December Astrology: Closing the Year with Intention

What if the true New Year doesn’t begin in January? Join us, Laura Lee and Helena of Ram and Goat Astrology, as we challenge conventional timekeeping and explore the celestial energies of December. We invite you to see this transformative month through a fresh lens, aligning more naturally with the season of Pisces as the real transition point. Our episode takes a critical look at the societal pressures of the holiday season, particularly with Christmas—a time often at odds with personal authenticity and values, complicated by Capricorn's need for structure. Expect candid discussions on the struggle between societal expectations and the desire for genuine, heartfelt holiday practices.

As December unfolds, we boldly question the norms surrounding Christmas consumerism. Instead of succumbing to the frenzy of Black Friday, we advocate for more meaningful gift-giving traditions that prioritize personal values and environmental consciousness. We dive into how Pluto in Aquarius signals a shift in societal attitudes towards these traditions. Our conversation encourages you to reflect on your own values this holiday season and consider the power of handmade, thoughtful gifts over obligatory purchases. The societal shifts and personal growth encouraged by the astrological transits make this a compelling time for re-evaluation and embracing authenticity.

The planetary movements this December are ripe with opportunities for introspection and growth. As we navigate Mercury retrograde’s call to declutter mentally, Mars encourages us to reassess and align our motivations. While Venus in Aquarius promises new social connections, the full moon in Gemini on December 15th offers a chance for reflection and clarity. With practical advice for handling holiday tensions and potential generational clashes, we offer ways to maintain calm and centeredness. Join us as we explore how these astrological energies challenge us to rethink, renew, and reconnect during this pivotal time of year.

Chapters

• 0:06 December Astrology Forecast and Traditions
• 7:41 Rethinking Christmas Traditions and Values
• 17:17 Navigating Mercury Retrograde and Planetary Influences
• 25:19 Astrological Transits and Self-Evaluation
• 30:49 Astrological Transits and Social Circles
• 42:29 December Planetary Transits and Emotional Processing
• 51:46 December Planetary Transits and Energies
• 59:23 Astrological Transits and Holiday Dynamics

Transcript

Laura Lee: 0:06

Hello, hello, welcome to Ram and Goat Astrology. I am Laura Lee.

Helena: 0:11

And I am Helena and today we are looking at the month ahead for December, so we're doing the December forecast. Astrology forecast.

Laura Lee: 0:23

I know we say this and I know people say this a lot, but seriously, this year, like I blinked and it it went, it happened, it's done yes, yes, I also feel the opposite, but me and time we, uh, we don't really understand each other. That's interesting. Your planet of time, Saturn, is in the 12th house. So that's such a great explanation of time for you. And it's right next to Uranus. You have that Saturn-Uranus conjunction in your chart.

Helena: 0:58

Oh, that's so funny. I've been talking about this.

Laura Lee: 1:01

Time would be weird for you.

Helena: 1:05

I had a discussion with a friend about this today and yeah, of course, this is such a quick, fast way to see it in astrology. Yes, yeah.

Laura Lee: 1:16

Saturn in the 12th house. I really love it. That's it when people will say something and my brain sees their chart and goes well, yeah, of course, that would be that way for you. It's right there, right.

Helena: 1:27

I feel silly because you're like, oh, I should yeah. Yeah, you saw that before I did, but OK that's fine.

Laura Lee: 1:37

It's also in your 12th house of like. Not easy to see stuff, yeah, so it's confusing. It's like locked in the closet somewhere back there. It's Saturn's in there somewhere. I'll find my time somewhere.

Helena: 1:45

It's yeah, yeah, no, I don't bother too much with time.

Laura Lee: 1:49

No, no, and it's been actually quite nice for you and I, with the podcast, to be able to have that flexibility with time, because we both really need it with our lifestyles and how we function.

Helena: 2:03

Yep, it's probably the one.

Laura Lee: 2:04

Thing that's been allowing us to keep the podcast going is the flexibility of time yeah, for sure.

Helena: 2:12

But yeah, here we are recording the last forecast for the year. Yes and um, that makes me feel a lot of things.

Laura Lee: 2:21

Yeah what's the top thing that comes up?

Helena: 2:25

the top thing that comes up is a bit of a like oh, is it already over? Sort of feeling, like there's more to do. Yes, yes, I have lots of things to do. It's just one. But this is the thing about like year. You know the new year and stuff like not much happens when we go over to the next year.

Helena: 2:51

In my world, like this not. But you know this whole big countdown, everything, and I think that I don't know is this become a big, fun holiday? But it's not really the end, right of like when you think about it's not really the end. Right Like when you think about it it's not really the end. Like the end time is Pisces season, exactly when it goes over to Aries. That's the end time and that feels accurate and that feels great for me. It's slow in your dream world. So now, yeah, maybe that stresses me out that everyone's like it's the end, it's the end, oh, it's the end. What I was like it's the end of, it's the end, oh, it's the end. What do I not have? Do I have time to finish?

Laura Lee: 3:26

my things, because you and I function in a different energetics than this 3d world. Right, we function more in the the flow of the planets and all of that, where, if you look at new year's and new year's eve, new year's day, it it's just a random thing, like there's not really and it's not even on like the winter solstice or anything there's, it's just a random day, it's just it was actually made up by this, uh, pope gregorius.

Helena: 3:58

That's what it's called the gregorian calendar. Oh, that's right. So, gregorius, something uh made up. I don't know for what reason he made this up, but for some reason and they called it his name. So it?

Laura Lee: 4:14

no, it is not taken from nature, it's not taken from the cycles, it's taken from some sort of christian thing yeah, so it does make sense that it it feels a little stressful, especially that it happens in capricorn season, and I'm like but it's literally not so much work, it's work time. We're in the middle of work. Why would we celebrate right now? We can't take a break. It's like the least celebratory energy and we throw new year's and christ Christmas right in this Capricorn. But then again.

Helena: 4:46

How are these? These are the holidays that are the most traditional. Like Christmas, you can never break the rules. We always do this in the morning and then at two we always go there. We always see those people that's super Capricorn, like keep into the structure, like it's not loosey-goosey so much, it's more like but you, you, probably we always do this for christmas. You have to be there, we have to cook your specific something.

Laura Lee: 5:11

Yeah, uh, it's very much if you're very traditional rule breaker like me, it really feels uncomfortable to continue to celebrate these traditional things that for me don't't there's no weight to them. I don't particularly celebrate the Christian belief of Jesus's birthday at this time, I don't particularly celebrate the winter solstice, it's just there's a whole bunch of traditional things that my personal ethics just don't align with, Like it's just not a thing for me. So in my mind I would love to like go take a holiday vacation right like I'd love to be the person that just goes away and doesn't do the traditional thing. And I've broken away a little bit here and there.

Helena: 5:53

But it's man that capricorn digital yes, reels me in, oh yeah, because then comes the guilt. If you something, if you try and do something different, the Capricorn guilt comes in like oh, but are you going to? It's strong, oh, but it's going to be so sad. But what about? It's going to be the last Christmas that we do, you know.

Laura Lee: 6:15

Thank you. Thank you for putting words to that. My mom and my husband share a Capricorn birthday two days before Christmas, so there's it's very strong in my family and if it were up to me I'd say screw it to all of it, you know, but it's not.

