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Aries · December 2026

December 2026 for Aries: the planets moving through your chart this month, read from your Sun sign. Read your Rising sign too if you know it — it often fits even better.

Until 21 December

Your month's theme: the 9th house of adventure & learning

Horizons widen as the Sun travels through your 9th house of travel, study and beliefs. Your soul is hungry for meaning this month, and ordinary routines may suddenly feel a size too small.

Feed that hunger. Plan a journey, even a short one to somewhere you have never been. Take a course, open the book everyone recommends or explore a spiritual path that has been calling your name. Conversations with people from other cultures open your eyes. It is also a wonderful month to examine what you really believe, rather than what you were taught. Pull a tarot card each morning and ask what it wants to show you. Wisdom grows when you dare to step beyond the familiar.

From 21 December: the Sun moves into Capricorn, your 10th house

The Sun climbs to the top of your chart this month, into your 10th house of career, reputation and goals. You are more visible than usual, and the world is watching how you carry yourself.

This is the moment to step forward. Speak to the people who make decisions, present your work, apply, ask, lead. Your efforts can be recognised now, so make sure they are actually seen. Think, too, about direction: is the path you are on truly yours? Write your biggest goal on a bay leaf and keep it in your purse or wallet until the month is out. Ambition is not vanity when it comes from the heart. Aim high and act with integrity.

9 December

New Moon in Sagittarius

With the New Moon in your 9th house, set intentions for travel, study and spiritual growth. Where do you want your mind and your feet to take you? Write down one destination and one subject you long to explore. Light a purple or blue candle and pull a tarot card for guidance on your path. Book, enrol or simply start reading. A wider world is waiting for you.

24 December

Full Moon in Cancer

The Full Moon lights up your 4th house, stirring feelings about home, family and the past. Old memories may surface, or a domestic matter may reach completion. Let yourself feel it. Release family patterns that no longer serve you. Sweep your home from the back to the front door, open it and imagine the old energy leaving. Light a white candle in the heart of your home afterwards.

Mind & messages: Mercury in Sagittarius, your 9th house

With Mercury in your 9th house, your mind longs for wider horizons. Study, plan a trip, read philosophy or join a conversation about big ideas. You may find yourself questioning beliefs you once took for granted, and that is healthy. Messages from abroad, or from a teacher, can carry real meaning. Pull a tarot card each day and journal about it. Your intuition and your intellect work beautifully together now.

Love & pleasure: Venus in Scorpio, your 8th house

Venus in your 8th house deepens desire. You may long for real intimacy rather than surface charm, and the bonds formed or renewed now can be intense and truly transforming. It is also a good moment to talk about shared money, gifts and joint resources with fairness and grace. Trust is the key that unlocks everything here. Wear something deep red, light a single candle and let yourself be truly seen.

Drive & desire: Mars in Virgo, your 6th house

With Mars in your 6th house, you have plenty of energy for work and daily tasks. Tackle the backlog, begin a new movement routine and get properly organised. But don't push yourself to exhaustion or snap at colleagues when you feel rushed. Pace yourself, and rest properly at night. Your productivity can be impressive now. Effort plus balance is the formula that works, and you have both within reach.

The bigger picture: Jupiter in Leo, your 5th house

A joyful year begins as Jupiter enters your 5th house of romance, creativity and play. Love, creative projects and hobbies flourish. Whether you are single or partnered, you are encouraged to enjoy life and to express your heart more freely. Your creative talents may surprise you, so take up the art form you have always dreamed about. This chapter is made for joy, and joy is exactly how your luck flows.

The bigger picture: Saturn in Aries, your 1st house

Saturn in your 1st house begins a two-to-three-year chapter of becoming your own authority. Life asks you to take yourself seriously — your body, your boundaries, your direction. At times it can feel heavy, but this is how real confidence is built: not by being told you are strong, but by proving it to yourself. Keep the promises you make to yourself. Wear black onyx. You come out of this chapter solid as stone.

Key dates in December

  • 1 DecemberLast Quarter Moon in Virgo
  • 4 DecemberVenus enters Scorpio
  • 4 DecemberMars square Uranus
  • 6 DecemberMercury enters Sagittarius
  • 9 DecemberNew Moon in Sagittarius
  • 9 DecemberVenus square Pluto
  • 10 DecemberSaturn turns direct in Aries
  • 12 DecemberVenus sextile Mars
  • 12 DecemberNeptune turns direct in Aries
  • 12 DecemberJupiter turns retrograde in Leo
  • 17 DecemberFirst Quarter Moon in Pisces
  • 18 DecemberSun trine Jupiter
  • 21 DecemberSun enters Capricorn
  • 23 DecemberSun square Neptune
  • 24 DecemberFull Moon in Cancer
  • 25 DecemberMercury enters Capricorn
  • 29 DecemberSun square Saturn
  • 30 DecemberLast Quarter Moon in Libra
  • 31 DecemberSun trine Mars

Read from your Sun sign with whole-sign houses, using the real positions of the planets (UK time). See the whole sky in this week in astrology.

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