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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 (GMT), add 8 hours.

MON: Venus square Chiron, Venus quincunx Mars, Mars sextile Chiron

TUE: Jupiter enters Aries

WED: Sun enters Capricorn (Solstice), Sun square Jupiter, Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus

THU: Venus trine Uranus

FRI: Chiron stations direct, New Moon 2:16 a.m. PST, Jupiter semisquare Uranus

SAT: Mercury sextile Neptune

SUN: No major aspects are exact today

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SOLAR FLARES: This past week, the Sun released an amazing number of moderate solar flares in just three short days. Starting just before midnight PST on December 13, and lasting through early December 16, an astonishing 25 M-class events occurred.

Solar flares affect not only the Earth and its atmosphere, but all life on this planet. A study by the National Institutes of Health states that these events "can act as stressors," affecting sleep patterns, blood pressure, breathing, circulation, the immune system, heart rate, the nervous system, and other physiological processes. There are also connections between solar flares and behaviors, emotional well-being, and mental health.

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