may be more frequent but can also lead to some nice opportunities.
Your communications, teachings, studies, ideas, and writing may be a little hasty at times, and you can sometimes feel mentally wired. However, you enjoy greater passion and motivation to learn or produce. You learn best when teaching yourself or engaging in self-study this month.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, bringing on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns. However, there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting.
While some key areas of your life can feel slow-moving or up in the air, the motivation to renew health/wellness programs can return. Partnerships feel lighter or more straightforward.
The New Moon on the 12th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You’ll have to juggle, but the central focus should be on keeping your daily affairs in order.
Venus spends much of the month (from the 4th to the 29th) encouraging you to enjoy yourself. The focus is on building or enjoying your resources, and attracting the right things to you comes naturally. Getting along well with others can be one way to boost your business or income. There can be relaxing moments to enjoy, explore, and develop your talents. You might also more fully enjoy activities that soothe, comfort, and boost your confidence.
As the month advances, things slowly but surely settle down for you as you gear up for a home-centered, back-to-roots time. It's not only about improving your life at home or with family; it's also about getting in touch with your needs and desires. Domestic matters assume more importance from the 21st forward. As exciting as your projects and interactions have been in the past weeks, you’re beginning to crave more downtime and the comfort of familiar settings.
Through new information, musings, conversations, or meetings around the 22nd, you may gain further insight into past matters, particularly related to childhood or family and home life. These can lead to new ideas and directions that are significant for you.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your communications sector on the 23rd, and matters surrounding studies, transportation, and essential communications can involve some confusion, delays, or backtracking. However, this can be a good time for doing some catch-up work–you may very well enjoy yourself as you do.
The Full Moon on the 26th can bring a work matter to a head. You can find yourself in high demand! You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea of where you want to head with your life. This Full Moon can reveal how vital meeting your responsibilities and thriving in your work or performing at your peak is to the rest of your life. You need to feel good about your performance so that other projects and endeavors can thrive and you can feel more comfortable in your personal life.
With Jupiter’s direct turn on the 30th, you’ll gradually see improvements or forward motion with your intimate life or finances as you close out the month/year. You feel more confident about dealing with tricky emotions and complicated problems. Personal charisma increases, and leaving a bad habit behind feels right.
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 Libra in 2024 and the full 2024 Yearly Libra Horoscope.
Libra (Born October 4 to 13) and Libra Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Libra:
December 2023 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.
Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.
You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.
Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 12th:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From December 13th forward:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar third house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to composing letters, emails, making phone calls, and with communications in general. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues with siblings or neighbors, errands could go wrong, you might have trouble getting from point A to point B (example, transportation problems), emails or letters get lost, and so forth. Idle chit- chatting during this period may have repercussions! People might be misunderstanding your words. You may be forgetful during this cycle, and it makes sense to allow yourself extra time to get to appointments, if they are not cancelled in the first place! It would also be wise to double-check your work and communications before sending them off.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 7th:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
From the 8th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar third house during this period. You are likely to have many ideas and plans going during this transit, and you might be inclined to scatter your energies as a result.
Channelled well, however, this is a good time to sell your ideas to others, or to present your case in some manner. You may be especially busy running errands and communicating with others now.
More articulate than usual, you may also have a more assertive, self-centered, or provocative communication style at this time. As such, discussions might more readily become heated or they might escalate into arguments. If this is the case, it's likely because you are taking things very personally right now, or because you are over-identifying with your beliefs and ideas.
A tendency to be impatient or impulsive while driving or while performing manual tasks, generally with the hands, may lead to accidents, so it's wise to be careful on the road or while operating machinery or even using scissors! This is an excellent time for working on intellectual tasks with more vigor and passion.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
December can be a mentally busy month, dear Libra, although as it advances, you pay more attention to rest, comfort, and quiet. In the meantime, there can be much communication, daily activity, learning, and connecting.