Helena: 6:31

You know what we should do. We should go for like a work trip next Capricorn 6 and I just use the Capricorn energy to just get some solid foundation and work.

Laura Lee: 6:42

I I love that. I love it. We need to plan that.

Helena: 6:47

But you know what? It probably makes a lot of sense. I think Christmas is what keeps a lot of families together, I agree. And that's what Capricorn does as well. Capricorn is so good with the sturdiness and the solid foundations and the shame and guilt it's tied into it. But I'm sure a lot of families would never meet if they didn't celebrate christmas, you know, because that might be the only time, or like the second time per year, that they do see each other. Yeah, you're right that's also very capricorn it does fit, doesn't it?

Laura Lee: 7:19

and it's interesting how much the media plays into it. Right, the structure of the traditional stuff with this is how you have to get your candy and you have to do your sweets and you have to write the food, and there's just so much that the movies play into it and the media plays into it Same songs. Oh, my goodness it is. We are not escaping this holiday in this planet for a while.

Helena: 7:45

Yeah, no. And what about like going into seasons, like now we're in sad season and everyone's super optimistic, and like just thinking that there's no tomorrow and not taking responsibility for anything? But with you know, black Friday, black Week, cyber Monday all of these things are driving me. It's just driving me nuts. And just seeing this, I'm just seeing in my inner world there's mountains of products that just pile up everywhere because people are just spending so much money. Very sad, very just like let's buy all of it.

Laura Lee: 8:25

Again with your Saturn-U Uranus conjunction in Sagittarius. Yes, you need to change the traditional way of this expression of joy. Right, like you can be joyful and you can celebrate, but why do we have to be so consumer, right? It's the consumerism part that really. I feel like that 12th house energy for you really kind of gets you down yeah, I mean, I would love.

Helena: 8:49

I don't mind christmas, I think it's cozy and it's nice to get gifts for for my loved ones, but I would love it if everyone spent more time into their gifts and more effort, like they can make something. They can get something pre-owned um. This is why we're friends, you know?

Laura Lee: 9:07

yeah, yep yeah, just had a text message with my brothers and my older brother wanted to change it up a little bit this year and he's like, hey, what if we did a gift exchange? And I was like, oh, and it like immediately felt wrong in my body and there's multiple reasons for it. But I was trying to put words to like how do I word this nicely? And I was like, hey, man, I'm just, I'm struggling. I'm still not two years postpartum with my youngest. I'm still lost in like baby toddler, getting screamed at every day land, um, I'm tired all the time.

Laura Lee: 9:39

Gift giving is not my love language, like at all. I like doing it when it's something like you said, something I make, or something that I can just give from the heart because I want to, not because this holiday dictates that I have to, and so I had to say no in a in a kind way, but align with me and like that is not something that will work for me to do this particular way of gift giving this year because, frankly, I'm relying very heavy on my Capricorn husband to help with the gift giving. It's what he's good at and we've been doing these lovely like food, homemade gift baskets that we we bake bread and stuff and we put it all together and that feels very like my whole family can contribute, the kids can do stuff and it's just a gift from all of us, like you said, that we make, whereas if we do the name exchange, then I have one person and I feel like now I have to go buy something for this one person and like it changes the energy and the energetics.

Laura Lee: 10:37

And I was just not in a headspace where I could handle that. And I had to say no to my lovely brother, his Taurus sun cap, moon cap rising self. Very difficult to say no to and I was like maybe we can address this or do this next year, but like this year. I just like I can't, I just can't, and it felt good once I sent it.

Helena: 10:57

But man, those traditional folks, they sure can you know what, like Christmas is sort of like a hot potato. So I don't know. You know there's gonna be lots of people listening that that will not agree with what we're saying at all, which is totally fine, we're all different, um, but um, yeah, just today I just told laura, uh, just before that I just deleted instagram because it's so much, everyone's selling something and it's selling for nothing. So it's just like, and that makes you think, if you can make this that cheap, does that mean that the value is that low? And how come, then that you're not always selling it at that value? Right, you know, then you feel a little trick. Anyway, this is my capricorn side coming out also. Um, you know, um, I get a little sus yeah, no, I get very.

Laura Lee: 11:52

I think this, for me, values my value system in aquarius, in the 10th house, so I got some capricorn there, right, and I struggle with the consumerism big time. I really, really, really do. I always have and I've almost always tried to make gifts or, you know, put some. Usually it's an art something or food something, because that, to me, is my love language is acts of service or time with right. That's where I really feel like I'm giving from my heart, authentically, whereas just going out and buying something I start to have issues with hey, where was this made? How is this made? Were the people who made it paid?

Laura Lee: 12:32

Well, cause, what's the energy behind it? Like there's, there's, there's a lot of unethical businesses and business practices and I don't want to support it just because it's Christmas and I have to get this for my so-and-so cousin or whatever, right? So for me, that's definitely an ethical thing. It's the consumerism becomes an ethical thing. The waste, the plastic, like it's all stuff we have to change in our society. And then we've got this traditional structure of this holiday that refuses to bud, budge, refuses, and I'm over here going.

Laura Lee: 13:06

I don't want to participate this way anymore, right, yeah so it's, I think, pluto and aquarius the next couple years gonna be shaking us up in this department. I'm looking forward to it. So we'll see how that affects the capricorn traditions of the yeah, december, late december and january. So so what is december starting off with? Well, speaking of the devil, we got venus in capricorn and she is trying to uranus in taurus on december 2nd, so we got some cappy energy to start the month. What's going on with those two? How kind of conversation are they having?

Helena: 13:43

yes. So yeah, venus in Capricorn is very much what we just talked about. Our value system is placed in a sign that wants to be efficient, thinking about the structure, also very much tradition. So our value system is sort of based in that tradition and structure world. Right now, having this trine which is like an easy, flowing conversation to uranus, a planet of disruption, in taurus, a sign that also is about values, yeah, so maybe we're to be changing up our values a lot around this day, you know, rethinking, the way we spend money right, venus is money and Taurus tends to be our values around money, or saving or spending.

Laura Lee: 14:38

So this looks like maybe changing up the way you do your Christmas shopping this year, maybe doing something different where you can still show your value, that you you know love and care for someone with that venus and cap, but changing uranus in taurus.

Helena: 14:54

Let's change the way we show that value and show our love and show our loyalty and commitment yeah, I love it when venus and uranus has have conversations, because I feel like uranus sometimes, like pluto, gets a little bit of a bad, like you get a little scared of these planets, like, oh, what are they gonna fuck up now? You know, right, um, but here we like, we have venus, such a lovely, sweet little planet. Uh, combined with this, units like, and units also brings it brings unexpected things could be like a meeting with um, a friend you haven't seen in years, or like maybe you meet a new friend and you connect really, really well and you have this amazing friendship. Or maybe you will I don't know meet your next like a lover, or you make it. You know you have the best business idea. Business also brings this fast, like lighting bulbs, things into your life.

Laura Lee: 15:52

I can see this too, with a sudden new way of bringing in income right, like suddenly maybe you get a new client or you have a new form of income or a new stream of income with venus and capricorn. So we've got our hard work with capricorn, so we've got our hard work with Capricorn, and we've got the way we bring in money with Venus. And then, of course, uranus and Taurus is changing stuff up, so that could be a new adventure with income or business potential for sure, that day as well.

