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December 1971

The winter solstice falls on December 22; five lunations in a single month; Mercury is retrograde Dec 2 through Dec 22.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 7:24 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 2 · 2:49 am
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 9 · 11:03 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 17 · 2:04 pm
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 24 · 8:36 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 31 · 3:20 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 7:24 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 2 · 9:31 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 22 · 3:49 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 2 – Dec 22

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Notable aspects

  • Saturn trine PlutoDec 10 · 3:43 am
  • Mars opposition PlutoDec 29 · 5:18 pm
  • Jupiter sextile UranusDec 9 · 10:32 pm
  • Mars sextile SaturnDec 27 · 1:48 pm
  • Mars square JupiterDec 4 · 2:27 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 12 · 4:01 pm
  • Venus square UranusDec 13 · 12:34 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusDec 14 · 1:36 pm
  • Sun square MarsDec 15 · 6:36 am
  • Venus sextile MarsDec 19 · 8:52 am