December 2025 Astrology Forecast: At The Crossroads
This month, I'm continuing the approach that (I hope) makes the forecast more practical and actionable. Rather than trying to track every transit, you're invited to work more deeply with what's actually alive in your life right now. As you read through the themes below, notice which questions make you think 'that's what I'm dealing with.' Those are your invitations to go deeper. It's kind of a "choose your own adventure" where you trust your intuition to pull out the parts that make sense for you to weave your magic with this month.
December arrives as this year's mindful reckoning. It is a month where belief systems meet material reality at the crossroads of the lunar nodes. With the Sun, Venus, Mars, and Mercury all moving through Sagittarius and Capricorn (apart from Mercury), and squaring the nodes in Pisces and Virgo, we're collectively standing at the bendings of the nodes. These are pivot points, decision moments where old patterns meet new possibilities.
The nodes have been in Pisces (North) and Virgo (South) since January 2025, asking us to move from perfectionism and over-analysis toward faith and spiritual surrender. December intensifies this journey as each personal planet engages the nodal axis. We're being asked: What beliefs need to die so new ones can be born? What structures are ready to dissolve, and which ones need fortifying?
Saturn and Neptune sit close together at the late degrees of Pisces, the karmic completion point. Neptune stations direct at the very final degree of Pisces on the 10th, amplifying the dissolving, dreaming, potentially disorienting energy. This is the final look-back before both planets enters Aries for good this time in 2026, closing a chapter that began when Saturn entered Pisces in March 2023. Meanwhile, Jupiter retrogrades through Cancer, asking us to review our emotional foundations and what actually makes us feel secure.
Mars enters its exaltation in Capricorn on the 15th, giving us disciplined energy and ambitious clarity for the final stretch of 2025. This is action that builds rather than burns. But before Mars settles into Capricorn's steady climb, it squares Neptune in Sagittarius on the 14th. We may face a final moment of confusion about direction, spiritual warfare, or the tension between vision and action.
The month bookends with lunations that emphasise the nodal journey: a Full Moon at 13° Gemini on the 4th (bringing information and mental clarity to balance Sagittarius season's big-picture thinking), and a New Moon at 28° Sagittarius on the 20th, offering one last chance to plant seeds in Sagittarian soil before the Sun moves into Capricorn for the Solstice.
December is not subtle. It's calling us to look at whatever we've been avoiding all year, asking us to make choices about what we believe and what we are building as we move towards a new year.
DECEMBER 2025 TRANSITS AT A GLANCE
2nd – Venus in Sagittarius sextile Pluto in Aquarius
4th – Full Moon at 13° Gemini
5th – Sun in Sagittarius square nodes (Pisces/Virgo)
6th – Mercury in Scorpio trine retrograde Jupiter in Cancer
7th – Mercury in Scorpio trine Saturn in Pisces
10th – Neptune stations direct at 29° Pisces; Mercury in Scorpio opposes retrograde Uranus in Taurus
11th – Venus in Sagittarius squares the nodes (Pisces/Virgo); Mercury in Scorpio trines Neptune in Pisces then enters Sagittarius
13th – Mercury in Sagittarius sextile Pluto in Aquarius
14th – Mars in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces
15th – Mars enters Capricorn (exaltation)
17th – Sun in Sagittarius square Saturn in Pisces; Mercury clears post-retrograde shadow
20th – New Moon at 28° Sagittarius; Mercury in Sagittarius squares the nodes (Pisces/Virgo)
21st – Sun in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces; Sun enters Capricorn (SOLSTICE); Venus in Sagittarius squares Saturn in Pisces
24th – Venus in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces then enters Capricorn
30th – Mars in Capricorn sextile North Node in Pisces; Mercury in Sagittarius squares Saturn in Pisces
Note: All dates are in GMT. Major themes and detailed guidance follow below.
THE MAJOR THEMES FOR DECEMBER
As you read through these three themes, pay attention to which resonance questions spark recognition in your body and experience. You don't need to work with all three - in fact, it's often more powerful to go deep with one or two rather than skimming the surface of everything. Trust what calls to you. The themes that make you think "yes, that's exactly what I'm navigating" are your invitations for deeper work this month.
Theme 1: At the Bendings - The Nodal Crossroads
Three times this month, personal planets square the lunar nodes: the Sun (5th), Venus (11th), and Mercury (20th). When planets square the nodes, they're at the "bendings"—90-degree angles that create friction, urgency, and choice points.
