Astrology of Today – Saturday, December 24, 2022

Today’s Transits (Eastern Standard Time)

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  0:00 am

Event: Moon in Capricorn

Description: The Moon in Capricorn

Consolidate. Pay attention to the foundations of life. Repair and restructure. Attend to financial or business matters. Make solid plans and get organized.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  10:10 pm

Event: Moon goes void of course

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  3:01 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Ura

Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Uranus

We are open to new ideas. A break in the routine is pleasing now. We could be experimenting with new ideas or feelings. There can be chance meetings, events that occur that open our minds or our awareness. 

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  7:15 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Ven

Description: Transiting Moon Conjunction Transiting Venus

We are less inhibited and more willing to indulge ourselves. Love and romance can be favorable. Decorating, beauty treatments, the arts, creative pursuits, parties, dates, and recreation are generally favored now. There is increased sensitivity, affection, and warmth. Love is grand! Affection, love, and romance are in the air.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  12:56 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Jun

Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Juno

We can gain strength through others or through our relationships, and we are especially comfortable in one-on-one situations.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  2:32 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Mer

Description: Transiting Moon Conjunction Transiting Mercury

Ideas flow freely and surface spontaneously. We express feelings and thoughts with clarity. We are busy, alert, curious, and communicative. This can be an excellent time for cooperative projects.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  2:47 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Nep

Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Neptune

This is a feel-good time if we allow ourselves to relax and tune into the subtle aspects of life – art, nature, beauty, dreams, and spiritual realms. We absorb things easily, our senses are in good form, and we more naturally accept things and people as they are. There is no need to look for definite answers right now.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  3:09 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Opp Pal

Description: Transiting Moon Opposition Transiting Pallas

We can be at odds with one another over a mental or intellectual matter, belief, or idea now. It takes extra effort to understand one another.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  7:07 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Mar

Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Mars

We can overreact and exhibit impatience. However, this can also be a time of self-motivation.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  8:27 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Ves

Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Vesta

We can be a little stiff with our emotions, and we can be distracted from our work or focus. There can be difficulty expressing tenderness, concern, or care.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  10:10 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Plu

Description: Transiting Moon Conjunction Transiting Pluto

Deeper feelings emerge. Emotional extremes can be experienced now. This can be a time that we crave or recognize the need for an overhaul – a deep, lasting change.

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  8:05 am

Event: Tr-Tr Sun Pll Ven

Description: Transiting Sun Parallel Transiting Venus

Date & Time: Dec 24 2022  8:16 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mer Sxt Nep

Description: Transiting Mercury Sextile Transiting Neptune

The use of imagination. Accurate intuitive thinking. Appreciation of subtleties. Artistic appreciation. Vision.

Strong Signs, Elements, Modes

Today’s Emphasized Signs of the Zodiac

CAPRICORN STRONG

Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.

Today’s Elemental Balance

FIRE WEAK

We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.

EARTH STRONG

Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.

WATER WEAK

There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.

Today’s Modal Balance

CARDINAL STRONG

The Cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. We are ready to take action and to take on challenges, and we can become frustrated with stagnant conditions.

FIXED WEAK

We may be open to change but may not have much follow-through.

Today’s Lunar Phase

LUNAR PHASE: NEW MOON

Moon 0 to 45 degrees ahead of the Sun. 

This is an energetic, impulsive, and subjective period of time. We are looking for new projects and opportunities. 

The following aspects (major only) and positions are at noon (EST) on  December 24th:

Note that when an aspect is applying, it has not yet happened but is within orb – it’s pending. When an aspect is separating, it has already happened/perfected and is moving away from the aspect. Depending on the speed of the planet/body involved, the aspect will have perfected–or will perfect–in a matter of hours (often the case with the Moon), days, months, and possibly years in the case of the very slow-moving outer planets and bodies.

Note that the Moon moves at a rate of approximately one degree every 2 hours so that if an aspect involving the Moon is applying and has an orb of 5 degrees, the aspect will perfect (be exact) in about 10 hours. If the Moon is separating from an aspect with an orb of 2 degrees, it has already formed said aspect approximately 4 hours ago (since the following are positions at noon today, then it would have occurred at about 8 AM today).

**I suggest paying close attention to applying aspects. The energy of the aspect builds as it gets closer to exact. Once an aspect involving inner planets has happened, it’s over. Separating aspects are good to know for context, but in terms of energy that is with us today, applying aspects are most important. (This is the case for daily astrology influences involving inner planets, which pass quickly, and not natal astrology aspects, which are with us for a lifetime).

The Moon through Pluto: Signs, Aspects, & Degrees

THE MOON

THE MOON IN CAPRICORN

We’re seeking out more structure and working hard to achieve some measure of security with the Moon in Capricorn. We’re able to tone down our emotional needs so that we can focus on material or practical priorities.