Laura Lee: 16:17

Yeah, yeah For a second what a great start to the month.

Helena: 16:21

Yeah, and I also want to say, before we go further into the month, that we are in a mercury retrograde period right now. That started on last monday yep, I think it was on the 25th of november, so you guys have probably started feeling it. I have been feeling it a lot. So mercury retrograde is when mercury looks like it's going backwards in the sky and mercury is our mind. It's how we process information, it's how we communicate. It's also like transport systems, could be your car also, um, everything that has to do with communication, like your phone, the internet, stuff like that. Yep, yes, so when mercury looks to be Mercury looks like it's going backwards, this means that all of these themes sort of get like like stop working. Yeah, a little bit.

Laura Lee: 17:17

It's almost like your computer has too many tabs open and you need to, you know, shut them down. And shut the computer down and let it rest for a minute and then turn it back on. That's kind of how I view a retrograde. It's like you got to take a moment and go through your tabs and close your stuff and go through your paperwork and get rid of some stuff right Like clean out your operating system, so your brain functions better.

Helena: 17:39

Yes, it's all about just wanting us to reboot. So take a step back, shut down that computer. That isn't working anymore anyway. And maybe you think, like, ah, like, this is what I'm trying to do now. When this has happened to me for the last couple of days, when something is not working in the way I want to work, I take a breath and I think, oh, you know, I guess I wasn't supposed to do that now anyway.

Laura Lee: 18:04

Right, yes, yes, I felt it Interestingly this past weekend. I was just literally checked out of my life in a weird way, where I started using my chainsaw and cutting everything I could, like bushes and shrubs and stuff I've been meaning to get rid of. I literally just took them all out like took it out, took them down, gave my whole house Everything is gone, gave it a massive haircut. My husband comes home. He goes now what.

Laura Lee: 18:32

I was like I don't know, but I cleared the space for something and I was burning stuff all day and I was like burning old wood and just cleaning up my yard and it felt amazing to just be like checked out of everything. And then I fell asleep and I slept, and I slept, and I slept, and I slept and I was like, wow, what a reset to like take stuff out, burn a bunch of stuff and then just knock yourself out, unconsciously sleeping.

Laura Lee: 19:00

And yes it was phenomenal reset and I think that my brain did that reboot system exactly like. Whether I wanted it to or not was irrelevant yeah, I had to do it.

Helena: 19:13

So mercury is going to be going backwards until december 15, I think it is, and then for a couple of days it's going to be, it's going to start to move direct again, going forward, and then for a few days after it will be in the retro shade and then we'll be in the clear again. Things will be easier to do and everything. But during this time when mercury is retrograde, um, just learn to love it yeah, learn to love it.

Laura Lee: 19:41

Yeah, so what's after that? We've got December 4th. The sun is hanging out in Sag, as we know, and that's going to be square to Saturn. Saturn's in Pisces, and this is where we have to be mindful of the authority figures in our life the government, our bosses, just the people in our life. We have to be mindful of the illusions or the delusions our bosses, just the people in our life. We have to be mindful of the illusions or the delusions or the intangible things that they're saying to us or telling us, right, and so in the sun, and Sagittarius is kind of square to that. So I feel like we have some optimism and we've got that's where the sun and Sag is so optimistic.

Laura Lee: 20:26

But then we've got Saturn and Pisces over here where we have to be really mature about what we're really taking in. Like what are they telling us and is that actually honestly true? Hmm, so in their square, this could be a tough day to be around any kind of authority figures, whether it's your family or your boss or teenagers. Just kind of make sure that you recognize there's tension. This is a tension filled day. Right that on your calendar, december 4th. This is tension between, like your outer energy right. The sun is kind of how you see the world and how you identify in that kind of will and vitality, and then Saturn is your maturity. So we've got to focus on letting go of judgment and old belief systems and really just kind of focus on your own happiness for that day for sure.

Helena: 21:26

Yeah, and really just kind of focus on your own happiness for that day. For sure, yeah, I also I see it as um, I think you said it like you know, sad and pisces, being somewhat of an authoritative person. But you know, sort of like, why is this person an authority? Like it might be an illusion. That's very pisces and um, oh, I lost my train.

Helena: 21:51

I thought, yes, so the sun is in sag, so we are super optimistic and it's like, okay, yes, yeah, I'll do that. That sounds good and I feel like this could be two people where one is the sun in sag, being just optimistic like the good student, and then one is a sad and pricey. It's just an authoritative person, but, you know, may not have real grounds for being an authoritative person to you. Yes, and sort of, maybe like should just be careful who you listen to and who you take orders from, or, like, follow your own mind, be careful not to, you know, just get dissolved in someone else's rules and ideas for you, because it's a square. It's because it's a square. Yes, yes.

Laura Lee: 22:38

Yes, I totally agree. This feels like a day where we would encounter people who are telling us to do something, because that's how they say you have to do it. And then you're like, but wait a minute, who are you to tell me to do that? Actually, I don't actually think you have that authority to say such and such or tell me to do something. It feels very much like there's going to be people stepping in to say you have to and your job is to go. I actually don't. So December 4th, just be kind of mindful of that, and because teenagers are really having a lot of Saturn energy going on, be aware that this could be showing up with your teens and them being the ones kind of in that questiony energy or this just might be a tension-filled day with teenagers just December 4th.

Helena: 23:27

It will be tension with people, with yourself. It will, yeah, focus on making you happy.

Laura Lee: 23:34

Yeah, exactly. And then that same day, venus, still hanging out in Capricorn, is having a sex-style conversation with Neptune in Pisces. So this is one of those like easy conversations that are just. You almost don't even know what's happening. It's just so easy. So we have to lean into the energy of that. Venus. Neptune versus the sun square Saturn on December 4th.

Helena: 24:01

Yeah, I would say that when you're feeling that tension, it's like this is like a comfortable chair to lean back into with venus, yeah, with venus and neptune, because you know, with neptune and pisces you do have access to your um, to. You know, with it being a sextile, venus is your values, neptune is your intuition. So you will have a connection there with you between your values and your intuition, and so just lean back into that, take a step back, you know, away from this tension between ego and authority, yep, and just, you know, sink into, like, oh, but what are my values? What's my inner world saying? What's going on in there?

Laura Lee: 24:45

you know, so I just did a reading for um, a friend last night and she actually december 4th was a day that kind of came up in her chart and I told her to kind of take note of it because it's a big day every year for her and with the sun coming on top of her natal pluto, so we were talking about this and one of the things that I had kind of prescribed, my astral prescription, was for her to really lean into art and treat art as a discipline that needs to be worked into her daily routines, and that art that she chooses is going to be the flow space to kind of allow all the angsty thoughts and everything to kind of settle. And this is I'm looking at the transits going. This is actually perfect day for her to start doing this kind of process is sun and Sag is square to Saturn. So we've got Saturn is like that authority figure on our shoulders going.

