Monthly Lovescopes December 2018
Tell it straight to your heart and shoot your arrows from the hip, astro babes. December’s cosmic love lair is feathered with earnestly penned letters and lacey truths, as a pack of planets traveling direct, and wild child Sagittarius leading the charge, ask us to commit to clear messaging, upgrade stale beliefs, and immerse ourselves in the adventurously risky experience of loving. It’s a karaoke booth month for choosing our duet partners with clarity, and relishing the sensation of stepping up to the magical mic with mojo, no matter the endgame.
With Pisces and Sagittarius energies echoing through December’s hallways, the medicine is “mutable,” and all about your heart’s biodiverse potential to adapt and change. These are the zodiac’s top-down convertible riders, who employ a sense of street smarts and experiential learning, letting themselves be affected and shape-shifted by every being they encounter. Coupled with a now direct Venus taking a final spin through Scorpio, we’re ready to roll the dice on a bare-all intimacy, without fear of losing anything at all.
December’s cosmic medicine reminds us that when we immerse ourselves in the wondrously strange, precious experience of reaching out for others in the first place, we uncover the hearts of gold that we’ve been searching for, filled-up with curiosity, rather than scrambling out of scarcity. Forget whatever you’ve been believing about the “way” love is for you, and show up for technicolor experience, no matter the heart shape.
So shake off old tunes and pack your bags for a romantic getaway to destinations unknown. When we rise to meet the moment without judgement or preconceived notions, we can surprise our hearts into brand new beats...
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Love Song: Dancing with my depths reignites the passion.
In Your Heart: As your birthday month rages on, Sag, you’re starting to come into a deep dance with your tastes and desires like never before. And with Scorpio planets still tracking across your astral turf, you’re asked to smoke out any sense of superficiality in your partnerships. Let it all feel terribly important and profound, and shy away from anything that’s too surface. Get obsessed. Declare your feelings boldly and dramatically, no matter how long it has been with a certain person, or what others are saying you “should” do. Don’t be afraid to penetrate beneath the usual niceties and get to the pumping heart of your affairs. And remember that every being you desire is also a part of you. That trait you can’t get enough of? That person you’re crushing on? They are a reflection of your own luminous, adorable capacity to love them, Sag.
In Your Spirit: As you celebrate this sense of give and take, recuperating for yourself what you may have farmed out to others’ hearts, let your spirit get plumped up by your own personal passions as well. As a mutable fire sign, you’re quick to share it all, letting the bonfire unfold to warm the world. But notice something you can keep close to yourself right now. Maybe it’s a secret hobby, or an outfit you only wear in private. A “nocturnal” look or activity that’s only for your own gaze. As the year draws to a close, consider your more subterranean sources of power that aren’t always for the world’s prying eyes, and make sure to light the inner hearth before opening up shop for the marshmallow roasters of the world.
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Love Song: Releasing the heart shackles brings on the shimmer.
In Your Heart: It’s a tasty moment to get super curious in love, Cappy, as December’s Sagittarius wild ponies lead you straight into your birthday month. While you sometimes get a rep for being a stick in the romantic mud, you’re an earth babe who understands a thing or two about experiential learning and doesn’t shy away from the long haul of love affairs. What methods have become outmoded? What facets of your partnerships, either current or desired, simply aren’t working anymore? Know that you can face the new “work” that awaits you with both seriousness and a sense of play, giving solid ground to explorations while letting yourself come alive to some romantic possibilities once again.
In Your Spirit: It’s a return to innocence month for your spirit, Cappy, as you wash yourself clean at year’s end and assess just how far you’ve traveled. Let this feel loose and liberating, as you allow some celebration of all that’s gone down in order to invite in the shimmers of what’s newly forming. What projects and ideas are just beginning to glitter like a fresh squeezed sunrise? Let yourself truly feel the mutable magic, Cappy, and be filled completely with a sense of shapeshifting. There is nothing in this world that stays the same, not even for a second. And while this might initially shock your strong sense of structure, you can let this notion infuse your life with a breezy quality right now, knowing that your root systems are strong enough to let your branches catch the wind.
