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December 2024 in Astrology

24/11/2024 / / 0 Comments

I start these predictions for December right after a nice star gazing session, admiring the Full Moon in November and taking a good look at Orion, my favorite constellation in the sky. December is an odd time, as we look both ahead and behind, ending the year and starting a fresh one. Looking at the skies is always a nice inspiration to think things over.

Going into the month itself, this is a packed month astrologically with many interesting aspects. We start the month amidst Mercury retrograde, which will be with us until December 15th. The usual precautions are advised, and in my November column for those that need a refresher on them.

Mercury retro will mean that Mercury will oppose Jupiter three times, one last month and two in December. Jupiter deals with the future, while Mercury is the eternal now. Jupiter is the grand scheme of things, Mercury is the small details. So this opposition always deals with a clash between the present and the future. Combined with Mercury retrograde, early in December, it can be hard to see the big picture. Late in the month, things will be clearer to understand.

The New Moon this month happens on the very first day, in Anuradha nakshatra. This is the star of friendship and devotion, dealing a lot with intense love or worship for causes, ideas and people. It happens with both Mars and Neptune stationary, with Mars going retrograde and Neptune going direct just a few days after the New Moon.

Looking at these energies, it’s a star that deals a lot about beliefs, combined with Neptune the planet of dreams and illusions. So early December becomes a time of ideology and intensity. As I mentioned last month, this is a time of strong declarations. With Mars stationary in Cancer, the red planet gets feisty, and extreme events and violence are possible now. With Mercury retrograde adding fuel to the fire, this can be a time of blockages or conflict.

It should also be noted that the Mars-Pluto influence, mentioned last month, remains in effect all through December and for the first half of January. Mars opposing Pluto shows power struggles and conflict between big institutions on a macro level. It also shows a time of anger, hostility and instability.

Events in December 2024

  • 01/12/2024 01:21 New Moon in Anuradha 15°20’37” Scorpio
  • 02/12/2024 01:27 Venus in Capricorn
  • 06/12/2024 18:28 Mars retrograde 11°57’57” Cancer
    • 23/02/2025 21:07 Mars direct 22°48’22” Gemini
  • 07/12/2024 15:58 Sun Opposing Jupiter 22°03’03” Sco 22°03’03” Tau R
  • 07/12/2024 20:01 Neptune direct 02°55’33” Pisces
    • 02/07/2024 03:39 Neptune retrograde 05°44’00” Pisces
  • 13/12/2024 00:54 Uranus in Aries
  • 15/12/2024 04:02 Full Moon in Migrashira 29°40’31” Taurus
  • 15/12/2024 11:41 Sun in Sagittarius
  • 15/12/2024 15:57 Mercury direct 12°11’25” Scorpio
    • 25/11/2024 21:42 Mercury retrograde 28°28’02” Scorpio
  • 23/12/2024 02:27 Sun square Rahu/Ketu (in effect ~17/12-30/12)
  • 24/12/2024 16:59 Jupiter square Saturn 19°49′ (Taurus-Aquarius)
  • 28/12/2024 13:11 Venus in Aquarius
  • 30/12/2024 17:27 New Moon in Purva Ashada 15°31’17” Sagittarius

On December 13th, Uranus retrogrades back into Aries, remaining in that sign until March next year. This is the end of the Uranus in Aries transit, started around 2017. This final whiff of Aries will deal a lot with the wars around the world, as well as protests.

On the 15th, we will have Mercury going direct, the Sun changing signs and a Full Moon. So it can be an eventful and emotional day, with many turns and things being walked back.

The Full Moon this month happens in Migrashira nakshatra, a star that deals a lot with exploration and discovery. Happening close to Jupiter, this can be a positive time to expand our mentality and discover new things.

Later on, around the 24th, we will have Jupiter square Saturn, the second of three exact aspects. The square is a step on the Jupiter-Saturn cycle, with a conjunction every 20 years, an opposition (half cycle) every 10 years, and the squares in-between.

The last conjunction happened around 2020, so the square tends to deal with a review of what happened around that time. In September, I discussed the first hit of Jupiter square Saturn, and how some issues of 2020 (like online censorship) were being discussed again and walked back. We will similarly see more 2020 issues coming back into focus, but on a fresh (many times critical) lens in the coming months.

Going back into 2024 and Jupiter square Saturn, we are likely to see some pushes in regards to these Taurus issues. An increase in usage of cryptocurrencies will tend to happen.

As quoted above, from my predictions on this aspect, made on January 2024 I mentioned that crypto would tend to grow. Interestingly enough, after Trump was elected, most cryptocurrencies had upturns in price.

A final interesting aspect this month is the Sun squaring the Lunar Nodes, which will be in effect throughout the second half of December. This aspect promotes a time of intensity, where karmic events are possible.

