Written and Narrated by Pam Younghans.

Current week's astrological overview

Astrological Overview: December 6 - 12, 2021

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, add 8 hours.)

MON: Mars sextile Pluto
TUE: Venus square Eris, Mercury square Neptune, Mars square Jupiter
WED: No major aspects today
THU: Mercury trine Eris
FRI: Mercury semisquare Saturn 
SAT: Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus, Venus conjunct Pluto, Mercury sextile Jupiter, Sun square Neptune
SUN: No major aspects today

TIME IS A BLUR in this last month of 2021. We are moving through yet another powerfully transformational stage in our "final ascent" journey.

Each week of December provides yet another significant impulse of energy, each working in its own way to move us forward:


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  • Last week, we entered a portal created by the Total Solar Eclipse, which represented the opportunity for a major shift.
  • This week, Venus and Pluto begin a lengthy tango, which I'll talk more about today.
  • Next week's Full Moon occurs as the Sun exactly aligns with the Galactic Center, activating a "defrag and download" process.
  • The following week, the third Saturn-Uranus square perfects, reinforcing the core lessons of this life-changing year.
  • And, on the last two days of 2021, Mars crosses the degree of the Total Solar Eclipse, reactivating its evolutionary influence.

VENUS AND PLUTO usually rendezvous just once a year, with the effects of their conjunction lasting perhaps two or three days. This year, however, Venus will be going retrograde (backward) while moving through Capricorn, and so will cross paths with Pluto three times between now and early March 2022. Here are the dates...

Continue Reading at InnerSelf.com (plus audio/mp3 version of article)


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About the Author

Pam YounghansPam Younghans is a professional astrologer, editor, and writer. She lives in a log home northeast of Seattle, Washington with her beloved animal companions. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 25 years. If you are interested in an astrology reading, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or leave a message at 425.445.3775.

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