Laura Lee: 25:34

Are you sure we're supposed to be doing this? Do you really think this is practical? This doesn't feel practical, but the sun and Sagittarius is going. No, this is what the astrology lady told me to do. We're supposed to do this now. We have to go do our art, and then Venus and Capricorn we're working on hard on valuing a new foundation, and then Neptune and Pisces is really intuitively tuning in to our own artistry, our own flow and our own intuition. So shout out to Willow I hope she's listening because this is a great day for her to implement that shift she needs to make for the long term with implementing art and whatever, and December 4th is like a great day to actually take a step and do something like that. If that's what you need in your life, right, whatever shift you need to make with your values and the flow of your own energy, december 4th is a good day to implement. I like that.

Helena: 26:30

I actually was just thinking to myself in my journal.

Laura Lee: 26:35

I was journaling that I personally know that I have to implement daily yoga and daily meditation. It is like non-negotiable anymore and I've been hearing it and Reiki people been telling me. I've been the spirit's been dropping messages. I feel like December 4th is a really good like day to be like. This is what is taking place from now on Right, Really using that Saturn, square sun to work positively, to be mature about these changes and these new things we're taking on.

Helena: 27:08

So yes, because, like you have taught me, to see squares is like, squares are like, uh, you never go to the gym. And then you go to the gym for the first time ever and, oh my God, it's so uncomfortable and everything hurts. Yeah, but when you start going to the gym, or regularly, when you, you know, you um um, build up that resistance. You build up that, yes, yeah you get big muscles and it gets easy. Yeah, so this is.

Laura Lee: 27:36

Squares are just about working out those muscles that are not usually worked out, worked at out at december 4th big day for some productive shifts in your flow of energy and the way you value the flow of your energy.

Helena: 27:52

Good day all right, what's?

Laura Lee: 27:54

happening, uh, next, after that, december, 6th december, what's going on?

Helena: 28:01

well, mars is now deciding to start moving backwards, so mars will start its journey retrograding in the sign of leo that mars is in right now. Um, so yeah, mars is all about. It's our drive. It can also be like, quite like me focus, because it it's similar energy to aries, which is the first sign of the zodiac. It's like myself, so it can also be a little ego. Yeah, you know, basically like when you're very driven, you often think about yourself. You know you want to go ahead, you want to get somewhere, and now this planet is moving backwards, so I feel like that is taking a big piece of the humble pie Ego hit right. This feels like.

Laura Lee: 28:52

You ever watch those funniest home videos where the guy is playing baseball? With his kid and he gets hit in the crotch with a baseball bat. This is kind of what I'm feeling. It's not like you don't get taken out completely, but it is definitely that humble pie right when you're like you were just playing I was just playing Mars and Leo just playing and then you get hit in the crotch Yep.

Helena: 29:21

So not that it's going to be that dramatic, but it might no-transcript ego gets, gets ahead and mars would be uh retrograde for the last or for the for the rest of the year and like with when we're talking about mercury retrograde, how is your mind? Your the communication sort of going backwards or like seems to be going backwards. Now, this is our drive. We're talking about also doing the same thing, like starting to rewind. So maybe we're going to be uh bumping into things that you know from the past, that we, things that used to be like we used to get driven by, or things that we used to maybe get frustrated with, because that's also Mars, and then we need to re evaluate those things.

Laura Lee: 30:32

Yep, you know yep, retrograde is all about re. This retrograde is going to go all the way back into cancer. It's going to actually go direct at 17 degrees Wow Cancer. And so we'll go all the way until february, february 24th.

Helena: 30:49

So when is it uh heading into cancer? Um what do you see? The date yep, that is january 4th okay, because I predict something then around patriotism, mars being a drive Cancer is, you know, very patriotic, yeah, and then Mars going back here, going backwards. I feel that there's going to be a topic like that topic is going to be brought up, something around.

Laura Lee: 31:23

You know well my country you know, yeah, so protecting, yeah, we were just talking about this. So your country actually just got flyers sent to you about, like, how to prepare for war and things like that. So sweden just did that, um, and we have our uh, the. The election already happened, but january is when the president gets sworn in and that's when it will be. Mars will be retrograde in cancer during the swearing in, so that'll be very interesting. Talk about patriotic.

Laura Lee: 31:55

That'll be really interesting to just kind of be aware of what's going on with Mars's pullback right, it's almost like your teenager is heading out the door and you're like wait a minute. And you grab them by the sweatshirt and go. I can see your ass under those shorts. Can you go put something else on? And they don't like that. They don't like that. So they get you know real ego energy right, there's just this can't tell me what to do kind of energy that comes with this. So this will be really interesting, really.

Helena: 32:25

Yes, because I know that this also has been. You know, in the States you have been talking a lot about women's choice, you know of their own body, and that's been a big topic, and I feel like you know cancer is also very much the mother, mother babies, you know. So I'm thinking, you know, how is this going to affect the outcome of like passing laws or like taking away laws, you know, and it goes all the way back to 17 degrees cancer.

Laura Lee: 33:00

That's almost the middle of the sign, right, it really goes back quite a ways into cancer. So, yeah, you know, once it turns around and kind of heads back out and goes forward again, we'll see some, some forward movement and momentum and things, but it should be very interesting. Twenty, twenty five, that's for sure. So that will happen. Yeah, december 6th. So try to, you know, just recognize that this is an opportunity for reflection and inner growth and if you feel that humble pie kind of coming up, take some breaths, go for a walk, get physically active. Mars needs to move. So, whether you need to go for a walk or go take a shower and douse some of the heat, right, whatever you have to do, really, really lean into the humbleness of it and check your ego at the door, because he will be activated or around community and new ideas.

Laura Lee: 34:19

I love Venus in Aquarius. This is my natal placement. I love this. I love this. Yes, it's my favorite. It's really weird like you can, if you've been looking to grow your friend circle or your community, you know, or really like expand into a new community where you're like I think I want to join that. You know, spirit, sacred fire thing, but I'm not sure this is a great time and a great season to do those things.

Laura Lee: 34:45

If there's been something weird that's been catching your eye, but you you feel a little uncomfortable. Wait until after December 6th, and then Venus moving into Aquarius. I promise you will help. You be more of a weirdo, and what about?

Helena: 34:59

the day after, on the 7th, because then Venus will be conjunct Pluto in Aquarius.

Laura Lee: 35:04

So that does look like. Change your friendship circle right, like, try a new community, dip your toes into, you know, maybe this gathering where we celebrate, you know, the solstice or the moon or something you haven't done. Do something new and join a group or a thing. That is a community that's really got goals that are focused on making things better, being more harmonious, but not like ignoring the shadow parts and not, you know, la la la, all love and light. That's not it, but more authentic. Of course, we have to have authenticity. When we're talking about Aquarius, we have to. So honoring your own need to be authentic within an authentic community is really what Venus and Aquarius is asking you to do and to keep searching until you find that community.

Laura Lee: 35:56

I'm 42 now and I'm creating my own community, because I kept trying to find it and I was like, well, that didn't work, I'll just make my own weirdos here, I'll invite them out, yeah, so this? Is a great time for you to really expand that social connection and social circle in a new way, especially with that Pluto conjunction.

Helena: 36:17

Yeah, but if you, if you're comfortable and happy with your friends and you know you might have that community already, this is also great to do something new together, like like dive pluto, you know, lets you dive deeper, so you can still do that, uh, within your friends group, if you're, you know. But, like you said, like we're all. It feels like we're in a time of searching, yes, a lot right now, but a lot of people are starting to also to find. I think. So you might have some friends that you feel share the same values as you do, and then this is a great time to dive deeper with them.

