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December 1943

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 11 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 26; Mercury stations retrograde on December 30.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 1:29 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 4 · 7:04 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 11 · 12:25 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 19 · 4:04 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 26 · 11:51 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 1:29 pm
  • Jupiter stations retrogradeDec 13 · 7:31 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 30 · 2:33 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 30 – Jan 19

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Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 17 · 9:34 pm
  • Mars conjunction UranusDec 30 · 7:53 am
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 1 · 1:23 pm
  • Venus trine SaturnDec 2 · 10:21 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 5 · 10:13 am
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 10 · 2:53 pm
  • Venus square PlutoDec 15 · 3:02 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 29 · 2:19 pm
  • Venus square JupiterDec 31 · 3:20 am