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December 1951

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 13 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 28; Mercury is retrograde Dec 7 through Dec 27.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 11:00 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 5 · 11:21 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 13 · 4:31 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 21 · 9:38 am
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 28 · 6:44 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 11:00 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 7 · 6:56 am
  • Mercury stations directDec 27 · 1:41 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 7 – Dec 27

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Neptune sextile PlutoDec 20 · 7:29 am
  • Saturn square UranusDec 7 · 9:43 pm
  • Mars square UranusDec 16 · 5:40 pm
  • Mars conjunction SaturnDec 18 · 6:40 pm
  • Mars opposition JupiterDec 1 · 12:14 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 9 · 11:36 am
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 14 · 1:23 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 16 · 10:09 pm
  • Venus trine UranusDec 18 · 7:16 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 19 · 2:53 am
  • Mercury sextile MarsDec 24 · 5:12 am
  • Venus square PlutoDec 26 · 5:31 am