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Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · 5:13 am ET

Full Moon in Gemini · 97% lit

Daily WeatherGemini · waxing 97%

Friday, December 22, 1950

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Moon in Gemini · waxing 97% · Uranus ℞ in Cancer · two planets retrograde

5:13 am ET · 0°00′ Capricorn

Sun enters Capricorn

A stay of roughly a month begins in Capricorn.

  • applying☉ □ ♄exact Sun 5:30 am ET
  • applying☉ ⚹ ♃exact Mon 6:03 pm ET
  • applying☿ ☌ ♀exact Wed 6:50 pm ET
  • separating♀ ☍ ♅exact Thu 12:09 am ET

A day the year turns a page — you may notice attention drifting toward a different register.

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Positions

  • Sun0°16′ Capricorn
  • Moon11°13′ Gemini
  • Mercury18°06′ Capricorn
  • Venus9°40′ Capricorn
  • Mars5°43′ Aquarius
  • Jupiter3°02′ Pisces
  • Saturn1°59′ Libra
  • Uranus℞︎7°45′ Cancer
  • Neptune19°17′ Libra
  • Pluto℞︎19°38′ Leo
  • North Node23°08′ Pisces

Uranus & Pluto retrograde

Active aspects

  • Neptune sextile Pluto0.3° orb
  • Mercury square Neptune1.2° orb
  • Sun square Saturn1.7° orb
  • Venus opposition Uranus1.9° orb
  • Sun sextile Jupiter2.8° orb
  • Mars trine Saturn3.7° orb
  • Jupiter trine Uranus4.7° orb

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