December Tarot Forecast 2025

4th: Super Full Cold Moon in Gemini

17th-23rd: Saturnalia

19th: New Moon in Sagittarius

21st: Yule, Winter Solstice

24th: Christmas Eve

25th: Christmas

31st: New Year’s Eve

What does it mean to enter December in the Hermit Year? A year of careful individual gestation that prepares us for greater communal immersion in the year ahead, more than we have ever known. A year in which we’ve really come to know ourselves–in the shedding, the embracing, the blossoming, the ways in which hardship and obstacles have caused our roots to grow in creative pathways that make us uniquely beautiful and resilient in our own ways. As the season shifts, we are invited to slow down, to seek crevices of warmth, comfort and fuel that will enable us to keep going. We are invited to seek fire and light. As the holidays bring us together, we are encouraged to bond, seek cheer, festivities, and mirth where we can. Like a fire, the memories of the experience will continue to warm our souls. For togetherness, joy and health are the true gifts of life. In solace, we can meet our bodies’ desire for rest with tenderness and compassion . For the snow is a great blanket that says come, you are weary and have done much this year. It pulls us to the pregnant pause that says take a moment and appreciate all you have done for yourself and others. Take a moment to marvel at your own beauty, your unique light, and let that be your lantern in the night as you step into the path that forms ahead.

On December 4th, we can use the energy of the Super Full Cold Moon in Gemini to know ourselves better through inquiry, through our yeses and nos, our light and shadow, our polarities and the grays between. From December 17th-23rd, the spirit of Saturnalia comes into play, a time of revelry and “joyful role reversals” where societal roles can be placed aside and all can participate equally in the pleasures of life. This is the time to dance like no one is watching, to go after what we really want but haven’t allowed because of social rules and expectations. On December 19th we undergo the New Moon in Sagittarius. Per Moon Omens, “this is a time to dare to take a leap of faith without having all the details figured out, a time to take new risks, a time to pursue what lights us up without having to second guess ourselves.” Like the Hermit, we can find joy in a journey that is more luminous than the destination. Two days later Yule ushers us into the Winter Solstice. Per Friends of the Forest, this is a time of stillness and rebirth. Even the longest night of the year promises the return of light. Christmas Eve and Christmas soon follow, which is celebrated with feasts and gift giving. Other holidays such as Hanukkah and Kwanzaa also take place around this time of year. Finally, at the end of the month, we say our goodbyes to the old year so we may welcome the new. We can use this time to reflect on what we’d like to leave behind, what we hold gratitude for, what we’d like to bring in, and what we’ll continue to develop in the year ahead.

Below, we’ll use an original spread called “Snowflake,” to explore the glittering facets of the self.

In what ways am I beautiful and unique? Justice

Though each of us express it differently, the readers of this forecast are unique in that we each embody a strong sense of Justice. Rather than accepting the status quo, we are guided by a higher moral order that trumps the governmental justice system. We will not stand for injustice, and we will speak for what is right. We strive to uphold Justice through our words and our actions. We value respect, honor and truth, and seek to live with integrity. To do unto others as we would do unto ourselves. We are open and do not hide magic tricks up our sleeve–generally what people see is what they get. When something is unfair or unjust, we can see it clearly. We can discern and cut away falsities that stand in the way of fairness and truth. Our intuition and strong code of ethics keeps us grounded even when such methods as doublethink, manipulation and repetition are employed against us. Nothing can shake our commitment to and understanding of what is right. 

What struggles must I work through that are unique to me? The Lovers

Our unique struggles center around the message of the Lovers. We stand at a crossroads where we get to decide how to see others and ourselves. Will we meet ourselves and others through the lens of optimism or cynicism, through the lens of hope or despair? Will we choose to see ourselves and others as beautiful, or ugly? Will we look with the eyes of love or hate? Which do we think we (and others) will best blossom under? What we direct our energy towards is what we and others will become. The mirror we choose can be beautifully framed and ornate, or distorted like a funhouse mirror. Spirit is working now to pierce our hearts with the arrow of love, to choose the option where we will see things beautifully. It is ultimately for us to decide which road to follow. 