The nodes represent our collective evolutionary direction. The South Node in Virgo holds our past patterns of perfectionism, over-analysis, and trying to fix everything through control and precision. The North Node in Pisces calls us toward faith, surrender, spiritual trust, and accepting what cannot be controlled or understood. Planets at the bendings invite us to choose: Do we cling to the old way or step into the new paradigm?
This month, every planet that squares the nodes is in Sagittarius, the sign of belief systems, philosophy, truth-seeking, and meaning-making. We're being asked to examine our beliefs at a foundational level. What do you believe about control versus surrender? About knowing versus trusting? About fixing versus allowing?
Resonance Question: Are you feeling caught between needing to know the plan and needing to trust the unknown? Is there a place in your life where perfectionism or over-analysis is blocking your forward movement? Do you sense that an old belief system is ready to die, but you're not yet sure what will replace it? Are you being asked to choose faith over fixing?
Journal Prompts:
- What belief about control or certainty am I being asked to release?
- Where am I clinging to Virgo South Node energy (analysis, perfectionism, fixing) when I'm actually being called toward Pisces North Node energy (faith, surrender, acceptance)?
- What would it look like to trust the process in the specific area of my life that feels most uncertain right now?
- What old story about "how things should be" is ready to dissolve?
Micro-Practice:
Each time you catch yourself spiralling into analysis, over-planning, or trying to control an outcome, pause and place one hand on your heart. Take three deep breaths and say: "I am learning to trust what I cannot see." Notice what softens in your body when you practice this.
Ritual:
Create two lists. On one page, write "What I'm Releasing" and list all the Virgo South Node patterns you're ready to let go of. Perhaps this is perfectionism, over-analysis, the need to have all the answers, the impulse to fix everything. On another page, write "What I'm Calling In" and list the Pisces North Node qualities you're embracing, maybe faith, surrender, spiritual trust, mystery, divine timing. Burn or bury the first list as an offering to the past. Keep the second list somewhere visible as a reminder of where you're headed.
Theme 2: Saturn-Neptune at late Pisces - Dreams Meeting Reality
Neptune stations direct at 29° Pisces on December 10th, with Saturn very close throughout the month (this prolonged will-they-won't-they between Saturn and Neptune is continuing into Spring next year).
Saturn has been in Pisces since March 2023, teaching us about spiritual discipline, emotional boundaries, and giving structure to our faith. Neptune has been in Pisces since 2011, dissolving old spiritual paradigms and reconnecting us to collective consciousness. Now they meet at the very edge of Pisces, asking: What dreams need grounding? What structures need dissolving?
December asks us to examine the dreams we've been carrying that need either concrete action (Saturn) or complete release (Neptune). Some visions are meant to be built; others are meant to dissolve back into the cosmic soup. The wisdom is knowing which is which.
Resonance Question: Are you struggling to ground a dream or vision into reality? Is there something you've been spiritually bypassing - using faith or "divine timing" as an excuse not to take practical action? Or conversely, are you trying to force structure onto something that actually needs to dissolve? Do you feel like you're standing at an ending with no clear beginning in sight?
Journal Prompts:
- What dream or vision have I been carrying that needs practical steps and structure to become real?
- Where have I been using spirituality as an excuse to avoid taking responsibility or action?
- What illusion or fantasy is ready to dissolve so I can see reality more clearly?
- What does "spiritual pragmatism" mean to me? How can I honour both the mystical and the material?
Micro-Practice:
Choose one dream or goal that's been floating in the spiritual realm. This week, take one concrete, practical action toward it. Schedule the meeting. Research the course. Open the bank account. Make one phone call. Saturn at late Pisces wants to help you translate dreams into reality, but you have to meet it halfway with practical action.
Ritual:
Create a simple altar with two elements: something that represents structure (a stone, a key, a small container) and something that represents dissolution or flow (water, salt, a white candle). Light the candle and sit with both elements. Ask yourself: "What needs grounding?" and "What needs releasing?" Let the answers come without forcing them. When you're ready, pour the water over the stone (or into the earth) as a symbolic act of bringing dreams into form while releasing what cannot be.
Theme 3: Mars in Capricorn - Exalted Action
Mars enters Capricorn on December 15th and will stay there until early February 2026. Mars is exalted in Capricorn, meaning it functions at its highest expression in this sign. This is Mars as the master builder, the strategic warrior, the patient architect who understands that real power comes from disciplined, sustained effort over time.
After months of Mars in signs where its energy has been complicated (retrograde in Cancer earlier this year, then through Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius with various challenges), Mars in Capricorn feels like coming home to clarity. This is ambition with integrity. Action aligned with long-term vision. The ability to work steadily toward goals without burning out or giving up.
