December Horoscopes

Astrology of December
Current Configurations
Past Months

Aries	Libra
Taurus	Scorpio
Gemini	Sagittarius
Cancer	Capricorn
Leo	Aquarius
Virgo	Pisces

December 2009

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Moon is in PiscesThe Disseminating Moon is in Pisces: All day
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

December Horoscopes

by Henry Seltzer

Capricorn Horoscope (December 22 - January 19)
Cardinal Earth. Your ruling planet is Saturn.

This month represents a pause in the volatile series of events that have been coming down lately, Capricorn, a sort of time-out that you didn't even have to call. Until the Winter Solstice transpires on the 21st you can use this time profitably to gather your strength for your next phase. The thorough-going transformation that you are currently engaged in may be far from over. In the meantime, hard work and plenty of it continues, plagued only by the natural questioning that comes from not being totally sure about your direction. You win when you move forward as best you can with a positive agenda but with little or no attachment to any conceivable outcome.

As the month begins, you are dwelling in the paradoxical situation of a great deal of presence in the practical world, coupled with influences that take you to the inside, away from it all. This Christmas you are feeling the spirit of the season in more ways than one, both in activity and in the silence of the depths within you. Of course it is important to heed these inner voices, but don't forget that it is also important that you heed the call of the world all around you and shine in that regard also. We don't get to have it just one way. There is definitely pressure upon you to achieve as well as to ponder. This issue is accentuated at the time of the Last Quarter Moon of Tuesday, December 8th, when you will feel to some extent the conflict inherent your situation, and also the dawning perspective that makes it all part of a bigger picture that even begins to make sense of it all. This is when you might reflect on what pieces of everything that you have been up to are truly viable. This is also a time when the glimmer of an idea might emerge regarding your true calling in this world. In general there is quite a bit of food for thought available to you throughout the month, especially in its final days when Mercury retrogrades in your sign. The mid-month New Moon that takes place on Wednesday, December 16th is one highlight, when powerful feelings are invoked that encourage you on a soul journey to inner rather than outer realms, and when the world is very much with you also. Some voice inside you is asking you to remain as conscious as possible in your choices, as you continue to change and grow in the final month of what has been an entirely transformative year. The Winter Solstice, when it comes along at the beginning of the following week, on Monday, December 21st, repersents another accent mark on what you are already well-aware of, that not only the times are a'changin' but you right along with them. The evolutionary pressure is strong on you at this time, but things become much lighter when you make that subtle turning within yourself that decides to just go with the flow. This is much easier than bucking the tide, as you have been discovering in fits and starts all year long. The First Quarter Moon of Thursday the 24th, Christmas Eve, is another important turning point when you might be compelled to recognize how vital are the changes that you are going through for your continued well-being, remember also that the deeper meaning of vital is to be life-enhancing. One week later, the Lunar eclipse of December 31st that jolts you into the New Year represents another powerful time, when you will be asked by the universe to step up to the plate and swing away. As Dylan put it during the climactic era of the sixties, a period of time that is very similar to the chaos and potential creativity of these next few years, "everybody not busy being born is busy dying;" and that includes especially you, dear Capricorn.