So, how do you handle conflict? Your appetite for confrontation will be evident this week as we kick things off with a bang. Whether you’re down for a fight or prefer to keep things pleasant for the sake of the niceties (Hi, Libra!), there’ll be no avoiding your confrontation.
This week’s showdown shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s been bubbling away—albeit under the surface—for quite some time. Still, if you don’t appreciate the fright of a sudden explosion, like a balloon going pop, you might feel a little rattled.
The good news is that the big “pop” is happening early in the week. Once it’s done, the pressure should feel significantly alleviated. Maybe you didn’t even realise just how accustomed you’d become to that difficulty being there. Like getting your plumbing looked at after years of terrible water pressure, you could have a moment of realisation: “Wow, I didn’t realise just how unsatisfying this shower was!”
As the week progresses, the clean-up from Mercury retrograde continues. More things fall into place, and supportive aspects make for honest, emotionally mature conversations, especially Wednesday through Friday.
Horoscopes for the week of December 8-14, 2025:
ARIES AND ARIES RISING
There’s a fractious feeling to the start of this week that could have you feeling defensive. When a situation or issue leads to a dead end, it could trigger a much bigger response than you expect— either on your part or on the part of someone else. No one does conflict like an Aries, so you should take the whole thing in your stride, but it isn’t exactly relaxing.
Later in the week, a surprising piece of information could have you rethinking something (again) that’s been in play over the latter part of November.
TAURUS AND TAURUS RISING
Beware the group chat early in the week when the sky suggests things could get fiery, fast. As a tension that’s been simmering below the surface finally explodes, getting drawn into the drama will be almost impossible. Of course, there is no shame in leaning out of the conflict, but your reticence to take a side won’t go unnoticed.
In rosier news, there’s an unexpected development in a story around Wednesday that could deliver the missing piece of a puzzle. It could be the wildcard you needed to solve a quandary that’s been hanging about since late November.
GEMINI AND GEMINI RISING
There’s a lot going on this week, which ensures things are nothing short of “eventful”. Brace yourself for a significant showdown as early as Monday. A sore point involving some key players in your life will be hard to avoid. Fiery though it may be, it will, on the plus side, clear the air. It won’t be until after things come to a head that you realise, you’d become kind of used to the simmering resentment.
In the middle of the week, a wave of ambiguity could help you work out what’s going on. Like listening to a song in a darkened room, a detail could pop out to you that suddenly makes sense and helps you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
CANCER AND CANCER RISING
You’ll do well to keep your defences about you around Monday when the building tension reaches boiling point. Although it might not directly involve you, you’ll certainly witness the explosion and could end up as part of the collateral damage if you don’t keep a healthy distance.
Around Wednesday, Neptune’s station suggests a bit of confusion if you’re planning to get away. If you’re booking any travel this week, make sure you triple-check everything to make sure you aren’t accidentally booking accommodation on the wrong date or flights in the wrong direction.
LEO AND LEO RISING
Get ready for a surprise! Mid-week, there’s a sprinkle of the unexpected as new information challenges you to rethink your position. A decision or resolution you’d come to over the past two weeks may need a bit of a rethink now that you have an additional curveball to deal with.
Around the same time, make space for waves of inspiration beyond the rational. Dreams, meditation and journaling around Wednesday could hold some significant intel; pay attention.
VIRGO AND VIRGO RISING
Things feel much more heated than the average Virgo cares to weather this week. With a long-term stressor coming to a head, this will be a week where you have to take a deep breath and stand your ground. The blow-up may seem like a lot of drama over something seemingly superficial, but there is much more going on underneath the surface.
In the middle of the week, things feel especially unfinished—your greatest challenge will be letting them be. Do not try to rush to a solution. On the plus side, one of your bugbears from Mercury retrograde could get another do-over when new information helps you see things differently.
LIBRA AND LIBRA RISING
The rational, pragmatic approach you prefer to take in all aspects of your life may not be an option this week. The forecast? Stormy, with a chance of confrontation, suggesting the only way out is through. Expect a fiery peak in a longer-term storyline that’s been percolating over the past couple of years. You may not see the connection on the surface, but it is there.
After the initial explosion, there’s a strange nebulous quality to proceedings that will challenge you to just “hang” in the ether rather than try to work out your next steps. As difficult as it is not to rearrange things for greater harmony, try to just let things remain unresolved.
SCORPIO AND SCORPIO RISING
Shields at the ready! The heat is on this week, but if ever there was a sign ready for combat, it’s you. A responsibility or energy-suck that’s become something of the norm reaches boiling point. It won’t take much to cause the explosion. While in isolation it may seem like an overreaction, the truth is it’s been a long time coming.
Elsewhere, you’ll find some new information or a curveball could have you reconsidering decisions you made over the past two or three weeks. They are meant to challenge your thinking, so when they pop up, don’t discount them as white noise.
SAGITTARIUS AND SAGITTARIUS RISING
It’s an intense time for centaurs as conflict, confusion and spanners bring all the drama. You’ll be in the middle of some big feelings from the start of the week, when an issue that’s become something of a millstone around your neck comes to the fore. Now is the time to clear the air, and although it could initially feel like an overreaction, the truth is, it’s been bubbling (or festering, as the case may be) for quite some time.
In the middle of the week, pay attention to your dreams and any synchronicities when Neptune’s station could help you make sense of everything in the least logical but most creative way possible.
CAPRICORN AND CAPRICORN RISING
The energy this week has an unpredictable, fiery quality that could have you feeling a little bit ill at ease. This is not the way Capricorns like to do business, but here we are. The “empty” light is showing for any rational or considered approach as the people around you fly off the handle. Expect to cop an earful of how “they really feel”. It’s not how you’d choose to do things, but sometimes a bit of bluster is required to help get everyone’s cards on the table.
Trust that it’s all very necessary in order to help finalise some longer-term drama that’s been playing out since 2023, even if the process itself leaves a lot to be desired.
AQUARIUS AND AQUARIUS RISING
A massive drain—possibly financial—becomes a point of contention this week. Early on in the week, you’ll be off to the races as disagreements around money give rise to some heated words. If you aren’t the one who initiates it, it could seem over-the-top, but dig a little deeper, and you’ll quickly realise it’s about much more than splitting a bill. This is indicative of a longer-term hurt that’s been in the mix for months, maybe even years.
What follows is a kind of weird, dream state where it will be hard to understand which way is up. When that shroud of uncertainty descends (around Wednesday), know that it’s all part of this week’s weather, and it will pass. Your challenge is to just try and “be” with it.
PISCES AND PISCES RISING
Your tolerance for sucking it up and lending a hand (even when you’re running on empty) is the stuff of legend. But even Pisceans have their limits, and this week, you might come face to face with yours. Something small could knock the scab off a wound you’ve been patiently living with since 2023. It won’t take much, and you’ll be off to the races as early as Monday. The crushing weight of responsibility becomes too much to bear as you find yourself—quite out of character— saying, “You know what? I am not ok with this.”
What follows is a kind of unusual, liminal space where you’re not quite sure how to move forward. Don’t rush to try and fix things; this momentary no man’s land is all part of the healing process.
This story first appeared on GRAZIA International.
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