A bold, highly optimistic new moon in Sagittarius opens the month very early on the morning of December 1. It’s time to grow, learn, and ask the really big questions. This lunation helps us unleash our inner badass and connect with our curiosity in an uncertain world (in part because Mercury just stationed retrograde the previous week).
One of the month's wildest and most revelatory moments comes at the Mercury cazimi on December 5. (A cazimi occurs when a planet is in very close conjunction with the sun.) Mercury meets up with the sun, infusing the communication planet with power and vitality, and making everything that felt confusing ultra-clear in the Sagittarius part of our charts—at least for a fleeting moment.
On December 6, Mars stations retrograde, joining the reverse motion party in the sign of Leo. Think of Mars as an action star, a planet that must always be in fast-forward motion, pushing toward a goal. Or, imagine being at the peak of a binge-worthy drama—when the planet of passion stations retrograde, it’s like the Wi-Fi suddenly cuts out and we’re stuck on pause, unable to see the next crucial scene. Basically, anticipate uncomfortable delays.
Because Mars will remain in retrograde motion through February 23, 2025 (returning to the sign of Cancer on January 6), we’re in for a long haul in the part of our chart ruled by these two signs. This confusing narrative doesn’t wrap up until the spring, when Mars returns to Leo in April and remains there until June. Much of this story is yet to be written!
The full moon in Gemini arrives on December 15—the same day that Mercury (the planetary ruler of Gemini) finally stations direct, allowing us a bit of a clean-up in both our Sagittarius and Gemini houses. Stuff that began going haywire at the start of November, when the communication planet first entered the shadow of the retrograde, should start slowly self-correcting.
The sun enters Capricorn during the winter solstice on December 21, the northern hemisphere's shortest day of the year. This is an ideal period for contemplation, coziness, and the richness of ritual. Witches, assemble.
A mighty, Earth-shaking Jupiter in Gemini square Saturn in Pisces aspect perfects on Christmas Eve, making our holiday break gatherings something to behold. This previously peaked in August, so we might want to look at the way events unfolded in our lives then to get a sense of what we’re working on resolving now.
Just before we bid farewell to 2024, a practical, serious, and somewhat subdued new moon in Capricorn grants us the opportunity to set goals and consider our New Year’s resolutions on December 30. Even though New Year’s Eve has less of a champagne and sequins vibe and more of “let me get out a planner and figure this out” energy, it’s all about how we use what we currently have to get what we want in the months ahead.
December 2024 monthly horoscope for each zodiac sign
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Aries
March 21–April 19
It’s time for you to access your instinctual firepower and make it last, Aries. With your planetary ruler Mars stationing retrograde in your pleasure zone on December 6, the last month of 2024 could bring some serious FOMO your way. You’re the first sign of the zodiac and used to pushing your way through obstacles, but that’s not the way to handle this. Instead of kickboxing your way through life, try some Tai Chi—you don’t have to stop moving entirely; just do it with more softness and consideration.
The new moon in your travel zone at the start of the month is your opportunity to get your adventure on before the slowdown sets in, so consider getting out of town for a last-minute jaunt if you can. The full moon in your house of communication comes at mid-month, bringing revelations and truths, possibly quite suddenly. This lunation happens on the same day Mercury stations direct your philosophy sector, activating the “teaching and learning” axis in your chart, making you both a giver of wisdom and bestower of truths.
Career and Money:
After the sun enters your status sector on the winter solstice, you’re much more motivated about professional goals. You can set those in motion at the new moon in this part of your chart on December 30. What exactly do you want to accomplish career-wise in 2025? Write it down, in great detail, and you can start manifesting the moment the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Love and Relationships:
Yes, your planetary ruler will be in reverse motion in your Tinder zone, but even if dating and relating are a bit frustrating, you can begin to do a healthy review of your romantic life from December 6. You might even reconnect to a lover from your past that you needed more closure with. Don’t jump to conclusions and get angry about past offenses—gently probe for answers instead.
