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December 1972

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 20 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 5; Mercury retrograde ends December 5.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 1:13 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 5 · 3:25 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 13 · 1:36 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 20 · 4:46 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 27 · 5:28 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 1:13 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 5 · 11:22 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 15 – Dec 5

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile JupiterDec 2 · 2:39 pm
  • Venus sextile JupiterDec 3 · 2:56 pm
  • Venus conjunction MarsDec 4 · 10:14 am
  • Sun opposition SaturnDec 8 · 8:52 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 16 · 8:49 pm
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 22 · 1:37 am
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneDec 23 · 8:08 am
  • Sun square PlutoDec 25 · 8:41 pm