Jessica Adams has prepared your monthly astrological forecast for December. Discover what the stars have in store for you this month including your Premium Extended Forecast
This is supposed to be Christmas with all the time off you’d hope for, Aries, but you have professional, academic or vocational decisions to make.
This is all leading up to more Capricorn weather in January 2026 which is when the promotion, resignation, new job, course or project will roll. This may be you or someone who is central to your ambitions, Aries. The discussions, news or paperwork will be there soon after January 1st with yourself between a rock and a hard place on January 2nd, 3rd and 4th. With your ruler Mars involved, you are feeling the heat and the need for speed. Perhaps January 17th, 18th and 19th is already in your diary as there will be an important new beginning then.
Something important to remember – the old questions about power and control have gone. Don’t fall into old patterns as you no longer need to automatically assume there will be politics. Those days are over. The only note of caution in December and January is to remember to slow down and cool down. The emotional temperature will be higher with your staff, clients, colleagues, employer, classmates, lecturer and so on. Choose your battles.
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Money, charity, valuables, real estate, business and the priceless aspects of life (art, nature) are central to you. Now, December brings you cycles in your personal birth chart and also your Taurus chart which tell you that 2026 must be completely different.
Try to sign or finalise the numbers after Mercury Retrograde has finished in your finance and property zone after December 17th. Before then, it will be one rehearsal or reversal after another, Taurus. What December does is set you up for April 2026 as a revolution in the way you budget or do business is coming. You will price independence. Place a number value on freedom. Break with the past. Taurus, this is set to happen quite suddenly after April and, by July next year, you will realise why December 2025 had its part to play in the future.
Taurus, if you have Sagittarius factors in your birth chart, December is crucial for binding decisions about foreigners and foreign countries. Take your time. You may want to use the Tarot on this website to steer your thinking. Even if you don’t, you are still heading for weeks of new choices about travellers, tourists, emigration, migrants, holidays, work trips, vacations and so on. In some cases, this will be about international students, gap years or publishing in translation. It will obviously involve the world wide web.
Dates to watch for four waves of change:
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You will have opportunities and solutions with your money, possessions, house, apartment and business not possible in 12 years until June 30th, 2026. Jupiter opens the doors. Meanwhile, if we’re talking about your partner or family, the numbers start to appear soon after December 15th. In fact, this goes in waves:
January does rather suggest a commitment. There is no ‘perfect’ in this scenario, but there is most definitely quite a rare piece of luck possibly tied to a marriage and mortgage, an inheritance naming you, a shared household concern with a de facto partner or the big ticket items in your life. We may also be straying into numbers concerning your ex here or even a business duel which also pulls in the contents of your own legacy to others like shares, for example.
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This sets up December in terms of your workload and wellbeing. This bridge to cross starts you on a different path in December. It’s about your professional, unpaid work or academic life. It is also about your physical and mental health.
For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th. Why? Because it will take until the 17th for life to straighten out. This may be down to delays, rescheduling or cancelled appointments, red tape, paper trails going sideways and so on. Yet from the 17th of December, Mercury behaves himself and you’ll be on the straight track to some overdue decisions, Cancer. If you have Virgo factors in your birth chart, this is twice as important. In fact, you may prefer to skip December 3rd, 4th and 5th for health insurance decisions; medical appointments and so on as there are easier times to do this.
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At this time of year, people start talking about fitness regimes, flab jabs, diets and New Year Resolutions about giving up sugar or smoking. You will have this with bells on, Leo, as you must pay attention to your physical and mental health. By the way, COVID is still with us, so don’t take any silly risks please. I would expect the focus to move swiftly to your doctor, dentist, surgeon, personal trainer, psychologist, healer and so on in the final fortnight of December. This is all leading up to more Capricorn weather in January 2026 which is when the really big new commitment will take place.
There will be signatures, important letters or emails for you from the 1st of January. But for an easy life, you may want to skip any appointments or commitments (say, with new health insurance or joining a gym) on January 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Perhaps, January 17th, 18th and 19th are already in your diary, but there will be an important new beginning then when your ruler the Sun joins the Moon in a New Moon. This may be when you pay your fees to a new riding school (for example) or ditch medication you’re not happy with.
The workload side of the equation is pretty obvious to you as you take time off for Christmas or see the impact of other people’s Christmas holidays on your own schedule. You will be talking, planning and dealing with news from January 1st, 2026, and everything will move very quickly, Leo. This is also the time of year when people resign, retire or are made redundant. You also have promotions, new jobs and new courses around you. No wonder it all feels as if everything is happening at once.
But with any luck, you will charge through the last two weeks of December and finding yourself with the new beginning you want around January 18th, 2026. This would be a way of living, working and looking after yourself which suits your mental and physical health and wellbeing as well as your obvious sense of duty to other people. I include people who are in unpaid work, retired or between jobs in this. All Leos will feel it.
If you have Virgo factors in your natal chart (which many Leo people do), it is particularly important to pay attention to your work-life balance. You must serve your own physical and mental health first before you set about serving other people or the cat and dog. You’re not a machine, Leo.
