♈︎ Aries Ascendant Horoscope December 2026

Planetary positions & transit — December

In December 2026, the Sun lights your 8th house, setting the month's tone. Jupiter transits your 5th house and Saturn your 12th house in the background. Key shifts this month: Sun enters Sagittarius; Mercury enters Sagittarius; Rahu enters Capricorn; Ketu enters Cancer.

• Sun in Scorpio — your 8th house (Transformation & Longevity). Soul comes under this transit. It enters Sagittarius during the period — a shift in this area.
• Mars in Leo — your 5th house (Children & Intellect). Energy comes under this transit.
• Mercury in Scorpio — your 8th house (Transformation & Longevity). Intellect comes under this transit. It enters Sagittarius during the period — a shift in this area.
• Jupiter in Leo (retrograde) — your 5th house (Children & Intellect). Wisdom comes under this transit.
• Venus in Libra — your 7th house (Marriage & Partnership). Love comes under this transit.
• Saturn in Pisces — your 12th house (Loss & Liberation). Discipline comes under this transit.
• Rahu in Capricorn — your 10th house (Career & Status). Worldly desire comes under this transit. It enters Capricorn during the period — a shift in this area.
• Ketu in Cancer — your 4th house (Home & Mother). Detachment comes under this transit. It enters Cancer during the period — a shift in this area.

💼 Career & Profession

Rahu moves through your tenth house (Capricorn) this December, bringing career & status into focus. [object Object]

With Sun transiting your eighth house in Scorpio, longevity ask for attention. [object Object]

Mars in your fifth house colours this December through children & intellect. [object Object]

Mercury moves through your eighth house (Scorpio) this December, bringing transformation & longevity into focus. [object Object]

With Jupiter transiting your fifth house in Leo, now retrograde,, children ask for attention. [object Object]

Venus in your seventh house colours this December through marriage & partnership. [object Object]

Saturn moves through your twelfth house (Pisces) this December, bringing loss & liberation into focus. [object Object]

With Ketu transiting your fourth house in Cancer, mother ask for attention. [object Object]

💰 Finance

Mars moves through your fifth house (Leo) this December, bringing children & intellect into focus. [object Object]

With Jupiter transiting your fifth house in Leo, now retrograde,, children ask for attention. [object Object]

Sun in your eighth house colours this December through transformation & longevity. [object Object]

Mercury moves through your eighth house (Scorpio) this December, bringing transformation & longevity into focus. [object Object]

With Venus transiting your seventh house in Libra, marriage ask for attention. [object Object]

Saturn in your twelfth house colours this December through loss & liberation. [object Object]

Rahu moves through your tenth house (Capricorn) this December, bringing career & status into focus. [object Object]

❤️ Love & Relationships

Venus moves through your seventh house (Libra) this December, bringing marriage & partnership into focus. Venus in the 7th house is a placement about which Vedic astrologers are, on balance, warmly optimistic, and for good reason. The 7th is the Yuvati or Kalatra Bhava, the house of marriage, the spouse, business partnerships and all one-to-one relationships, and Venus is the very planet that signifies love, attraction and married life. When the significator of a subject sits in the house that governs that subject, the theme becomes central to the life. Partnership tends to organise the person's whole story. There is real nuance here, though: because Venus is the karaka of the 7th, some texts raise the karako bhava nashto consideration, and the 7th is also a kendra where a dignified Venus can form Malavya Yoga. This reading describes tendencies rather than fixed outcomes, since dignity and the wider chart decide how much of the promise is realised.

With Mars transiting your fifth house in Leo, children ask for attention. Mars in the 5th house brings the significator of energy, courage and drive into the Putra Bhava, the house of children, intelligence, creativity, romance, speculation and purva punya (the merit of past good deeds). The 5th is a trikona (trine), one of the auspicious houses of fortune and dharma, so a well-placed planet here tends to express constructively. Mars charges the 5th's domains with competitiveness, tactical thinking and passionate intensity: the mind becomes strategic and quick, romance becomes bold and direct, and creative or speculative pursuits carry real nerve. A key point to state early and clearly: the 5th is not one of the six Manglik houses (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12), so Mars here does not form Mangal Dosha. That removes much of the fear that surrounds other Mars placements. The genuine themes here are the quality of intellect, the drama of romance, the relationship with children, and the discipline needed to handle risk-taking wisely. Dignity matters as ever — an exalted Mars in Capricorn or own-sign Mars behaves very differently from a debilitated Mars in Cancer — and the complete horoscope must be read before drawing firm conclusions.

🩺 Health

Sun moves through your eighth house (Scorpio) this December, bringing transformation & longevity into focus. The 8th house maps to the reproductive and excretory organs, the colon, and chronic or hidden conditions — ailments that brew quietly beneath the surface before they show. This is an important placement to read with care for vitality and longevity, since the 8th is the house of both. The Sun's own significations of the heart and blood pressure remain relevant, and the theme here is conditions that develop unseen, so regular check-ups genuinely matter more for this placement than for most. None of this is a prediction of illness — a strong Sun supports resilience and recovery — but the wise reading is to take preventive care seriously and to treat quiet, persistent symptoms as worth investigating early.

With Mercury transiting your eighth house in Scorpio, longevity ask for attention. Mercury governs the nervous system, skin, respiration, speech and hands, while the 8th house governs chronic and hidden illness, longevity, and the reproductive and eliminative systems. The characteristic health signature is that stress here goes underground — nervous tension and anxiety that are concealed rather than expressed, surfacing as deep-seated digestive complaints, chronic nervous conditions, or ailments that brew quietly before appearing. The 8th's association with hidden illness means regular check-ups matter more for this placement than most; conditions can develop unnoticed. A combust or afflicted Mercury heightens the anxious, internalised edge. The good news is that your naturally investigative mind, turned on your own health, makes you good at diagnosis and management once you take a problem seriously. The 6th and 1st houses describe health more directly.

🪔 Remedies for December

1. Saturn: Recite the Hanuman Chalisa and Shani Stotra on Saturdays.
2. Saturn: Donate black sesame, iron, mustard oil or black cloth; light a mustard-oil lamp.
3. Rahu: Chant "Om Rahave Namah" or the Durga Saptashati on Saturdays.
4. Rahu: Donate sesame, blankets or mustard oil; feed stray dogs.