What are my unique gifts and talents? Three of Swords

Our unique gifts and talents come through the ability to grow through pain and loss. We allow these experiences to pierce through to the heart of things, to bring us to a greater understanding of ourselves, the other, and the human spirit. This allows us to see where others are hurting, to meet them in their more vulnerable state, to see into their blind spots and where they might need help. In this reading, the sword is envisioned as a needle, and us as a sewer of the resourceful self. We know where we are hurting, what needs to be cut away and what can be sewn back together. Again and again, we take risks pursuing relationships where we might get hurt, but we do it because of the rewards of finding fulfilling dynamics, and because we know how to put ourselves back together again. We are wabi sabi, we are mended beings, the cracks of misuse filled with the gold of learned experience. The more we are cracked open, the more beautiful, luminous, kind, authentic, and loving we become. 

What ways do I need care? Six of Swords

As we go through painful experiences, in situations where we break out of old traumatic patterns, we must tend to the soft parts of the soul. Instead of hardening, we need to tend to the beautiful, vulnerable, thriving parts of us that are at their most real and authentic. To quote the author Iain Thomas: “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” When the mind feels like harsh terrain, when it tries to hold us back and keep us small, we can challenge that mentality and choose to meet ourselves with the compassion, softness, and understanding that we may have previously been denied. We can show ourselves another way. This is the way forward, to healing and neuroplasticity, to reclaiming an identity that doesn’t rely on trauma to define itself. This is a learning process that takes time, so we’ll want to be patient as we come to understand old habits and how to navigate our way out of them, into something beautiful and new. 

What influences and opportunities will bring out the best in me? Page of Swords

The influence and opportunities that bring out the best in us will speak to our youthful energy. This is going to be something new and exciting that we can have fun with and learn on the job. It’s a new endeavor, an internship, an entry level position, a volunteer opportunity, a new project or activity that will make us feel like we’re getting our foot in the door, like we’re finally on a path that fills us with intellectual curiosity. This month we’re encouraged to go for that thing we’ve always wanted to try but haven’t before because it felt awkward, or we didn’t know how to get into, or didn’t think that we could until now. It will be something low pressure without too many responsibilities, but we'll be able to learn and observe a lot while we’re building up our skillset. It’s going to be something we’ll be proud of ourselves for trying. Finally, Spirit has a message: we have plenty of time to pursue this thing, but we do have to start somewhere. 

What are my beautiful outcomes? Eight of Pentacles

Our beautiful outcomes include a flourishing, thriving garden that provides fruits from the seeds we plant in December in as soon as eight months time. All creation expands from our center, in all directions. We become generative, with a deep understanding of the ebb and flow of rest and productivity, such that we are able to maintain a flow state in the endeavor we have chosen under the spirit of the Page of Swords. We find ourselves immersed in a state of prodigious artistry that aligns with our authentic self, imbued with the message of Justice. Under the influence of the Lovers, we choose to look at ourselves and our work with the eyes of love, and engage in beautiful ways. We pour our three-of-swords hearts into our work, our willingness to take risks and be vulnerable so we may achieve authentic and heartful connection. We meet the trauma from the six of swords with compassion and say this is not all we are–we are makers, we are creators, we are doers. The Page of Swords helps us realize we have a youthful spirit that is eager to try new things and learn. All of the cards above translate into a magnificent experience that brings us into our fullest expression, growing out from December into the months ahead. 

December Tarot Forecast 2024

1st: New Moon in Sagittarius 

15th: Full Cold Moon in Gemini

17th: Saturnalia

21st: Yule, Winter Solstice

24th: Christmas Eve

25th: Christmas

30th: New Moon in Capricorn

31st: New Year’s Eve

This month features “Notoria: Tarot in Light,” which invites us to work alchemically to transform the soul into gold and work with the angels.

