Cancer Summary

This month will be a big one. You've had changes so far this past year, but more are on the way. This month, try not to overload your schedule at holiday time as you usually do, for this month you will find yourself in a serious time squeeze and may feel overwhelmed.
The full moon December 2 will lower your resistance to colds and flu, so make it a point to treat yourself with tender loving care in the first week. You will have plenty of time to recover in time for the holidays.
As you begin December, work will need attention, too. Projects need to be shipped so it will be important to be organized. If you are a manager, others will be looking to you for direction.
Finances seem to be a concern too, so be selective and conservative when making out your holiday gift list. When it comes to shopping, you need to know that Mercury will retrograde December 26 to January 16, but you'll feel earlier the slowdowns that this planet is known to bring when out of phase, from December 9. This means to get the best bargains and the prettiest gifts, you will have to shop early or be faced with a lack of selection.
With work so busy, you'll be able to either work overtime or earn extra money through freelance jobs on the side. If self-employed, new clients will be fairly easy to bring in. This will be true all month, but particularly in the second half of December.
Your biggest moment will be at the full moon lunar eclipse on December 31 in Cancer. This will end a long chapter and set the stage for a new one to begin soon, if not now, then six months from now. Outside events will come out of the blue and make it clear what parts of life are ending and also what you need to do. A relationship may now change, either in a big happy way, or just the opposite, in time for a break up.
No matter what your original timetable was for a relationship ("We will get married a year from now," or "We will first save for a house and be ready to wed in three years,") outside decisions will have to be made quickly. With Venus in your opposite sign of Capricorn, your relationship may be going well, and you should be feeling quite positive about your future as a couple.
Eclipses are always dramatic and they test the strength of endeavors and relationships, depending on the house where they fall. This eclipse, December 31, is in Cancer, lighting your first house of personal dreams and your very core of identity - hence, this eclipse will clarify your feelings and plans. If you've been unhappy for some time, you may now break up with someone you were attached to a long time. If this should happen, be philosophical - the universe has bigger plans for you. If you were born on July 1, plus or minus five days, you will notice the effects of this eclipse more than most.
With Saturn in hard angle, you may be concerned about a housing situation or the welfare of a parent near December 31, too. Or, it may be that your family or your partner's family may have opinions about your future plans, and you'll have to manage those family members' comments, too. Yet this eclipse, in Cancer, should not be about what others tell you to do - it's about you, dear Cancer. Follow your heart.

Dates to note
Most romantic days: December 3-4, 7, 12-13, 16, 21-23, and 26-27
Protect health: Within four days of December 2 and December 24-25
Financially, be conservative and spend frugally: all month
Look for a part time or full time job: December 16-23. It won't be a step up, but it will be a job that can add money to your coffers.
Expect a big lifestyle or relationship development: December 31, the full moon lunar eclipse. Suddenly you will know your own mind.
If you have a partner you love, things will grow closer: After Venus enters Capricorn from December 25
If a relationship has been shaky, things may reach a crisis: December 31

Capricorn Summary

You seem anxious to wrap up an important work project due within four days of December 2. Relax, for you will do so quite easily. With Mars and Saturn supportive, you may find it nearly miraculous how everyone in your team pulls together. Keep up the vitamins - this work project might take a lot of energy from you, and you will want to stay strong for the coming holidays.
You are now one month away from your birthday, a time in astrology associated with meditation and reflection about what you'd like to have happen in the year ahead. With planets filling your twelfth house, dare to paint your dreams on a large canvas. If you can imagine a better life, you can create it. Make your list, be courageous. Don't let your inner critic limit your vision. The universe will give you fresh ideas, so if you'd like to open a new path, you will soon get your chance.
Shop for gifts in the first week, for Mercury will retrograde from December 26 to January 16, but you will feel Mercury in static mode from December 9 onward. If you get all your gifts purchased early, you will have a far better chance of finding gifts that will please the people you love.
While most of the month will be quiet, things will change dramatically at the full moon lunar eclipse in your partnership sector on December 31. Eclipses bring sudden, surprising news that often requires a decision or other response. Your close relationship will be under the microscope, and even the smallest comment could trigger quite a revelation. After this eclipse is over, chances are you will know your partner in a new way.
To know what will happen, look to the past. If you are in love and feel that you know your partner well, you may be ready to get or give a proposal for marriage or make other plans for your future together. This will be true even if you never felt ready before. Married couples, for example, may decide to have a child. If you have been unhappy for a long time, this eclipse may make you see the reason why you will need to leave soon. Those born on or very near December 31 will feel this eclipse the most now and also during the year ahead. No matter what, eclipses work in our favor. Change is good, dear Capricorn - welcome it.

Dates to note
Finish a big project at work: at the full Moon December 2 plus or minus 4 days.
Have confidential financial talks: December 10.
Take time to meditate about your new birthday year: after December 16, the new moon.
Mars will retrograde from December 20-March 10. Financial and home / property and real estate decisions should be tabled until after March 10.
Prepare for extra busy days: December 24 and 25. Recruit extra help this year.
Mercury will go retrograde: December 26 through January 16. Do your holiday shopping early.
A relationship's future will become clear: after the total eclipse of the moon December 31.
Most romantic days: December 3-4, 7-8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, and 31 (wildcard, could go either way, depending on how your relationship has been going).

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