[Fate & Free Will ] Astrology for the Week of December 15 - 21

You know that week between Christmas and New Year’s where everyone starts imagining what they want to let go of and how they want to ring in the New Year? That’s the vibe of this week. January has a lot of go big or go home energy and this week is the perfect time to start thinking about what needs to be cut so you have the buoyancy to rise up and meet the challenge.

Monday 12/15

• ♂︎ ▻ Capricorn  | 2:33am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 14‘ Scorpio  □ ♇ at 02° 14‘ Aquarius | 3:23am Eastern
• 🌘 Waning Crescent Moon | 5:29pm Eastern

Monday people become more strategic and disciplined. Mars moves into Capricorn at 2:33 am eastern, which means effort gets focused on what's practical and sustainable rather than what's exciting. 

This is good for work that requires planning, patience, and playing the long game, but it could feel colder or less spontaneous.

• Best for: Strategic planning, disciplined work, building something meant to last, practical action, playing the long game.
• Potential Challenges: Loss of spontaneity, work feeling like a grind, coldness in interactions, impatience with the slow pace.

Mars in Capricorn is one of my favorite astrological placements, and the only natal placement of which I am ever jealous. It is the most effective placement for Mars and one area of your life is about to receive a massive boost of productive action. By rising sign:

• Aries Rising: Career, reputation, and professional life get the massive boost. You'll advance professionally through sustained effort, build your reputation strategically, or handle authority with discipline.
• Taurus Rising: Education, travel, beliefs, and philosophy become the focus. You'll pursue learning (or teaching) seriously, handle long-distance matters strategically, or write with greater efficacy.
• Gemini Rising: Fear, death, inheritance, and serious matters demand strategic action. You'll confront what frightens you, handle others' resources effectively, or deal with difficult topics with unusual capability.
• Cancer Rising: Partnerships and one-on-one relationships receive focused energy. You'll work on your marriage or business partnerships strategically, address relationship problems directly, or pursue new partnerships with purpose.
• Leo Rising: Work, health, and daily routines get the boost. You'll tackle health issues with discipline, overhaul your daily systems, or grind through work obligations with unusual effectiveness.
• Virgo Rising: Children, creative projects, romance, and pleasure demand strategic action. You'll tackle creative work seriously, handle matters with children with more discipline, or pursue romance with clear intent.
• Libra Rising: Home, family, and property become the focus. You'll renovate, deal with family matters head-on, work on your living situation, or handle parental relationships strategically.
• Scorpio Rising: Communication, siblings, neighbors, and short trips get activated. You'll handle local matters effectively, deal with siblings or neighbors strategically, or tackle correspondence projects with focus.
• Sagittarius Rising: Money and possessions receive productive energy. You'll earn more through sustained effort, build your resources strategically, or tackle financial matters more effectively.
• Capricorn Rising: You personally get the boost. Your body, health, appearance, and how you present yourself receive focused action. You'll work on yourself with unusual discipline and effectiveness.
• Aquarius Rising: Hidden matters, what you've avoided, or private concerns get strategic attention. You'll confront what's been secret, deal with self-undoing patterns, or work through isolation with purpose.
• Pisces Rising: Friends, long-term goals, and the people who support you become activated. You'll pursue your goals strategically, work on friendships seriously, or tackle social ambitions effectively.

Tuesday 12/16

• ☽ at 23° 08‘ Scorpio △ ♃  at 23° 08‘ Cancer | 9:46pm Eastern
• ☉ at 25° 28‘ Sagittarius □ ♄ at 25° 28‘ Pisces | 11:33pm Eastern

Tuesday could be frustrating as you (and the people around you) run into limitations, rules, or people who say no. 

It’s annoying but useful if there’s something you’ve been overextending on or ignoring the reality of. The restriction forces you to be more realistic about what’s sustainable.

• Best for: Disciplined work, building for longevity, serious commitments, work requiring maturity, confronting what you've been avoiding about sustainability.
• Potential Challenges: Feeling blocked, authority limiting your options, confidence dampened, plans stalling, frustration with restrictions.

