Starguide Horoscope for December
Kendra Olwen
By Kendra Olwen
Our bodies are actually made of star stuff! News from the stars should inspire you, make you shine more brightly, and help you see how powerful and gorgeous you are inside and out.
Star Stories help you to be open to the possibilities of the moment so you can dance with the rhythms of the cosmos.
The Universe is always asking you to participate. It’s up to you whether decide you put on your dancing shoes.
Sun sign horoscopes are like a snapshot. Your personal horoscope, or birth chart is set up for the exact time and place you were born and reflects the patterns in the sky at that moment. It’s a map of your soul’s journey in this lifetime and gives you insight into your gifts, talents, and challenges, as well as guidance on how to be true to yourself. If you know your rising sign, read both signs. Whatever you read, use your imagination and visionary powers.
ARIES
The Full Moon on December 2 lights up your communication sector, carrying you into inspiring and uplifting conversations. Get ready for a month of expecting the unexpected. You might find that you have brilliant new insights into problems you were stuck in last month. You’re ready for a break from bad news and onto a path of optimism and creativity. OK, so the economy doesn’t seem to be getting better. That’s not going to stop you from forging ahead with great passion. Whatever you do, don’t lose your enthusiasm, but focus on finishing up what you have on the table until the New Moon on December 16. This will give you the motivation to undertake new plans and projects.
Be practical and stay focused on what is most important to achieving your goal are a necessary ingredient in taking new risks. Your creative energies are fired up, but too much action in too many directions gets you scattered. Your ruling planet, Mars, will be turning around on December 19 to slow things down. Endurance will count more than too many short sprints into too many new adventures. Your courage will be tested for a few months, but you have a great opportunity to forge a new path and create success in combining your personal creativity with teamwork. The year ends on an introspective note. Recognize your need for family or circle of friends as a base for pursuing your goals.
TAURUS
You’re getting another wake-up call to handle your finances, possessions and resources in a new way, but you don’t have to do this alone or feel unsupported. You have your team of angels and guides ready to cheer you on, along with other people who help you detach from unneeded possessions. All you have to do is to remember to ask. Open a new portal of awareness about what really creates abundance for you. The Full Moon on December 2 brings you the gift of awareness that can carry you through the month. You have an unexpected turn in your financial picture that should make you more optimistic about your future. If you don’t, chances are you haven’t been paying attention to the good things that are happening to you. Alliances with people who are trying to figure out the same things you are really helps you now. Reach out beyond your comfort zone and ask the questions that help you help you be more independent
The New Moon on December 16 can get you in touch with the values that guide you. Read or listen to what inspires you to keep moving forward. Plans you have for building a secure foundation could stall out if you’re being too extravagant or have too many expectations. Be more creative with what you have and take on the challenge of finding your courage by listening to your heart. You can do it. Relationships can stabilize if you make adjustments that accommodate other people’s eccentricities and accept that people just think differently than you do. Sometimes you just can’t make those you love happy and you definitely can’t change them, no matter how charming you are. Open your own mind instead and communicate with compassion and love.
GEMINI
You’ve got a high energy start to the month starts with the Full Moon in your sign on December 2. Your feelings might be more on the surface than usual, so what you say could ranges from spontaneous to absolutely outrageous. Either way, it’s a good time for you to be out and about and do what you do best. Help everyone to see the lighter side of life. Conversations and agreements that may have bogged you down last month will be easy to navigate as long as you’re open to other’s beliefs and focus on what you have in common. Take the initiative and be more creative in your thinking. You can always rely on your storytelling gift to make a point.
You could meet people who are smarter than you about turning all that information you gather into knowledge and wisdom. Enjoy the ride and leave your ego at the door. You’ll have more fun. Most of your connections will be with positive, helpful people. The New Moon on December 16 can give you fresh perspective on all of your relationships. Your powers of attraction are strong all month, but it will be hard to pin you down. It’s a very expansive time for you. The best investment of your time, money and energy is in learning what you need to know to navigate these uncertain times. In case, you forget, your best resource is your agile mind which you can rely on to turn problems into possibilities.
CANCER
It could be a stay at home or stay on the sidelines Full Moon on December 2 for you. You’re always pulled by the waxing and waning of the moon cycle. This one is calling you to find some time for solitude so you can integrate some of the changes in your life. You can have a breakthrough if you can see that life isn’t just happening to you. Full Moons are for visions. So have one. You’ll continue to be challenged to do more with less, but you can. Keep the lines of communication open with people who will tell you the truth you may not want to hear, as well as the people who give you hope and inspiration.