Much like the preceding month, December greets us with a New Moon in Sagittarius from the first. In it we find the temptation to leap into glistening boundless snow. With courage, spirit and a sense of understanding, we feel we can meet the winter head on. This brings us into the fold of a marvelous adventure, but as we approach the 15th with the Full Cold Moon in Gemini, we may find that our curiosity gets the better of us. We may find out more than we want to know, more than we feel we can handle. It takes a strong character, and a willingness to go through an arduous test to redeem ourselves. The sun undergoes a parallel journey through the underworld, until it can be reborn as a child of light and a new beginning. Yule ushers us into a period where the days grow longer after hitting their shortest point for the winter solstice. Festivities, family and abundance become a focal point beginning on the 24th and 25th. A New Moon is in store for us once more on the 30th in the sign of Capricorn, which is the perfect time for goal-setting for the next year. On the 31st we wish the old year farewell, and countdown until the new year is born.

The spread “Tau,” gives an outline of the ten Sephiroth affecting our experience in December. It consists of a vertical column, which is revealed below, and a horizontal row, which is personalized and can be booked here - 4 cards for $25. 

Per the Notoria deck: “The vertical column represents the macrocosm mirrored on our plane of manifestation. The horizontal row represents our microcosm or timeline which we directly experience in our consciousness.” 

1. Kether: King of Wands ~Vehuiah~

The origin or latency of the present situation, which will be reflected in your present by the Angel drawn and depicted in the sixth card.

On a macrocosmic level, the King of Wands, i.e. the angel Vehuiah, represents the origin that brings us to our current state in the month of December. It is fitting that we received this card in the position of Kether, pure potential, since this is the first card in the Tarot of Light deck. The deck states the following: “The first Angel, Vehuiah, is the beginning of the path of Ars Notoria, the first flame or  spark…” The King of Wands, as embodied by Vehuiah, represents our original will to manifest. This will is the crown from which all else emanates. Per Tarot in Light, it is the grounding center we can turn to whenever we need to begin again, find solutions, get ourselves unblocked, or find clarity. It is the vision from which we reason and create. As King of Wands, we hold a mighty staff, which imbues us with the virility, strength and life force that is needed to see our desires take root. With Vehuiah in mind, we flap our mighty wings. This king holds high ideals and holds in his right palm a dripping candle, representative of our lives. It is a potent reminder to ask ourselves: what will we do here with the precious time we have left? The answer returns us to the core of our vision. We are asked to continually meditate on this point for the duration of December, so that we can best bring the vision to light.

2. Chokmah: 3 of Cups ~Asaliah~

The masculine/active archetypal force and impulse that has acted from the beginning in an occult way in order to arrive at the present situation. 

In this tarot spread, Chokmah, also known as wisdom, stands behind our actions in service of Kether from the beginning. Asaliah, the angel that embodies the three of cups, is our occult driving force. As King of Wands is to Apollo, the Three of Cups is to Hermes. We can see this in the former’s idyllic form and the latter’s winged helmet. Thus, our impulse is founded in communication and travel as a courier and psychopomp. The means with which we fulfill our originary vision lies in the transmission of ideas of the living and the dead, in order to heal and rejuvenate. Hermes holds his left hand over his heart, exposing his rawest and most vulnerable self, while holding a written scroll in his right. It is with candour that he wins over his audience, and in this spirit that we should strive to do the same. It enlivens us to offer a spirit of youthfulness to the greater community. Wisdom makes us aware that we fulfill a communal need in this way. We have been incubating this ability for a long time, to bring us to our present situation.

3.  Binah: 7 of Swords ~Yehuiah~

The feminine/receptive archetypal energy that has acted from the beginning in an occult way, giving shape to the active impulse coming from the second card in order to arrive at the present situation.

The third sephiroth in this spread is called Binah, or intelligence. Our intelligence in this sense is represented by the 7 of Swords, which is tempered by the angel Yehuiah. In relation to communication, we have trickster-like tendencies that grant us a cleverness and craftiness that allows us to think outside of the box, see where we can take shortcuts, rebel, and break arbitrary rules meant to control. These qualities need to be ruled over by a higher purpose to serve good, since otherwise we might fall into using our communication abilities to prove our own cleverness, earn praise, or gratify ourselves. Angel Yehuiah is the one who activates our third eye and allows us to see what really matters, informing us of our true place in the world. When we contribute our actions to a higher calling, this is when life grants us a position better than what we could have imagined. Rather than provoke, our communicative powers are meant to disrupt via questioning old narratives, facilitating conciliation and negotiation, and bringing people together. We plan carefully so that we can come up with a viable way to fight the dominant hegemonic narrative, and usher in collaboration in favor of a clear humanitarian vision.

