The CNY is the most celebrated festival on Earth and while it’s called the New Year, it’s a Springtime holiday when homes and villages are traditionally cleaned and refreshed. It’s also the Aquarius New Moon, after which seeds generally germinate in the temperate northern hemisphere. This year, thanks to a New Moon Eclipse on the previous Christmas Day, the Metal Rat’s Spring celebration is happening early, so don’t expect his fellow rodent, the Groundhog, to see his shadow.

As this year of interesting transits wraps up with an Eclipse on Christmas Day, we prepare for 2020 and the Great Mutation, the name given to the Jupiter Saturn Conjunction that happens every twenty years.

As we get to the end of the year the celestial events get more and more interesting. After the forecast is a section about Retrogrades.

Ralph & Lahni talk about what's happening Astrologically this month. The second second discusses what a Retrograde Planet signifies.