Major Astrological Events in December 2007

Mercury squares Dragon’s Head on December 2, 2007

This is a period when you should stop in your tracks and take a reality check. This applies especially to academic goals, business strategies, and diplomatic strategies (for ambassadors and policy makers). Be open minded and be willing to explore all possibilities. Do not be sentimental while taking major decisions. A cool head detached from the musings of the heart is necessary around this period. Similarly, do not take anything for granted…..even if your business is going on smoothly and things are generally rosy, you will do well to analyze the situation and understand the dynamics of the situation better during this period. Those dabbling with stocks should be very careful and not be carried away by market sentiments unnecessarily. A cool head and a calculated strategy will help you to consolidate your gains while getting jittery or carried away by recent successes might prove to be your undoing.

Venus sextiles Pluto on December 4, 2007

You should be able to gain some perspective on the pattern of your emotional life under this influence. This is a period when lots of relationships are likely to be formed between partners sharing common destiny and patterns of Fate. Relationships formed during this period tend to turn out to be quite successful and mutually rewarding for the partners concerned. If you are in love with someone for quite sometime, and are sure of the potential of the relationship but are yet to disclose your interest to the object of your interest, go ahead…..stars are in your favour. This is a period when you can charm your way to success in every field of human endeavour. There could be a positive movement of stocks in the stock market or at least an opportunity to book profits if you have been waiting to do so for quite some time.

Venus sesquiquadrates Uranus on December 5, 2007

This is a good time to cut yourself off from stale relationships and look forward to the future with more optimism. Romance can bloom in the most unlikely of circumstances under this aspect. You might consider redeployment of finances in more productive channels. Sudden business opportunities might present themselves and require immediate action on your part. This is a fluid period and your success mainly depends on your ability to act according to the needs of the situation rather than going about your moves with a pre-conceived mindset. Your success will be in direct proportion to your dynamism and ability to adapt to any situation.

Mercury squares Uranus on December 11, 2007

This is a good time for reappraising your strategies and taking a reality-check on your current activities. Do not be resistant to change unnecessarily. Embrace changing circumstances with a positive attitude and with appropriate correction in your strategies, and you will do just fine. If you seem to come up against setbacks or unforeseen obstacles that threaten to jolt you, adopt the strategy of “holding ground.” Do not panic and do not act in a hurry. Wait to see if the situation is temporary or of a long-term consequence and take actions/ policy corrections only if there is a real need for such activities. Sometimes we end up reacting unnecessarily to temporary fluctuations and undo all our previous good efforts in panic which should be avoided.

Jupiter conjuncts Pluto, and Venus trines Mars on December 12, 2007

This is a good period for mergers and acquisitions in business. From an investor’s point of view, this could be just the right time for investing on IPOs in manufacturing sector, gold bonds, and IT sector. These alignments also favour long-term romantic relationships and add to the already auspiciousness prevailing due to the earlier alignments of the month in this regard. However, young unmarried individuals and those in troubled relationships should be more responsible in interactions with members of the opposite gender as these alignments tend to increase the libido and may impel everyone to indulge in physical manifestation of love! Political developments occurring during this period can have important long-term consequences for all parties concerned and have the potential to reshape the destiny of millions affected by those moves – for good or for bad!

Mars’ closest approach to earth on December 19, 2007

Switzerland, Turkey, West Indies, Brazil, the states of California, Virginia, and Texas in the US, Boston, Paris, Los Angeles, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Mexico, Greece, Bangladesh, states of Punjab, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal in India, and Sri Lanka are some of the places affected by this phenomenon. Countries/ cities denoted by the signs Virgo and Capricorn are likely to experience adverse effects including threat of natural disasters/ terrorist attacks/ increased rate of crime/ civil-war type of situation/ air-crash or fire accidents and increased tensions due to this phenomenon especially as Mars is retrograde during this closest approach.

The prices of cotton, jaggery, salt, copper, gold, red-chillies may go up marginally due to this phenomenon. There could be a cliff-hanger sort of situation/ cold-war type situation between India and Pakistan during this period. There could be ego-clashes between heads of various departments within the defence forces (like conflict between manufacturing units and procurement units, conflict between high command and the field commanders, ego clashes between various service chiefs in Joint Action committees/ War Room discussions, or even disagreement between the Executive Heads and the Service Chiefs on Stretegic matters!)

On the positive side, perfection of new surgical procedures, discovery of new natural resources, innovation in transport sector might also be experienced. This applies to all countries around the globe.

Saturn turns retrograde on December 19, 2007

This happens in the 15th degree of Leo which is symbolized as the angel of the Sun (Michael) standing erect, and striking the earth with the point of a dazzling sword.
Children born around this period will have superior ability in some direction due to karmic connections and with the potential to climb up very high in the ladder of mundane achievements. The mind of such persons will be ambitious, but at the same time they will be conscious of their limitations. Fame and power generally attend these natives and parents should groom such children carefully to realize their full leadership potential.

Generally, a period of retrograde Saturn means a period when past actions come to haunt us – individually and collectively. This is karmic pay-back time on a global level! There could be urge to return back to our roots and shake off unnecessary trappings of modernity that are detrimental to us. We will have the intelligence to take the best from both tradition and modernity, and evolve the correct hybrid for our life-style in an attempt to lead a wholesome existence.

Those who are unduly ambitious and want to keep surging ahead all the time may find this period as stagnant. The reality, however, is that this is a time when we should rest on our oars and orient ourselves towards better destinations instead of being carried away by mindless currents of change!


Article by Pandit R Dakshinamoorthi