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December 1978

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Gemini on December 14 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 29; Mercury retrograde ends December 15.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 12:21 am ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 6 · 7:34 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 14 · 7:31 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 22 · 12:42 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 29 · 2:37 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 12:21 am
  • Mercury stations directDec 15 · 10:57 am
  • Saturn stations retrogradeDec 24 · 4:11 pm

Mercury retrograde Nov 25 – Dec 15

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars trine SaturnDec 30 · 6:02 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 1 · 4:29 pm
  • Mercury conjunction NeptuneDec 2 · 8:46 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 5 · 4:31 pm
  • Venus square JupiterDec 7 · 4:47 am
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 9 · 7:36 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 10 · 10:07 pm
  • Venus sextile SaturnDec 17 · 5:31 pm
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 21 · 1:11 pm
  • Venus conjunction UranusDec 25 · 3:42 pm
  • Mercury square SaturnDec 27 · 1:45 pm
  • Mercury sextile PlutoDec 31 · 6:35 pm