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Your weekly horoscope is here. And just like that, it’s Capricorn season as the sun moves into this pragmatic earth sign, marking the winter solstice on Sunday. The shortest day of the year is here, as the sun dips to its lowest midday point—you made it! The only way is up, baby. And perhaps that’s why Capricorn is seen as the ambitious water goat, emerging from the depths (of winter), with the fortitude and foresight to scale up, up, up toward its heights during still-distant summer once more. Many religious traditions feature festivals of light with ancient architecture facing the solstice sun. For this reason, we celebrate the rebirth of the sun from its weakest point, with the promise of light, warmth, and life returning once more.
As a winter sign, Capricorn expects life to be tough, so borrow from its inner grit and gristle to face and flourish in the face of adversity. Find your mountain and start that climb with an eye on the peak! Venus shifts into Capricorn on Christmas Eve, bringing a more serious, responsible, and respectful approach to gatherings with friends and family. Here’s some astro insider trading—opt for presents that are quality, built to last, and avoid that novelty or garishness. The Capricorn vibe is all about respect, status, stealth wealth, and classic style. This is the best time to work on your sense of inner status, wealth, and importantly, authority. Boundaries are a key feature of Capricorn; apply liberally where needed. Remember to include those who don’t have loved ones or family to celebrate with.
Read on to discover what’s in store for your sign during the week of December 21 through December 27, 2025.
Aries (March 21–April 19)
It’s time to spring into action and nail those duties and responsibilities, Aries. Whether they are career or familial, Capricorn season is here, and that means tending to business. The winter solstice marks the first day of Capricorn season, activating your sphere of career and public face (how others see you from afar). It may be the holiday season, yet depending on your profession or side hustle, this could be an opportune time to build your brand, business, or set time aside to plan. It may also be a period you can jump tracks, since this time of year can feel a little out of the ordinary and not business-as-usual. That strange week between Christmas and New Year’s could be useful as you’re in a more open, experimental space. From this place, look out at the year and consider your options. Recognition, beneficial industry contacts, and meaningful experiences punctuate this period, so set a glowing example, put your best foot forward, and show up as your best self.
Taurus (April 20–May 20)
You are a sensible earth sign, so it should come with a welcome sigh of relief that Capricorn season kicks off on Sunday. You’re both earth signs that prefer the stable, long road over novelty, and saving and building over frivolous folly or waste. So take an approach of quality, eco, no-waste, upcycling, and items or efforts that last. Especially if you’re celebrating Christmas or the holidays with gifting, events, food, or togetherness. Let others know what you want so their efforts aren’t wasted either. Taking a philosophical approach to this period will serve you well. Look out at the big picture rather than get caught up in minor squalls. Venus, the pleasure principle, heads into Capricorn on Christmas Eve, making stability, maturity, duty, and business even more attractive than they already are to your peace-loving sign. Enjoy all that your efforts have afforded you; you deserve it.
Gemini (May 21–June 21)
It’s been a lot lately, but the pressure is off as we head into Capricorn season, with a focus on your sphere of shared resources. This is your time to take it deeper with others, look for long-lasting professional opportunities, or plan if you’ve shuttered shop for the holidays. You thrive when merging strengths with others right now. Don’t go for a shiny flash in the pan, though. That may have been on brand for last month, but this month is all about building authority, stepping up ambition, and taking on your end of the bargain, i.e., responsibilities. Intimacy is a focal point as well, so lean into maturity and assess the long-term pros, cons, and consequences of cozying up with that cutie. Taking it to a more committed level with an established relationship, whether business or personal? This is an excellent time to get serious! The winter solstice on Sunday marks the longest night of the year. Make the most of the ambience, and light your home in a way that brings you joy, fosters your romantic side, or investigate your mystical side.
Cancer (June 22–July 22)
As the winter solstice marks the beginning of Capricorn season on Sunday, so too are you at the midway point between your last birthday and the next. So happy half-birthday! This is a point of your journey that’s like a full moon, but it’s the sun. Look at what has ripened, your harvest, in terms of personal trajectory, your sense of self, and your self-development. Capricorn season activates your sphere of equal, significant one-to-one relationships of all kinds. From bestie to bae or meeting someone special over this period, you’ve got to be in it to win it. So put extra emphasis on those that mean the most to you. Let them know how they light you up, and spend quality time with them; it lights you back up in a reciprocal, mutually amplifying way. If it doesn’t, perhaps that inner crab circle isn’t the best place to harbour them—toss them back out to sea! Enjoy the family bonding time, snuggle up with warm drinks, and trot down memory lane with the fam, chosen fam, and close friends. Bring others in from the cold if they are alone at this time.
Leo (July 23–August 22)
Happy winter solstice, Leo! You’re a summer sign, so I hope you’re keeping your sunny side up through the chilly months. Make the most of glamorous winterwear, bring in color and sparkle to lift your mood and the mood of others around you. When others smile, you know how much it expands your heart! Capricorn season activates your sphere of work, wellness, and the routines that underpin them, so take a conservative eye to yours. What unsustainable habit can you drop to make room for a more supportive standard practice in your life? It could be upgrading to a better quality coffee brand, a stronger routine, and boundaries around your work or workouts. Or, a plan that takes you from where you are now to where you want to be in both areas by this time next year. Capricorn is about disciplined work, with an ambitious eye on the top of the pile. If that’s where you want to be, explore what that looks and feels like for you. Work out a plan to get there, and be ready to grind. Capricorn isn’t the most glam sign, but it does know how to show up, and so do you. Go for it, Leo!
