Susan Miller's December Forecast Summary:

You'll be the worker of the year on the job, spinning plates on sticks and humming a happy tune. No one will be able to match your high level of productivity and yet you will make it all look so effortless.

The good spirit of co-workers and subordinates will make it so much easier to work during the holidays. In fact, so cheery will those around you be, that you may feel you accidentally fell into some sort of parallel universe where every day is sunny and workers help each other instead of constantly plotting against each other. Life is so rarely this way!

If you need new equipment, software, and temporary or permanent help, put in your request just after the new moon December 9, for you'll likely get anything or anyone you need. An employee like you is hard to find and your boss will do almost anything to keep you happy.

The headline news this month is that Jupiter and Pluto will combine on December 11. Together these two powerhouse planets will give you an awesome opportunity to improve your health and fitness.

You will also be able to find more assignments or important new clients. Whichever you find at this time bodes well for your future, for that client or assignment will take you to new places in your career that you can't quite anticipate yet.

Singles will love the sparkle of December 18 - give a party or go to one. With Venus in fellow water sign Scorpio and Uranus in water sign Pisces, you could not wish for a better romantic night, filled with surprise!

In a month that has everything, you will also have the move of Jupiter into your marriage and partnership house on December 18, to stay until January 5, 2009. This is considered the very best time in life to think about marriage or business partnerships, or to hire a special expert, such as a manager or agent, to work with you on a one-on-one basis. The last time you had this advantage was 1994, as Jupiter takes 12 years to revolve around the Sun.

After setting into your partnership house, one of Jupiter's first orders of business will be to meet up with Mercury, an annual event that will occur on December 20. This day will bode well for forming new contractual agreements, for travel, commerce, and all writing and communication projects.

Next, Jupiter will have a special conversation with the Sun, always considered the luckiest, happiest day of the year. This will occur very early on December 23. Since they will meet in your seventh house of commitment, it would be a heavenly day for an engagement, wedding, or any sort of "coming together" in business. Because these two luminaries meet early in the day, you can also use December 22 to your advantage.

Watch too, for a generous gift, check, or news of a salary raise to come your way: December 21 or 22.

Dear Cancer, look at all the wonderful things you have to look forward to in December! The best part is that you will have a whole year to enjoy some of the trends that are emerging now. When it comes to New Year's Eve, with Mars about to slip into your private twelfth sector, you'll probably want to plan a quiet but romantic celebration. All things considered, it looks like you'll have lots of secrets and dreams to share. What a way to end the year!

Practical Astrology by Victoria Bazeley:

I'm thinking the keyword of the month for Cancer is probably busy. Mars remains in your own sign, and, retrograde or not, that's often code for being busy. Mercury zips through the month, touching three signs (Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Scorpio) that represent the 5th, 6th, and 7th houses of your solar chart. Mercury in the 5th until the 1st of December indicates you can have a bit of fun over the Thanksgiving weekend, socialize or spend time with the kids and family, particularly since Venus will be in the sector of your chart that governs family and home up until December 5. After that, the fun (and perhaps romantic or love-oriented) vibe continues right up through the end of the year as Venus in the 5th picks up where Mercury left off. Sweet!

In addition to being busy with fun, love, family, and all that jazz, your solar 6th house of work and job stuff is lit up as well, playing host to a last explosive blast of energy before your chart shifts to an other-centered focus near the end of December. If things are going to be popping at work (very possible), the key time will probably be between December 9 and 19. A whole host of aspects occur during that time, including a new moon. If you want something good to happen at work, set your intention for the new moon on the 9th. If that's not enough to fill up your plate, Saturn in Virgo in your 3rd house of training, education, certification and so on is encouraging some of you to sign up for a disciplined yet useful course of study in some field. This idea, admirable as it is (and I encourage the likely suspects among you to go for it), doesn't sit too well with all the celebratory Sagittarian planets that want to party the month away in December, so you may either have to put those plans off or figure out how you're going to juggle study and fun.

In further news, Jupiter moves into your 7th house of marriage, partnership and committed relationships on December 18, ushering in a year of focus on these things, or indeed other people in general. At some point before the end of December, there may be a bit of a push-pull between Mars and Jupiter. This can translate into overindulgence and the inevitable post-indulgence crash, but it doesn't have to. In general, be mindful that the planets are generally encouraging you to find some way to cram it all in this holiday season and that you may have to be proactive about not over-stressing yourself with activity.