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Love Song: I'm ready to float in the love pool, free of heavy beliefs.
In Your Heart: What’s been weighing you down in the deep end Aquarius? Whether it’s an old affair that’s still lingering, or a behavior or belief that feels like a current dragging you under as it seems to run on autopilot, this month wants you to interrogate the pull of past romantic patterns. Can you do this heart work from a place of sweetly buoyant compassion rather than harshly self-critical recrimination? What have you not forgiven yourself for, and how has that affected your ability to also forgive others? And what is not even yours to carry, evidence of a longer love lineage that you may have inherited from your family or even beyond? Curiously and compassionately tracing the origins of these tales will teach them to swim downstream.
In Your Spirit: You’re on a lifelong journey towards understanding that you’re a flesh and blood creature like the rest of us, and as the year draws to a close, you’re asked to take an inventory of your wild and free emotional growth. What did you expose yourself to that you never dreamt possible? Where did you let the hard edges of some of your rational, intellectual nature soften just a bit? Catalogue your animalism like you’re taking a safari through your own jungles, Aquarius. Relish the moments when you’ve wept with joy or screamed in anger. When you’ve made a decision based on instinct alone. Fluff your fur and howl at the Moon. You deserve to celebrate your untamable essence.
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Love Song: Drawing the love line is an act of liberation.
In Your Heart: With Mars continuing its journey through your sign until the year’s end, and Chiron stationing direct in your sign this month, you’re becoming a badass in ways you never dreamed possible, Little Mermaid. You’re standing up for yourself in love, no matter how wildly uncomfortable this may feel at first, and you’re learning to manage your precious reserves of feeling for those who are valuable enough to deserve it. Consider the contours of your castle this month, and recommit to creating exactly the kind of fortress that feels good. Use the word “no” liberally and lusciously, knowing that every “no” uncovers the diamonds of the deeper yes beneath it.
In Your Spirit: Being your own gatekeeper and protectress in matters of the heart also unveils a sense of majesty and ownership in your spirit. Let yourself lord over the proceedings of your own life like a Queen, shaping your kingdom to match your desires. Notice what is waiting for you to speak it into being, resting on the tip of your tongue, and let it unfurl, knowing that the world is ready to hear your particular opinion. This sense of dominion can start with small acts of choosing. How much butter on your bread and honey in your tea. Which color brings out your eyes fiercely and fully. Let each moment of your day offer an opportunity for this sense of ownership, sweet Pisces. Self-centricity doesn’t have to feel selfish.
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Love Song: Keeping hope alive lets my heart thrive.
In Your Heart: What’s become parched and scorched in your heartspace, Aries? Where have you deadened yourself with the same-old tired tale and lost any trace of Disney-like wishing on a star? This month is here to remind you that you are the zodiac’s eternal spring, and that as the year draws to a close, you’re receiving a precious package of seeds that, when properly tended, will yield the most luscious tropical blooms this side of Hawaii. Show up dressed as the dream catcher, Aries. Cover yourself in those gemstone face decals and stripe your hair pink like a Valentine candy. Get romantic and sparkly and downright silly, making collages that catalogue your wildest hopes for partnerships and erotic adventures.
In Your Spirit: It’s a windchime month for you, Aries, as you trust in your ability to create beautiful song with whatever elements rise to meet you. Mutable energy is here to teach you about responsiveness, and after all this year’s dives into using your Martial energy in more sustainable ways, you can float on the breeze and just let it flow through you, bringing the melody up and out without any efforting or resistance. So much of this year has been about understanding that it can be easier, Aries, and that this isn’t a crime. You don’t get a badge of honor for your battle wounds right now. Instead, you get rewarded for reminding yourself of the preciousness of your very existence and not wasting one second of it. Let that realization liberate your vacation mindset in every moment.
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Love Song: Getting messy in love makes even more magic.
