Venus will be retrograde December 21, 2013, until January 31, 2014. Its shadow period remains until March 4, 2014. This month, she travels from 28°57´ to 27°17´ Capricorn. These two degrees are symbolized in the Sabian symbols by "a woman reading tea leaves" and "a large aviary." This is a time of seriousness in love, of knowing our values and looking forward into the future of what our present connection really is. How free are we to become all that we are in our divinity in our existing relationships?

Jupiter remains retrograde this whole month. Its shadow period remains until June 2, 2014. The degrees it travels this month (19°34´–16°15´ Cancer) are represented in the Sabian symbols by "Venetian gondoliers giving a serenade," "a priest performing a marriage ceremony," "a hen scratching the ground to find nourishment for her progeny," and "the unfoldment of multilevel potentialities issuing from an original germ." As we truly remember our real origins, our lives can unfold in their multidimensionality in magical ways. Through the union with ourselves, our connection to our descendants, and a deep understanding of our lineage, all that we are in oneness with all that is, was, and will be can develop its beautiful truth.

Uranus turns direct on December 17 at 8°35´ Aries. Its shadow period remains until April 3, 2014. The degree it travels this month is represented in the Sabian symbols by "a crystal gazer." This is a time to look beyond our immediate circumstances, reinvent our realities, and perceive a much bigger picture.