If you are looking to do magical works in the month of December, here are a few correspondences to strengthen and fire up your workings.

December is also known as:

Aerra Geola (Anglo Saxaon): "The Month Before Yule"

Heilagmanoth (Frankish tradition) "Holy Month"

Wolfmoon (Asatru)

Mi na Nollag (Irish) Christmas Month

Photo by Andre Karwatha via Wikimedia Commons

December’s Zodiac signs include Sagittarius (November 23 - December 22)  and Capricorn (December 23 - January 20).  It’s birthstone is turquoise and it’s birthflower is poinsettia or narcissus .  The lucky number for the month is 3.

When working with color in December, consider using green, bright red or turquoise

If you are looking for stones to work with this month, consider aquamarine, bloodstone, lapis lazuli, peridot, ruby, blue topaz or turquoise.  Carry one or more on your person, use them in a monthly magic mojo bag, or set them out this month on a window sill to charge throughout the month. Choose one or more to research and add to your book of shadows.

December’s animals bear, goat, snowy owl, wolf and groundhog.  To incorporate these animals, add a statue or photo of your choice of animal to your altar or read about how them can be used as totem animals. 

Mythical creatures for the month are sylvan spirits (spirits of the woods).

The best plants to work with during December consist of Christmas cactus, evergreen trees, holly, ivy, mistletoe, oak and poinsettia.  Keep a small pot of one on your altar, add one or more to your monthly mojo bag, research them, plan recipes around them or make an infusion of them to add to your cleaning water. Decorate with evergreen boughs, decorate an outdoor tree with food for the birds, hang mistletoe in your doorway.

December’s signature incense?   A mix of holly leaves and oak wood.

Goddesses associated with December are Athena, the Fates, Freya, Hathor, Hekate, Ix Chel, Lucina, Minerva, Neith, The Norns, and Vesta.

Gods include Attis, Dionysus, Freyr, the Horned God, Odin, Osiris, Poseidon and Saturn

The New Moon appears on the 5th at 12:36 pm EST.

December’s full moon will appear on December 21st at 3:13 am EST.  It goes by many different names:

• Cold Moon (Algonquian)
• Big Bear's Moon (Winnebago)
• Small Spirits Moon (Chippewa)
• Moon When the Wolves Run Together (Cheyenne) 
• Month of Respect (Hopi)
• Big Cold Moon (Comanche)
• Frozen Over Moon (Cree)
• Groundhog Mother's Moon (Tlingit)
• Moon When the Deer Shed Their Antlers (Lakota)
• Long Night's Moon (Colonial)
• Moon of Popping Trees ( Northern Arapaho)
• Big Winter Moon (Creek)
• Wolf Moon (Celtic)
• Ripe Berry Moon (Haida)
• Frost Fish Moon (Pasamaquoddy)
• Snow Moon (Cherokee)
• Turning Moon (Zuni) 
• Oak Moon (English)
• Real Goose Moon (Kiowa)

Use December's full moon energy for banishing, divination, prosperity, transformation, wisdom, personal relationships

The First Quarter moon happens the 13th at 8:59 am EST while the Last Quarter is the 27th at 11:18 pm EST.

Month-long observances that take place in December include National Write a Business Plan Month, Spiritual Literacy Month, Universal Human Rights Month

To read the daily correspondences for the month of December, click here.

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Sources: 

The Pagan Book of Days by Nigel Pennick
The Farmers’ Almanac 2011
The Spellcaster’s Reference by Eileen Holland
National Geographic, Full Moons: What's in a Name?
The Moon Book by Kim Long

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