In Your Heart: After last month’s reckoning with the rawer shades of the human heart, December finds you ready to play with the full-on paint set, and to let yourself be truly in romantic process without worrying about the endgame. With all the Uranian shake ups this year, December’s energy can finally start to feel like the electricity of excitement. Let a sense of surprise remind you that you are capable of receiving more in love than your hopes and fears could ever give shape to, and that when you loosen your grip on the shape, what rises to meet you is stranger and sweeter than you could ever imagine. Losing sight of the love story’s ending lets you be right here in the middle, Taurus, relishing the scenery as it rolls past your window.
In Your Spirit: Let your pulse quicken as the pace of your life quickens, Taurus. Jazz hands, unitards, and running shoes are your spirit’s suit right now, and the year’s end urges you forward without you having to strategize or scheme too concretely. You’ve been in a year-long process of undoing the laces and bringing down some walls to build a brand new dreamhouse. This month, let whatever needs to be swept out to sea get carried out on a magic carpet. Upgrading any belief systems means being willing to mix and mingle with new thoughts and opinions at street-level. Curb any desire to lock the doors to your room, and let the month feel like a block party of social circulation and philosophical adaptation.
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Love Song: Owning my heart’s knowledge lets me share it.
In Your Heart: As the zodiac’s romantic butterfly, you’re often dancing between partners, awaiting more nectarous information before committing to a flower, Gemstone. But this month’s energy in your “opposite” sign of Sag wants you to level-up in matters of the heart, and harness your capacity for mature romantic prowess. You know more about your heart than you might be admitting, and the first step is finding someplace quiet and coming clean to yourself. Get comfy with saying your desires out loud all by your lonesome, and then build up the vocal muscles to share them. You can be both a student and teacher in love right now, granting yourself permission to fully own what you do know about your heart, and to boldly question all that you don’t.
In Your Spirit: Brush up against the world, Gemini. Delight in rubbing against things and finding the joy in frictional growth. Get into a fight that clarifies your own opinion. Sweat it out with a fast run or dance class that ignites the blood in your veins. As the year draws to a close, you’re recapturing your force, and this can feel brisk and invigorating, rather than intimidating or arduous. What have you been holding back from fully owning? Maybe it’s a passion or talent you know you contain but keep farming out to another. Or a currently hidden truth that can feel liberating once the pressure of keeping it secret gets popped. You’re in the driver’s seat Gemini, so buckle up and turn the engine over.
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Love Song: Trusting in what I cannot see helps me close a heart cycle.
In Your Heart: As the North Node shifted into your sign last month, a brand new cycle started in your heart, and you began a fierce commitment to following the course of your feelings without equivocation. December is all about continuing to translate these emotional instincts into powerful actions, no matter how this looks to others on paper. You don’t need to explain your mysteries to loved ones or potential partners right now, Cancer. And this process can feel delightfully refreshing, rather than arduously embattled, as you simply say to someone “I’m not available for that right now.” As a water sign, you’re in a lifelong mastery with endings and closure. What romantic decks need to be cleared? Wipe your slates and delight in the delicious seabreeze that’s blowing through old heart hallways.
In Your Spirit: This emotional apartment cleanout can take a variety of shapes in your spirit, as you explore how to get lighter and freer and breezier in every facet of your existence. Start by “weighing” your experiences each day. Not classifying them into good or bad, but just noticing which seem to press down on the center of your chest, and which give you the high flying feeling of lift-off. Tune into the subtlest of sensations, Little Mermaid, just like you would attend to the creatures beneath the ocean surface. Attending to the slightest fluctuations in your flow will let you see what’s stuck, so you can clear it out and get your wings back.
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Love Song: The endless supply of love is self-replenishing.
In Your Heart: This month’s fire power returns you to a simple, though sometimes forgotten truth Leo: there isn’t a limit on how much love you can give or receive. The more you trust into this endlessly self-replenishing force that can neither be created nor destroyed, the more treats will come to fill your buffet table. Let it spill. Let it loose. And good goddess, don’t be stingy. Lose all sense of proportion right now, and stop any accounting in partnerships. It’s not about 50/50 or evenness. More than any other sign, you’re here on earth to show the rest of us that vulnerably baring our hearts is never the wrong option. Prove the cosmos right, Leo, and let love truly be the answer to every last question, generously giving more, more, more, and knowing that you don’t deserve any less.
