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December 2102

The winter solstice falls on December 22; a full moon in Cancer on December 24 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 10; Mercury stations retrograde on December 12.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 22, 2:33 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · VirgoDec 2 · 4:05 pm
  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 10 · 1:16 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 16 · 5:50 pm
  • Full Moon · CancerDec 24 · 6:25 am
  • Winter SolsticeDec 22 · 2:33 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeDec 12 · 5:02 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeDec 26 · 8:28 am

Mercury retrograde Dec 12 – Jan 1

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

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter trine PlutoDec 26 · 6:19 am
  • Mars square NeptuneDec 26 · 12:57 am
  • Jupiter trine UranusDec 3 · 11:12 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 6 · 11:39 pm
  • Mercury conjunction VenusDec 11 · 11:35 pm
  • Mercury trine PlutoDec 17 · 11:12 pm
  • Mercury conjunction JupiterDec 19 · 11:14 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 22 · 5:54 am
  • Sun trine PlutoDec 27 · 8:45 am
  • Venus sextile SaturnDec 28 · 2:08 am