♌︎ Leo Ascendant Horoscope December 2026

Planetary positions & transit — December

In December 2026, the Sun lights your 4th house, setting the month's tone. Jupiter transits your 1st house and Saturn your 8th house in the background. Key shifts this month: Sun enters Sagittarius; Mercury enters Sagittarius; Rahu enters Capricorn; Ketu enters Cancer.

• Sun in Scorpio — your 4th house (Home & Mother). Soul comes under this transit. It enters Sagittarius during the period — a shift in this area.
• Mars in Leo — your 1st house (Self & Personality). Energy comes under this transit.
• Mercury in Scorpio — your 4th house (Home & Mother). Intellect comes under this transit. It enters Sagittarius during the period — a shift in this area.
• Jupiter in Leo (retrograde) — your 1st house (Self & Personality). Wisdom comes under this transit.
• Venus in Libra — your 3rd house (Courage & Siblings). Love comes under this transit.
• Saturn in Pisces — your 8th house (Transformation & Longevity). Discipline comes under this transit.
• Rahu in Capricorn — your 6th house (Health & Obstacles). Worldly desire comes under this transit. It enters Capricorn during the period — a shift in this area.
• Ketu in Cancer — your 12th house (Loss & Liberation). Detachment comes under this transit. It enters Cancer during the period — a shift in this area.

💼 Career & Profession

Rahu moves through your sixth house (Capricorn) this December, bringing health & obstacles into focus. [object Object]

With Mars transiting your first house in Leo, the self ask for attention. [object Object]

Jupiter in your first house colours this December through self & personality. [object Object]

Venus moves through your third house (Libra) this December, bringing courage & siblings into focus. [object Object]

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

Mercury in your fourth house colours this December through home & mother. [object Object]

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

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

💰 Finance

Sun moves through your fourth house (Scorpio) this December, bringing home & mother into focus. [object Object]

With Mars transiting your first house in Leo, the self ask for attention. [object Object]

Mercury in your fourth house colours this December through home & mother. [object Object]

Jupiter, now retrograde, moves through your first house (Leo) this December, bringing self & personality into focus. [object Object]

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

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

Rahu moves through your sixth house (Capricorn) this December, bringing health & obstacles into focus. [object Object]

❤️ Love & Relationships

Mars moves through your first house (Leo) this December, bringing self & personality into focus. Mars in the 1st house seats Mangala, the celestial commander, on the Lagna — the point that carries the self, the body, vitality and the first impression a person makes. A chart built this way is organised around action. Identity gets expressed through doing, competing, protecting and pushing forward, not through reflection or accommodation. These natives are usually felt before they are heard: there is a physical intensity to them, a readiness to engage that shows as courage at its best and combativeness at its worst. Dignity changes the reading completely. Exalted in Capricorn (deepest at 28 degrees), in its own Aries or Scorpio, or lit by a benefic aspect, Mars here builds; debilitated in Cancer or boxed in by malefics, it scatters and inflames. The 1st house is one of the four kendras, a load-bearing angle of the horoscope, and Mars is a natural malefic, so this is a high-voltage placement that pays back discipline and misfires without it.

With Jupiter transiting your first house in Leo, now retrograde,, the self ask for attention. Put Brihaspati, the guru of the gods, on the ascendant and you place wisdom inside the body itself. The 1st house is the seat of the self, the physique, the temperament, the direction a life takes, and Jupiter here gains directional strength, which is why the classics rate this among the most fortunate seats a chart can hold. People warm to these natives before a word is spoken. A teacherly quality shows through even when the person would rather just be a friend. One honest qualifier the old texts never drop: a placement is only as good as the planet's dignity and the support around it. An exalted Jupiter and a debilitated one write two different lives from the same house. Read the sign and the aspects before you celebrate.

🩺 Health

Mars moves through your first house (Leo) this December, bringing self & personality into focus. Health with Mars on the ascendant is strong vitality shadowed by a proneness to heat and haste. Mars rules blood, muscles, bone marrow and the inflammatory processes, and the 1st house rules the head, face and general constitution, so the exposed zones are the head and face, and the pattern runs to cuts, injuries, high body heat, fevers, acidity, inflammation and accidents born of moving too fast. Recuperation is usually excellent, so recovery is quick — but the same restlessness leaves a real liability to surgical marks and scars. The single most protective habit is a physical outlet: hard, regular exercise pushes the energy outward and stops it turning inward as irritability, tension or rising blood pressure. None of this is fixed; it maps liabilities that sensible caution and a decent routine keep in check.

With Jupiter transiting your first house in Leo, now retrograde,, the self ask for attention. This placement usually hands over a strong constitution and a resilient body, since Jupiter is protective and the 1st governs vitality. The watch list is specific to Jupiter's physiology: it rules the liver, fat metabolism and blood sugar, so the long-run concerns are weight gain, fatty liver and a drift toward diabetes, mostly from the mid-thirties on. The appetite for life that serves you socially shows up at the dinner table too. Regular movement and dietary discipline matter more here than for most charts, and a persistent liver or blood-sugar complaint belongs with a doctor before an astrologer.

🪔 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.