You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect this month. It's possible siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life, or your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. Watch for overstraining on physical, emotional, and mental levels. Otherwise, it's a strong month for learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
There are both challenges and rewards to your studies, communications, and connections. You're generally more communicative in December. It can be a big idea month, and it’s quite excellent for reaching out to others, although there can be times when you feel you have too much on your plate, and you can be a little scattered as a result. Dealing with errands and short trips may be more frequent but can also lead to some nice opportunities.
Your communications, teachings, studies, ideas, and writing may be a little hasty at times, and you can sometimes feel mentally wired. However, you enjoy greater passion and motivation to learn or produce. You learn best when teaching yourself or engaging in self-study this month.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, bringing on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns. However, there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting.
While some key areas of your life can feel slow-moving or up in the air, the motivation to renew health/wellness programs can return. Partnerships feel lighter or more straightforward.
The New Moon on the 12th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You’ll have to juggle, but the central focus should be on keeping your daily affairs in order.
Venus spends much of the month (from the 4th to the 29th) encouraging you to enjoy yourself. The focus is on building or enjoying your resources, and attracting the right things to you comes naturally. Getting along well with others can be one way to boost your business or income. There can be relaxing moments to enjoy, explore, and develop your talents. You might also more fully enjoy activities that soothe, comfort, and boost your confidence.
As the month advances, things slowly but surely settle down for you as you gear up for a home-centered, back-to-roots time. It's not only about improving your life at home or with family; it's also about getting in touch with your needs and desires. Domestic matters assume more importance from the 21st forward. As exciting as your projects and interactions have been in the past weeks, you’re beginning to crave more downtime and the comfort of familiar settings.
Through new information, musings, conversations, or meetings around the 22nd, you may gain further insight into past matters, particularly related to childhood or family and home life. These can lead to new ideas and directions that are significant for you.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your communications sector on the 23rd, and matters surrounding studies, transportation, and essential communications can involve some confusion, delays, or backtracking. However, this can be a good time for doing some catch-up work–you may very well enjoy yourself as you do.
The Full Moon on the 26th can bring a work matter to a head. You can find yourself in high demand! You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea of where you want to head with your life. This Full Moon can reveal how vital meeting your responsibilities and thriving in your work or performing at your peak is to the rest of your life. You need to feel good about your performance so that other projects and endeavors can thrive and you can feel more comfortable in your personal life.
With Jupiter’s direct turn on the 30th, you’ll gradually see improvements or forward motion with your intimate life or finances as you close out the month/year. You feel more confident about dealing with tricky emotions and complicated problems. Personal charisma increases, and leaving a bad habit behind feels right.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Libra in 2024 and the full 2024 Yearly Libra Horoscope.
Libra (Born October 14 to 23) and Libra Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Libra:
December 2023 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
December 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until December 11th:
The Sun continues to transit your solar second house. This is the most "financial" period of the year for you. You might have a more materialistic view of life for the time being, or you have an increased interest in your own possessions, during this cycle. You are more attracted to objects and possessions that give you a sense of comfort, status, or luxury now.
You probably should be on the lookout for a tendency to create your own financial stress due to extravagant spending habits. At this point in the year, you are unlikely to take many risks, however, and you can be quite resistant to change. This is a time when "comfort zones" are more important to you than usual--you value the familiar.
From December 12th forward:
The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.
Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.
You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.
Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until December 21st:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From December 21st forward:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
This month:
Mercury continues to move through your solar third house. Mercury feels right at home in the third house. Your mind is especially inquisitive during this cycle, when learning, short trips, and other forms of communication and making connections, appeal strongly. Some are fidgety or nervous during this cycle, perhaps due to increased errand-running, phone calls, or information overload. Others enjoy the challenge of tackling a variety of subjects.
As well, talking, writing, and studying can be good ways to handle stress. It's a great time to pick up information from your environment and the people in it. Your mind is often distracted, particularly when required to stick to routine, so this is not the best transit for focusing on one task or project. You might spend a lot of time in your car making short frequent trips, running errands, communicating with siblings and neighbors, and visiting friends and relatives.
