We cooperate with Life: Life gives us options; our decisions give it form.
The Sun will be in Sagittarius from November 21 through December 21. The following forecast for the month of Sagittarius is general and will apply to everyone.
Each aspect listed below will be in effect (“in orb”) between its Entering and Leaving dates but strongest on its Exact date. The aspects in play at any time may or may not harmonize well with one another.
TRANSITING SUN ENTERING SAGITTARIUS
Nov 21 2024
Lighter now for whatever losses we may have suffered in the dark of Scorpio, we’re ready to turn from our grief and see what we can see in the light of Sagittarius. Wiser for our experiences, we have a new, improved perspective from which to explore. From a Sagittarian point of view, it turns out that we’re mostly more than okay after all, with good reason to celebrate victories over trouble and optimism for the future.
TRANSITING SUN TRINE TRANSITING MARS
Entering Nov 25 2024, Exact Nov 27 2024, Leaving Nov 28 2024
A sense of assurance that we’re doing the right thing increases our confidence in our abilities. We’re capable and energetic, able to make things happen with the optimistic Sagittarian Sun cheering us on.
TRANSITING SUN SQUARE TRANSITING SATURN
Entering Dec 2 2024, Exact Dec 4 2024, Leaving Dec 6 2024
Uh-oh. Here we may run into obstacles and delays, easily exacerbated by fears. Difficult judgments and decisions may be necessary now. Though we need to be realistic, we do well to replace fear with wisdom and compassion. A barrier we face now is not the dead end it may appear to be; it’s a serious but manageable challenge that can stimulate our noble ambitions.
TRANSITING SUN OPPOSITION TRANSITING JUPITER
Entering Dec 6 2024, Exact Dec 7 2024, Leaving Dec 8 2024
So here’s the Sun in Sagittarius, freshly emerged from the emotional ordeal of Scorpio and ready for moral and legal proclamations as well as celebrations. But very soon he finds himself opposing Sagittarius’s ruler, expansive Jupiter, in Gemini of information and transportation. Good news! — or is it?
It’s normal for any planet in generalizing Sagittarius to apply theories to any specific situations that may be noticed in Gemini. This time, though, with ethical-but-lenient Judge Jupiter doing the noticing personally (for the first time in 12 years), the process isn’t exactly normal. This looks to me like news that includes a mountainous ‘docket’ of detailed ‘cases’ to be studied and judged, likely accompanied by a host of moral and legal disagreements. (Didn’t Saturn just signal some delay? And isn’t Jupiter’s carefree grin a little too mischievous amid the daunting ‘can of worms’ in Gemini?) Jupiter can be overconfident, and may rely too much on luck while overlooking important details. Saturn absolutely isn’t having that. It looks like a real mess, but there it is.
The combination of this opposition with the Sun’s square to no-nonsense Saturn (see above) produces the effect of a mutable T-square. In Pisces, Saturn calls attention to confinement, illness, damage, dysfunction, and decay that is very real and must be realistically addressed. The energies of the T-square discharge into Virgo, the unoccupied mutable sign where scrupulous attention to details is mandatory. That means the solution to this challenge is work — lots and lots of detailed and tedious WORK, whether Jupiter and the Sun like it or not. (Jupiter won’t like it, but will support the improvement with enthusiasm. The noble Sun will most likely make the heroic choice to deal with the challenge bravely, for the sake of honor.)
To summarize, although the energies involved here are mostly positive, they include evidence that too much of something can be bad. Representative examples of an overwhelming number of details to be dealt with will probably come to our attention now, and we won’t be able to avoid dealing with them.
TRANSITING MARS STATIONARY
Dec 6 2024
Consistent with the Sun’s T-square in opposition to Jupiter and square to Saturn, Mars the zealous warrior in Leo slows his pace to a halt now and turns retrograde. It seems that a review of what Mars has done since early October is needed before he can continue forward. Just after the upcoming New Year, he’ll go back into that intense “truth-challenge” opposition to Pluto where he was last month. Again he’ll be questioned: Are you fighting for the truth, or are you fighting against it?
This is a temporary but necessary pause, during which reviews are wanted and attempts at new conquests won’t go well. The eager Mars in all of us will have to ‘hold his horses’ and back up a bit until the last week of February, when Mars is scheduled to turn direct and resume speedy forward progress. Having retraced previous steps, Mars may just do some things differently next time. Meanwhile, in January, we will all share with Mars the repeated challenge of its second opposition to Pluto: Are you fighting for the truth, or are you fighting against it?
TRANSITING NEPTUNE STATIONARY
Dec 7 2024
Imagination and compassion are on the move again. Delays on a practical level will more likely help than hinder our inner development through the arts and spirituality. Though we may not be able to apply it practically in the real world at first, we’re starting to recover our inspiration to care about life and grow new dreams.
FULL MOON IN GEMINI
Dec 15
TRANSITING JUPITER SQUARE TRANSITING SATURN
Entering Dec 16 2024, Exact Dec 24 2024
This is a tightening of the square between the two strong planets drawn by the Sun into the troublesome T-square described above. Recurring about every six years, this particular square can bring some material success but also overwhelm us with obligations.
This time their placement in mutable signs suggests an unusually messy challenge, with many details to sort through and hidden or unclear factors to be accounted for. Though daunting, the challenge is probably well worth our efforts. Hopefully we can find some ways to simplify the necessary work without cutting any important corners.
TRANSITING SUN SQUARE TRANSITING NEPTUNE
Entering Dec 16 2024, Exact Dec 18 2024, Leaving Dec 19 2024
This square seems to divert energy normally expended physically into the imagination, so that we feel less energetic than usual. Perception tends to be relatively unfocused, and action on the sloppy side. Normally it’s a good time to take a break from life’s practical pressures, if we can, and relax with a movie, a good book, or an artistic activity.
Unfortunately, circumstances this year may allow little time for leisure. We’ll have to focus mostly on doing whatever must be done, taking motivation to do it well from our compassion for the suffering and our newest dreams of a better world.
(c) Solar Fire 4.10, 1994-97, Esoteric Technologies Pty. Ltd., was used in calculations and compilations.