Held back by a retrograde phase earlier in the year, Venus is catching up with the Sun and next month will finally get out in front, giving your heart the first say when she returns to Aquarius before your birthday month and new solar year begins next month. For now though, while the Sun left your career sector towards the end of last month, until leaving on 1st December Venus is still trailing behind, while helping to cement the connections made to Jupiter, in his first full month in retrograde motion in your work sector and Saturn and Neptune, in their last full month together in your income sector. This is something that Mercury will also do before leaving on 12th December, something that will end all planetary activity on the career front for the year. It is then that first Venus and then Mercury will follow the Sun into your friendship sector, where for the first three weeks of December he will always have the solar spotlight on your social life, friendships, teamwork and networking. They will also return to find Mars here and until leaving on 15th December, firing up your passions, competitive and team spirit. Until leaving on Christmas Day, Venus will have the laws of attraction and synchronicity working in harmony, while from 12th December Mercury is here for the rest of the year, doing what as the planet of communication he does best. Meanwhile, seven days before the Sun is due to return to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart on 22nd December to begin the month long wind down of your old solar year, Mars’ return on 15th December will begin the six week wind down of your current two year Mars cycle. This is something that over the holiday period in particular, will give you a chance to pull back and recharge your batteries, ready for Mars’ return to Aquarius next month and for what will be an empowered start to your birthday month and new solar year. Meanwhile, while the last New Moon of 2025 will fall in your friendship sector on 20th December, the last Full Moon of 2025 will fall in a playful and creative part of your chart on 5th December.
While this is a largely uneventful month on the romantic and relationship fronts, the love gods still have a wildcard up their sleeves while everything needed to navigate these final weeks. While it was in September that Venus, the last planet to return to and the last planet to leave your relationship sector this year left, this brought home what Mars had begun back in November 2024. With your relationship sector usually only active for a few months each year, this ended an extraordinary journey that has left you with a clear sense of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you. However, it was only last month that Uranus left your romantic sector, ending 18 months of near continuous planetary activity on the romantic front. The Moon’s return from 4th December to 6th December is the Moon’s first visit since Uranus left, ending a four month visit that is preparation for his return in April to spend the next six years here. What makes this visit special isn’t just that these romantically charged lunar vibes are able to capture the spirit of romance generated over the previous 18 months, but as a Full Moon, this can jumpstart things all over again. It is two days ater that the Moon will return for its last visit to your relationship sector for the year, something that from 8th December to 10th December will bring a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware. These will be the Moon’s last visits to your romantic and relationship sectors for the year, but with the Moon set to return to your romantic sector on New Year’s Day, with the promise of a romantically charged start to 2026. For now, the love and relationship gods are signing out for the year, but not only will Uranus return to your romantic sector in April to spend the next six years year, but Jupiter will return to your relationship sector in June 2026 to begin your biggest relationship year in over a decade.
While the lunar nodes will continue their work in maintaining and at times policing a balance between money coming in and money going out, by this point in the year, it is a given that the focus will be on the income side of the financial fence. Or at least that has been your experience for the last 15 years, for while since his return in 2012 Neptune has always ended the year here, there were already planets here when he returned. At the same time, since his return in March 2023, Saturn has ended 2023, 2024 and now 2025 in your income sector, making this a given. Except this is the last time that this is the case, with the next time you will end a year with planets in your income sector being in 2031 and only just, with Mars returning on 30th December that year. However, Saturn and Neptune are still here and until Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams leaves in January and Saturn, the planet with the power to move mountains if you have to in February, they are together giving you the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to turn dreams into reality. Both had left earlier in the year but Saturn retrograded back in to tie up loose ends in September and Neptune a month later. Saturn turned direct last month and Neptune will turn direct on 11th December, which is when they will both begin preparing for their second and final exit. Neptune will leave in January, before any of the faster planets return but by the time Saturn leaves in February Venus and Mercury will have returned, while Mars will eventually keep the momentum going right through to April. So while Saturn and Neptune are getting ready to leave, you still have a good five months to exploit their influence. The Moon will make its last visit to your income sector for the year from 25th December to 27th December, something that over Christmas will be a valuable chance to check in. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity on the other side of the financial fence, the Moon’s last visit for the year will bring a chance to check in on money matters when it moves through from 10th December to 13th December. As this is the side of the financial fence where it is more about what you do with and how you manage the money you have, this will be an advantage at what can be a busy point in any year.