December 24, 1971

First Quarter Moon in Aries

2°36′ Aries · 8:36 pm ET

First Quarter in Pisces · 46% lit · enters Aries 4:09 pm ET

Daily WeatherPisces · waxing 46%

Friday, December 24, 1971

Moon in Pisces · waxing 46% · Saturn ℞ in Gemini

8:36 pm ET · 2°36′ Aries

First Quarter Moon

The waxing half steepens toward the full moon on December 31.

6:56 am ET☉ □ ♇exact · 2°01′ Capricorn
4:09 pm ET☽Moon enters Aries
4:42 pm ET♀ △ ♇exact · 2°01′ Aquarius
applying♀ ⚹ ♆exact Sun 5:24 am ET
applying♂ ⚹ ♄exact Mon 1:48 pm ET

A day of first friction — you may meet the first real test of something recently begun.

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Positions

Sun2°13′ Capricorn
Moon27°17′ Pisces
Mercury12°13′ Sagittarius
Venus1°45′ Aquarius
Mars28°41′ Pisces
Jupiter20°43′ Sagittarius
Saturn℞︎0°51′ Gemini
Uranus17°55′ Libra
Neptune3°52′ Sagittarius
Pluto2°01′ Libra
North Node5°41′ Aquarius

Saturn retrograde

Active aspects

Sun square Plutoexact0.2° orb
Venus trine Plutoexact0.3° orb
Venus trine Saturnseparating0.9° orb
Saturn trine Plutoseparating1.2° orb
Moon conjunction Marsapplying1.4° orb
Neptune sextile Plutoseparating1.8° orb
Venus sextile Neptuneapplying2.1° orb
Mars sextile Saturnapplying2.2° orb
Jupiter sextile Uranusseparating2.8° orb
Saturn opposition Neptuneseparating3.0° orb
Venus sextile Marsseparating3.1° orb
Mars opposition Plutoapplying3.3° orb
Sun square Marsseparating3.5° orb
Moon sextile Saturnapplying3.6° orb
Moon sextile Venusapplying4.5° orb
Moon opposition Plutoapplying4.7° orb
Sun square Moonapplying4.9° orb

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