But before Mars settles into Capricorn's mountain climb, it squares Neptune in Sagittarius on December 14th. This is a final moment of tension between vision and action, between what we want to do and what we're spiritually called to do, between clear direction and confusion. Mars-Neptune can manifest as misdirected action, spiritual warfare, or difficulty discerning true guidance from wishful thinking. Move through this transit with awareness, knowing that clarity arrives once Mars hits Capricorn the next day.
On December 30th, Mars in Capricorn sextiles the North Node in Pisces, a beautiful aspect that harmonises practical action with spiritual direction. This is Mars saying: "I'll do the work, but I'm letting divine timing guide when and how." Use the final days of December to align your ambitions with your deeper calling.
Resonance Question: Are you ready to commit to something that requires sustained effort over time? Do you need to build something solid that will outlast the immediate moment? Have you been spinning your wheels or burning out because your action isn't aligned with your actual values or long-term vision? Are you prepared to work patiently toward a goal that matters deeply to you?
Journal Prompts:
- What do I want to build or achieve that requires long-term commitment and disciplined action?
- Where have I been taking action that isn't actually aligned with my deeper values or spiritual direction?
- What does "sustainable ambition" look like for me? How can I pursue my goals without burning out?
- If I could accomplish one meaningful thing in the first quarter of 2026, what would it be? What's the first practical step? (I will have resources for this coming soon, subscribe to Moonday Magic if you'd like to be notified)
Micro-Practice:
Mars in Capricorn loves incremental progress and measurable results. Choose one goal or project and break it down into the smallest possible steps. Each day from December 15th onward, do one small thing that moves you forward. Track your progress visually using a checklist, a chart, a jar of stones - whatever you like as long as you can see it and touch it. Let yourself feel the satisfaction of consistent, disciplined action.
Ritual:
Find a stone or rock that feels substantial in your hand. This represents your commitment and the foundation you're building. Hold it and speak aloud what you're dedicating yourself to building in 2026. Then place this stone somewhere you'll see it daily, maybe on your desk, altar, or bedside table. Each time you see it, let it remind you of your commitment to sustained, aligned action. On December 30th (Mars sextile North Node), hold the stone again and ask: "Is this action still aligned with my spiritual path?" Trust what you receive.
Horoscopes for December 2025
(Read for your rising sign, or your sun sign, or moon sign, if you don't know your rising).
Aries
Keywords: Philosophy, expansion, higher learning, spiritual discipline
Life Areas Highlighted: Beliefs and higher learning, career and public reputation, spirituality and hidden realms, home and emotional foundations
Invitation: The nodal squares hit your 9th house of belief systems and 12th house of spirituality this month. What philosophy or faith has carried you this far but is now ready to evolve? With Mars entering your 10th house of career in exaltation on the 15th, you have extraordinary power to build something lasting in your professional life, but only if it aligns with your deeper spiritual truth. Let December strip away the beliefs that no longer serve your calling.
Taurus
Keywords: Transformation, shared resources, values revolution, inner truth
Life Areas Highlighted: Intimacy and shared resources, values and income, friends and community, hidden psychological patterns
Invitation: The Gemini Full Moon on the 4th illuminates your 2nd house of values and resources. What do you actually value versus what you've been told you should value? With Uranus retrograding back into your sign on the 8th, you're reclaiming a part of yourself that got buried under others' expectations. December asks you to examine what you share with others (resources, energy, intimacy) and whether those exchanges honour your evolving truth.
Gemini
Keywords: Relationships, independence, communication depth, personal revelation
Life Areas Highlighted: Partnerships and one-to-one relationships, identity and self-expression, career ambitions, transformation through others
Invitation: Your Full Moon on the 4th is a spotlight moment for who you're becoming versus who your relationships need you to be. The nodal squares activate your partnership axis all month, are you sacrificing too much of yourself for harmony, or are you ready to bring your full truth into relationship? Mercury clears its retrograde shadow on the 17th, finalising whatever communication or relationship recalibration you've been working through since October.
Cancer
Keywords: Service, daily rhythms, emotional foundations, ancestral healing
Life Areas Highlighted: Work and daily routines, health and embodiment, spirituality and retreat, home and family roots
Invitation: Jupiter retrograde in your sign all month asks you to review what emotional security actually means to you. The nodal squares and lunations highlight your 6th house of daily life and 12th house of spirituality. Where are you over-functioning and trying to fix everything (Virgo SN), when you actually need to surrender and trust (Pisces NN)? December is asking you to create daily rhythms that honour both your need for emotional safety and your spiritual growth.