Wednesday 12/17

• ☽ at 25° 29‘ Scorpio △ ♄ at 25° 29‘ Pisces | 2:30am Eastern
• ☽ at 28° 24‘ Scorpio ☍ ♅ at 28° 24‘ Taurus | 8:25am Eastern
• ☽ at 29° 23‘ Scorpio △ ♆ at 29° 23‘ Pisces | 10:24am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 10:24am - 11:38am Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Sagittarius | 11:38am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 18‘ Sagittarius  ✳ ♇ at 02° 18‘ Aquarius | 4:19pm Eastern

Wednesday something is likely to shift without warning but it’s figureoutable. 

It might even be what helps you shake off the cobwebs and make significant progress forward.

• Best for: Breaking free, sudden insights, innovation, breakthroughs.
• Potential Challenges: Unexpected disruptions, instability, discomfort with sudden change.

Thursday 12/18

• ☽ ☌ ☿ at 08° 36‘ Sagittarius | 5:01am Eastern

Thursday is a straightforward day for getting work done, having conversations, or making plans without drama.

• Best for: Communication, planning, conversations, productive work.
• Potential Challenges: Scattered thinking, saying too much, overcommitting.

Friday 12/19

• ☽ ☌ ♀︎ at 23° 41‘ Sagittarius  | 11:18am Eastern
• ☽ at 25° 34‘ Sagittarius □ ♄ at 25° 34‘ Pisces | 3:03pm Eastern
• Sagittarius 🌑 New Moon | 8:43pm Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ☉ at 28° 24‘ Sagittarius  
• ☽ at 29° 23‘ Sagittarius □ ♆ at 29° 23‘ Pisces | 10:40pm Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 10:40pm - 11:52pm Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Capricorn | 11:52pm Eastern

Friday the Sagittarius New Moon is the main event for the day, even if it isn’t exact until 8:43 pm eastern. The interesting thing about New Moons is they occur when the Moon is completely dark. It’s not the manifestation opportunity you may have been led to believe in online spaces. 

It is when the light of the Moon is visible and growing that growth begins. 

This darkest phase of the Moon is occurring close to the darkest part of the year, at least in the Northern hemisphere. Solstice is only a couple of days away making this the perfect time to think about what needs to be released before you can start fully imagining the potential of the coming season and all of 2026. 

• Best for: Releasing what needs to go, endings that create space, contemplation about 2026, clearing out before you begin.
• Potential Challenges: Wanting to start when you should be letting go, impatience with the darkness, difficulty with endings, expecting immediate growth.

Saturday 12/20

• ☽ ☌ ♂︎ at 03° 56‘ Capricorn  | 7:42am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 7:42am -  December 21 at 10:51am Eastern
• ☉ at 29° 24‘ Sagittarius □ ♆ at 29° 24‘ Pisces | 8:01pm Eastern

Saturday is fuzzy. Truth, dreams, and the line between reality and fantasy all blur together. Rest before tomorrow's solstice brings structure and seriousness back. If you can’t rest, fact check all the things.

• Best for: Rest, creative work, spiritual practices, imagination, compassion, art that needs blurred boundaries, recognizing illusions.
• Potential Challenges: Deception, poor judgment, confusion about what's real, exhaustion, making decisions without clarity.

Sunday 12/21

• ♀︎ at 25° 37‘ Sagittarius □ ♄ at 25° 37‘ Pisces | 12:08am Eastern
• ☉ ▻ Capricorn | 10:03am Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Aquarius | 10:51am Eastern
• ☽ at 22° 35‘ Capricorn ☍ ♃ at 22° 35‘ Cancer | 8:26pm Eastern

Sunday we have the Winter Solstice (in the northern hemisphere) with the Sun moving into Capricorn at 10:03 am Eastern. While it is the longest night of the year, it also marks the period when the days slowly grow longer along with hope for a warmer and brighter tomorrow.

As an added bonus, the Moon is growing again which means it’s time to start thinking about all of those New Year’s resolutions.

• Best for: Serious commitments, accepting increased responsibility, maturity, building structure.
• Potential Challenges: Heaviness, pleasure limited, relationships facing tests, loss of spontaneity, restrictions on enjoyment.

Until next time, my wish for you is a light in the dark to help you move forward. - Robin💋