Monthly Transits – December 2024

December is bookended by two New Moons and while it appears to be a very busy month (esp during the first and last weeks of the month), it’s full of energy to deepen our practice of patience, service to others and restraint.

The Mercury-Sun/Saturn/Jupiter T-Square in the middle degrees of the mutable signs is the predominant transit of the month, and we get a double whammy of its medicine given Mercury’s retrograde motion for the first half of December. This T-Square may bring up analysis paralysis, overthinking and have us feeling pulled in opposing directions – its resolution points sit in the middle degrees of Virgo (the mutable sign without planets actively in the T-Square), so taking diligent, practical, efficient, small steps will be the best course of action. It’s not a month for giant leaps forward, but rather gentle, practical, rational service-oriented contributions and small wins.

As both Mercury and Mars re-excavate many of the degrees they traveled over during November, we have opportunities to gather new information, tools and methods for solving old problems in novel and creative ways. However, forward momentum is not assured when potential solutions arise – it’s a month for observation, re-evaluation, caution and optimistic planning.

Mid-month we are graced with a Gemini Full Moon that occurs the same day Mercury ends its retrograde and stations direct. More to come next week on this powerful culmination point.

When we enter Capricorn season, new plans may start taking more concrete shape as we integrate the lessons we’ve learned in 2024.

The month ends as it begins, with another busy week, a mutable T-square and a New Moon. Give yourself plenty of time this month to rest, rejuvenate and reformulate your strategies before the New Year.