Aries Horoscope for December 2025

This is a different sort of monthly cycle that you have coming up for December, Aries, especially when you take into account the long trine aspect between Jupiter and Saturn, with the latter being located these days in your twelfth sector of unconscious process and inner work, due to the several weeks of its recent retrogradation away from the beginning degrees of your sign. Saturn returns to Aries in February, where he will once again meet up with Neptune for a repeat of their quite significant conjunction. The current position of Saturn with Neptune is four degrees off, and is still active this month, reinforcing Saturn’s presence in your twelfth, and implying that current career moves will be modulated by your understanding of who you really are, at depth. The mystical and the practical are merging, and you are called to embrace them both, equally, not playing any favorite. Your worldview is shifting in inescapable ways. There is also to consider the Eris-Chiron conjunction in your sign, which is featured in the lunations of this December month. There is important soul purpose for you right now in addressing inner wounding as it comes up for you through circumstance and by intuitional realization. This is therefore not the timing to turn away or to ignore the signals of what might be lurking within your depths, rather instead a good time to embrace what you find within — no matter how seemingly scary. There is truth there, as well as ancient trauma, and truth must never be disregarded. When on the other hand it is accepted and understood, it will, in the end, make you free.

The following was written by our in-house astrologer, Leslie Benson.

Previous New Moon – from November 19th
The originating ripple of December’s storyline took place days before it actually began with the potent Scorpio New Moon from November 19th, which activated your eighth sector of intimacy, shared resources, and psychological depths, and also affected your sector of higher mind, beliefs and worldview in a positive way. It arrived simultaneously with Mercury’s Cazimi, which is a very rare occurrence, likely illuminating something once hidden or long held beneath the surface, bring that understanding to greater consciousness. This is a somewhat confusing and deceptive time when it serves you to struggle toward the light. With Uranus opposite the recent New Moon, in your second sector of values, and at the edge of your third or communications sector, themes around value, both emotional and material, may have shifted or stirred, and highlighted your growing edges and emerged in though or articulation. This lunation sets a transformative tone for the first two and a half weeks of December, inviting deeper honesty and a willingness to release patterns, associations, and goals that no longer support your evolution.

Mercury Direct and Recovering, since November 29th
Mercury stations direct just a few days before the beginning of December on November 29th, which marks the gradual turning from deep inner gaze back toward a wider perspective. As Mercury retraces Scorpio and re-enters Sagittarius on December 11th, clarity may return in stages, weaving together what you’ve been processing in the deeper layers with the philosophies that shape how you navigate life. By December 16th, when Mercury leaves its retrograde shadow, you may feel a more cohesive sense of internal alignment and sense of choice in moving forth.

Gemini Full Moon – December 4th
The Full Moon in Gemini on December 4th illuminates your communications sector, forming a potent grand cross with the Sun in your ninth sector of higher mind, beliefs, and worldview, plus the nodal axis across the sixth–twelfth sectors also, bringing day-to-day events and unconscious process into this picture. This lunation may highlight a crossroads in how you are making meaning and finding your center amidst shifting circumstances. You could notice an invitation to stay flexible in your interpretations, to let curiosity soften rigid beliefs, and to seek pockets of play or levity — even in these uncertain and stressful times. This Full Moon might serve as a reminder that you are an active participant in life’s unfolding, capable of meeting change with adaptability and presence.

Jupiter Trine Saturn – Ongoing Through Mid-December
The supportive trine between Jupiter in your fourth sector of home and family to Saturn in your twelfth of unconscious process and retreat offers a steadying backdrop. You may sense a reinforcing link between emotional grounding and the quieter spiritual or subconscious work happening behind the scenes. This influence supports slow, meaningful integration, and the ways of being that helps inner healing become lived resilience. With expansive Jupiter’s ongoing square to Chiron, the Wounded Healer, you may also see where old themes around safety or nurturance are ready for compassionate tending and revision.

Sun, Mars, and Venus Square Saturn–Neptune Throughout the Month
Neptune and Saturn are both in late degrees of Pisces, where they’re marking the final chapter of a very long journey through your twelfth sector of dreams, unconscious, and intuition. As Mars, Venus and the Sun all travel through the late degrees of your ninth sector of Sagittarius, this whole month is peppered by these mutable sign square aspects, which precede that planet’s ingress into Capricorn. This may look like tensions mounting between your desire to expand your understanding, and the subconscious parts of you that may want to hold back or stay hidden. Situations will likely arise throughout the month that challenge you to center into your willpower, values, and resilience. As you endeavor to tend lovingly to the inner voices of doubt that could also come up, you may also lay further claim to the seat of your inner wisdom and intuition.

Neptune Stations Direct – December 10th
Neptune’s station direct on December 10th subtly awakens your twelfth sector, inviting reflection, intuition, and deeper trust. Even if your perspective feels diffuse, there’s an opening to sense the guidance moving beneath the surface, and the kind of inner knowing that arrives through quiet attunement rather than hard logic.

Mars Square Neptune – December 12th to the 15th
This is the first inner planet to enter Capricorn and as it does, square (in particular) Neptune in the last or anaretic degree of Pisces, perched right on the edge of your first house of identity. With your ruler in square alignment, this might be a time when Neptune’s numinous qualities enter into your awareness in a dramatic way.

Mars Enters Capricorn – December 14th
Mars, your ruling planet, enters Capricorn on December 14th, its sign of exaltation. This energizes your tenth sector of vocation and long-term direction, helping you channel your drive into consistent, purposeful effort. You may feel called toward clarity, discipline, or tangible progress, even if some pieces still require patience or structure. This transit supports steady momentum and reminds you of your capacity to build toward what matters.

Sagittarius New Moon – December 19th
The New Moon in Sagittarius activates your ninth sector, beginning a fresh cycle around meaning, perspective, and your guiding frameworks. With Venus nearby and a square to the Saturn–Neptune conjunction, this lunation may invite both inspiration and friction, revealing where belief structures feel outdated or where uncertainty has blurred your inner compass. You may feel drawn to refine what feels spiritually honest and truly aligned in your body. This moment opens the door to collaborate more consciously with the intelligence of life, orienting toward possibility and what you’re being invited into in this chapter of your path.

Sun Enters Capricorn – December 21st
As the Sun enters Capricorn on December 21st, the Capricorn Solstice marks an essential turning in the yearly cycle. For you, this activates, once again, your tenth sector, bringing your aims, commitments, and sense of purpose into sharper focus. You may feel called to steady yourself, make decisions that shape your trajectory, or clarify where your energy is most needed.

Venus Enters Capricorn – December 24th
When Venus enters Capricorn on December 24th, it adds another note of emphasis to your professional and public life. Values, partnerships, and collaborative efforts may come into focus, inviting you to choose the contexts that feel mutually supportive and grounded in integrity, as you close out this powerful year and prepare for the next.

Aries Horoscope for December 2025

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