Laura Lee: 36:56

And by all means, connect with friends online, like what we're doing right now. This is a weirdo Venus Aquarius thing right here, right, having friends from other countries that you've never met in real life, that you meet with every week, that's such a Venus Aquarius thing. So, recognize that. That's kind of what Pluto is asking you to do as well as, like, maybe you are a really busy mom and you can't, you know, meet with your friends in real life like you used to. Well, that's what FaceTime is for, or that's what Zoom is for, or, you know, figure out new ways to utilize technology to still stay in touch or create, you know, friend connections.

Laura Lee: 37:32

And then also, on December 7th series, our dwarf planet same size as Pluto, is entering into Aquarius as well. So this is the asteroid we look to for how we take care of ourself, how we nurture and nourish our body, nourish our spirit, nourish our you know, our heart and our soul. So this is really important that we honor Aquarian energy this first week here, the sixth, seventh, eighth, that energy timeframe. Make sure you're reaching out to all your buddies online and, you know, getting in your groups. If it's been a while since you've been in your online group space. Use this to go back into it, because series needs that. She needs to have that new connection or those new perspectives that you can only get when you're chatting with Sweden, right?

Helena: 38:21

Yep.

Laura Lee: 38:24

Awesome.

Helena: 38:25

All right.

Laura Lee: 38:26

So sixth and seventh, a pretty big day. What else is going on, oh?

Helena: 38:41

seventh is another. There's a whole bunch going on on the 7th, wow, more uncomfortable because you can feel that the push pull, uh sort of feeling. And this is about sun and jupiter, and sun is, you know, it's our like life force, very self-centered, it's us, and then jupiter is very gregorius and very, just like optimistic. Let's have fun.

Laura Lee: 39:09

Let let's learn, let's try new things. Let's go skydiving today. Why not? Well, because I didn't plan it out, but yeah, but okay, right, it's Jupiter, just is the party and learning and trying new things, learning a new philosophy, but really, really optimistic energy. But it almost feels like it's optimistic in, like, like you said, that push pull way. We've got Sag, which is optimistic, we got Jupiter, which is optimistic, but it can almost feel like you've got too many things. Maybe you've got two parties you were invited to, or maybe you've got you know, I don't know, just you're trying to squeeze too much in. And this is what it feels like you, optimistic, yeah, overextending get done.

Helena: 39:51

Yes, this feels overextended and also foot at the mouth, because sun inside Sagittarius is known for being blunt. I love Sag energy and it's very just says what it thinks.

Laura Lee: 40:05

Well, and then Gemini is not much better.

Helena: 40:08

I was gonna say a bit of a flappy mouth going on there. So you might be, you know, blunt about you know you have your blunt feelings and thoughts and then you might be like a blabbery about them, like, maybe even gossipy. Maybe this is just Like Jessica Laniel says no day is good for gossiping, but this is an even worse day for gossiping.

Laura Lee: 40:34

This is like when the gossip would get leaked or something right when like Jupiter and Gemini is not going to keep a secret, you guys.

Laura Lee: 40:41

Okay, jupiter and Gem, just no, first of all, you don't know which twin you're talking to, okay, and that twin is going to tell the other twin, and that twin is going to go tell her, and then she's going to tell it no, no, do not gossip. Do not call your mom to talk about your brother. Do not call your brother to talk about your sister-in-law. Don't, don't, don't do it. Don't engage in the gossip.

Helena: 41:03

In gossip. Don't do it, do not. That's a great advice for December 7th Really great. Oh, oh, my God. One more for this day. One more thing, and this one you mentioned before we hit record.

Laura Lee: 41:18

Yep, we've got Neptune going direct in Pisces. Neptune's been hanging out retrograde for a while, a couple months and so now he's turning around and going forward again. So this can be a much better flow of all of the energies, all of the dreams, all of the compassionate, nurturing energies, the healing, the kindness it was. It was retrograde and it was pulled back for a while and now we can kind of move forward again with that compassion and that spirit and and Neptune moves so so, so slowly.

Helena: 41:56

It's the second slowest in our solar system after Pluto, so it's gonna be still hanging out in Pisces until March 2026, 26.

Laura Lee: 42:09

Yeah 26.

Helena: 42:10

Yep, yeah, and we can. We should do an episode about that, because that's also a big, a big shift in, you know, globally.

Laura Lee: 42:20

The global energy, for sure yeah.

Helena: 42:23

Yeah, but that is. We still have some time until that happens.

Laura Lee: 42:27

Right, so December 7th. Well, first of all let's recap the recap. The sixth we've got venus is entering into aquarius. We have mars is going retrograde in leo, and then those two things are happening the sixth. And then, right after the seventh, we've got series, our nurturing, nurturance planet, moving into aquarius, and then we've got venus conjunct Pluto, and then we've got the sun and Sag opposite to Jupiter and Neptune is going to turn around and go direct.

Laura Lee: 42:58

So if you guys want to just put on your calendar December 6th and 7th, just breathe a lot and recognize there's a lot of energy happening in the sky and it's not bad, it's just a lot. It feels chaotic a little bit because there's so much going on and so much is moving into Aquarius, which is chaos. And then, of course, you walk into chaos and then Pluto's right there going hey, I've been waiting for you. You guys ready, let's go deep. So you don't just get to get to like, you know, kind of usher in the door of aquarius, you, you go in and you immediately, like fall into the depths of aquarius, pluto's just like immediately brings you into the real reality and intensity of aquarius so, yeah, that that's very well put.

Laura Lee: 43:48

It would be be, yeah, seeing a real reality with Pluto there showing us on a community level, like you know yeah, a full belly, and you're like, okay, let's go check out this door and you go into aquarius and then pluto just like grabs you and throws you down into the reality and depth and intense power of the transformative, revolutionary energy aquarius brings. So really any planet that's going to be entering into aquarius here the next couple months is going to get this pluto fuckery yeah.

Helena: 44:32

Like an initiation into the Aquarius A major initiation yeah.

Laura Lee: 44:35

So it's going to be an interesting 6th and 7th of December. Then we have a couple days where we can breathe, everybody breathe. Then the 12th, until Until the 12th, when Venus, again hanging out in Aquariusarius, is going to go opposite to that retrograded mars in leo. So this could be some uh interesting sexual tension, because we got mars and venus involved.

Helena: 45:01

uh, really yeah, and because tension, like you know, tension can be um, it can also be nice, like it's a tension and opposition. The tension can have a flame from tension.

Laura Lee: 45:19

A spark. The energy will be really intense, really almost tangible, between our sensuality and our sexuality, between our values and between our passion and our drive. So which one is going to win that day, I don't know. But the idea with an opposition is to kind of learn to come together in the middle. Come together in the middle, it was a great sentence Is to learn to dance together in the middle and learn to use the energy in more of that playful dance instead of, like the seesaw, back and forth energy.

Helena: 45:55

Yeah.

Laura Lee: 45:55

So the opposition can be very playful if you learn how to dance or if you can all just come together in the middle, yeah, that's it.

