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Where Were the Planets on December 25, 2017?

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On December 25, 2017, the Sun was in Capricorn (3°53' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Pisces all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was First Quarter (41% illuminated). Uranus was retrograde.

Venus met Saturn in Capricorn. Love gets serious. Commitments are tested or made official. Venus moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on December 25, 2017. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 17°05' Pisces at midnight UTC to 29°45' Pisces at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on December 25, 2017
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun3°53'07" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Moon23°22'50" PiscesDirect into Aries
Mercury13°26'43" SagittariusDirect into Capricorn
Venus0°20'39" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Mars10°06'29" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Jupiter15°48'23" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Saturn0°37'34" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
Uranus24°35'58" AriesRetrograde into Taurus
Neptune11°46'40" PiscesDirect into Aries
Pluto18°33'39" CapricornDirect into Aquarius
North Node17°14'39" LeoDirect into Cancer

Sky Events on December 25, 2017

The Moon phase is First Quarter, 41% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
Venus enters CapricornLeaves Sagittarius
Venus conjunct SaturnLove gets serious. Commitments are tested or made official.

Born on December 25, 2017?

The Sun, Venus, Saturn and Pluto were all in Capricorn, so everyone born that day is a Capricorn several times over. Venus and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Capricorn, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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