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Christmas brings new decisions about the extended family circle and also your children, stepchildren, godchildren, younger relatives and so on. Allow for rehearsal and reversal with the family or household. This may pull in your apartment, house or holiday accommodation. On December 4th, 2025, the Sun at 13 Sagittarius is opposed by the Full Moon. It’s also a Grand Cross, Virgo. Best avoided if you were thinking about major decisions or action plans. There are easier times!
On December 11th, 2025, Mercury enters Sagittarius to join the Sun, Venus and Mars. For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th. Until then have a Plan B and C. It may be the weather. It might be strikes or other people cancelling. Classic Mercury Retrograde and you are ruled by Mercury too. If people are moving in or moving out or you are looking at selling or buying property, you may prefer to do all this after the 17th for an easy existence. This is really about the extended family though and a younger generation.
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Libra, tis the season for far more important plans than usual with brothers, sisters, cousins, neighbours and short journeys. Allow for delays, changes and cancellations right up until December 17th, 2025. The month begins with a crossroads choice about him, her, them or that. If you can make decisions at any time at all – avoid December 3rd, 4th and 5th when we have a Grand Cross as part of a Full Moon.
This sets up December in terms of your workload and wellbeing. This bridge to cross starts you on a different path in December. It’s about your professional, unpaid work or academic life. It is also about your physical and mental health. For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th.
It’s not that December isn’t packed with choices. It really is. But you also need to remember that anything from extreme weather to last-minute altered scheduling can affect things. You’d also keep an eye on public transport, airlines, your own car and so on – have a strategy. If you have factors in Gemini, then some of what happens in December goes into a really life-changing decision in April 2026. Independence Day is coming.
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December brings a crossroads choice about your assets, any debts, your real estate, business interests, income and so on. If you can skip December 3rd, 4th and 5th, it will be a lot easier as you hit a Grand Cross then. A Poldark-style Crossroads which is a really big challenge. You may prefer to sign or decide much later. After the 17th of December? Is that possible?
For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th. I say that because of Mercury Retrograde. The discussion, paper trail, negotiations or deal making will be in full ‘reversal and rehearsal’ mode. Yet this all comes out in the wash as you get closer to Christmas Eve. If you have factors in Taurus in your birth chart, you can double that message.
Scorpio, December 2025 is also a set-up for April 2026 – as from around Easter, you will be in a completely new and different phase of your life in terms of your money or real estate. From April, you will be asked to put a price tag on freedom. This may be your former husband paying for your son or your deal with an agent and so on. It’s on that level.
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Well, you may want to fast-forward to December 17th, 2026, to make up your final choices about your profile or appearance. For a start, there is a Grand Cross near December 3rd, 4th and 5th that you may want to avoid. For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th in any major way – be this cosmetic surgery, a photo shoot or a public relations hire. This may be about your name, title or your identity. If you have Aries factors in your birth chart, all this is twice as important.
In fact, late January and then mid-February suggest a crucial relaunch for you, Sagittarius. For now, just focus on timing. There will be delays, changes or cancellations in connection with all your face-front concerns. Allow for that with a Plan B and C.
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Skip December 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2025, if you can because it’s a Grand Cross and it’s a really big ask. If you’re going to make a time to quiz your Anglican priest, you’d do it much later. If you’re going to make a time to talk to someone about your inner demons, you’d do it later.
For a quiet life, you may want to commit to religion, the Tarot, a medium, therapy, meditation, hypnosis, self-help and time alone later on. Why? Too many delays or cancellations. Yet, from December 17th, it all starts to settle. Capricorn, this is about your inner life and inner self. It may involve medication for depression or anxiety, a major question about sleep, your concerns about your religion or ‘a’ religion which is so important and so on.
It’s Christmas. It’s also (still) peace on earth in some places, but not in others – and that does rather bring in God. Or not God. These kinds of concerns are far more important in December because of these dates above. If you have anything in Pisces in your birth chart, you can double this message. In fact, late January and mid-February 2026 bring a major sign-off for you after years of confusion and some quite recent restrictions on you. Perhaps, you already know why. Meanwhile, we have an image relaunch for you.
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December is the social season. It is also the silly season. It is also Mercury Retrograde with friends and groups until December 17th. If you can skip December 3rd, 4th and 5th for major events or decisions involving your friendships and teams, clubs, societies and the rest – you may want to do that. It’s a really big stretch then. For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th. A classic example would be weather-related cancellation or a friend rescheduling for family reasons. Yet this goes beyond parties. What you are heading for here is a sign-off decision about the circle, the social media or the person by Christmas. It will happen.
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Your paid or unpaid role in life is in focus as early as the first week of December. For an easier existence, skip December 3rd, 4th and 5th for major decisions or action plans. It’s a really big ask, Pisces. Not just a Full Moon but also a Grand Cross. In general, expect a lot of talk, news, correspondence and emails with plenty of room for delays, changes or cancellations until December 17th.
For a quiet life, you may want to commit from December 17th. If you have Capricorn factors in your natal chart, then this is about a sign-off choice in January 2026. This would be obvious to you in the last fortnight of December. This is also the month for parties, Christmas cards (or not) and a new eye on old friends as well as any groups, teams, clubs and so on – past and present.
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