Astroview Report
Planetary Transits for December 15th – December 31st
(Interpretations based on the Systems’ Approach to Vedic Astrology)
Note: These astrological reports are published on the 1st and 15th of each month. However, due to family time and the holiday on January 1st, the next publication will be on January 15th.
Until then, best wishes to you and yours for a safe and wonderful holiday season – and for health, happiness and prosperity during 2024.
Notable Transits: After spending 18 months in Aries and Libra, the slow-moving Rahu and Ketu are now in Pisces and Virgo, respectively, for the next 18 months – through May 2025.
Click the following link to download an article from India about the impact of this transit for each rising sign: Impact of Transit Rahu and Ketu.
Sun is in Sagittarius until January 14th. (See below for the impact for each rising sign.)
Mars is under the ninth aspect of Rahu, Dec. 18 – 30. This may cause sudden issues with the military, police, athletes, executives, surgeons, and property matters – such as tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.
Transits Through December
Sun transits out of Scorpio, and into Sagittarius, Dec. 16th at 4:28 a.m. CST. This connects leaders, presidents, physicians, administrators, and government officials with law and justice, religion, education and children. Sun is under the ninth aspect of Rahu until December 18. Sun is under the ninth aspect of Jupiter, Dec. 22nd – Jan. 1st. Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn rising sign persons should be careful and patient.
Moon is waning/waxing and transits Capricorn through Leo. The full (Cold) Moon is in Gemini, Dec. 26th at 6:33 p.m. CST.
Mars transits out of its own sign, Scorpio, and into Sagittarius, Dec. 27th at 12:51 p.m. CST. This connects the military, police, fire depts., surgeons, and athletes with law, justice, education and children. Mars is under the ninth aspect of Rahu, Dec. 18 – 30. There may be sudden issues with the above-mentioned significations.
Mercury is in retrograde motion and travels backwards, from Sagittarius and into Scorpio, Dec. 27th at 11:25 p.m. CST. Until then, this favorably connects business, finance, communications and intellectual property with law, religion and education. Mercury remains under the ninth aspect of Jupiter until December 22nd. Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn rising sign persons should be careful and patient as Jupiter rules their eighth, sixth and twelfth (inauspicious) houses, respectively.
Jupiter transits Aries, from 11:46 to 11:23°. This should be favorable for law, banking, religion, and education. Jupiter is in retrograde motion, until Dec. 30th.
Jupiter is in Aries through April 30, 2024. This connects law and justice with Mars. Expect courageous legal decisions through February 2024. Taurus, Virgo, and Scorpio rising sign persons, however, should be careful and patient — as Jupiter is transiting their twelfth, eighth, and sixth (inauspicious) houses, respectively.
Venus transits out of its own sign, Libra, and into Scorpio, Dec. 24th at 7:16 p.m. Until then, this is a favorable position for women, romance, fashion, design, architecture, and the fine, healing, or performing arts. Venus is under the tenth aspect of Saturn, Dec. 27th – Jan. 5th. Cancer, Virgo, and Pisces rising sign persons should be careful and patient as Saturn rules their unfavorable eighth, sixth, and twelfth houses, respectively.
Saturn transits its own sign, Aquarius, from 07:44 to 09:04°. This is mostly favorable and represents the masses, the elderly, the poor and needy, agriculture, and manufacturing, along with the oil, gas and minerals industries.
Rahu and Ketu recently completed their 18-month transit in Aries and Libra, respectively – will now transit Pisces and Virgo, respectively, for 18 months — until May 30, 2025.
The Impact of the Transit Planets for each “Rising Sign” (not “Sun Sign”)
Note: Transit planets should also be seen with reference to the position of the planets in your personal horoscope. In some cases, this will alter the predictions.
ARIES: Expect a favorable situation with partnerships, joint ventures, and comforts living abroad through Dec. 24th – and then be patient with setbacks through Jan. Focus on research, languages, and the Vedic sciences (jyotish, ayurveda, gandharva veda, and sthapatya veda) through Dec. 27th. Be especially vigilant, Dec. 18 – 30. You may be vulnerable to sudden setbacks, expenses, accidents, or separations. Sun is in your ninth house until Jan. 14th. This should be favorable for pets, children, education, investments and spiritual pursuits. Connect with father and religious figures and/or long-distance travel of a short duration – (a weekend or a week or two). Focus on your spiritual connections and/or long-distance travel through next April. Education, teaching, publishing and advisory roles, along with gurus or children, are also forefront for the next five months. Moreover, Saturn supports income and friendships through February 2025. Gain from hard work; be of physical service to others, and consider agriculture, manufacturing, sustainable living, etc.
