December Horoscopes: The Hummingbird’s Heartbeat

Hope makes a comeback - let it be warm.

Hummingbird (Hitoshi Karasawa)

The way a hummingbird poised to feed hovers still as a blur - this is the December heart. Our month features a cluster in Sagittarius, a revealing Mercury retrograde, and a mind-melting Neptune stationing direct. Meanwhile, Venus in Scorpio and the Full Moon in Cancer add extra bass to our sensitivity. Mind your manners and simplify your language if you want essential messages to make it through.

The New Moon in Sagittarius on the 12th begs you to get drunk on a sunset. This lunation angles the North Node as Mercury suspends mid-air. Our collective desire to leave the planet will be high, through martyrdom, meditation, substances, or brash acts meant to shift earth closer to the heaven. If you are prone to breaking from reality, please exercise caution at this time. There are plenty of highs accessible through our five senses - hold close to gravity.

Our last Mercury retrograde of the year (12.13-1.1) asks us to revise our trust. Expect proclamations made and retracted, statements issued and revised, and spiritual leaders with much to say. Stacks of papers emerge from basements with leadership shake-ups in international media. An uncovering.

The Full Moon in Cancer on the 26th embraces a sensitive Christmas. Older generations assure themselves of their role through comforts and control. It’s up to you (and your past and future) whether this is sweet sentiment or a terror to escape.

We end the year with the benefics Venus and Jupiter in mutual reception - it’s a feel-good New Year. Get dolled up and go somewhere you like, gather with loved ones to set abundance intentions. As Mercury and Jupiter station direct, hope makes a comeback - let it be warm.

— December Horoscopes —

Aries

The urge to journey far and migrate with the geese is natural this time of year. It’s ok to yearn for distance without any sense of direction. There is freedom in not knowing, luxury in being unsure. Bask in it.

Taurus

You are the product of every decision you’ve made. You have the endless potential of a thousand permutations ahead. What power can regret or anxiety hold when the universe is a randomized string of numbers? Perhaps there is one winning lotto combination in life. More perhaps not.

Gemini

You seek to split yourself in ways that need not be. Your shadow works in a different way from your light, so why do you force yourself after dark? There is less work to be done than you think – learn to drift.

Cancer

You are robust with will. A full moon home in your sign is a symbol of power and fecundity. Take an evening to imagine yourself inflated like Wonka’s blueberry girl, a deep-sea puffer fish, a blimp obscuring the sun. Large and light, as weightless as the Moon.

Leo

Paint broadly with fistfuls of colored oil. Cut the withered umbilical cords. Cold plunge, salt scrub, and smoke cleanse. It’s time for a rebirth, soft and wild as an electric harp.

Virgo

Watch a montage of old Nickelodeon commercials and welcome every feeling they stir. Conjure the smell of middle school body spray and how it sat atop your unsure skin. Sense memory is a library - pull a reference.

 Libra

See with pixelated vision. Love in binary code. Zeros and ones weave a tattooed bar code as Rubik’s cubes paint Van Gogh’s starry night. Change your life with a simple yes or no.

Scorpio

Desire and attraction name you in YA novel fashion. Mars in your second house has you screaming after what you want, while Venus in your first knights you in the eye of the storm, sword drawn in swirling winds. Dance, my love.

Sagittarius

Blurted expressions and jumps to conclusion. This month sees you dancing a wild hustle on a disco floor. If your flailing limbs collide with another, try pulling them into embrace before getting back into your zone. So much can be solved with true presence.

Capricorn

A psychic rebirth prepares you for the herald of a new year. The royal trumpeter rehearses quietly in a midnight studio, sheet music and breathwork by candlelight. Await your glorious announcement.

Aquarius

You’re releasing much of what weighs you, which can leave you feeling adrift. Will you double-down on detachment or embrace lighter modes of connection? The opportunity is strong and the choice is yours.

Pisces

Welcome enhanced luck. With both your modern and traditional rulers stationing direct this month, Neptune and Jupiter, your powers of materialization peak. Wish upon every star you see in your softly rubbed eyes.