4.  Chesed: King of Swords ~Vasariah~

The loving energetic impulse at play that will work to retain and preserve the good you have done or, in the case of a negative situation, the attachment to a certain state or context that is preventing you from progressing. 

Love, or Chesed, is the fourth sephiroth we encounter on the macrocosmic path of manifestation. This force presents itself as the King of Swords, or the Angel Vasariah. Thus far we have employed our will through communication, which has been shaped by establishing right place and right vision. Vasariah preserves these honest efforts with compassionate rule, justice and “rationality and indomitable will” (Tarot in Light). He polishes our raw outreach with refined speech, good memory, and mediation abilities. This angel takes the golden spark we wish to put out into the world, and amplifies it so that it can occupy its rightful place in the world and society. Its effect can be likened to the process of kintsugi, in which we break old forms apart. Broken bits are pieced together with gold that strengthens the foundation and made even more beautiful through their lived history and resilience. Our loving impulse shows up as a desire to spread knowledge while considering multiple points of view. Like the royal figure in this card, we sit ourselves upon the ground (in all the other cards the angels stand) so we can truly listen and observe all perspectives. Under Chesed’s guidance we find ourselves gaining a greater awareness of what work and what message will ripple out into future generations, beyond what may serve us in the now. What can we create that will open the avenue to freedom and peace for those living in the future? This love transforms our abilities into something far reaching so that we can make an impact on the collective. 

5.  Geburah: 8 of Swords ~Achiah~

The severe and dynamic energetic impulse at play that will push you back to later cut, or even destroy what you have built so far in order to unblock or renew yourself. In the case of a negative situation, it may be a violence suffered or an excess of pride or instinctiveness that prevents you from consolidating and completing one of your projects.

The fifth sephiroth Geburah stands in contrast to the last, as the force of might. It stands for the severe facet of the Creator which cuts or destroys. In December, we experience might as the 8 of swords, or angel Achiah. Before we can fly forward at full force, we must first focus our energies at cutting away at our habitual patterns and entanglements that keep us stuck. We experience this as self doubt, forgotten power, getting in our own way, and getting pulled away by life circumstances. Achiah urges us to practice patience, as this is an important step we must resolve before we can gain clarity and solutions. New experiences will continue to inform us until we feel an intense impulse to share what we have learned. We should lean into this learning aspect, so that we feel that confidently empowered when a powerful choice comes about that will open new doors for us. Our frustration and varying aspects of our lives may distract us or try to pull us away from the far seeing vision of the King of Swords above. It is true that we must tend to ourselves before we can help others, but we must find ways to pull ourselves out of an “I” mentality. There is a tendency to snowball or end up in a feedback loop, but the tools that we need to free ourselves up for aligned action are there.

6. Tiferet: Death ~Poyel~

This is the main card of the reading, the Angel that is your intermediary between the High and the Low and the synthesis of all the energetic influences that have preceded it and that were latent in the first card drawn. It is the Genius that you will have to rely on to resolve your situation in the best possible way. It may inspire you and infuse you with the necessary energy–or it may punish and rebuke you to push you toward your Great Work.

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December tarot forecast 2023

New Moon - 12th (Sagittarius)

Fall Ends - 22nd

Christmas -25th

Full Moon - 26th (Full Cold Moon)

Year Ends - 31st

A Note: This is the last time we’ll be using the Ancient Roman calendar as part of the monthly analysis. I am wondering what new things people might like to see in the New Year. Should I try out new decks, a new spread, or format? Let me know your thoughts in the comments! 

Next year I am also starting up a personal newsletter with a different approach to the month ahead. Follow @angel_intentions on Instagram for upcoming details!

