Wat brengt de maand december?
Een astrologische duiding van Rick Levine
Time zones can play tricks on us. Paradoxically, a Sagittarius New Moon on November 30 at 10:21 pm PST is the starting signal for the month of December, occurring on December 1 for most of the people on Earth. The archetype of Sagittarius conveys the long-distance journey, life as an adventure, reaching high and wide for dreams which may seem out of reach. However, several cosmic characters stand in our way of realizing our current goals. This New Moon forms a square to restrictive Saturn. A willful Sun-Saturn square on December 4, followed by a Venus-Saturn semisquare on December 5 and a Mercury square Saturn on December 6 can place challenging walls between us and our desired destinations.
Additionally, Mercury is still retrograde in Sagittarius until December 15, requiring us to reconsider previous decisions and review our current plans. Once Mercury turns direct, it still revisits its square to Saturn one additional time on December 26, forcing us to face the weakest links in our thinking, even if we were previously sure of our conclusions. And, sitting in the background, but gaining resonance all month, the second of three world-influencing Jupiter-Saturn squares reaches perfection on December 24. The first of these was on August 19 and the final will be on June 15, 2025.
This long-term cycle pits Jupiter’s expansion against Saturn’s contraction. It is the source of progressive versus conservative thinking, more versus less, and yes versus no. As uncomfortable as this every-ten-year square is, it’s necessary to keep things moving like the biological peristalsis that moves food through our colon. Meanwhile, pushy Mars is slugging along during the first few days of December until it stations on the 6th, beginning a retrograde phase that continues until February 23, 2025. The angry red planet is closer to Earth during this time, stirring up impulsive actions and exacerbating ego conflicts.
Managing our reactions will be of primary importance as it takes more effort to keep our tempers in check. Vulnerable Venus enters unconventional Aquarius on December 6 and conjoins secretive Pluto in a deep dive into the shadows of our desires. The pursuit of love is not simple but connects us with the mysteries of the dark.