Laura Lee: 46:04

That's just perfect. That was great. I love that. Oh, so fun. So that's December 12th, so we have a little bit of um, you know, dancing going on there, and then we have another couple days of breather Mercury's, of course, doing all kinds of stuff. He's always dancing around but the big one happening then is December 15th. We have our full moon in Gemini. Do you know the degree this is happening at in Gemini? Do you know the degree this is happening at? I do not. I'll have to look 23 degrees. I think it's 23 degrees.

Helena: 46:35

I was just kicked out of the internet.

Laura Lee: 46:40

You do not get to find out the degree.

Laura Lee: 46:42

So it's later degrees Later degrees Sag. Later degree Gemini. So if you have anything at those around those numbers, what degree did you say 23, I think it's 23. Oh, I have my Venus on 22. Oh, look at that. Look at that. So this will be affecting you for sure. Um, you know, even if, like, my rising sign is 19 degrees Gemini. So I'll definitely be feeling this. So, wherever you've got stuff within a couple degrees of that orb, or, of course, the squares, pay attention to those right. So we've got to be aware of where your natal placements are whenever there's a full moon, because it really it affects us. We are very watery people, we're very, you know, fluidy people that really get intensely affected by the full moon. So what's going to happen with this full moon? What do you think?

Helena: 47:33

so a full moon is always that energy of sort of your feelings are bubbling up to the surface, like we're very, we're just very, very feeling based on around full moons, um and um, like very easily, you know, we react to things. That's what the the moon is all about reaction, and the moon is full and like lighting up all of our feelings and emotions and it can cause us to treat like feel triggered. So full moons are usually a day also when you know there's actually more crime, um, there's more like injuries happening, because people are just impulsive and like reactive on this day, lunatic, yeah, yes, emotional, um, and in gemini people are gonna be saying a lot of a lot of things that are on their minds a lot of everything.

Laura Lee: 48:28

They're gonna say the words.

Helena: 48:29

That's what they're gonna do and have a lot of like. There's gonna be a lot of big like mental processing. It's gonna be a lot of um feeling about what you're thinking about. You know, like your, your mind and your feeling is gonna be like in a big um whirlwind, because gemini moves pretty fast also and full moons are very activating. So this day I would say I would suggest to really try and focus on like calming yourself, like grounding into the gemini energy, because gemini is also great for, you know, communication, having good ideas, yeah, but it can get a little overstimulated up here, yes.

Laura Lee: 49:14

As someone with a Gemini moon Natalie, the solution I have found is just speak it out, right? Speak it out to a safe loved one or your journal. Or if you get it out in words, it doesn't matter how crazy it sounds or how unlogical it is, it's got to come out. The words have to come out of you. Whether it's poetry, I don't care if you turn on blasting music and sing it out of you, but typically there's got to be words that come out from your heart space. So if you have a loved one or a notebook, you can pour yourself into verbally or through words written.

Helena: 49:53

It helps you to then understand the feelings.

Laura Lee: 49:57

It's the intellectual understanding of the feelings. But typically you don't understand the feelings until they come out with words and then you go oh, wow. I did not know, I felt that way, holy man.

Laura Lee: 50:09

So it's an intense full moon for people who are not used to this kind of verbal processing. Welcome, pointing at myself, to my world. It's okay, you got this. This is also, though, I think, a phenomenal time where we get clarity around these deep emotions, and it's the last full moon of the year. What a great time to get clarity and really understand the year.

Laura Lee: 50:34

And you know, we're only four years out from well, essentially three years out from when the world went crazy, right, and so we're starting to get perspective on when Rona happened and things were shut down and, like you know it's, it takes time before we can really understand all of the repercussions of the changes and things were shut down and, like you know it's, it takes time before we can really understand all of the repercussions of the changes and things that we've gone through and the changes that have taken place in our life. So this would actually be a great full moon to just kind of go back and do a review of the last couple years and what's really shifted for you in your world the last couple of years and how that's affected you emotionally or mentally or physically, or your friends. Right, gemini is very friendship oriented, so it may be even analyzing the friends you've lost or the friends you've made, and all of that community energy too.

Helena: 51:22

Yeah, yeah, definitely like get yourself, get you know, spend time with a trusted friend or like your trusted diary and let your thoughts and emotions come out for sure, bless, all right.

Laura Lee: 51:46

So after the full moon, mercury goes direct that same day. So we've got the full moon in gemini and then mercury is like oh my god, that makes sense. I've given you enough of a headache and enough. You know mars is retrograde. Well, you got enough humble pie, all right, fine, I'll go straight again. So just in time for us to travel right, holiday travels, all that so yeah, that's so interesting, like, yeah, mercury retrograde.

Helena: 52:15

You know, we're all like in the past, processing the past, and then it goes direct. The same day we have the full moon, gemini, so we can just talk about everything that we have been thinking about and like re-evaluating it really feels aligned.

Laura Lee: 52:26

I love when the planets like support each other.

Laura Lee: 52:28

Like, hey, you do this, I do this, and then all the people can process the things. Cool, yay, yes, good. So Mercury is going direct on that same day. So December 15th, a pretty big day. You guys circle that. Give yourself time, friendship time, you know. Time with a loved one, time with your journal Make sure that there's time planned in there. You know time with a loved one, time with your journal make sure that there's time planned in there. And then December 18th, a couple of days later. What's going on? Sun is still in Sag, but this is going to be square to that Neptune in Pisces now. So we've got a square energy. But I think square energies between Sag and Pisces are actually probably not the worst squares. I feel like they're actually quite easier to deal with because of the optimism of Sag and then the flowiness of Pisces. Does that make sense?

Helena: 53:19

But yeah, but also it's Sun and Neptune, so it's vitality. It's Sun and Neptune, so it's vitality. And then the thing that pokes holes in vitality and just lets it seep out and wants you to sleep this day, if you can stay home and sleep, take a nap. Yes, not joking, you're going to be feeling very tired and don't get super optimistic and go out like Christmas shopping or something crazy like Sun and Sad want you to do. No, you're going to be tired, you're going to be sleepy.

Laura Lee: 53:54

That's true. The Sun and Sad may be too optimistic about your energy levels and that, oh, I got a couple more things to do, I'll just run out and do it. And then all of a sudden, you get to the store and you have no energy to even go in, because it took you 20 minutes to find a parking spot and you just can't. And now you're crying in the car because you don't know why you don't have any energy to go in and you've wasted your whole day Right yeah.

Helena: 54:15

Yeah, just stay home and chill.

Laura Lee: 54:18

Yeah, if you can this is a home and chill day, december 18th. Put it on your calendar Don't go out shopping and try to do too much. Make sure you are resting. But, yes, you will be optimistic about some of the stuff you can try to do. So, yeah, don't do it. Venus in Aquarius is talking to us again the next day, december 19th, and she's going to be having a lovely trine to Jupiter and Gemini. I love this yeah, oh.

Helena: 54:49

Venus. This is very. This is like a Laura Lee lotto super love bundle Like this is just like these planets, these signs. It's just screaming, laura Lee, it really is isn't it?