We have another New Moon to discuss this month, the final one of the year, starting the norm of 2025 with New Moons occurring towards the end of each month. This New Moon happens in Purva Ashada nakshatra, a star related a lot to rest, rejuvenation and creativity. It is a very good opportunity to start 2025 fresh. Anything relaxing is favored, specially activities near water, like going to a beach.

Summary and Predictions

December continues two transits of November, Mercury retrograde and Mars opposing Pluto. Along for the ride, Mars will turn retrograde, adding a lot of intensity early in December. Early December can deal a lot with blockages, conflicts and anger.

Looking at a timeline of things, Mars opposing Pluto will be with us until about half of January next year. So from November until late January becomes a time of conflict, power struggles, anger and anxiety. As I explained last month, this is a time of big talk and big declarations.

Mercury retrograde will only be with us until around the 15th of December. But with Mercury in Scorpio, a lot of what circulates right now in the media will lean towards the bitter, resentful and provocative. Again, making December a time of conflict and heightened tension. The days around the 15th can be very eventful, as a lot will be happening astrologically.

Many issues of 2020 will be revisited in the coming months under a new lens, we will tend to see that specially in late December and this January. This is the energy of Jupiter square Saturn, active since around August this year, and strongly with us until around June 2025.

With Mercury opposing Jupiter, another point that I would raise deals with online censorship. Mercury being communication devices, and Jupiter dealing with laws and regulations. After the US Election, many countries are rushing to enact laws and regulations regarding online censorship.

Intense talks will happen, specially in December. But I tend to believe these efforts will be ineffective. Measures taken now tend to be rushed and poorly planned, so the results will be similarly lacking.

Mars guide and Personal Predictions

I hate Mars in Cancer. This is a constructive statement that I whole-heartedly approve. In mundane astrology, Jupiter and Saturn are king in regards to a year’s energies, the outer planets deal with longer term trends, and Mars shows monthly trends.

The average motion of Mars is about 60 days (or two months) per sign, although the planet has a variable and erratic motion. In 2024, the average was about 39 days per sign. This is the faster motion of Mars, preceding the retrograde cycle.

Mars represents energy, action and lust. In transit, it shows the moods and passions of the masses at a certain moment of time. Although a fairly short influence, it is very noticeable, as we see the moods change through the months.

With the shorter transits, we get stronger turns and changes in mood. For some people, 2024 might have felt rushed or too fast. In contrast, retrograde means a slower transit, so we have more time to digest and feel a transit. Things don’t seem to change, the mood tends to remain the same and we keep mostly on the same mood.

With the retrograde, Mars will be in Cancer for about 5 months, between 2024 and 2025. Mars in Cancer is all about emotions. An emotional fire. People are less rational now, and more prone to vicious moods.

Jealousy, vengeance and resentment are strong themes for Mars in Cancer. It also deals with rushed and poorly planned actions (based solely on emotion), that tend to turn ineffective. It is not all bad, Mars in Cancer also tends to promote nesting, comfort seeking, home improvement and it can stimulate people to deal with their emotions.

However, this combined influence of Mercury in Scorpio and Mars in Cancer puts this end of 2024 in a very bitter zone. People are overly emotional, vicious, bitter and resentful. It is not the easiest of moods to handle. We have to be aware of that and tread carefully.

Editorial Note

I’m currently working on my 2025 predictions, which I intend to publish late in December, hopefully around the 20th. So check back around then.

Post US Election 2024

08/11/2024 / / 0 Comments

As I predicted on my November 2024 predictions, Trump won the election. So I decided to make this post to talk a bit more about the whys and also discuss the energy around the election too.

Trump Election and the Trends

Those that follow my work regularly know that I’ve been publishing articles on the long term prospects of the world. It’s something I decided to do since I believe we are in the cusp of great change, with the major astrological aspects of the coming years showing that.

I mention this because many of the Vedic astrologers who predicted the Trump win as well mention great transits in his chart as a main factor. I similarly considered those and, yes, they are important. But to me, the decisive factor in making this prediction was the long term outlook of the world. As I wrote in my prediction:

Looking at the transits around and specially after the election, a lot tends to align with his political messages and the policy around him.

In September, I published about Saturn conjunct Neptune. This aspect deals a lot with our cultural perception of the world and social trends, relating a lot to the mythos around society. It happens every 36 years, having last occurred around 1989.

If we look at the world, much of our current culture is derived from the events in the early 90s, when the last conjunction occurred. That was a conjunction in Sagittarius. The sign deals with travel, expansion, laws, regulations; as well as an outspoken and feisty streak.

Since the late 90s up until this day, immigration and the integration of foreign cultures has only expanded. Bureaucratic boards and regulations have similarly increased, with the EU being the greatest example. Celebrities are mostly outspoken and focused on shock and awe.

In the 80s and before, most celebrities tried remaining neutral and diplomatic. Taking a stand was reserved for those with powerful and long careers. The outspoken ones were few and vastly criticized. Nowadays, we have the opposite. Few celebrities try to remain neutral, and they are criticized for it.