Taurus
April 20–May 20
The deepest, most provocative transformation is possible for you this month, Taurus. You’re often resistant to change, but with a new moon in your eighth house on December 1, while Mercury retrograde is still in effect here, you can focus on the inner revolution you’ve needed to make for a long time. You may have to wait until after Mercury stations direct at mid-month to take action, but simply deciding you’re ready to take the plunge can be liberating as hell. That happens on the same day as the full moon in your self-worth sector, making it all the more meaningful. You can focus simultaneously on loving yourself without reservation while courageously pursuing changes you haven’t previously felt ready for.
The sun enters your sister earth sign on the winter solstice, encouraging you to see more of the world. If you don’t already have a trip planned to visit family for the holiday, you might consider a last-minute excursion to a destination that feels delicious and daring. End the year with exploration, whether you’re exploring a new culture—or yourself.
Career and Money:
A full moon in your money zone on the same day that Mercury stations direct in your house of “other people’s money” suggests that you may be able to resolve some kind of long-held debt before the holidays. Maybe you’re paying off a credit card or car loan, or perhaps you’re finally getting paid for work you did a while back. Either way, relief is in sight!
Love and Relationships:
When your planetary ruler Venus opposes hot-to-trot Mars on December 11, your love life could sizzle in an unexpected way. You typically don’t love being on the fighter-to-lover continuum, but this is one of those moments when a heated argument could escalate into a very sexy horizontal entanglement.
Gemini
May 21–June 20
Sagittarius season can sometimes put you on blast in your relationships, and that’s precisely the vibe of the new moon in your partnership zone on the first day of December. This WTF energy is heightened because your planetary ruler Mercury is in retrograde motion until mid-month, making everything feel more chaotic and confusing—especially for your one-to-one connections with other humans.
On December 15, two significant things happen that directly affect you: Mercury stations direct (phew), and the full moon lands in your very own sign, something that happens once a year. Simply put, this can feel like emotional relief and a huge release of baggage you’ve carried since your last birthday. You get to slide into 2025 with a far lighter load, Gemini. After the winter solstice, the sun warms your transformation zone, readying you for big changes in the year ahead. Don’t be afraid to write those down in detail on your New Year’s resolutions list.
Career and Money:
Expansive Jupiter in your own stars squares off with serious Saturn in your career zone on Christmas Eve, signaling the end of weeks or months of stress around your professional life. You might make a crucial decision about your future this week. From here on out, any tension should ramp down.
Love and Relationships:
The Mercury cazimi electrifies your relationship zone on December 5, a day when you might have an instant, astute insight into your past, present, and future partnerships. Take notes and apply them after Mercury stations direct at mid-month.
Cancer
June 21–July 22
As everyone is winding down to a slower holiday pace at the office, you’re entering your “success is mine” era. The new moon alights in your work and wellness zone on December 1, calling your attention to those daily details that can sometimes get lost in the shuffle as you focus on big goals. As the month opens, Cancer, set intentions to balance everything that matters to you, keeping you equally healthy and purposeful. From your self-care routine, sleep schedule, and workouts to meetings, paperwork, and errands, this is when you can assert more control and aim to feel less chaotic. Yes, Mercury is currently retrograde in this part of your chart and will be through mid-month, but that just serves to help you get to the source of any longstanding issue with staying organized.
The full moon lands in your subconscious sector on December 15, potentially causing insomnia or racing thoughts. After the winter solstice, the sun heads into your relationship zone, drawing attention to your one-to-one partnerships, both personal and professional. The month and the year end with your attention clearly focused on the others in your life. Remember this in 2025: you can give enough without giving too much of yourself away.
Career and Money:
Pushy Mars stations retrograde in your money zone on December 6, creating potential financial tension. This could show up as an intense need to make some fast cash or an unexpected delay for a payment you worked for earlier in the fall. Whatever happens, watch your expenditures, and don’t go too wild on holiday gifts. Your friends and family will adore whatever you get them, Cancer.