Laura Lee: 55:04

I love that super love bundle. Oh, this is such a perfect vibe for friendship and hanging out and talking and connecting and talking about all the weird shit. All of the weird, like let's talk about the future stuff and let's talk about love and let's talk about anything. This is very much exciting active, mental chatting. So if you took a nap on the day before then, you'll be revived and feel recharged the next day to be able to just talk and hang and just enjoy your friends, enjoy your lovers, enjoy the people. This is really enjoy people energy.

Helena: 55:46

Yeah, definitely, this is really enjoy people energy yeah, definitely. And and also like, maybe this is a great day also communicating around um, new, new places of value, like what, what you know value, our values need to change on this planet. So and they are, they have been for a while and they keep changing, so this is a great day to get together and, like, discuss and get, maybe, maybe, maybe not make decisions, but maybe brainstorm, brainstorm ideas around how, yeah, how to, how to get this going, how to, um, you know, um, put more force into your community, how you can help each other, you know, find new solutions just like what.

Laura Lee: 56:26

When we opened the podcast, we were talking about the traditions and the capricorn and like the things that are staying the same. But we you and I both are like this really does need to shift the consumerism, the amount of plastics, just all of that. December 19th is a great day to have these discussions and to talk about how we could change the tradition a little bit and make it a little bit more forward thinking, or how next year maybe we don't use plastic silverware and we use reusable or whatever. It is Shifting in little ways. Making big impacts is really that Aquarius and Gemini, venus, jupiter, energy.

Laura Lee: 57:02

So really great idea Generation Day Get your notepad get your your notes app open on your phone and jot down any ideas that show up this day, because they're going to come in lightning fast and they're going to be great ideas. I'm not lying, but they may not make sense or resonate right now until the sun is in Aquarius the following month, when it starts to make more sense. So capture the ideas and then just let them sit. You don't necessarily have to take action. This is just like the idea generation. Yeah, ooh, I like that day. Ooh, excited, I really love that day.

Helena: 57:44

All right, then, of course, our darkest day up in the northern hemisphere, december 21st the yule, the winter solstice sun going into our cappy friend so this is the, yeah, shortest day of the year and from this day on, like we always look forward to this or the day after this in sweden, because then that's when things start turning towards the light again and, like right now, the sun sets at around 3. Pm. Okay, like it's nighttime outside at 3.

Laura Lee: 58:19

Pm.

Laura Lee: 58:19

It's about four, four, 30 here, so it's it's yeah it's getting to be about the four o'clock where, like you need to wrap up for the day, you're losing your light fast and it's when the light goes it goes quick. The transition between light and dark, I feel like, goes quicker this time of year, whereas in summer the transition seems to take a while. So this is a great day for you to really start to get into that practical, pragmatic energy of what are we going to do next year, what's the work we're going to build upon, what kind of things need our attention. It's almost like the engineer looking at the um, the roads or the bridges to make sure there aren't any cracks or you know, issues that need to be addressed. That's what we do during Capricorn season. We really start to address the issues and then we how to fix them and then how to climb and build more stuff yeah, yes make a nice make plan.

Helena: 59:23

In sweden we celebrate christmas on the 24th of de and on that day we will have Jupiter in Gemini square to Saturn in Pisces. Not so happy that that is lining up on this day, but what can we do? So Jupiter in Gemini? Jupiter to me is Santa Claus, like jupiter, you know, is just joyous, like jolly, uh, big um, bringing gifts, super optimistic, getting around all the world in one night to hand out gifts. I mean that's who else on jupiter right yeah yeah, and then.

Helena: 1:00:02

And then saturn um, it's very different to jupiter. Saturn is like how are you going to get there in time? How are you going to be able to do that? It's going to be heavy carrying all of those gifts. You know your back's going to be hurting, you know. Do you have a plan for this? Yeah, um, so this is a bit of attention. Jupiter is also still in germany and, like you know, we would like to talk about a big plan so we can do everything. And then Saturn in Pisces is that sort of authoritative but you can't really see. Yeah, but being in Pisces, you don't really, you can't really tell where this authority figure is coming from. So, and Saturn in Pisces to me is also very much religion, like when, like very religious people, or like very hardcore religious people, you know that you have to the religion.

Helena: 1:00:59

Yep, Exactly so. Yeah, it's a bit of a clash.

Laura Lee: 1:01:05

It is because Jupiter and Gemini. Jupiter loves to explore new ideas, new concepts, new themes, and so does Gemini. So I mean these are, these are forward moving energies where Saturn is not not forward but very like, likes to stick to what's known, likes to stick to the rules. And then Pisces, yeah, very much can be those religious beliefs. It's the belief system, it's our beliefs around what bring us that peace, that sense of inner peace, and for some people that is very much the traditional religion. And that's really where we might see some conversation, clashes at the holiday table, where Jupiter and Gemini might be the younger generation talking about the new way they believe, where the older generation may be not so into hearing that today and they don't want to hear about the changes and the this and the that.

Laura Lee: 1:01:58

So, this could be harsh criticism.

Helena: 1:02:01

This could be your own critic in your own head, right, there's a lot of ways this can show up, but it's an interesting day for it to happen the 24th, that's for sure maybe we can all learn from each other on this day because, like we said before, squares are about those muscles that you don't really work out so much, but now you have to, you know, sit around that table with those people. They don't meet so often, you don't really have the same values perhaps, but maybe you can learn from each other honestly, like we can all learn from each other, and this um, there's no escaping this transit, so let's, let's do that and we have to keep in mind that mars is still retrograde during this time, so that ego is still going to be learning how to take that humble pie.

Laura Lee: 1:02:48

Just breathe through it right, like it's all right, it's just going to be uncomfortable. So on this day, mars will be retrograded at four degrees. Four degrees in Leo, so that's where Mars will be hanging out. So just kind of keep that in mind when you go to your family events.

Laura Lee: 1:03:10

All right, and then we got a couple of Mercury things happening December 26th. Mercury is opposite Jupiter on the 26th and then Mercury is also square to Saturn, so the 26th is again the way we talk and speak and communicate. Communicate is could be a little dicey this year, yeah, yeah, but the opposition to jupiter and then the square to saturn on the 26th is like, again, this could be foot and mouth issues, right, this definitely could be some hard time separating fact from fiction. You know, family members might be spewing a lot of things that they think are fact when in reality they're not, and it can just be frustrating and be frustrating. So, just, I would take the holidays very cautiously this year.

Laura Lee: 1:04:02

Lots of deep breaths, lots of how do you keep yourself centered, right? Ask yourself that question and make sure whether it's for me. I bring essential oils along and I take them out of my pocket whenever someone's talking and I just put them on and I breathe and take some deep breaths while they're talking and I just keep looking at them and smiling, and it's it's my way of like staying focused and centered, and not like they can have their thoughts and opinions. They don't have to throw me off of my center, though, right, I can't respect. I can't control what they say, but I can control how I respond. Yes, that's what these squares and oppositions on the 26th are asking us to do.

Laura Lee: 1:04:45

Be mindful work out and build, build muscle on how you respond, and sometimes that means just like maybe taking a drink of water first before you say anything for sure, because mercury and sage is gonna be blunt. Yeah, yeah, very yeah, this is I'm. I'm talking to myself too, guys. Like, don't think this is just for you. This is me talking to me. I'm great at the foot and mouth syndrome. If you know anything about me, that's my.

