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December 2005

The winter solstice falls on December 21; five lunations in a single month; Mercury retrograde ends December 3.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 1:35 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 1 · 10:02 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 8 · 4:37 am
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 15 · 11:16 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 23 · 2:37 pm
  • New Moon · CapricornDec 30 · 10:12 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 1:35 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 3 · 9:25 pm
  • Mars stations directDec 9 · 11:05 pm
  • Venus stations retrogradeDec 24 · 4:42 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 14 – Dec 3

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter square SaturnDec 17 · 12:31 am
  • Mars square SaturnDec 27 · 7:23 pm
  • Mars opposition JupiterDec 4 · 7:45 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 7 · 2:36 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 10 · 5:00 pm
  • Mercury square UranusDec 18 · 8:12 pm
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 25 · 12:29 am
  • Sun sextile UranusDec 29 · 1:06 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 31 · 6:18 am