posted December 15, 2009 08:39 PM         

The ruler of your 2nd house of money and what you hold near and dear, Venus enters fun loving Sagittarius the natural home of Jupiter. Sagittarius is another pivotal house for Virgo it's your 4th house of beginnings and endings. This suggests that December begins one way for Virgo or Virgo Rising and ends another way! The Full Moon in Gemini (Eastern) suggests we are all under pressure and "Hurry up, is the theme". In your 10th house you are reminded about your accomplishments or you want to remind others about all your accomplishments.

The ruler of your status and career sector Mercury enters Capricorn, conjoins Pluto and squares Saturn in Libra. You could be at a point in your life where you must be happy in your career and your ambitions are a labor of love. Your role as parent could also be changing, allow the babes to grow up! The New Moon on Dec. 16 in the sign of Sagittarius 24*your solar 4th house could bring a new source of income or just a sense of confidence that goes a long way with attracting good fortune.

The last of the conjunctions of Jupiter and Chiron the wounded healer remember this is a rare occurrence, the last time it occurred it resulted in a nuclear attack on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Dec 21 marks the Winter Solstice and the last of the Jupiter Neptune conjunctions occur. In the area of your life that you are attuned to the 6th house of work which your sign rules, you have tried some new things with work and employment and in the end you could incorporate these new skills into your old job. With Aquarius and Uranus there's always a sense of blending the new with the old.

Mars goes retrograde on Dec.20 in the sign of Leo until March 10th. Mars is retrograde for about 80 days and is stationary for about 2-3 days before and after. When retrograde the influence of Mars is more malefic, and things tend to fall short of expectations. Leo is your solar 12th house of secrets, love affairs and karmic debts. It's also the house of vacations so enough said. The Sun enters Capricorn your solar 5th house of love and with Capricorn's ruler in your 8th house watch out the stage is set for love.

Mercury goes retrograde on Dec.26 in Capricorn and conjoins the North Node. This doesn't bode well and is ominous for governments and world leaders. As the 2nd of the Saturn Pluto squares is in effect through January 2010. In your 5th house of love, children and happiness, many of you young enough could have an addition to the family. Still others could fall in love again, even with your current love interest, or partner.

All eclipses a foreboding and foretell of events to come. On Dec.31, New Years Eve a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Cancer at 10* and Mercury rx is inconjunct Mars rx . In Virgo's 11th house of ex lover's, friends, mentors, and Vip's you could find yourself in brand new social circles.

This is foreboding for the economy, oil prices, and global warming and the presidency or other world leaders. Economically Cancer rules cost of goods sold and of course Leo the cost of gold which during the retrograde could fluctuate further in price. So the 1st quarter is a difficult time economically as well as for leaders. It's rare that both Mercury and Mars will be retrograde at the same time and during a Lunar Eclipse! Both Mercury and Mars influence, electronics, air travel, telecommunications, machinery and the weather.