In Ancient Rome, December was the tenth month of the year. Its name comes from the word decem, Latin for ten. Today, December is the twelfth month in our calendar. Numerologically, this means we have completed an old cycle and way of being and believing, in order to start again. We are incentivized by a greater cause, with perspective to how we can be of greater service towards the collective. The reading this month speaks to a greater narrative - to us as individuals within a greater ecosystem of suffering around the world. We sit in duality and discomfort. We are being asked to redefine happiness as being part of a greater meaning and service. We are being asked to consider not just those who share our fireplace, but also those who have none. The year ends on a very different note than the way it started, and this month encourages us to process it all.

Energy of the Month: Reversed Page of Cups ~Seven Seas by Echo & the Bunnymen~

The reading for this month shows that we will need to prepare for an underworld descent and apply spiritual medicine to many areas of our lives. Fall ends in the last week of December. Days get darker. We are being prepared for ego dissolution and navigating the unknown with but our faith to guide us. In this process our understanding for what is possible expands. We grow as adults but also retrieve the child self (the true self and the dreamer) we left behind to survive. We may feel at the passive mercy of what is occurring in our lives and the world. It is important not to kill or suppress our raw or natural instincts and responses in the attempt to seem agreeable to society. They can help us harness our energy and strength and regain our will. Without this, we cannot see ourselves clearly. This month, we will see if we can be courageous with ourselves by representing what we believe in.

As a page, we first must learn to find balance while getting in tune with and navigating these emotions. We must walk the line between self care in a vulnerable time and becoming aware of collective suffering. The path historically laid before us feels maligned. It can feel that we must rely on only ourselves as a compass, but this solitary path can lead us uncertain of the next step. All we can see is our reflection in a golden cup –the idealized version of ourselves. This does not give us an accurate understanding of where we are or how we need to get there. We need to watch where we step. We need practical actions and resources to fulfill it. Trying to fulfill our ideals in this state can leave us feeling discouraged, disoriented, overwhelmed, and ungrounded. We struggle to approach the path to our ideals with sacred intention. To find our way, it may be necessary to distance ourselves from those we don’t align with and our old identities. This allows us to find true belonging and strength in relationality, community and the collective. We will be able to better thrive, ground, and recognize ourselves in those around us.

Love: Ten of Wands ~Gush by bdrmm~

In Love, the ten of wands asks us to analyze what we are trying to veil from the other, in order to look more put together. We are worried we will preemptively let someone in before we are ready, before we have all our ducks in a row and have it all sorted out. We are underestimating the magnitude of what we have to accomplish, and this may even grow into an ordeal. For those of us who are not in a partnership, love itself may feel like a stressor or a burden. We don’t want to bring anyone into this or have them experience us like this. It is okay to relieve yourself of the additional task of pursuing romance, but we should still turn to our inner circle for help. In a Western, hyper individualistic society, we may feel we have to take everything on ourselves. But we are communal beings, and some of the things we are asked to take on, or feel we must take on, really take a village. In partnership, when we finally let on everything we have been taking on or had been thinking to accomplish, the other feels stupefied of having heard of it or been reminded of it for the first time. They wonder if this is what they’ve become –someone we didn’t feel like we could bring into our confidence. The key is to have this communication earlier on, and see where you can course correct. 

The beauty of this card is that we have put together a strongly constructed goal–something that brings purpose and meaning to life’s struggles and suffering. It has everything we need to steer it forward. It is like a raft, a vessel, or even a ship that will carry us forward and strengthen our resolve. A lot could be accomplished here if we can bring others on board. A long distance can be traveled, if we can go in the same direction. Each wand seems to be like an oar. We cannot steer all the oars at once on our own, but together the oars could be moved together in unison. Together we can use a strengthened will to move the ship forward through the sea and light the night.

Money: Reversed Tower ~Cities in Dust by the Siouxsie and the Banshees~

This month, more than any other, we are feeling the pressure of time. Time to produce or achieve certain goals. Time to figure ourselves out and gain clarity. Time makes us feel as though we are crumbling under pressure. We have invested a considerable amount of time into a certain dwelling, or career, or financial way of expressing ourselves. We’ve come to identify ourselves with our investments, and for any of that to be forced to change would cause a considerable amount of grief for all our efforts, and discomfort at having to redefine it. These things offered a container and a structure with which to safely define ourselves. We would feel as though we are free falling and directionless without it. Where were we really going? What would our inner Page of Cups have to say about it? One way to answer this is –what would we reach towards if we were to find ourselves without these structures or containers? 