21ST DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Tendons of left knee 

Sabian Symbol: A relay race.

ASPECTS OF THE MOON

CONJUNCTION MERCURY  Orb 1°31′ Applying

We are speaking with feeling or intellectualizing our feelings. We express feelings and thoughts with clarity. We are busy, alert, curious, and communicative. This can be an excellent time for cooperative projects. Ideas flow freely and surface spontaneously.

CONJUNCTION VENUS  Orb 2°45′ Separating

We are less inhibited and more willing to indulge ourselves. Decorating, beauty treatments, the arts, creative pursuits, parties, dates, and recreation are generally favored now. There is increased sensitivity, affection, and warmth.

TRINE URANUS  Orb 5°41′ Separating

We are open to new ideas, ways of expressing ourselves and our feelings. A break in the routine is pleasing now. We could be experimenting with new ideas or feelings. There can be chance meetings, events that occur that open our hearts or our emotional awareness.

SEXTILE NEPTUNE  Orb 1°46′ Applying

This is a feel-good time if we allow ourselves to relax and tune into the subtle aspects of life – art, nature, beauty, dreams, and spiritual realms. We absorb things easily, our senses are in good form, and we more naturally accept things and people as they are. There is no need to look for definite answers right now.

CONJUNCTION PLUTO  Orb 6°25′ Applying

Deeper feelings emerge. Emotional extremes can be experienced now. This can be a time that we crave or recognize the need for an overhaul – a deep, lasting change.

THE SUN

THE SUN IN CAPRICORN

You are responsible and respectful, with a strong need to be an authority figure. You command respect and may tend to superiority and bossiness.

3RD DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Cutaneous nerves of thigh 

Sabian Symbol: The human soul receptive to growth and understanding.

ASPECTS OF THE SUN

SQUARE JUPITER  Orb 2°27′ Separating

There can be exaggerated good moods or a tendency to go over the top now. Clashes of ego can occur.

MERCURY

MERCURY IN CAPRICORN

You are a wise and careful thinker. You place importance on credibility and authority. Therefore you will seek knowledge which carries some authority. You may approach new ideas with caution.

23RD DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Muscle insertions of upper to lower legs 

Sabian Symbol: Two awards for bravery in war.

ASPECTS OF MERCURY

CONJUNCTION VENUS  Orb 4°17′ Applying

We are more agreeable, sociable, and focused on balance and harmony. Conversations flow nicely.

SEXTILE NEPTUNE  Orb 0°14′ Applying

Our words and thoughts can be more imaginative and colorful, subtle or creative. We can experience a sense of knowing and understanding with minimal explanation or instruction. Intuition is highlighted or awakened.

CONJUNCTION PLUTO  Orb 4°54′ Applying

You have a probing mind. You avoid social chit-chat preferring deep and meaningful conversations. You are able to research topics of interest.

VENUS

VENUS IN CAPRICORN

There can be some reticence about forming new connections, but when we do form them, they are longterm. Getting serious about our finances and boosting our relations with business partners and/or co-workers can be in focus. We value reliability. We take expressing our feelings seriously, and we take our time to  warm up to others. Our tastes are traditional.

19TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Ligaments of left knee 

Sabian Symbol: A child of about five with a huge shopping bag.

ASPECTS OF VENUS

TRINE URANUS  Orb 2°56′ Separating

We are open to new or unusual experiences. Our intuition for making changes serves us well now, and there can be good business sense, particularly for tapping into current or future trends. There is a healthy level of detachment experienced now that opens us up to new ideas, methods, art forms, and ways of relating.

MARS

MARS IN GEMINI

You like to initiate ideas and spread information. You are assertive, although you can resort to evasive behaviour.

11TH DEGREE OF GEMINI

Part of Body: Thymus gland 

Sabian Symbol: Newly opened lands offer virgin realms of experience.

ASPECTS OF MARS

SEXTILE CHIRON  Orb 1°20′ Separating

You have the opportunity to be an empathetic and powerful leader of the downtrodden people of the world.

JUPITER

JUPITER IN ARIES

You are freedom-loving, and a spontaneous seeker of the truth. You have the potential to be a philosophical or religious leader.

1ST DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Cerebrum 

Sabian Symbol: A woman has risen out of the ocean; a seal is embracing her.

SATURN

SATURN IN AQUARIUS

You have an ability to work well in groups. Your work is often original and innovative.

22ND DEGREE OF AQUARIUS

Part of Body: Right gastroscnemius muscle 

Sabian Symbol: A rug placed on a floor for children to play on.