Leo
Keywords: Creativity, joy, friendship, authentic self-expression
Life Areas Highlighted: Creative projects and pleasure, friendships and community vision, romance and self-expression, children or creative outputs
Invitation: The full and new moons activate your 5th house of creativity and 11th house of community. Are you dimming your creative light to fit into groups that don't truly celebrate you? Or are you ready to express yourself authentically and trust that your people will find you? Mars in Capricorn from the 15th gives you practical energy to work on daily health and routine, building sustainable structures that support your creative vitality rather than depleting it.
Virgo
Keywords: Home, foundation, release, spiritual evolution
Life Areas Highlighted: Home and family roots, career and public life, emotional security, ancestral patterns
Invitation: The South Node is in your sign, asking you to release perfectionism, over-analysis, and the exhausting need to fix everything. December intensifies this with multiple planets squaring the nodes from your home sector. What family patterns are you ready to release? What does "good enough" look like in your domestic life? Saturn-Neptune at late Pisces (your opposite sign) is completing a major spiritual initiation. You're being asked to trust what you cannot control or perfect.
Libra
Keywords: Communication, learning, values transformation, local connections
Life Areas Highlighted: Communication and learning, beliefs and higher education, siblings and local community, philosophical expansion
Invitation: Mercury moves through your sector of values and resources early in the month, helping you articulate what you actually need versus what looks good on paper. The lunations challenge your 3rd house of communication and 9th house of beliefs, are you speaking your truth or saying what keeps the peace? Venus enters Capricorn on the 24th, bringing serious energy to your home and family sector. December asks you to communicate your boundaries with clarity and grace.
Scorpio
Keywords: Resources, values, income, self-worth, material security
Life Areas Highlighted: Money and material resources, shared finances and intimacy, values and self-worth, transformation and rebirth
Invitation: Mercury, and Venus begin December in your sign before moving into Sagittarius, activating your 2nd house of resources and values. What are you worth? Not what you produce or offer others, what is your inherent value? The nodal squares challenge you to move from trying to earn worth through service (Virgo SN) to recognising your inherent spiritual value (Pisces NN). Mars in Capricorn from the 15th helps you communicate your worth with authority and clarity.
Sagittarius
Keywords: Identity, beliefs, personal power, philosophical truth
Life Areas Highlighted: Self and identity, partnerships and relationships, personal philosophy, creative self-expression
Invitation: This is your month, Sagittarius, with the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Mars all moving through your sign and squaring the nodes. You're at a crossroads between who you've been and who you're becoming. The New Moon at 28° Sagittarius on the 20th is your final reset point before Capricorn season begins. What beliefs are you releasing? What truth are you finally ready to embody? The Solstice on the 21st marks a powerful completion, trust what's emerging.
Capricorn
Keywords: Rest, preparation, spiritual retreat, emerging power
Life Areas Highlighted: Spirituality and solitude, daily work and health, hidden strengths, subconscious patterns
Invitation: December is your preparation month before your solar return season begins. Mars enters your sign in exaltation on the 15th, giving you incredible energy to build and achieve, but first, the Sun, Venus, and Mercury move through your 12th house of rest and spiritual retreat. Honour the need to withdraw before you emerge. The nodal squares ask: where are you still trying to perfect yourself (Virgo SN) instead of trusting your process (Pisces NN)? Your moment is coming. Rest first.
Aquarius
Keywords: Community, friendship, social vision, innovation, long-term goals
Life Areas Highlighted: Friendships and collective vision, creative self-expression, hopes and dreams, group involvement
Invitation: The lunations activate your 5th house of creativity and 11th house of community. Are your friendships supporting your authentic creative expression, or are you performing a version of yourself to fit in? Pluto in your sign gets harmonious aspects from Venus (2nd) and Mercury (13th). Your transformation is being supported by both love and communication. December asks you to align with communities that celebrate your evolution rather than trying to keep you small.
Pisces
Keywords: Career, ambition, spiritual calling, public role, divine direction
Life Areas Highlighted: Career and public reputation, home and private life, life direction and purpose, emotional foundations
Invitation: The North Node is in your sign, calling you toward faith, surrender, and spiritual trust. Every planet that squares the nodes this month is testing whether you're ready to step into your calling without needing all the answers. Saturn and Neptune at the late degrees of your sign are completing a major chapter - what spiritual truth have you finally integrated? Mars in Capricorn from the 15th supports your 11th house of community and vision. Your calling isn't solitary, it's meant to be shared with your people, those who get you and love you.
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