The New Moon on December 16 could spotlight work or health issues. What it’s really about is an invitation to appreciate the small everyday routines and to accept the adjustments we all have to make to work with other people. Letting your secret control freak tendencies out in the open will actually get you the help you need. Do you really want to everybody’s mother? Go out of your way to love someone who has different beliefs than you do. Your emotional balance is always a key to your health. The Lunar Eclipse/Full Moon in your sign on December 31 will recycle some themes from July. It’s up to you to take it to the next level. You know you can trust your intuition to guide you.
LEO
Your charisma and warmth shine through and could put you in the spotlight on the Full Moon on December 2. Your communications are clear and your charm is bound to get you an audience. You’re in the take charge mode with the with warrior planet, Mars, in your sign. Just keep checking out how much of your motivation is ego-driven or drama queen behavior. It’s not the best time to go into overdrive. You’re likely to get slowed down and have to revise your plans as the month goes on. It’s a time to call up your inner courage and ability to persevere. You might as well start now to envision your future success as a blend of your enthusiasm and intuition with the clarity and perspective you can gain from others who see the bigger picture. Then you’ll really be using your power to make a difference. (see the Mars Retrograde section)
It will be easy to overdo or take on too much, but some will be expecting you to make commitments that you can follow through on. The New Moon on December 16 can help you focus on what’s most important to you and refine your plans to be more practical. Recharge your energy by remembering the philosophical or spiritual belief system that leads you to inspired action. The universe doesn’t want you to lose your natural playfulness and the high energy creativity that blesses you right now, just to be more mindful of your actions. If someone has left you with too many disappointments, it could be time to cut loose. Clarity will come if you just look at whether you have had too many unrealistic expectations. Relationships can heal and help you expand in many ways.
VIRGO
The Full Moon on December 2 could bring a turning point or an emotional peak in your feelings about life direction, career, and long term goals. Shake ups from July could return to give you an unexpected, and hopefully, more detached view of where life is taking you. Choices that aren’t rational can move you out of your comfort zone, but think of the possibilities you’ve opened up. If your relationship suddenly takes a new direction, check out the part of you that would really like to have more freedom. A shift in energy during the first week helps you to contemplate your options in a more grounded and concrete way. Keeping frustration or resentments to yourself can make you sick. Turn anger into a commitment to becoming a spiritual warrior instead. You’re going to find your courage to make necessary changes in the coming months by finding what’s in your heart, not your head.
If you have to revise your plans as the month goes on, do not interpret this as failure. The New Moon on December 16 can be a powerful time to appreciate where you live and to bloom where you’re planted, at least for now. If you really don’t feel you can make a home where you are, go outside, or get some plants, or give your pets a special treat so they feel more comfy. Nature always heals you. All you have to do is ask the plant and animal spirits to light up your inner home. Seed the thought that you are creating the perfect environment to nurture you.
LIBRA
Your mind is travelling to new dimensions and your immediate environment can give you plenty of stimulating conversation with people you enjoy. Your conversations could even lead to brainstorming an unexpected new insight on an old problem. What could be a better way for sociable Libra to celebrate the Full Moon on December 2? You’re at a somewhat serious crossroads where life is asking you to let go of what no longer serves your purpose and to redefine that purpose, but you can get back to that next month. In the meantime, enjoy and expand your social and professional networks and let the energy of positive-thinking groups motivate you to inspired action.
It’s easy for you to work with others, but don’t be surprised if you’re called on to take more of a leadership role. You can do this with your usual grace and diplomacy, but don’t back down if you really think you can carry something forward in a way that other more ego-driven people can’t. Your genius lies in the ability to get others working together. The New Moon on December 16 can begin a new cycle of travelling, learning, or teaching. Combine an adventure of the higher mind with your personal creativity in a group of people who share your love of adventure. You don’t have to leave home to do this. The Lunar Eclipse/Full Moon on December 31 could find you temporarily in the dark about your future direction. It’s time to get out of your head and ask yourself what you really feel.
SCORPIO
You could be dealing with some unexpected new information that changes the way you look at your financial picture. This could be very positive for you or give you the opportunity to create a positive outcome by using your instincts and creativity. It may take awhile for you to sort out what’s true. It’s possible that you need more information. Be ready to abandon ideas based on old expectations and rely instead on your intuition to do what is more practical now.
