Astrological Overview: December 11-17, 2023

Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week:All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), add 8 hours.Monday: Mercury sextile Venus, Sun quincunx UranusTuesday: New Moon 3:31 p.m. PST, Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mercury stations retrogradeWednesday: Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mars semisquare PlutoThursday: No major aspects are exact todayFriday: Mars trine ChironSaturday: Sun trine Eris, Sun square NeptuneSunday: Venus quincunx Chiron*****SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON: A new and exciting lunar cycle begins this Tuesday, December 12, when the Sun and Moon align at 20°40´ Sagittarius. This New Moon is exactly aligned with the fixed star Atria (at 20°54´ Sagittarius). Atria is the brightest star in a constellation called the Triangulum Australis (Southern Triangle). It is about seven times larger than our Sun and emits about 5,000 times the luminosity. Continue Reading Be sure to visit InnerSelf.com, where there are 20,000+ life-altering articles where we promote "New Attitudes and New Possibilities." All articles are translated into 30 languages. Subscribe to InnerSelf Magazine, published weekly, and to Marie T Russell's Daily Inspiration. InnerSelf Magazine has been published since 1985.