TAURUS: Be patient with relationships through Dec. 27th — to manage or avoid losses, expenses, or separations. Also, take care of pets, children, education and investments. These may be vulnerable to setbacks or accidents. Connect spiritual pursuits with the Vedic sciences (jyotish, ayurveda, gandharva veda, and sthapatya veda. Be careful to manage sudden issues with insomnia, intimacy, institutions, expenses, separations and foreign lands, Dec. 18 – 30. Sun is in your eighth house until Jan. 14th. Take care of parents, property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life. There may also be setbacks relative to authority figures and large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. In general, take care of your marriage, windfalls, inheritance and/or financial settlements through next April. Fortunately, you should be able to count on the workplace – through Feb. 2025 – as Saturn is currently blessing your career with a “Sasha Yoga*”. This is favorable for leadership and humanitarian accomplishments. (*This also supports service to the masses, patience, hard work, practicality, and a position of authority.)
GEMINI: Study and/or invest in the fine, healing or performing arts through Dec. 24th. Be patient, however, with income, friendships, and/or older siblings through Dec. 27th. These may involve debts, disputes, litigation, fire, theft, or cheating and false allegations against you. Connect property, vehicles and home life with relationships through Dec. 27th. Be vigilant to manage or avoid sudden issues – with income, friendships and/or older siblings, Dec. 18 – 30. Sun is in your seventh house until Jan. 14th. This should be favorable for communications, independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures – connected with partnerships and joint ventures. Your best bet through next April is to focus on marriage, partnerships, joint ventures, relocation or life abroad. Fortunately, Saturn, ruling your ninth house of good fortune, may well bless you with support relative to father and religious figures and long-distance travel from now through February 2025.
CANCER: Enjoy property, vehicles, and home life through Dec. 24th. Connect your career with children, education, investments and spiritual pursuits through Dec. 27th. Be vigilant, however, to manage sudden issues in the workplace, Dec. 18 – 30. Sun is in your sixth house until Jan. 14th. Be patient with your wealth, status, speech and family life – and to manage or avoid debts and disputes. These issues may be relative to authority figures, and/or large, medical, spiritual and government organizations. Be careful with communications and entrepreneurial ventures through Dec. 27th. Connect your career with education, teaching, publishing and advisory roles through next April. Consider professional opportunities with law, medicine, finance, social work, and psychology. Be of service to others – and be vigilant to manage stress in the workplace. With Saturn in its own sign, Aquarius, through February 2025, you may do well to focus on research, languages, and/or the Vedic sciences. For some of you, there may also be a marriage, windfall, inheritance, legal or insurance settlement.
LEO: Focus on communications and entrepreneurial ventures through Dec. 24th – and then work on these from home. There may be success with children, education and investments through Dec. 27th. Study or invest in stocks, business, technology, and communications. Be vigilant, however, to manage sudden issues with father or religious figures and/or long-distance travel, Dec. 18 – 30. These may also involve, property, vehicles and family life. Sun is in your fifth house until Jan. 14th. Focus on pets, children, education, investments and spiritual pursuits. Think big. Your mind is royal. Consider investments in gold or government bonds and/or in large, medical, or government organizations. Learn, teach, publish and advise through next April. With Jupiter in Aries for the next five months, you have the blessing of Sage Parashara who spoke favorably of the fifth house ruler in the ninth house. Moreover, Saturn, in Aquarius, confers a favorable Sasha Yoga* in your house of partnerships, joint ventures and life abroad through February 2025. (*This supports service to the masses, patience, hard work, perseverance, and a position of authority.)
VIRGO: Speak sweetly and enjoy your wealth, status and family life through Dec. 24th. Focus on property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life through Dec. 27th. Be patient, however, with setbacks and to avoid accidents with these as well. Connect independent projects with research, languages, and the Vedic sciences (jyotish, ayurveda, gandharva veda, and sthapatya veda). On the other hand, be vigilant to manage sudden issues with marriage, windfalls, inheritance, and settlements – and to avoid accidents, Dec. 18 – 30. Sun is in your fourth house until Jan. 14th. Be patient with property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life. These may involve expenses, separations, institutions, relocation or international ventures. In general, be careful with property, vehicles, and home life through next April. For some of you, however, these may also be the source of a windfall, inheritance, legal, financial or insurance settlement. Saturn, in Aquarius, may also add protective covering relative to debts, disputes, health or legal issues, through February 2025.
LIBRA: Enjoy the “Malavya Yoga” in your first house until Dec. 24th. Get a haircut, buy new clothes, and consider a spa. Connect with the women in your life. There may also be success with the fine, healing and performing arts. Focus on independent, entrepreneurial ventures through Dec. 22nd. These may involve writing, business, technology, communications, institutions and foreign lands. Be vigilant, however, with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands, Dec. 18 – 30. There may be sudden debts, disputes, health or legal issues. Sun is in your third house until Jan. 14th. This should be favorable for income and friendships relative to communications and entrepreneurial ventures. These may involve authority figures, and/or large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. Independent projects — connected with partnerships, joint ventures and/or foreign lands — should also do well through next April. Additionally, Saturn supports success with children, grandchildren, education, investments and spiritual pursuits through February 2025.