You have the drive to move ahead in your career or long term goals, but you could meet with some resistance or have to alter your plans later this month. This might be in for a wake-up call to make sure your current ambitions are right for you now. You could easily be overextended. If you’re in a power struggle, make sure the turf you’re fighting for is the one you want. Relax and schedule some fun. You have a perseverance and endurance that few can match, so you’ll get what you go after if you’re on the right path. You’ll be more successful if you don’t try to be the lone ranger. The New Moon on December 16 brings you the potential for more prosperity and partnerships that help you to bring your inner resourcefulness to the surface. Communicate what you know with extra compassion and kindness.
SAGGITARIUS
The New Moon on December 2 could unexpectedly put you at odds with your significant other, or bring about the breakthrough you need. As long as you can resist the temptation to have to be right, even if you are, you can enjoy the sparks from a lively exchange of ideas. It will help to be aware that the other person might be more emotional than you are, so listen more and judge less. You are the philosophers and seekers of the Zodiac, but your ideas may get a healthy reality check or push you to take a deeper look at your values. Being enchanted with a philosophy or belief system is not the same as integrating that wisdom into your life.
Your once-a-year New Moon birthday on December 16 is a power point in the year for you. Start something wonderful and awe-inspiring. With the lovely Venus in your sign, you’re bound to be greatly appreciated for your optimism and hope that you bring to any situation. Temper your enthusiasm to make the world a better place with compassion for another person’s perception of the current conditions in their lives. You can still do your job as the cosmic cheerleader, spreading your message of light. If you’ve lost touch with this part of yourself, remind yourself that you are attracting an ever widening circle of support that sees your gifts.
CAPRICORN
An emotional turning point at work or a disruption in your everyday routines could motivate you to take more time for yourself. What a nice thing for a hard-working Capricorn. You deserve it. If you can listen to the rhythms of your body, you won’t have to get sick to get this message from the universe. This is your gift from the Full Moon on December 2, which sets the tone for the first two weeks of the month. Clearing the decks can be more productive for you in the long run than taking on too many new responsibilities. This runs counter to your work until you drop philosophy, but give it a try anyway. Trust that you will be led to what is most important to you. Your thinking and your communication can be unusually clear this month.
Schedule a retreat from your usual schedule for an inspiring experience around the New Moon on December 16. Recharge your batteries. You’re going to have some really good ideas about how to be more creative in moving ahead after the Sun goes into your sign at the Winter Solstice on December 21. Get in synch with the rhythms of the year. Your ancestors would practically be hibernating at this time, awaiting the rebirth of the sun, your source of energy and power. The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in your opposite sign, Cancer, is a reminder to keep the balance between outer ambitions and inner peace. If it makes you feel better, this will actually help you to be more productive.
AQUARIUS
You’re off to a high energy start this month. The breakthrough planet, Uranus, that rules your sign, is electrifying the atmosphere and charging up the mental energy of the Full Moon on December 2. Don’t stay home. Go out and bring out your playful, creative side, flirt a little, be as eccentric as you know you are. You can dazzle people with your ideas about change and innovation and be a reminder to others that if you can think it, you can do it. Changes that you may have tried to make in July will be easier now. The world needs your global view of life and you can be counted on to think outside the box.
The New Moon on December 16 highlights networking of all kinds. It’s an excellent time to expand social, professional, and spiritual connections to find like-minded people. Your ability to be detached is a great gift, especially in bringing a diverse group of people together. This could be misread by some people whose motivation is more ego-based. You’ve got allies who can help you develop a better sense of timing. New ventures you begin with others who share a common purpose can be highly successful. Be sure to come back to the earth plane and spend some time taking care of your body and your everyday routines, especially at the end of the month.
PISCES
The Full Moon on December 2 can help you shake loose the cobwebs in your mind. You might feel like staying close to home or retreating a bit from everyday demands. The universe is changing and re-arranging your life this month because your Higher Self has a bigger plan. What we think about comes about, so use this time to clarify your thinking. Talk to people you trust to help you become more detached. This could be a light-hearted time if you can release some of your nostalgia for life as it used to be. You know you can swim with the currents of change when you stay connected to your angels and guides.
The New Moon on December 16 can bring a new start or a fresh perspective on your career goals or life direction. There are people around you who will help you make the right connections. Renew your faith in yourself and be around the people who remind you that you a spiritual being having a human experience. You may be the one to inspire someone else to have the courage to pursue their dream. The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on December 31 is in tune with your watery, psychic nature. Go on a vision quest wherever you are. Next year is a big year for you with an abundance of new opportunities.
