Astrology: Winter Solstice, December 21, 2025 Part 1 - Review

For the Fall prognostic, we wrote:

This semester seems characterized by strong impetus for progressive change with inspiration for positive, fair, respectful social relations. Qualities of a strong mind/body/emotion balance geared towards warm, pleasant fair relationships are favored. Further qualities of deep insight, articulate communication, strong decisiveness, focus, endurance, and leadership allowing a practical sense of efficiency are stimulated. A sense of bold creativity, originality can also inspire a sense of initiative.

At the same time there is stark tendency for resisting change through escapism, depression or aggression which can bring insecurity, confusion, self-doubt, and guilt. It can be depressing, but it can be a call to face challenges realistically. Projects can be faced with obstacles, blockages and delays.  This can bring tendencies for escapism, getting lost in dreamy fantasies and distractions. Moreover, tendencies for conflicts, competition, intimidation and power struggles, with propensities to exaggerate and over-estimate, can get quite intense and even reach volatile proportions.

Although many positive tools are potentialized to counteract the debilitating and impulsive energies of the chart, a key strategy could be tapping into the motivational inspiration of our altruistic values and beliefs to overcome the demoralizing tendencies that block productive action.

Following the September 21 solar eclipse, we had

Sep 24 Mars square Pluto

Super Typhoon Ragasa leaves devastation across China, Taiwan, Philippines, Airport cyber attacks in Denmark and Europe, a rousing UN speech was delivered by US president Trump (Sept. 23).

Oct 1 Dr. Jane Goodall passed away.  

Oct 9 Thomas Pynchon's last novel was published in 2013. Since then, the world has become a lot like a Pynchon novel...In his new novel, Shadow Ticket, he has a long bit in about asports and apports, disappearances and reappearances during séances. Big Lebowsky Gravity Rainbow prequel...

Oct 14 Gaza peace plan announced. In the Fall prognostic, I boldly declared:

 

Although there have been some strong efforts, I do not see the chance of the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars showing any signs of ending before next Spring at the earliest.

  

Perhaps I was off the mark, but the peace process, although making headway, is taking time to unfold, therefore, my prognostic for a Spring finalization might still be plausible. In any case, conditions for peace should be more favourable in the Spring, as the outer planets take a more definite positioning in the new signs.

 

Oct 21 Takaichi Sanae becomes Japan's 1st woman Prime Minister. On November 7, a statement about Taiwan prompted a diplomatic skirmish with China. Sailor Moon: The Super Live musical's tour of China was promptly cancelled.

 

Nov 4 Mars opposition Uranus Full moon in Taurus November 5 

Rio Brazil drug raids, against large organized crime ring, Sudan violence, Philippines Typhoon Kalmaegi,  Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Hamas-Israel attacks escalate, Tanzania election violence, India Religious stampede Afghanistan Earthquake, November 11 758-metre-long Hongqi bridge collapses in southwest China, months after opening.

 

Nov 20 Uranus sextile Neptune (2 of 5) 

Nov 21 Wicked For Good debuted with a strong box office performance. 

Astronomers spotted comet 3I/ATLAS with Hubble again on November 30, when it was 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth, and using the telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, captured an even clearer shot.  

 

Mars square Saturn exact Dec 8 ends Dec 29

Early possible effects noted around November 25 include, Hong Kong apartment complex fire, Over 1300 people dead & 1.2 million displaced following devastating flooding and  landslides in South-East Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, caused by tropical Cyclones Senyar and Ditwah.

 

Around December 8, we had 7.6 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, 7.5 earthquake in Alaska, Ukraine-Russia peace deal stalled, Israel-Gaza peace deal stalled, (progressing slowly), Thailand-Cambodia border skirmishes, failed coup in Benin, violence in Congo, Sudan civil war humanitarian crisis, US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker, continuing pressure campaign, dramatic documentary about Anglican Church abuse scandal aired. Two coronal mass ejections (CME) struck Earth's magnetic field, sparking geomagnetic storm conditions and painting the night sky with vivid aurora displays as far south as California U.S., Austria, and Germany.

 

Around December 14, Saturn father issues highlighted with Rob Reiner and wife murder and  father-son Hanukkah shooting in Australia, 15 dead. Both events could be seen as examples encapsulating many of the elements in the prognostic for the semester (compounded by Sun square Saturn (exact Dec. 16) and Mars square Neptune (exact Dec 14)).