Scorpio Horoscope for December 2024

This is an amazing and introspective month for you, Scorpio, following last November’s New Moon in your sign. Mercury is retrograde in your sector of resources and values, where also lands the Sagittarius New Moon from the very beginning of December. You might be spending time thinking and re-thinking your core values, strategy for security, and finances, to include your attitude toward the material world in general. And as if one inner planet retrograde were not enough, the weekend of the 6th sees Mars, your traditional ruler, also stationing to retrograde motion and located in a major sector of your chart, referencing vocation. This area too might be subject to review and readjustment, with potential conflicts coming up on the 8th for resolution. The important Gemini Full Moon of the 15th represents a time that is tempered by intuitive understandings inspired by active relationships in your life, and by your intentionality around forging more integrated bonds both with these key partners and also within yourself. This entire time, transformation is in the air for your career choices, and for coming at the world based strictly upon your own deep-seated values. Partners are in this mix, especially at the Full Moon. The Capricorn Solstice of the 21st and the Moon’s Last Quarter on the following day mark another potent weekend when the inner reaches of your psyche are there to aid you in your search for progress.


The following was written by our wonderful Leslie Benson. Look for Leslie at Astrology for Awakening.


December begins with the Sagittarius New Moon the late night of November 30th, activating your second sector of personal finances, values, and self-worth. This fresh cycle invites you to reflect on what you truly value — both materially and emotionally — and how your financial decisions align with your deeper desires. With Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius, this is a time to revisit budgets, reorganize financial plans, and re-prioritize what makes you feel secure. The New Moon’s square to Saturn in Pisces may highlight the maturation you are undergoing in your creative expression, while its trine to stationing Mars in Leo is urging you to pursue ambitious goals, especially in your career. Mercury in retrograde motion is in close forming trine to Chiron, so that inner wounding might represent an important part of the personal evolution that this month entails.

Mars, the traditional ruler of your sign, stations retrograde in Leo, your tenth sector of career and public life, on December 6th. This is a significant and transformative transit for you, as it slows the pace of professional progress and forces you to reassess your ambitions and public image. Mars retrograde often brings a heightened awareness of your inner motivations and frustrations, and in your tenth sector, it invites you to question what worldly success truly means and looks like for you. Throughout December, Mars opposes Pluto in Aquarius, your modern ruler, adding another layer of intensity. With Pluto newly embarking on its 20-year journey through your fourth sector of home and emotional foundations, this opposition creates a powerful dynamic between your external ambitions and the personal metamorphosis that is just beginning in your experience of home. Mars moves back into the last degree of Cancer, thus your ninth sector of beliefs and higher learning, although not until January 6th; you may at that timing feel called to align your professional pursuits with your personal philosophy, adding even more depth to this potent energy.

On December 6th also, Venus moves into Aquarius and your fourth sector, where it conjoins Pluto until the 8th. This alignment heightens the emotional stakes in your home life and family relationships, bringing potential revelations, power struggles, or profound transformations. With Venus opposing Mars, tensions may arise between your professional responsibilities and personal needs. You may wish to use this time to confront emotional truths and forge deeper, more authentic connections within your private world.

On December 15th, the Full Moon in Gemini illuminates your eighth-second sector axis, bringing themes of shared resources, intimacy, and the inner depths of your psyche to the fore. This is a moment of emotional intensity, urging you to come face to face with the subterranean landscape of your fears and doubts, allowing them space to breathe and be known and experienced. With Neptune’s T-square from Sun and Moon adding a layer of complexity, it may be wise to lean into self-compassion and trust when you feel uncertain, and as the month progresses, more clarity will come around these matters. The highlighted presence also of Uranus is Taurus could presage unexpected relationship happenings taking place, anywhere from now to the end of the December month.

On the same day, Mercury stations direct in Sagittarius, signaling a shift toward clarity in your financial and personal value systems. While Mercury’s post-shadow phase calls for continued patience, you’ll feel your communications and introspective attitude around finance begin to ease and settle out.

The Solstice on December 21st ushers the Sun into Capricorn, highlighting your third sector of communication, learning, and local connections. This shift encourages you to ground your mental energy and focus on practical ways to express your ideas and intentions.

From December 20th to the 28th, exact on the 24th, Jupiter in Gemini forms a square with Saturn in Pisces, linking your eighth sector of transformation and shared resources with your fifth sector of creativity and joy. This is one of the most significant transit of this end of year timing, and brings tension between exploring your emotional depths and the inner tug you feel towards honoring your creative impulses with practical outlets for them. While you may feel pulled in multiple directions, this energy offers an opportunity to synergies your emotional experience with meaningful creative endeavors.

As the month winds down, Chiron stations direct in your sixth sector of health and daily routines on December 29th. The week or so around this time marks a special window of healing in how you approach your well-being and productivity, helping you release old wounds and find more meaningful ways to care for yourself.

The New Moon in Capricorn on December 30th lands in your third sector, initiating a fresh cycle of communication and education. Set intentions to strengthen your voice, embrace learning opportunities, and create meaningful links as you prepare for the New Year.