Virgo (August 23–September 22)
Let the fun begin, Virgo! The winter solstice arrives on Sunday—consider this marker a crack in the ice dividing the descent from the ascent of the sun. We’re going back up, up, up, baby! Activating your sphere of leisure, fun, and creative self-expression, you have plenty of indoor time to work on your opus, perfect your brush stroke, or reinvent the wheel. Capricorn season is here, and for an earth sign like yours, this period is highly supportive of your practical, long-term ambition, no matter what that may be for you. Get into the mood by feeling out what respect, maturity, and ambition mean to you. What they look and feel like for you. Even if you’re working through the holidays, take time out to do what you love, what lights you up and charges your battery. If you enjoy taking on responsibility, duty, and service, then embrace it. If you really need to assert boundaries against ever-needy, less capable dependents, friends, family, or work demands, this is your time to implement them.
Libra (September 23–October 23)
At the winter solstice point on Sunday, take time to assess and focus on your domestic life. The Christmas and holiday season activate your home, family, and roots. It’s a little quieter around the ranch, or more dutiful than you may prefer, so find a place that sits well with you, balanced between your love of light, relational conversation, and responsibility. Since Capricorn season is here, it’s worth addressing the fact that this sign sits at a right angle to your own on the zodiac wheel. That means the sun is in a hard angle, rather tense, pushing you to assert your boundaries, step into an air of authority or maturity, and not just look like you mean business but act on it too. Sometimes, family or those in our inner private realm can erode or disrespect the way we need to be, so assess what that is for you, then train others to treat you well. Capricorn is pragmatic, long-term, and prepared to work. Applied in your life, that could be self-discipline and a work ethic around building your personal security, base, and foundation.
Scorpio (October 24–November 21)
Exploring your local neighbourhood, creating connections in your local community—it’s all part of this winter solstice point on Sunday and through into the ensuing month that is Capricorn season. Duty, responsibility, long-term professional connections, just do your best. Capricorn is a stabilizing influence on your wild emotional inner life while directly supporting your vitality, confidence in your expertise, and leadership. Be sure you let others know your name, ask theirs, scout about for enticing ways to weave into the fabric of your social environment. These days, we tend not to live in villages where we all know each other’s business, and in some ways that’s a relief. But it can make us feel at a loose end, especially when we need others to lean on or we need someone to just smile when they gaze at us with recognition. People are far more open to connecting at this time of year, so make the most of it, and feel that inner bliss expand.
Sagittarius (November 22–December 21)
And that’s a wrap on your annual solar birthday season, Sagittarius! The sun marks the winter solstice and the first day of Capricorn season on Sunday. Mercury is still traveling through your sign, and Venus is in Sagittarius until Christmas Eve, so it’s a steady change of flavor. As the sign following yours, Capricorn takes your wide-ranging adventures and knowledge gained, creating systems, institutions, and of course, revenue streams. You could stand to borrow from how this practical earth sign finds useful ways to apply your knowledge to benefit humanity. That would mean being a business boss, entrepreneurial, and seeing the practical value in your wisdom, setting it up into a system, and charging for it. No matter your views on the founder of Amazon, Capricorn Jeff Bezos, his business is successful because it meets a practical need and is set up for performance. Find an ethical way to apply some of those winning ways to your own mission, and bring your brand of truth, honesty, and inspiration to others.
Capricorn (December 22–January 19)
Happy birthday season, Capricorn! You wear the solar crown from Sunday, which, as it happens, is also the winter solstice. Get ready for your holiday endurance run, of Christmas (for those who indulge), birthday, Boxing Day and sales, and New Year celebrations. For a somber sign that doesn’t like to party as much as some, you certainly host many opportunities! So you may as well go with it and get those plans, invites, and organizing rolling. Duty is your middle name, after all, and who knows—you may just end up having a good time (don’t tell anyone though). I jest; however, I’m here to encourage you to formalize these yearly activities into something that bonds and makes a memorable good feeling of connectedness within your friendship circles, community, and family. Christmas is on Thursday, so if you’re doing family, find the silver lining and shift the perspective if anyone gripes.
Aquarius (January 20–February 18)
This week kicks off with a new solar season, fresh pressed on Sunday as the sun hits its lowest point in the midday sky, marking the winter solstice. It’s officially Capricorn season, that old sea goat that precedes your sign, laying the land in prep for your own oncoming annual solar month. Capricorn is an earth sign, a sign of age, wisdom through experience, and maturity that we hope aligns with expertise, status, and inner fortitude. Capricorn climbs the mountain so that you might see with clear mental acuity, in the rarefied air at the top. As a sign of the masses, you’re also paradoxically aristocratic up on your perch! Capricorn season activates your sphere of inner liminal space and dreams. Take enough time out in your winter cabin to contemplate, rest, and digest. Tune into the larger collective consciousness while you’re there.
Pisces (February 19–March 20)
A social yet stoic flavour permeates this week as the sun rolls into conservative earth sign Capricorn on Sunday, marking the winter solstice, followed by Venus midweek. Stabilizing and supporting your sign, you’re in a great position to network, connect with friends, family, and groups you’re associated with. Make sure you round up your squad for holiday celebrations. Since Venus is the planet of pleasure, this is where you meet wonderful opportunities, experiences, and maybe someone special. If you’re single and looking, the best place to rub shoulders with that potential cutie is certainly through friends, out and about. Attend a friend’s family gathering if you’re away from home or don’t have family. Alternatively, invite a friend or colleague to yours if they are at a loose end.
Vanessa Montgomery—a.k.a. Astro All-Starz—is a professional counseling astrologer and the author of Astro Power: A Simple Guide to Prediction and Destiny for the Modern Mystic. Aimed at enlightenment and seeing past labels to the oneness that unites us all, Montgomery’s work also helps navigate the practical essentials with grounded cosmic intel. Her motto: Free your mind, own your power, create your world. You can learn more at astroallstarz.com, or follow Montgomery on Instagram @astro_allstarz.