Astroview Report
Planetary Transits for December 1st – December 15th
(Interpretations based on the Systems’ Approach to Vedic Astrology)
Note: These astrological reports are published on the 1st and 15th of each month. This should be helpful for planning the month – and coincides with the movement of the Sun into each sign/house around the middle of every month.
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 link below to read an article about the impact of this transit for each rising sign:
Impact of Transit Rahu and Ketu
Sun transits Scorpio, from 14:34 to 29:48°. This connects leaders, presidents, physicians, administrators, and government officials with military, police, fire, earth, water, surgery, and property and executive matters. Sun is under the ninth aspect of Rahu, December 10 – 18. There may be sudden issues for or with the same significations listed above.
Moon is waning/waxing and transits Cancer through Capricorn. The new Moon is in Scorpio, December 12th. Moon, in Scorpio, is in its debilitation sign, December 10 – 12. Watch your emotional state and be vigilant in crowds and around volatile persons.
Mars transits its own sign, Scorpio, from 10:41 to 21:32°. This connects the military, police, surgeons, athletes, executives and property matters with water and secretive or emotional issues.
(Recent case in point: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/three-year-cruise-canceled/index.html
Mercury transits Sagittarius, from 05:23 to 13:29°. This favorably connects business, finance, communications and intellectual property with law, religion and education. Mercury is under the ninth aspect of Jupiter, December 3 – 22. 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 12:56 to 11:46°. This should be favorable for law, banking, religion, and education. Jupiter is in retrograde motion, until Dec. 30th. Jupiter is under the seventh aspect of Venus, December 6 – 13. Taurus, Scorpio and Pisces rising sign persons, however, should be careful and patient as Venus rules their sixth, twelfth and eighth (inauspicious) houses, respectively.
Jupiter is in Aries through April 30, 2024. This connects law and justice with Mars. Expect courageous (without fear or favor) 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, through April 2024.
Venus transits its own sign, Libra, from 01:40 to 19:24°. This is a favorable position through December 24th. Venus is under the seventh aspect of Jupiter, December 6 – 13. This connects women, and the fine, healing and performing arts with law, religion and education. Taurus, Cancer, and Capricorn rising sign persons, however, should be careful and patient as Jupiter rules their eighth, sixth and twelfth (inauspicious) houses, respectively.
Saturn transits its own sign, Aquarius, from 06:57 to 07:48°. This represents discussions relative to the masses, the elderly, the poor and needy, agriculture, manufacturing, and “things of the earth”, along with the oil, gas and minerals industries.
Rahu and Ketu transit Pisces and Virgo, respectively, from 29:41 to 28:37°. Rahu and Ketu will now remain in Pisces and Virgo for 18 months until May 30, 2025.
(Click this link to read a special report on this transit.)
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: Take care of your pets, children, education and investments through Dec. 16th. These may be vulnerable. On the other hand, enjoy the good fortune of a “Malavya Yoga” in your seventh house through Dec. 24th. This should be highly favorable for marriage, partnerships, joint ventures, and life abroad. Focus on research, languages, ancient knowledge and the Vedic sciences through December 27th. An inheritance, windfalls, and legal or insurance settlements may also be forefront. Focus on your spiritual or religious 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: Connect parents, property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and life abroad through Dec. 16th. Be patient, however, as these may also involve expenses or separations. There may also be setbacks relative to debts, disputes, health or legal issues, Dec. 6 – 13. Take care of pets, children, education and investments through Dec. 22nd. These may be also be vulnerable. In general, take care with marriage, windfalls, inheritance and/or financial settlements through next April. Fortunately, you should be able to count on protection for your work – through Feb. 2025 – as Saturn blesses 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: Be patient with authority figures and large, medical, spiritual or government organizations through Dec. 16th. These, along with communications and entrepreneurial ventures, may be associated with debts, disputes, fire, theft, and false allegations or cheating against you. Work on a health plan and/or refinance debt – but do not loan or borrow money – and, do not argue with authority figures. Be patient with income and friendships through Dec. 27th – and then expect a lift. 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 from father and religious figures and long-distance travel from now through February 2025.