Like those on the quest to Oz, we may have trekked all this way hoping for an answer, a way home, a resolution, and higher knowledge. Reality starts to crumble when we realize that the wizard is not all powerful and cannot fix it all. The two fallen figures in this card clutch to what at first seems like an unreliable ground that won’t hold them. At a closer glance, it seems like the one sturdy, safe, and grounding part of the foundation. This is likened to the yellow brick road, the ideals that gave us hope and resolve and led us on this journey in the first place. This is what strengthens us and helps us find our way back. It seems like money is the area in life where we have most tried to seem contained, but lightning, a rose, or a dragon topples the tower and the sky sheds tears of regeneration. Perhaps the tower was the one that needed slaying. We may have been mistaken about who or what needed to go. Everything falls out and becomes destabilized. We find the parts of us that could not be contained. What do we want to recollect? 

Work: Reversed Eight of Cups ~Earth to Jay by Jay Arner~

The reverse eight of cups in work, preceded by the reverse Tower in money suggests that our sense of work identity is a key destabilizing factor this month. Perhaps we have had a moment of insight that cannot be retracted. Some dream that we talked ourselves out of and now we are in a place of wondering what is worth pursuing. The inner voice telling us not to change anything at all, to keep our egos safe.  The cups of dreams, intuition, creativity have spilled, along with the networks that supported them. It seems like they are always spilling and not being replenished, that they are staining everything. We are left with a sense of what they were supposed to be, and what was supposed to fill them. We spent our efforts flailing and trying to catch them, only to get spilled on and splashed at. Maybe we even feel others are pitying or laughing at us, like a waiter who spilled a tray of wine. Our arms however are now free, to devote ourselves to the clean up instead of the serving of others. To spill something is to draw attention to something. We have the option to stay in a repetitive cycle, transfixed on what was lost, or to really use our focus to recollect ourselves, to clean up after ourselves, and to refill our cups in new and sustainable ways. 

Health: Reversed Knight of Cups ~Medicine by Momma~

The reversed Knight of Cups appears in our Health sector to as a call to reconsider the motives of our health and healing goals. Are we pursuing health because we want to appear a certain way, to appease someone, or are we recognizing an issue and addressing it? The underworld journey inherent in the reversal of this card will also lead us to the medicine–a sense of renewal, purpose, and newfound commitment. We are reminded to approach our health in a sacred manner, because our bodies are in themselves sacred homes and temples. To treat our ailments, we need to address what our true Holy Grail is. What feels truly loving and restorative? Is our path helping to heal the collective narrative of what health “ought” to look like? Will it give us the strength to fight the collective battle? Will the medicine bring color, energy, and enthusiasm back to our lives? This month it is suggested that we will struggle with a poor grip on our horse, that which feels instinctually right for us. This part of us even seems gagged and tamed, with a golden yoke. It wouldn’t even know what to do with itself if it were released and set to run free. We seem ungrounded, but in this card, as in the Tower, we still have the yellow brick road to help us regather ourselves and pursue what matters. 

Spirit: Reversed Ten of Cups ~Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears~

In Spirit, collective joy, understanding and reciprocity feel like a pipe dream given what is taking place in the material realm. Seeing what has been unfolding is making us feel dejected, as though we are all losing a grip of true meaning and purpose, in service of humanity. We want to drown these sorrows and experience a dulled sensation of them. How much can we truly commune, feel mirth and warm sensations in these times? Our attention is drawn to one large cup, which is tipped over to its side, as opposed to the other cups which have spilled out. In it is a flower. A reminder of the beauty, the preciousness, and the brevity of human life. In it is the reminder of sweet joy and a taste of the divine. We should make the most of freedom and pleasure, knowing that none of this is forever, and even those who want to rule the world will change hands. We can find bliss in the now by holding hands as the walls of the Tower come tumbling down. We can find solace and strength in each other. We are asked to fight through a indecision and lack of vision, to renew and find it again and again. In never giving up, in keeping hope alive, in honoring ourselves and those around us, the dream presented in the ten of cups can never truly be defeated.