🌙 Astrology Report: Now → December 31st

Hibernation Season, Celestial Tension & The Quiet Push Forward

By Ritual & Restore

We’re entering the final bend of the year. A portal of stillness, softness, and integration… yet the skies are buzzing with the kind of planetary activity that says:

“Rest, darling — but also… evolve.”

The next two weeks bring a powerful contrast: cosmic energy pushing us forward, while nature pulls us inward to slow, soften and restore.

This is the dance of December. And you are right on time.

Here’s your guide to navigating it with grace, clarity, and your inner light intact.

🔁 Mercury Right Now — Slowing Us Down to Hear the Truth

Mercury is moving through its post-retrograde shadow phase — meaning messages are still landing, and clarity is still forming.

You may notice:

• delayed insights finally arriving

• truths rising gently to the surface

• revisiting conversations or thoughts

• the desire to rewrite narratives

• a deeper connection to your intuition

Mercury right now is like a lantern held before you: not revealing everything — just the next few steps.

This is not a time for rushing decisions. It’s a time for listening, absorbing, reflecting, and letting aligned action take shape organically.

🔥 15th: Mars Enters Capricorn — Drive, Discipline, Direction

Mars shifts into earthy, determined Capricorn on the 15th.This is grounded ambition. This is the “I’m ready to take myself seriously” transit.

Expect:

• increased motivation

• clearer goals

• a desire to organise your life

• strength returning to the body

• focus and determination

But here’s the twist: Mars wants progress. Nature wants hibernation.

So your job is to move gently, not aggressively. Small, intentional steps. Soul-aligned action, not hustle-culture energy.

Think: “Consistency over intensity.”

🪨 16th: Sun Square Saturn — The Weight of Responsibility

The Sun squares Saturn on the 16th, creating moments where:

• you feel tired

• you question your progress

• limitations feel louder

• responsibilities weigh heavier

This transit is not punishment. It’s refinement. It’s helping you define what actually matters — and what is draining your life-force.

If you feel resistance, frustration or heaviness, pause and ask: “Is this truly mine to carry into the new year?”

Saturn always shows us the load we can safely put down.

🌗 20th: New Moon in Sagittarius — Hope, Vision & Expansion

Right before the Winter Solstice, we’re gifted a Sagittarius New Moon, bringing lightness, optimism, and the invitation to dream again.

This lunation activates:

• future vision

• intuitive expansion

• the desire for meaning

• freedom-based intentions

• spiritual clarity

Sagittarius says: “Where you’re going matters more than where you’ve been.”

This New Moon is your cosmic chance to set intentions:

• for your healing

• for your relationships

• for your business and creativity

• for your emotional expansion

Write them boldly. Write them honestly. Write them like your future self is guiding your pen.

🌬 20th: Winter Solstice — The Sacred Pause

When the Sun enters Capricorn on the Solstice, the wheel of the year turns. This is the longest night, the rebirth of the light, and the threshold between chapters.

The Solstice invites:

• deep rest

• reflection

• spiritual grounding

• womb-like stillness

• returning home to yourself

This is where the veil softens and your inner wisdom speaks clearly.

The Solstice + Sagittarius New Moon =A cosmic reset. A spiritual exhale. A quiet rebirth.

🌫 24th: Venus Square Neptune — Soft Hearts, Blurry Boundaries

This transit brings dreamy, romantic, rose-tinted energy — but also the risk of:

• over-giving

• wishful thinking

• ignoring red flags

• exhaustion from emotional labour

It’s beautiful for creativity, intuition and compassion —but tricky for clarity.

This day is best for:

• art

• rest

• spiritual connection

• soft self-care

• gentle boundaries

And definitely not for big decisions or emotional ultimatums.

🪐 Mercury Square Saturn (Throughout the Cycle) — Mental Pressure Meets Truth

Mercury squaring Saturn asks us to get real:

• Where are we overthinking?

• Where are we self-sabotaging?

• What patterns are we done with?

• What mindset still belongs to an older version of us?

This aspect brings the truth to the forefront, but without drama —more like a soft, stern whisper:

“You deserve better. Speak to yourself like someone you love.”

🌙 How to Work With These Conflicting Energies

✨ When the cosmos pushes you forward:

Ground yourself. Choose small, meaningful actions. Create gentle structure.

✨ When nature pulls you inward:

Rest without guilt. Reflect instead of forcing progress. Listen to your emotional body.

✨ Ask yourself:

• What is growing within me?

• What is ending?

• What actually wants my energy?

• What do I want to feel in 2026?

These two weeks are not about productivity. They’re about alignment.

🌿 Winter Solstice Ritual:

“The Rebalance Ritual”

A ritual to stay grounded between push + rest, action + surrender.

You’ll need:

• A candle (white or gold)

• A bowl of warm water

• A pinch of salt

• A journal

• A cosy blanket or scarf

1. Light Your Candle

Say softly: “I welcome the return of the light, within and around me.”

2. Warm Water Release

Add salt to the bowl and dip your fingers in. Visualise old energy dissolving.

Whisper: “I gently release the weight of this year.”

3. Write Two Lists

List 1: “What I leave behind.” Habits, fears, patterns, relationships, stories.

List 2: “What I carry into the new year.” Truths, strengths, desires, values.

4. Sagittarius New Moon Intention

Write 1–3 intentions beginning with: “In 2026, I choose…”

Keep them soul-based, not task-based.

5. Wrap Yourself in the Blanket

Feel held, supported, reborn.

Say: “I honour my rest. I welcome aligned action. I walk forward with balance.”

Blow out the candle.

🌟 Closing Message

These next two weeks hold the perfect recipe for renewal:

cosmic expansion + winter stillness.

You are not meant to push. You are not meant to shrink. You are meant to balance —to honour the rhythm your soul is whispering.

Let these final days of the year wash over you like a warm tide. Let the old fall away. Let the new feel spacious, possible, and deeply aligned.

Your next chapter is already waiting. All you have to do is meet it with softness.