CANCER: Think big. You have the royal Sun in your fifth house of mind, children, education and investments until Dec. 16th. This should also be favorable for your wealth, status and family life. Study large, medical, or government organizations and consider investments in these and/or in gold or government bonds. These significations are also connected with your career. Enjoy the favorable “Malavya Yoga” (with the exception of Dec. 9 –11) in your fourth house of property, vehicles, fixed assets, happiness and home life through December 24th. Consider a new car and redecorate your living quarters. Be careful, however, with communications and entrepreneurial ventures through Dec. 27th. These may be vulnerable to fire, theft, debts, disputes, etc. 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 your parents, property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life through Dec. 16th. These may also be connected with good fortune, religious pursuits and long-distance travel. There is also a favorable connection between your wealth, status and family life – and your children, education, and investments. Expect success with communications, independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures – through Dec. 24th. Learn, teach, publish and advise through next April. With Jupiter in Aries for the next five months, you have the blessing of Sage Parashara: “When the ruler of the fifth house is in the ninth house, the person has honor, fame and fortune through authorship”. 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: Be careful with communications and independent projects; these may be vulnerable to expenses, separations, setbacks, accidents or obstructions. Focus on property, vehicles and home life. Work out of your home on writing, business, finance, education and intellectual property. Venus is blessing your second house of wealth, status, and family life through Dec. 24th. Connect with the women in your life and/or the fine, healing or performing arts. In general, however, 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: Expect gains, income and friendships – and speak up as an authority figure — through Dec. 16th. There may be wealth and status connected with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures, and life abroad. You have a rare and favorable “Malavya Yoga” in your first house through Dec. 24th. Get a haircut, buy new clothes, consider a spa, and connect with the women in your life. There should also be success with the fine, healing and performing arts. Independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures should also do well. These can be connected with partnerships, joint ventures and/or foreign lands through next April. Additionally, Saturn supports success with children, grandchildren, education, investments and spiritual pursuits through February 2025.
SCORPIO: Take a leadership position in the workplace through Dec. 16th. Career opportunities may be forefront. Consider property matters, yoga, sports, or martial arts, and make executive decisions. Be vigilant, however, to manage, debts, disputes, or health issues through Dec. 27th. Other people may take you the wrong way. Fortunately, there should be protection against losses and expenses, along with success with retreats, ashrams, institutions, intimacy, sleep patterns and foreign lands. Consider teaching, publishing, education and advisory roles. In general, however, be patient with your wealth, status, speech, and family life through next April – to manage debts or disputes. 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: Be patient with father, religious, and authority figures, and long-distance travel through Dec. 16th. These, along with pets, children, education and investments, may be vulnerable to losses, expenses, separations or institutional life. On the other hand, expect success with income and friendships – and gains from women and from the fine, healing or performing arts through Dec. 24th. Career opportunities are forefront through Dec. 27th. Focus on writing, business, finance, technology, communications and intellectual property. 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: Be patient with income and friendships through Dec. 16th. On the other hand, there may be gains from authority figures and/or large, medical or government organizations. Property matters and your executive organizing skills should serve you well. Enjoy the “Malavya Yoga” in your 10th house of career. Expect success in the workplace through Dec. 24th. Connect with women and focus on the fine, healing or performing arts. On the other hand, take care of father and religious figures – and long-distance travel through Dec. 27th. These may involve losses, expenses or separations. 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: Take a leadership position in the workplace, and connect with authority figures and large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. Focus on communications and independent, entrepreneurial ventures through Dec. 27th. Be patient with income and friendships. Seek advice from the women in your life, and expect good fortune connected with the fine, healing or performing arts. 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: Be patient with father and religious figures through Dec. 16th. These may be vulnerable to debts, disputes, health or legal issues. On the other hand, there is also some level of protection for these significations through Dec. 27th. For some of you, there may also be a marriage, inheritance, windfall, easy money, or legal or insurance settlement through Dec. 24th. Connect marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and international projects with your career through Dec. 27th. Focus on writing, business, finance, technology, communications, and intellectual property. 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.
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