URANUS

URANUS IN TAURUS

(1934 – 1942) We approach money and personal possessions in new ways and learn how to free ourselves from certain material constraints. Innovative ways to make ourselves comfortable emerge. We’re less inhibited about expressing sensuality, self-love, body love, and pampering. We’re challenging what we previously valued. There can be abrupt changes with money, valuables, possessions, and income that lead to a reshuffling of priorities or values. Income might come from non-traditional sources or ventures. We’re bringing progressive ideas to the world of business. New ways of doing business, as well as making, viewing, and handling money are likely. Income and the energy we put into making money can be variable. (May 15, 2018, to November 6, 2018, then March 6, 2019, to July 7, 2025, and then November 7, 2025, to April 25, 2026). 

16TH DEGREE OF TAURUS

Part of Body: Carotid arteries 

Sabian Symbol: An old man attempting vainly to reveal the mysteries.

ASPECTS OF URANUS

CONJUNCTION THE NORTH NODE  Orb 3°07′ Separating

Your destiny is linked with the discovery of new and exciting thoughts and concepts. You need to make sure that you do not seek excitement at all costs, but direct your energies wisely. You are being challenged to make a contribution to humanity.

NEPTUNE

NEPTUNE IN PISCES

A long-term influence in which fantasy, imagination, compassion, and spirituality are in stronger focus. (April 4, 2011, to August 4, 2011, then February 3, 2012, to March 30, 2025, then October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026)

23RD DEGREE OF PISCES

Part of Body: Achilles tendon of the left foot 

Sabian Symbol: A `materializing medium’.

PLUTO

PLUTO IN CAPRICORN

Tests of our boundaries; breaking down and rebuilding structures and rules. (From January 25, 2008, to June 14, 2008, then November 26, 2008, to March 23, 2023, then June 11, 2023, to January 20, 2024, then September 1, 2024, to November 19, 2024).

28TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Right genicular arteries 

Sabian Symbol: A large aviary.

Chiron, Major Asteroids, and Moon’s Nodes: in Sign and by Degree

CHIRON IN ARIES

Your sense of being has been violated in some way and you may fear asserting yourself. You may also over-compensate by attempting to be the first at everything. Physically you may suffer head wounds. You may become a pioneer in a way that will be of service to humanity.

12TH DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Tongue 

Sabian Symbol: A flock of wild geese.

VESTA IN PISCES

You work best when you are striving for service to humanity. You are committed to making the world a better place for everyone. You feel overwhelmed by work unless you focus on service to others.

12TH DEGREE OF PISCES

Part of Body: Plantar artery of the right foot 

Sabian Symbol: An examination of initiates.

PALLAS IN CANCER

You are very intuitive. You rely on your emotions to guide your opinions and thoughts. You are an empathetic listener and are keen to keep up communications with your family and loved ones.

24TH DEGREE OF CANCER

Part of Body: Blood vessels of digestive organs 

Sabian Symbol: A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south.

JUNO IN PISCES

You want to be at-one with the world through your relationship. You crave for the highest romantic ideals within your relationship, and become disillusioned with reality.

22ND DEGREE OF PISCES

Part of Body: Achilles tendon of the right foot 

Sabian Symbol: A man bringing down the new law from Sinai.

CERES IN LIBRA

You feel cared for when your loved ones create an atmosphere of peace and beauty. You like to co-operate with those close to you.

2ND DEGREE OF LIBRA

Part of Body: Renal cortex 

Sabian Symbol: The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh.

THE BLACK MOON IN CANCER

29TH DEGREE OF CANCER

Part of Body: Spleen 

Sabian Symbol: A greek muse weighs in golden scales just born twins.

ERIS IN ARIES

24TH DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Zygomatic muscle 

Sabian Symbol: An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia.

THE NORTH NODE

THE NORTH NODE IN TAURUS

This is a quest to overcome your distrust of change, to develop creative outlets for your intense emotions and to avoid hitting out at loved ones. These attributes plagued you in this life because of suffering and traumatic endings in past-lives which left you with deep emotional wounds and a feeling of being cheated. In learning this life’s lesson of trusting the process of change you will develop a newfound sense of peace and stability.

13TH DEGREE OF TAURUS

Part of Body: Cervical and brachial plexi 

Sabian Symbol: A man handling baggage.

THE SOUTH NODE

THE SOUTH NODE IN SCORPIO

This is a quest to overcome your distrust of change, to develop creative outlets for your intense emotions and to avoid hitting out at loved ones. These attributes plagued you in this life because of suffering and traumatic endings in past-lives which left you with deep emotional wounds and a feeling of being cheated. In learning this life’s lesson of trusting the process of change you will develop a newfound sense of peace and stability.

13TH DEGREE OF SCORPIO

Part of Body: Vulva, Labia minora, glans penis 

Sabian Symbol: An inventor inventing.

**Conjunctions to Select Fixed Stars on December 24, 2022.**