Love and Relationships:
Venus starts the month in your relationship zone, sweetening your position vis-à-vis romantic partners. But when the love planet moves into your sexuality sector on December 7, an even deeper kind of intimacy is possible for the remainder of the month.
Leo
July 23–August 22
There’s a lot of big news in your world this month, including a feisty new moon in your sister fire sign on the first day of December. Use this lunation to set intentions about the kinds of pleasure you’ll seek and fun you’d like to have during the next six months. Be specific, Leo, because when Mars stations retrograde in your sign on December 6, things will likely feel a little bit messy, and you’ll need a dose of joy to counter any mounting frustration. When the planet of passion reverses course in your own stars, it can cause you to feel angry or for others to project their anger onto you. You might feel pretty tired, too, so take it easy and consider pausing your most aggressive workouts.
The full moon releases in your social zone at mid-month, helping you to clear the air with friends or anyone in your group chat. If recent disagreements have become all-out battles, this is your moment to take it down a notch.
Career and Money:
Before Mars stations retrograde and you start to feel a bit cranky, take advantage of the moment when Venus trines Uranus in your career zone on December 2. This, combined with the new moon, can turn up your creativity to the highest volume, and incredible entrepreneurial ideas can be tapped.
Love and Relationships:
Your love life is where it’s at the start of the month, Leo. Mercury is retrograde in your romance zone, causing exes to come out of the woodwork to like your old Instagram posts or slide into your DMs—and that may not be what you’re looking for. However, you can direct the tenor of all this relational energy by tapping into the power of the new moon on December 1. Be specific about what you want to attract.
Virgo
August 23–September 22
Sagittarius season brings you home again, Virgo. With the new moon in your fourth house of family roots on December 1, you’re firmly focused on where you came from early this month. Set intentions for your next six months of healing and creating your own perfect abode. Whether you’re visiting family for the holidays or hosting chosen fam at your own place, your domestic scene plays an outsized role in your happiness early this month. Yet at the same time, your planetary ruler Mercury remains in retrograde motion in the same part of your chart through mid-month. This plays up your sense of nostalgia, yet can also create the potential for a bit of chaos at home. That old refrigerator could decide it’s time to quit just as your guests arrive, so have backup plans.
If you’re considering a move or renovation in the coming year, avoid signing any contracts until after Mercury stations direct on December 15. These are the small details that can keep you sane. After the winter solstice, the sun settles into your romance zone, heating up your love life just in time for 2025.
Career and Money:
Money magnet Venus enters your work zone on December 7, helping you attract much-needed cash, or potentially getting you a side hustle, lucrative freelancing gig, or fat year-end bonus. Don’t think that because the holidays are happening you can’t make profit, too.
Love and Relationships:
The second new moon of the month is a lovely lunation in your fifth house of love and pleasure on December 30. Use this sweet elixir of cosmic energy to set intentions for your next six months of dating, mating, and relating.
Libra
September 23–October 22
The cosmos are simultaneously blessing your communication zone and messing with it this month, Libra. With the sun and a bright new moon in your house of talking, thinking, and texting on December 1, you can set intentions for your next six months of powerful, positive conversations. If you’ve thought about writing a book, starting a podcast, or just being louder and prouder on your socials, this is the moment to put those goals out there into the universe.
At the same time, Mercury retrograde is active in the same part of your chart through mid-month, so things you hear and say may not come out exactly the way they were intended. Clarification is key, whether you’re the one speaking or listening. After the winter solstice, the sun enters your home zone, cozying things up just in time for the holidays. The final new moon of 2024 takes place in this part of your chart on December 30, encouraging you to plan for your next six months of domestic bliss.