That was the Sagittarius impulse, which wanes more and more as we approach the new conjunction in Pisces next year.

I specifically mention celebrities, as celebrity culture was a big thing of the Sagittarius cycle. In politics, celebrity endorsements used to be powerful. Initiatives from the 90s like Rock The Vote were a clear example of this. Look at us now. Harris was endorsed by most, and the biggest, celebrities around. It made almost no difference. The celebrity age of Sagittarius is over.

Which brings us back to my main point, on why I saw the mundane trends favoring Trump more than Harris.

Harris is a lawyer and bureaucrat. She wanted to maintain immigration and foreign collaboration. All Sagittarius matters. Her imagery in the campaign was centered around sassy and outspoken behavior. Again, a very Sagittarius thing.

Along with Kamala is Brat, a big thing of the campaign was bringing people like Dick Cheney (of the Iraq War) to show how even Republicans were against Trump. War bureaucrats of the past. In many ways, her campaign was doused in Sagittarius imagery.

On the other side, Trump’s message became even stronger against immigration. He talked about reducing bureaucracy and regulations. He had an anti-war messaging, which we all should hope remains true. In many ways, his campaign was the anti-Sagittarius. A very ironic turn of events for someone who rose to fame in the 90s, by being the exact kind of outspoken character favored by that sign.

Also worth mentioning that Trump brought idealistic and somewhat coy people, like RFK Jr. and Elon Musk, into the campaign. Idealistic, yet shy, is something seen through Pisces. The sign of the 2025 Saturn-Neptune conjunction. So not only did the campaign shun the waning influences, it aligned itself with the rising ones.

On that note, Kamala is Bush. The father, not the son. Considering the Saturn-Neptune conjunctions, this election mirrors the 1992 election. It happened around the Saturn-Neptune conjunction in Sagittarius, as the world moved on from the Virgo conjunctions in 1953 and their influence.

Bush was a very Virgo character, his campaign was all about responsibility, cleanliness and maintaining the order. He lost to Bill Clinton, who ran a campaign about enthusiasm, youthfulness and economic improvement. Bush criticized Clinton for his lack of experience, making an appeal to those Virgo values that were waning culturally.

This time around, Trump was criticized for not caring about the social etiquette and moral philosophies of society, like diversity and inclusion. All Sagittarius values waning in society now, as we move into the new cycle.

Overall, Trump’s messaging aligned more with the trends I see rising with the major astrological events of the coming years, which is what motivated my prediction.

Election Day

The election day was very tense, with reports of nervousness from people on both sides of the contest. I have to admit, as someone who hates and criticizes the hyperbole of MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION EVER (always in caps lock), that this time it truly felt like it was. Hearing people talking, behaving, it truly was a significant moment. Something I felt lacking both in 2020 and 2016.

chart of Election Day

Looking at the chart above, a few things point to this. Starting from what every astrologer talked about, Mars opposing Pluto. An aspect of great tension and conflict. Some predicted great violence, riots and trouble. Which, to the best of my knowledge, has not happened. The 2016 Trump victory had a much bigger repercussion, on that sense, than this current one. On my prediction, I said that most of the protests would be ineffective and symbolical. Again, I seem to have gotten that prediction right.

But going back to that Election Day tension, it mostly comes from the Moon that day. Aspect wise the Moon sits exactly aligned with the Lunar Nodes, in the middle of them. With the Nodes being a karmic point, this indicates a day of tension and transformative events. I always look to planets sitting in the mid-point of the Lunar Nodes when making predictions, as it always denotes an intense moment. In the case of the Moon, an intense day.

Besides that, the Moon also made a square to Neptune, early in the day. Neptune relates to illusions, deception, dreams and imagination. The square shows those illusions being shattered or broken, creating a need for realignment.

The star of the show in the day’s tension, however, is the nakshatra of the Moon. Nakshatras are a specialty of mine, and a very important point of Vedic Astrology. The Moon sat on Mula nakshatra for most of Tuesday. This star is ruled by Niritti, the goddess of destruction. It deals a lot with uprooting, radical transformation and fierce energies. Natives born under this star tend to be rebels or outsiders. Events around Mula tend to leave a strong mark in the psyche.

In many ways, it was a day of tension and uprooting. People who liked the result had a whole day of tension, glued to their screens watching everything carefully. Many who disliked the result are feeling a strong shock right now.

In many countries, people believed Harris would win. A poll in Germany showed that 72% of people believed she would win the election. Needless to say, people around the world who believed their international correspondents were surprised by the results. Outside the US, most of the international press made it seem like Trump had zero chance and Harris was the perfect candidate, leading to the current shock and last minute adjustments around the world.

Overall, this was a classic Mula day. Shock, uprooting and transformation. The natural impulse of the nakshatra was strengthened by the other aspects of the day, maximizing the impact.

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