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December 2023

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Cancer on December 26 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 12; Mercury stations retrograde on December 13.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 10:28 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 5 · 12:50 am
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 12 · 6:33 pm
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 19 · 1:40 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 26 · 7:34 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 10:28 pm
  • Neptune stations directDec 6 · 8:18 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 13 · 2:08 am
  • Jupiter stations directDec 30 · 9:36 pm

Mercury retrograde Dec 13 – Jan 1

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneDec 28 · 5:22 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnDec 2 · 10:26 am
  • Venus square PlutoDec 3 · 8:29 am
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 7 · 11:05 pm
  • Venus opposition JupiterDec 9 · 10:33 pm
  • Mercury sextile VenusDec 11 · 2:16 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneDec 16 · 10:48 pm
  • Mercury trine JupiterDec 18 · 9:28 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 22 · 1:53 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 24 · 12:27 pm
  • Venus trine NeptuneDec 25 · 12:19 pm
  • Mercury square NeptuneDec 27 · 2:37 am