Career and Money:
Your creativity is revved to the max after your planetary ruler Venus enters your fifth house on December 7, and your professional rizz is off the charts with both Jupiter and Pluto in sister air signs. Coworkers, clients, and colleagues are apt to be mesmerized by this, so take advantage and make things happen.
Love and Relationships:
Your love life sizzles on December 12 when Venus in your love zone opposes Mars in your social sector. If you’re single, this is the day to go out with your besties and have a good time—the vibes are captivating and contagious. This could just as easily be a date night with your beloved, but why limit yourself? Find time for friends and lovers.
Scorpio
October 23–November 21
Your self-worth takes center stage as planets line up in your second house of values early this month, Scorpio. The new moon on December 1 is particularly potent, allowing you to set intentions for your next six months of money-making in the most meaningful way possible. At the same time, note that Mercury retrograde is in effect in the same part of your chart, so finances could seem messy. The upshot of this is that any economic chaos can help you home in on exactly what you need to adjust going forward. The full moon lands in your house of other people’s money on December 15, helping to absolve debt, whether that means paying off something you owe or getting paid by someone you were generous with some time in the previous six months. After the winter solstice, the sun drops into your communication zone, and that’s where the final new moon of the year alights a few days before 2024 says adieu. End the year with directness, clarity, and truth.
Career and Money:
Your planetary ruler Mars stations retrograde in your career zone on December 6, which could feel like (temporarily) slamming the breaks on your professional path. If something you’re working on is put on pause, try not to get frustrated. Pushing too hard won’t get you anywhere, so consider waiting until early next year to try again.
Love and Relationships:
Neptune stations direct in your love zone on December 7, clearing any romantic cobwebs you may not have seen previously. In short, if you’ve been blinded by your own (mis)perceptions about a partner, you might just realize that the person you’re fawning over has some flaws as the planet of illusion and delusion wakes you up.
Sagittarius
November 22–December 21
Happy Sagittarius season, Archer! Whether your birthday happened in the last ten days of November or is yet to come, this is a powerful time to celebrate your existence on this earth. The new moon in your sign comes on the very first day of December, and it’s a day to set intentions and get super specific about all you want to manifest in the next six months. Write it all down for best results because Mercury retrograde continues in your sign through mid-month, and you probably won’t be able to take immediate action on anything until after the communication planet stations direct.
The Mercury cazimi in your sign on December 5 is a wow moment that you won’t soon forget. You love truth serum and are about to get (or give) some. Christmas Eve brings your ruler, Jupiter, currently in your relationship zone, into a conflict with Saturn in your domestic sector. This carries over from last August when this aspect last occurred, and it can bring a resolution to an ongoing family conflict.
Career and Money:
The sun leaves your sign on the winter solstice and ends 2024 in your money zone, with a powerful new moon here on December 30. This will help you to set the agenda for a very lucrative 2025 just days before meeting the New Year.
Love and Relationships:
The full moon in your relationship zone on December 15 (also the day that Mercury stations direct in your own sign) can bring a deep release for partnership issues, helping you to express your emotions with clarity and compassion, or heal an ongoing disagreement with a lover or even an ex.
Capricorn
December 22–January 19
While people are out and partying all over town, you might feel on the quiet side early this month. That’s because the sun hovers over your twelfth house of dreams and secrets until the winter solstice, focusing your attention on your internal world. The new moon (on December 1) is ideal for setting intentions surrounding your mental health over the next six months—this is about deep self-care and healing, nothing superficial. Facials are nice, but what does it mean to tend to your heart and mind in the tenderest spots?
The full moon hits your house of work and wellness on December 15, the same day that Mercury stations direct. This can create a strong psychic shift in you, the sense that questions you’ve long asked yourself are finally getting answered. The sun moves into your sign on December 21, initiating Capricorn season and prepping you for greatness. By the time the new moon comes to your stars on December 30, you’re finally feeling like the GOAT you were born to be. Set intentions now for your next six months of stellar success. With Pluto never returning to your sign in this lifetime, 2025 is your year to slay.