Laura Lee: 1:05:17

MO, I'm so good at that. Yep, all right. So Venus in Aquarius is going to be square to Uranus in Taurus on the 27th of December, so what's going to bring? What energy is this going to bring?

Helena: 1:05:33

So it being a square from Uranus, I always think of nervous system mishaps, breakdown, and this is Venus, venus in Aquarius. So this is like your values and how you maybe look after yourself and your relationships and also your relationships are going to have a difficult time. They're going to be tested from the day before, shooting in Probably from the day before, and your nervous system is going to be a little overstimulated. So this is just focus on rest, kind of day.

Laura Lee: 1:06:10

I really think this is Venus in Aquarius is remember we had that initiation with Pluto, so we really had to shift the way we value ourself and shift our values, and that could look like this in real life, in real time. This is an example of you recognizing your nervous system is not okay. We just had a challenging-ish energy with the last couple of days and now, the 27th, we have some relationship tension, or we have some relationship within ourselves tension right.

Laura Lee: 1:06:43

Our relationship to the way we maybe spoke, or the way we didn't speak, or the way you know uncle John spoke, or whatever. We're going to need to really take a shift in the way we value ourselves and give, like you said, downtime, give yourself the space to process, the space to go for a walk and be just be right.

Laura Lee: 1:07:08

Uranus and Taurus what does uranus and torus need to calm your nervous system? It needs torus time. Okay, cool torus time. Needs time to be slow, slow process. Watch a movie, drink a cup of tea, journal, read a book, take a nap eat nap, eat some food that's healthy for you. Cut back on the sugar, really value yourself in a new way to calm the tension that was built from the last few days.

Helena: 1:07:40

Yeah, oh yeah, all right.

Helena: 1:07:42

That's my advice for you the 27th, take a day and yes, I think it's interesting that on the december, on december 29th, uh, chiron is going to move around and start going direct in aries and chiron is the wounded healer, and you know, you know this meaning that we can really begin our, like, healing process and put the past in the past, and I feel like there's been a lot of things coming up to the surface the days prior to this. So on the 29th, I feel like it is a bit of a release, yeah.

Laura Lee: 1:08:20

And Aries is very much like learning to stand up for yourself and learning to do you right, the self, me, I, my needs, I and when it was retrograde, a lot of us felt like almost like we had the rug pulled out from underneath us with our ability to defend ourself or speak up for ourself or take care of our own needs. And there was a lot of. I just saw a lot of readings. I had a lot of readings with people with their natal Chiron in Aries, so they are coming to me to do readings. I was like, oh, you're in that generation, Okay, let's chat.

Laura Lee: 1:08:54

So really learning how to kind of wipe that slate clean, right, how to actually burn the bridge that needs to be burned and then move forward and protecting yourself. It's really Aries energy is very self-preservation, self-protection, and when it was retrograde, we kind of got an opportunity to look at the ways we were doing that or not doing that, and now we get to take a step forward in the right direction. Maybe we went to the right and we needed to go to the left, whatever works, but that's a really great energy to enter the new year with, I think for sure and on this december 30th we have a new moon in capricorn that's the last transit of the month.

Laura Lee: 1:09:40

I like that I like it too feels like a good way to end the year.

Helena: 1:09:47

Yeah, yeah. So there's a lot of stuff coming up. Then you have to lie down and rest for a bit with this sun and Saturn Saturn in Pisces, then with Venus in Aquarius square to Uranus, you know, keep resting and then, like it lifts, with Chiron going direct, and then you have a new moon, yeah, and a new moon, yeah, and a new moon in Capricorn, so we get the sun and the moon lined up together in Capricorn.

Laura Lee: 1:10:15

All about structures and foundation to move upon and build upon and grow your life upon.

Helena: 1:10:22

I really like that.

Laura Lee: 1:10:24

Feels like a great day for resolutions. I'm not usually a resolution kind of girl, but this energy actually feels really aligned with that.

Helena: 1:10:35

Yeah, no, I like this because, yeah, I do feel like that this month I would now have in front of us. It's, yeah, like there's a lot of Aquarius stuff, there's a lot of Venus stuff, so a lot of you know values and new ways of thinking and probably saying a lot of things that we were trying to keep to ourselves, but we just couldn't, and then there might be a little bit of drama in effect, to that.

Laura Lee: 1:11:04

And we got our humble pie with Mars going retrograde, yeah, we get that.

Helena: 1:11:10

But I feel like when things come up like with with the full moon in gemini, things are gonna come up to the surface. We're gonna be talking about them. There's a lot of stuff coming up to the surface. That's hard work, that that can really. You know it's painful, you can feel in your whole body and it can be quite, it can even I mean, it can be not only painful, it can be just, you know, so it can be devastating and exhausting.

Laura Lee: 1:11:41

Exhausting is the word I was thinking of. It is exhausting Healing. It takes time, it doesn't happen in a straight line, it's usually painful and it's usually quite exhausting. You usually need quite a bit of rest and sleep and it's it's really looking like collectively. We will need that, no matter what placements are happening in your chart. This is a collective energy we're all feeling with these transits and some of us feel it stronger than others because of our natal placements.

Laura Lee: 1:12:11

But overall there's a big shift coming with all of the planets not all of them, but lots of the planets moving into Aquarius, with that Pluto right there, ready to like, grab you and smack you down and get you really acclimated to Aquarius. And Aquarius is not a go-back energy. It is a forward-moving energy and I know this well with my friendships and values in Aquarius. When I lose a friendship, it's typically done. Even if I want to go back to it, it got lost, it's done. It's not really a go-back-to-it kind of energy. It's a we need to keep moving forward. So I think this is going to be a little jarring for some people who aren't comfortable with Aquarian energy. You're not used to it. As Pluto initiates all of these planets as they start to enter into there now, so it should be, very intriguing.

Helena: 1:13:04

But I think overall the month feels like it's got a lot of potential for some really positive shifts oh, yeah, yeah, because after you know, after you you do that exhausting work and you have that big cry, you open up the space, you get lighter and, um, things get easier. And then we have, you know, karen, karen, going direct. And we have, you know, chiron going direct, and we have that new moon to finish the month. So there's that light at the end of the tunnel, it's there.

Laura Lee: 1:13:37

We see it. Yeah it's there, yes. Well, thank you for exploring December with us. I can't believe we are just wrapping up the year, it's just kind of mind boggling to me.

Laura Lee: 1:13:50

It's been an interesting year, it's been an eventful year and I look forward to seeing what 2025 brings. A little bit apprehensive, but I'm excited, like right before you go on stage, right, it's like you can take that nervousness and you can turn tail and you can run out. You know the theater, or you can channel it into the performance and into the act and I I'm choosing to do that one, but it's still that nervousness before you step on stage, of like, okay, what's coming?

Helena: 1:14:18

yeah, so I think we get to take this month and release all of the stuff that's not serving us and then move forward with a new slate, yeah, and I wish everyone a, you know, a restful holiday season, and we understand that it can be very triggering being with people you know around, family, that you might not spend so much time with, but breathe, and you know what? Maybe you can learn something from Uncle John, right, and hopefully Uncle John can learn something from you. You know, ideally, yeah. So just go into the holiday season with maybe a focus on rest.

Laura Lee: 1:15:05

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Helena: 1:15:24

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