12/21/2025
Emotional Weather Report
December 21st, 2025
Winter Solstice Edition
(All times Pacific)
This is a sobering solstice, not a celebratory one in the easy sense. The light turns, but the weight remains. That is part of the medicine today.
At 2:09 AM, Jupiter in Cancer squares Chiron in Aries, activating a deep tension around protection, belonging, and the wounds we carry around self assertion. Jupiter wants to grow safety, family, continuity. Chiron in Aries exposes where independence was forged through pain. This square presses on the question: where did you learn to survive instead of trust.
At 7:03 AM, the Sun enters Capricorn, marking the Winter Solstice. This is the moment the light begins its slow return, but Capricorn reminds us that hope is earned through structure, endurance, and commitment. This is not a burst of joy. It is a vow to stay.
At 5:26 PM, the Moon in Capricorn opposes Jupiter in Cancer, pulling emotional gravity to the surface. The Moon here is cold, sober, and realistic. Jupiter wants reassurance and comfort. The opposition highlights the cost of emotional overextension and the necessity of boundaries. You cannot carry everything. You were never meant to.
Finally, at 11:27 PM, the Capricorn Moon sextiles Saturn in Pisces, offering a quiet stabilizing hand. Saturn does not remove the heaviness, but it helps you place it somewhere useful. This is discipline applied with compassion. Structure that holds grief without collapsing under it.
This solstice is unusual because the Moon is actively engaged, tied into a tense configuration with Jupiter and Chiron. The emotional body is not asleep while the Sun turns. It is paying attention.
Traditionally, the Winter Solstice fire is not about celebration. It is about witnessing the dark and choosing what survives it. This is a powerful night for a simple ritual. Light a fire or a candle. Write down what you cannot carry into the next cycle. Burn it deliberately. Not in anger. In recognition.
You are not shedding everything. You are shedding what weakens your foundation.
How You Can Use the Energy
Commit to fewer things, but mean them. Strengthen one structure in your life that will still be standing in three months. Honor grief without letting it define your future. Choose endurance over urgency.
How the Energy Can Use You
If ignored, this energy hardens into emotional withdrawal or martyrdom. You may try to carry everyone else while neglecting yourself. The lesson is not sacrifice. The lesson is responsibility with limits.
