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December 1957

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 7 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 21; Mercury stations retrograde on December 16.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 9:49 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 7 · 1:17 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 14 · 12:46 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 21 · 1:12 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 28 · 11:53 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 9:49 pm
  • Pluto stations retrogradeDec 4 · 5:36 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 16 · 6:06 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 16 – Jan 5

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoDec 26 · 1:10 am
  • Sun trine UranusDec 3 · 6:08 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 5 · 7:15 am
  • Sun conjunction SaturnDec 8 · 9:46 pm
  • Venus square NeptuneDec 11 · 7:29 am
  • Sun sextile JupiterDec 18 · 5:05 pm
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 24 · 2:20 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 25 · 3:26 pm
  • Mercury sextile JupiterDec 29 · 11:48 pm