December's Planets

December’s Planets

Good for cementing relationships December 1 through 5
Venus sextiles (about 60 degrees from) Saturn, which brings stability to relationships. This is a good time to work out problems and take responsibility for your commitments. Let people know how much they mean to you.

A positive time to focus on tasks at hand December 1 through 21
The Sun will be trining (about 120 degrees from) Mars during this time, promising rewards and thanks from others for efforts you make. You can accomplish much and be recognized for it. This is a great time to make decisions and to make happy memories to cherish for years to come.

Great for love, social life and shopping December 13 through 21
This is a great time for having parties and going to parties. It is also a great time for your love life and being with people you care about. If you are already involved with a special someone, spend quality time with that person and let him or her know how important he or she is to you. If you are not involved but would like to be, this is a good time to be actively looking and be out and about where you might meet someone. Shopping, especially for loved ones, or buying expensive items like jewelry, perfume, furniture and cars, is favorable. You are likely to pick out presents that the recipient will love and it is also a good time to buy expensive items for yourself.

Lots of activities happening all month
Mars will be opposite (about 180 degrees from) Jupiter and Neptune in the sky this month, causing you to have lots to do and also have confusion as to which task is most important. You don’t have to do everything. Pick and choose what you really want to do. You could feel torn in two trying to please too many people or do too much at the same time. Plan to only do what is realistic for one person to do. Watch out for poisoning, indiscretions, being impulsive and having strong responses to drugs and alcohol. This is a good time for spiritual and religious matters, being creative and enjoying inspirational books and programs.

Solar eclipses affecting the need for change and raying attention to home and family for the rest of 2009
There are usually two solar eclipses a year. The first one occurred January 26 at 6 degrees of Aquarius. This eclipse further indicated the need for innovation and thinking in new ways. The second solar eclipse this year occurred on July 21 at 29 degrees of Cancer. This indicates that people will have to spend more time and energy on home, family, dependency needs and security needs. These areas will be in a state of flux and will need more attention given to them. Take care of home repairs as soon as you can before they grow into larger problems. Many people will experience significant changes in their families. Devote more time to home and family to use this solar energy in a wise way.

Good for evolving spiritually through the rest of the year
Jupiter continues its long-term conjunction (being close to the same degree and sign of the zodiac as seen from Earth) with Neptune through the rest of the year and into part of 2010. Jupiter enlarges what it touches. Neptune rules spirituality, religion, confusion and addiction. Watch for continued righteous religious feelings, where people of different beliefs will each think they are correct. This aspect can bring people closer to God, but it can also trick people into thinking that they have the only truth with a capital T. Use this aspect wisely and you can become closer to God and also more unconditionally loving. This is a great time for spiritual retreats and religious pilgrimages. Watch out for all kinds of flooding, including plumbing problems.

Help in career matters until January 13, 2010
Saturn stopped going in apparent backwards motion as seen from the earth and is going in forward motion until January 13, 2010. This is good news for people who have been stuck in their careers—not having one they like or not feeling they were making progress. Having Saturn going in forward motion through the zodiac will help ease up career matters, if you put in the effort required.

Mercury retrograde affects you from December 26 until February 4, 2010
From time to time, each of the planets appears to go in backward motion across the signs of the zodiac, depending upon the relative positions of the earth and the planet. That apparent backward motion is called retrograde motion.

Whenever Mercury is retrograde, communications, contracts, machines and travel plans may go awry. For ordinary life, including communications, contracts and travel, I pay little or no attention to when Mercury is retrograde. I do, however, pay close attention to when Mercury is retrograde for important communicating, most contract signing and passport vacation traveling. I will continue to go about my daily life and do what needs to be done, but I will not send any manuscripts to new publishers under a Mercury retrograde period.

Under Mercury retrograde, take extra care while communicating with others. Make sure that everyone understands what the plans and expectations are. Signing important contracts to buy expensive items, applying for or starting a new job, or sending a manuscript to a new publisher may come to naught, have to be redone, or be short-lived. If you travel when Mercury is retrograde, make allowances for changes in schedules and allow extra time to arrive.

Mercury also rules telephones, computers, printers and cars, so have these checked out to do everything you can to have them in good running order before Mercury goes in apparent backward motion.

Some people feel the effects of Mercury retrograde up to a week before Mercury actually goes retrograde. Many astrologers, including me, wait until Mercury is in the same degree of the zodiac, called the shadow point, as it was before it apparently went in backward motion, until they think the effects of Mercury retrograde are gone.

Retrograde—December 26, 2009 at 8:38 am CST
Direct—January 15, 2010 CST at 10:52 am CST
Out of Shadow—February 4, 2010 at 12:15 am CST

It’s report card rime for relationships through April 7, 2010
Saturn, the Great Teacher, gives us grades to let us know how we are doing. As Saturn entered Libra, the sign of relationships and marriage, on October 29, where it will remain until April 7, 2010, Saturn will be letting us know how we have been handling our relationships. If we have chosen the people in our lives wisely and have been working on our relationships, we will feel happy with them. If our relationships are not what we would like for them to be, now is the time to decide if they are worth saving, and if they are, what we need to do to get them on a better footing. If adjustments are needed, now is the time to make them. Many people are reassessing how to be responsible to themselves, as well as to others. Some relationships will dissolve when people realize that they cannot be true to themselves and stay in particular relationships. Saturn can be the planet of loneliness. If you are lonely, you should get to work and find the relationships that you want.

Feeling blocked, stuck and frustrated through April 15, 2010
Saturn is squaring (about 90 degrees from) Pluto, indicating necessary changes. The square means it probably won’t be easy. For many people, this aspect will be the one that has the most influence on them this month. If you have points in your birth astrology chart in the first few degrees of a Cardinal sign—Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn—you may be feeling the effects of this aspect strongly. Saturn squaring Pluto indicates there may be times of feeling like you are pushing a heavy object uphill with no end in sight. Saturn will be exactly 90 degrees from Pluto on November 15 and will stay in effect through April 15, 2010. Your efforts seem difficult with little payoff. Since this is also the Chinese Year of the Ox, this effect is intensified. We have to keep plugging away, even though the progress seems slow.
This aspect has kept me incredibly busy as an astrologer with people having relationship and work-related problems. Saturn is in Libra, which is the sign that rules marriage and relationships. Pluto is in Capricorn, which rules career. Saturn is the planet that brings lessons to be learned. For many people it is one of the hardest planets to work with. It brings you exactly what you need to learn and it also will bring what you have earned. Pluto brings transformation.
The best way to get through this transit is to look realistically at what is going on in your life and make necessary changes. Are your relationships the way you want them to be? Are you happy with your career? If not, it is time to get busy and create them the way that will make you happy. It will be easier if you are thoughtful and take responsibility for your life.
My son Josh reminded me that Saturn is exalted in Libra. That means that Saturn works well in Libra. If you put in the work, make needed changes and are willing to transform yourself into a new and better you, this aspect can help you better your life and make it fit who you really are.

I hope this is beneficial to you. Let me know if I can be of any other help. Dianne Lawson 785/232-2836 Cappie0113@aol.com www.DianneLawson.com