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December 1997

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 13 and a new moon in Capricorn on December 29; Mercury is retrograde Dec 7 through Dec 27.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 3:07 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 7 · 1:10 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 13 · 9:38 pm
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 21 · 4:44 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 29 · 11:57 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 3:07 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 7 · 11:56 am
  • Saturn stations directDec 16 · 5:26 am
  • Venus stations retrogradeDec 26 · 4:22 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 27 · 6:43 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 7 – Dec 27

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoDec 26 · 11:07 am
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneDec 16 · 12:22 am
  • Mars conjunction UranusDec 26 · 7:34 pm
  • Sun trine SaturnDec 5 · 12:53 pm
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneDec 8 · 2:38 pm
  • Sun sextile JupiterDec 9 · 9:00 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 17 · 2:54 am
  • Venus conjunction MarsDec 22 · 4:40 pm