December 2024 horoscopes: How to survive double (gulp!) retrogrades and holiday trauma triggers

Welcome to December, Star Seeds.The month begins with a potent new moon in Sagittarius in the early hours of Dec.

1, (Nov.30 for those on the West Coast.) Under these dark skies and the influence of the archer, we are reminded that the unknown is the last horizon of hope and that curiosity — a better bet than caution, if we allow it — is our best defense against fear.While Mercury, our coyote planet of tech, communication and travel, stations direct mid-month, the shadow period of this slowdown showdown extends through the first of the year, lending the holidays an extra layer of intrigue and intensity and, if we allow it, an ample opportunity to redefine family, ritual and nourishment.

“In the sign of expansive, philosophical, and adventure-seeking Sagittarius, there’s plenty of room for improvement on multiple fronts,” astrologer Babs Cheung, aka The Astro Translator, tells The Post.On Dec.

6, Mars, our war-monger planet of will and wants, is going retrograde in Leo, inviting us on a self-inquiry kind of hero’s journey wherein we slow the hell down and think long and soft about the consequences of our actions, the authenticity of our desires and the story we are writing with the blood and ashes of both.A full cold moon in Gemini lights up the sky on Dec.

15 and the winter solstice arrives on Dec.21, ushering in Capricorn season.And then, my friends, after Yule and Xmas, it’s a slow slide into the new year.

Here’s to a wind down that feels easy and a new year that’s better than where we’ve been.Onward, ever forward.

Read on to see how the planets will have their way with you.For Aries Cheung advises pulling back as opposed to pushing forward at all costs.

“This is the time to get good at building up your patience and easing up in the pursuit.Being able to take a step back, instead of brute-forcing your way to a haphazard solution, will save you a lot of needless stress, especially during the holiday rush.” Find out what ...