Mercury is retrograde from December 13th to January 1st:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar third house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to composing letters, emails, making phone calls, and with communications in general. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues with siblings or neighbors, errands could go wrong, you might have trouble getting from point A to point B (example, transportation problems), emails or letters get lost, and so forth. Idle chit- chatting during this period may have repercussions! People might be misunderstanding your words. You may be forgetful during this cycle, and it makes sense to allow yourself extra time to get to appointments, if they are not cancelled in the first place! It would also be wise to double-check your work and communications before sending them off.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 21st:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
From the 22nd forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar third house during this period. You are likely to have many ideas and plans going during this transit, and you might be inclined to scatter your energies as a result.
Channelled well, however, this is a good time to sell your ideas to others, or to present your case in some manner. You may be especially busy running errands and communicating with others now.
More articulate than usual, you may also have a more assertive, self-centered, or provocative communication style at this time. As such, discussions might more readily become heated or they might escalate into arguments. If this is the case, it's likely because you are taking things very personally right now, or because you are over-identifying with your beliefs and ideas.
A tendency to be impatient or impulsive while driving or while performing manual tasks, generally with the hands, may lead to accidents, so it's wise to be careful on the road or while operating machinery or even using scissors! This is an excellent time for working on intellectual tasks with more vigor and passion.
Overview Horoscope:
December 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
December can be a mentally busy month, dear Libra, although as it advances, you pay more attention to rest, comfort, and quiet. In the meantime, there can be much communication, daily activity, learning, and connecting.
You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect this month. It's possible siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life, or your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. Watch for overstraining on physical, emotional, and mental levels. Otherwise, it's a strong month for learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
There are both challenges and rewards to your studies, communications, and connections. You're generally more communicative in December. It can be a big idea month, and it’s quite excellent for reaching out to others, although there can be times when you feel you have too much on your plate, and you can be a little scattered as a result. Dealing with errands and short trips may be more frequent but can also lead to some nice opportunities.
Your communications, teachings, studies, ideas, and writing may be a little hasty at times, and you can sometimes feel mentally wired. However, you enjoy greater passion and motivation to learn or produce. You learn best when teaching yourself or engaging in self-study this month.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th, bringing on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns. However, there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting.
While some key areas of your life can feel slow-moving or up in the air, the motivation to renew health/wellness programs can return. Partnerships feel lighter or more straightforward.
The New Moon on the 12th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You’ll have to juggle, but the central focus should be on keeping your daily affairs in order.
Venus spends much of the month (from the 4th to the 29th) encouraging you to enjoy yourself. The focus is on building or enjoying your resources, and attracting the right things to you comes naturally. Getting along well with others can be one way to boost your business or income. There can be relaxing moments to enjoy, explore, and develop your talents. You might also more fully enjoy activities that soothe, comfort, and boost your confidence.
As the month advances, things slowly but surely settle down for you as you gear up for a home-centered, back-to-roots time. It's not only about improving your life at home or with family; it's also about getting in touch with your needs and desires. Domestic matters assume more importance from the 21st forward. As exciting as your projects and interactions have been in the past weeks, you’re beginning to crave more downtime and the comfort of familiar settings.
Through new information, musings, conversations, or meetings around the 22nd, you may gain further insight into past matters, particularly related to childhood or family and home life. These can lead to new ideas and directions that are significant for you.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your communications sector on the 23rd, and matters surrounding studies, transportation, and essential communications can involve some confusion, delays, or backtracking. However, this can be a good time for doing some catch-up work–you may very well enjoy yourself as you do.
The Full Moon on the 26th can bring a work matter to a head. You can find yourself in high demand! You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea of where you want to head with your life. This Full Moon can reveal how vital meeting your responsibilities and thriving in your work or performing at your peak is to the rest of your life. You need to feel good about your performance so that other projects and endeavors can thrive and you can feel more comfortable in your personal life.
With Jupiter’s direct turn on the 30th, you’ll gradually see improvements or forward motion with your intimate life or finances as you close out the month/year. You feel more confident about dealing with tricky emotions and complicated problems. Personal charisma increases, and leaving a bad habit behind feels right.
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