Career and Money:
Venus saunters into your money zone on December 7, helping you attract the cash you need to fund your holiday spending or replenish what you’ve already laid out. That said, having the planet of beauty and attraction in this part of your chart can make your taste run luxe, and the practical part of your brain may not be able to overcome your desire to acquire pretty things. Consider freezing some of your credit cards.
Love and Relationships:
As Mars stations retrograde in your sexuality sector on December 6, you’re at the start of a journey into deep and erotic relational territory over the next few months. You could feel a bit frustrated with a partner with whom you have differing desire levels. It’s better to explore this than to repress it, as long as you don’t express yourself with anger.
Aquarius
January 20–February 18
Your social life looms large this month, with a momentous new moon in your eleventh house of friends on December 1. Set intentions for cultivating new and old friendships and group interactions over the next six months, Aquarius. It’s all about mastering the art of networking, which can help you manifest connections for your personal and professional life. Mars stations retrograde in your relationship zone on December 6, so as much as you’re thinking about the future of your friendships, there could be a frustrating element to your closest one-to-one relationships in the near term. The full moon lights up your love zone on December 15, the same day that Mercury retrograde finally ends in your house of groups and goals. This combo of cosmic events suggests that you’re finally getting the information you need to make a decision about someone who has been on the friend-to-lover continuum in your life.
The sun leaves your social sector and slips into your dream zone on the winter solstice, setting you up for a very cozy, intimate final week of 2024. You might find that you prefer contemplation to partying as you close out the year.
Career and Money:
Neptune has been in your money zone for the long haul, making you less practical when it comes to earning and spending. (Cash tends to leave your bank account as soon as it enters.) But when the planet of pink fog stations direct in your second house for the final time before it leaves this part of your chart next spring, you get crystal clear about the difference between what you want and what you need.
Love and Relationships:
With Venus in your sign from December 7 until the end of the year, you’re ultra-magnetic and attractive but beware of jealousy when the love planet conjoins Pluto in Aquarius on the very same day. As open-minded as you are, you might feel possessive of a lover, or someone in your life could direct uncomfortable feelings toward you.
Pisces
February 19–March 20
Your status sector is lit up like a hot pink neon sign early this month, Pisces. The new moon is here on December 1, reminding you to set intentions for your next six months of worldly success. Focus on your ambitions for the first half of 2025, and be super specific about how you want to secure the bag. Whether you’re pushing toward a professional goal in your current field or considering something different, this is one of those moments when VIPs are likely to see your main character energy in the best possible way. Plus, with your modern planetary ruler Neptune waking up and stationing direct in your own sign on December 7, you’re ready for whatever comes up, with more clarity than usual. That said, Mercury remains retrograde through mid-month, so you may have to wait to take any immediate action on any of the above.
The full moon alights in your domestic sector on December 15, and this helps you to align your personal and professional goals so they’re not competing with each other, but instead complimenting each other. After the winter solstice, the sun moves into your social zone, making time spent with fam and chosen fam even more precious. A powerful, practical new moon lands in your eleventh house of groups and goals on December 30, sending you off into the New Year with your besties in tow.
Career and Money:
Mars stations retrograde in your work zone on December 6, creating the potential for a frustrating slowdown at your job or freelance gig. This could take the form of stubborn coworkers or clients, or it could be a holiday pause, but if you want to keep pushing while everyone else is taking a break, there could be conflict.
Love and Relationships:
Neptune’s final direct station in your sign on December 7 before leaving Pisces next year gives you access to a higher love that can take romantic relationships to the next level. No more delusion-ships, because soul-to-soul connections are possible now. You can see lovers for who they really are, not what you’ve always wanted them to be.
(Well+Good's resident monthly astrologer, Stefanie Iris Weiss, has a brand new book! Sex and Your Stars: A Sexologist’s Guide to the Erotic Energy of the Zodiac, is available right now.)
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