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December 2006

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 4 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 20.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 7:22 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 4 · 7:25 pm
  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 12 · 9:32 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 20 · 9:01 am
  • First Quarter · AriesDec 27 · 9:48 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 7:22 pm
  • Saturn stations retrogradeDec 5 · 11:01 pm

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile NeptuneDec 31 · 8:14 am
  • Mars square UranusDec 21 · 7:16 pm
  • Mars conjunction JupiterDec 11 · 11:08 am
  • Sun square UranusDec 2 · 11:59 pm
  • Venus conjunction PlutoDec 7 · 10:51 pm
  • Sun sextile NeptuneDec 9 · 12:49 pm
  • Mercury conjunction JupiterDec 10 · 11:58 am
  • Mercury square UranusDec 15 · 10:03 am
  • Sun trine SaturnDec 16 · 8:37 pm
  • Sun conjunction PlutoDec 18 · 9:40 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneDec 19 · 6:47 pm
  • Mercury trine SaturnDec 24 · 7:20 am
  • Mercury conjunction PlutoDec 25 · 2:47 pm