SCORPIO: Expect mixed results with income and friendships. On the one hand, there may wealth and status. On the other hand, there may be debts and disputes (be vigilant with your speech) through Dec. 22nd. Fortunately, there is some protection against losses and expenses, along with support relative to retreats, ashrams, institutions, and life abroad through Dec. 24th. Consider property matters, yoga, sports, or martial arts, and make executive decisions. Be patient, however, to manage sudden issues relative to conflicts, litigation and/or your health through Dec. 30th. (People may take you the wrong way). Sun is in your second house until Jan. 14th. This should be favorable for your career — associated with authority figures and/or large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. Be careful, however, to manage underlying stress, fire, theft, or false allegations against you. In general, be patient with your wealth, status, speech, and family life through next April – to manage or avoid problems. Your best bet may be to focus on law, medicine, finance, accounting, social work, or psychology. Fortunately, Saturn in your fourth house blesses you with a Sasha Yoga*, which should add protective covering relative to property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life — through February 2025. (*This also supports service to the masses, patience, hard work, perseverance, and a position of authority.)
SAGITTARIUS: Expect support relative to women, income, friendships, and the fine, healing or performing arts through Dec. 24th. Focus on writing, business, technology and communications through Dec. 27th. Career opportunities are forefront. On the other hand, be patient with pets, children, education and investments – as these may be vulnerable to sudden issues, such as losses, expenses and separations. Sun is in your first house until Jan. 14th. This is generally favorable – and connected with father and religious figures and long-distance travel. Take a leadership position and connect with large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. Be patient, however, as the final dispositor (landlord) for Sun is Mars, which is in your twelfth house of losses, expenses and separations through December. These may also be associated with pets, children, education, and investments. Jupiter, in Aries, indicates spiritual pursuits — and connects you with children, education, and investments through next April. This should also give you the energy to start new projects — and to keep you moving in the right direction. Learn, teach, publish, and advise. Saturn, in Aquarius, absolutely supports communications and entrepreneurial success through February 2025.
CAPRICORN: Continue to enjoy the “Malavya Yoga” in your tenth house of career through Dec. 24th. Connect your work with women and the fine, healing, or performing arts. Be patient, however, with father and religious figures and/or long-distance travel as these may involve expenses and separations through Dec. 27th. Take care of property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life — especially Dec. 18 – 30. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Sun is in your twelfth house until Jan. 14th. This connects the marital bond, windfalls, inheritance, easy money, and legal or insurance settlements also with expenses, separations, institutions or long-distance places. There may be similar issues with father and authority figures, and/or large, medical, spiritual, or government organizations. Jupiter, in Aries through next April, may involve retreats, ashrams, expenses, separations, relocation or foreign lands — relative to property, vehicles, and home life. Fortunately, Saturn in its own sign, Aquarius, should add protective covering to your wealth, status, and family life through February 2025. This also supports leadership, successful industrial activities and service to the masses.
AQUARIUS: Expect good fortune with father and religious figures, and long-distance travel through Dec. 24th. There may also be a mixture of success and setbacks with income and friendships. Connect your career with property matters, your executive skills and independent, entrepreneurial ventures. Be vigilant, however, as these may also be vulnerable to sudden issues, Dec. 18 – 30. Sun is in your eleventh house until Jan. 14th. This is exceptionally favorable for income and friendships. These can be relative to marriage, partnerships, joint ventures, and foreign lands. There can also be gains from authority figures and large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. You should also be able to count on income and friendships – January through April. Moreover, Saturn, in Aquarius, confers a Sasha Yoga* on you, which is favorable for your health and reputation through February 2025. (*This also supports leadership, service to the masses, patience, hard work, perseverance, and success relative to agriculture, industrial and manufacturing activities.)
PISCES: Connect marriage, partnerships and joint ventures with your career. Focus on writing, business, technology, communications, and intellectual property through Dec. 27th. Be careful, however, with what you say and what you eat or drink – and take care of your wealth, status and family life, Dec. 18 – 30. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Sun is in your tenth house until Jan. 14th. Take a leadership position in the workplace and connect with authority figures and large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. Be patient, however, as there is also the possibility of work-related issues, such as debts, disputes, fire, theft, and cheating or false allegations against you. Jupiter, in Aries through next April, should also contribute to your career — whenever its dispositor (landlord), Mars, is in good strength and in favorable houses. Speak up as guru; learn, teach, publish, and advise. Saturn, in Aquarius, should also be helpful with retreats, ashrams, foreign lands, and institutions – and should add protective covering against expenses, separations or hospitalization, through February 2025.
Note: Planetary remedies add protective covering to life. Strengthen your favorable planets (with color and gemstone therapy and/or the mystical pendant known as the kavach: (https://astroview.com/mystical-pendant/) and do “Bhoota” and “Deva” “Yagyas” (charities and chants) for the planets that cause adverse effects in your horoscope.
Charity of the Week:
End of Life Care International
https://www.endoflifecareinternational.org/
Health Care Videos of the Week:
Think That’s Healthy? Ayurveda Argues the Opposite is Often True!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpEbyPVgJPE
A Deeper Understanding of Prana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMc6FeWItWs
Addressing Poor Circulation: Ayurvedic Strategies for Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3k_FsrcpNQ
Awakening Quote of the Week:
“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
― Ramana Maharshi
Awakening Video of the Week:
Ramana Maharshi – “Be As You Are” – Part 1