In Your Spirit: How would you move through the world if you already knew you were guaranteed all that you could wish for, Leo? Would you feel kinder? Lighter? More emboldenly no-holds-barred? Imagine, this month, that it’s all a glorious done deal. You will inevitably cross the finish line and be handed the golden cup. What will you do with the time in-between? With all of this month’s mutable energy breaking up some of your fixed entrenchment and gripping, the space in-between this and that, wanting the thing and getting the thing, is actually your key to vibrant aliveness. Don’t waste one second of this world between worlds.
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Love Song: When I stand in the eye of the heart storm, I can dance with the stars.
In Your Heart: Your deepest sources of heart replenishment and nourishment stem from loosening the controls and submitting to a little creative chaos right now, Virgo. Undoing rather than doing can be your guiding light, as you probe any places where you’ve gripped to gain a certain outcome, or to shape another’s behavior to fight for your perception of what a relationship should look like. The “shoulds” should be hunted down right now, dear one, and spiced and cooked up for a delicious meal. Eradicating them from your lexicon will liberate a wild palette of romance that’s as rich and varied as nature herself. Why wouldn’t you grant yourself the fullest range of heart-shaped experience, Virgo?
In Your Spirit: There’s a scooped out sensation to your spirit this month, Virgo, as you start to return to your original passions with a feeling of settledness and subtle shimmer. What does “healing” mean to you, Virgo? Does it imply that something needs to be fixed or purged? Is it the opposite of toxicity in your mind? This month offers you something far better than this process of extraction or “doing away with” in any traditional sense. What if healing were about amplification instead? Shining a spotlight on what’s vibrant and right and making you break out into a smile without assessment? Re-route your metaphorical trip to the doctor’s to roller skate with the stars.
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Love Song: I’m ready to play the love game that’s way beyond winning and losing.
In Your Heart: This month, start with the simple phrase “I love you.” Two beings and a verb that feels like a luscious caramel, rolling around on your tongue, fit to be sucked on and savored. What if it could actually be this delightfully straightforward, with getting junked up by assessing “how much” you love someone, different percentages of commitment, and attachment to outcomes? What if you could let it just flow through you playfully, giving it your full presence? It’s a month for completely dropping any sense of strategy and enjoying the feeling that you get to live and love at all, Libra. You don’t have to make it better or do it right. There is no problem to be solved. You are winning in love when you move way beyond the equation.
In Your Spirit: It’s a month for really nurturing an extra-long “recess” in your spirit, Libra, as you relearn the value of pure play. Play allows us to imagine “what ifs.” To re-route the endings and crack ourselves open to alternate scenarios. Where in your life have you started to feel like there’s only one track, one answer, one solution? What if all the “answers” couldn’t be reached in a linear way by sitting down and sorting it out, but instead arose to the surface of their own volition when you were looking the other direction, splashing in a puddle or dreaming about palm trees? Look the other way, Libra. Look in every direction, without having to seek anything at all.
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Love Song: Magnetizing my heart’s desires has never felt so easy.
In Your Heart: After last month’s exploration of life-death-life love cycles, December offers you the opportunity to create anew by ceding some conscious control, Scorpio. Start by remembering a time when something seemed to magically come to your heart. Maybe it was a synchronicity that led you to a new partner, or magnetizing a romantic scenario just when you thought you’d reached the end of the line and had started to ungrip. What if you could trust that all you have to do is place yourself in the line of fire to have your heart filled? This means being able to follow the rhythm of give and take, push and coast. To even show up open for love in the first place. So raise your antennae, stick out your tongue, and catch some heart-shaped snowflakes without even having to effort.
In Your Spirit: You are both a conscious being, with an identity and contours, and also a channel Scorpio. What could you create if you believed in this vessel status even more deeply? Start by noticing all of the “coincidences” in your day-to-day. The song that starts playing again. The stranger you pass on the street twice. These are not accidents, Scorpio, but evidence that you are a part of everything that surrounds you. Luxuriating in a sense of participation will soothe the anxious chasm that’s created by ego. When you sand down your hard edges and tune in to your environment, even the frequency of the rocks will rise to meet you.
