Jupiter turns retrograde on December 8 at 12:41pm and remains so until April 8, 2015. The degrees it travels this month (22?38´–21?43´ Leo) are represented in the Sabian symbols by "a bareback rider in a circus displays her dangerous skills" and "a carrier pigeon fulfilling its mission." Issues regarding religion, the law, education, and long-distance travel could surface. Being in integrity is of the utmost importance, and so is being honest. December is a month when we push our own limits and realize our potential in glorious ways. We come to enjoy the rewards of all the hard work we have done, bringing to fruition an important cycle of creation in our lives.

Uranus square Pluto on December 14 is the next to last of the series of seven alignments that began in June 2012 and will end in March 2015. Major recalibration is at work in our lives. This is a time of death and transformation of all that no longer serve our higher purposes. Previously hidden inner and outer obstacles are being revealed now. People show their true colors, witnesses to the fact that nothing is ever as it seems, as circumstances change dramatically. As we get closer to the real core of our beings, our lives change accordingly.

Uranus turns direct on December 21 at 12?34´ Aries. The shadow period (the time needed for it to return to the exact same degree it started its retrogradation on) lasts until April 8, 2015. This degree is represented in the Sabian symbols by "a bomb that failed to explode is concealed." As we have become willingly more anchored in our individuality and opened pathways into the unknown to re-create our reality, big revolutionary changes were no longer necessary. We opened the door to our own future without the need for any external help to break us free from old paradigms.