Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of December in a playful and creative part of your chart before returning to your busy work sector on the December solstice each year, at some point in the month both sides of life’s fence are going to be fighting for your attention. While the Sun will always make that transition at the same time each year and this will see the solar spotlight shift from one side to the other, Venus and Mercury, who travel close to the Sun don’t stick to the same strict timetable, so there is always going to be an overlap. However, this year that overlap not only starts a lot sooner, but will be a lot more marked, for the solar spotlight is more about observing, while when Mars leaves a playful and creative part of your chart and returns to your work sector on 15th December, it will be to begin what could be some of the busiest weeks of both 2025 and 2026. Whether you are working through the holiday period or not, once Mars begins his six week mission to fire up your work passions, fighting and competitive spirit, he will be looking for something to channel a need to stay busy into. Fortunately, with the Sun not leaving a playful and creative part of your chart until 22nd December, Venus until 25th December and Mercury, who will return on 12th December here for the rest of the month, this will help to keep things balanced. Before then, as the last planet to leave your home and family sector this year, after Venus leaves on 1st December, Mercury will stay on until 12th December, as he works to keep the communication lines open and to help you make choices, decisions and plans. Meanwhile, Saturn’s direct turn in your financial sector late last month and Neptune’s direct turn on 11th December marks the start of their trek back out again, with a chance in the final weeks of the year to get serious about taking your financial power back.
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of December in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart at this time of year. This year, this comes packed with support from the start while the best is not only still to come but will be underway in the early hours of the month. This is something that even before the Sun returned last month had a head start, with the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment having returned at the start of October and Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos early last month. Even Mercury was here when the Sun returned, though he retrograded back out a few days later. However, what she will be working to make the most romantically charged weeks of 2025 will kick off with Venus, the planet of love’s return to your romantic sector on 1st December, giving her time to work her magic before leaving on Christmas Day. While Mars will leave on 15th December, just having the planets of love and passion in your romantic sector at the same time is a treat, with Mercury returning on 12th December for a do over and a second chance to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. With the Sun leaving on 22nd December and the asteroid Juno on 30th December but Mercury not leaving until 2nd January, your romantic sector will remain active for the rest of the year before running its course. Helping to capture this and especially the Sun and Venus, the planet of love’s final days will be the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 18th December to 20th December as a New Moon. It is a few days later and in the lead up to Christmas, that the Moon will not only make its last visit to your relationship sector for the year from 23rd December to 25th December, but its last before the planets that are spending time in your romantic sector this month, start returning there next month.
While it might be business as usual on both sides of the financial fence or at least more of the same as last month, with everything needed to bring this financial year home with confidence. While there is no planetary activity in your income sector and hasn’t been since Venus left in October, the South Node is still here and along with its partner the North Node in your financial sector, this is helping to maintain the right balance between money coming in and money going out. On its own, the South Node is also helping to maintain a lucrative sense of direction and is helping to preserve the income potential and momentum already banked. This is something that you will have a chance to capitalise on when the faster planets start returning to your work sector, starting with Mars on 15th December and especially when Venus, the planet of money returns on Christmas Day to spend the rest of the year and the early weeks of 2026 here. With Uranus in his first full month back in your career sector, this bodes well for a positive end to the year and start to 2026 across the income, work and career fronts. Meanwhile, the Moon’s last visit to your income sector for the year is something that from 10th December to 13th December can sharpen your nose for money and act as a trigger. Meanwhile, change is afoot on the other side of the financial fence, the side where it is more about what you do with and how you manage the money you have. Last month saw Saturn turn direct in your financial sector, with Neptune following suit on 11th December. Both had left earlier in the year, only to turn retrograde and come back. In January Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams will leave, not to return for another 150 years and in February Saturn, the planet with the power to move mountains if you have to will also leave, not to return for another three decades. The Moon will give you a window into this and into money matters as it makes its last visit to your financial sector for the year from 25th December to 27th December.