Difference between revisions of "Occult:This month in history/December"

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* '''19 December''' - '''[[Edward Kelley]]''' performs his first [[alchemy|alchemical]] transmutation. ''(1586)''
* '''19 December''' - '''[[Edward Kelley]]''' performs his first [[alchemy|alchemical]] transmutation. ''(1586)''
* '''21 December''' - A great conjunction of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]] occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623. ''(2020)''
* '''21 December''' - A great conjunction of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]] occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623. ''(2020)''
* '''21/22 December''' - '''[[winter solstice]]''' in the Northern Hemisphere.
* '''21/22 December''' - '''[[Winter solstice]]''' in the Northern Hemisphere.
* '''25 December''' - A temple to '''[[Sol Invictus]]''' is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. ''(274)''
* '''25 December''' - A temple to '''[[Sol Invictus]]''' is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. ''(274)''
* '''30 December''' - Russian mystic '''[[Grigori Rasputin]]''' is murdered by a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov. ''(1916)''
* '''30 December''' - Russian mystic '''[[Grigori Rasputin]]''' is murdered by a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov. ''(1916)''
* '''31 December''' - Birth of '''[[Simon Forman]]''', an English [[occultist]] and astrologer. ''(1552)''
* '''31 December''' - Birth of '''[[Simon Forman]]''', an English [[occultist]] and astrologer. ''(1552)''