November Horoscope 2026

Table of Contents

I. Introductory Summary

A. Categorical Sheet

  1. Modality

  2. Element

  3. Ruling Planet

II. Horoscopes

III. November Transit Overview

A. Aphrodite Puts Down Her Knives for Her Scales Again
(24/10 – 04/11)

B. Ares Sows a Seed in Rotting Soil
(05/11 – 09/11)

C. Aphrodite Extends an Olive Branch to an Exhausted Ares & Zeus
(10/11 – 16/11)

D. Hermes Stations Direct into a Conflict with Hades
(13/11 – 14/11)

E. Apollo Rekindles Zeus’s Hearth
(18/11 – 22/11)

F. Apollo Shoots His Sparking Arrow into Artemis’ Electric Sky
(24/11 – 30/11)

I. Introductory Summary

Some months are shockingly reassuring. Some months are bogged down. Some months feel like you are grinding your teeth just to move a millimetre. While other months… contain all of the above. 

I am not gonna sugarcoat it; November feels like a Greek tragedy written by Euripides himself. Avoidable disasters. Missed opportunities. A plot twist when you are ready to call it quits on everything. And a background chorus telling you where you are failing and where you are succeeding. It might feel like you are pushing while actively getting drained and that there are forces in your life that are actively working against you. The first half of November might feel like an intense culmination that needs to be chopped down like a tumour. But it is really important to understand the difference between a genuine and disastrous crisis, and a depleted nervous system that just wants to sever a tie to make the noise stop. Be aware of your limitations in the Leo sector of your life and understand that sometimes things stand still because we have been running on too little for too long. Think of it like turning on a boiler without fuel in an abandoned, cold house, during the month’s coldest day. Working yourself to the bone without the right structure to fall back on when you have exhausted yourself will just lead to one thing for certain: burnout. 

If you want to see exactly where this burnout is hitting your chart, jump down to your Ascendant sign below, or read all the way past the horoscopes for the full-month astrological deep-dive. 

By the time we get to the middle of the month, on 13/11, you most likely will feel this urgent itch to say the snappy, severing thing. Shut the door when you don’t want to hear it anymore. Send that inflammatory email or message. But it is important to just take a moment and… stop. Take a breath. Put your phone down. Soften your steps. It feels so much more sensitising right now than it actually is in reality. The fallout is more costly than the momentary relief. Scream into a pillow. Punch the air. Cry in the shower. Let it out, but not to their face.

There is a specific backdrop that permeates all of November. It feels like backtracking through the first two weeks, before finally unlocking the support you need in the second half. Venus stations direct on Saturday 14/11; she arrives like a breath of fresh air, the pause, the breeze that comes in and asks us to look beyond ourselves. Libra is a sign where Venus is at home and Saturn exalts. Where sweetness and bitterness are constantly in need of balance. Boundaries, audits, discussions. This is also why November will hit day sect charts (if you were born during the day) much harder than night sect charts. Night charts have their chief ally, Venus, right at home in Libra holding the line, whereas day charts have to watch their allies, Jupiter and Saturn, get drained in Leo and stalled out in Aries. The Aries sector of your life has been undergoing a rough restructuring, and that brittleness has probably been right front and centre. How can you uphold boundaries with others when you haven’t been upholding them with yourself first? General Ascendant horoscopes can tell you which room of your house the weather is hitting, but they cannot see your sect or the natal planets you have living inside that room. If you want to know how your actual chart is wired to handle this, or if you just want some clarity on how to navigate the pressure, you are always welcome to book a one-on-one natal reading or a personal forecast with me. The backdrop of this month is asking you to realise where you need to take accountability for rushing, while also asking you to be patient. Patience is what opens the door to support from an external mediator, a sweet treat, or a friend who eventually comes through. 

Eventually, the heavy fog clears into a scatter of colour in one corner of our lives while we finally get some practical grounding in another. The mutable signs are our saving grace this month while the fixed axis is being run into a brick wall. This month rewards flexibility, patience, and rest, so be kind to yourself. The beginning will feel like a traffic jam. The middle will feel like a turning point. A turning point but not necessarily moving ahead again. The movement and flexibility returns towards the end once the Sun moves into Sagittarius, the Gemini Full Moon takes place, and Mars leaves Leo for the more grounded Virgo. The air will feel easier to breathe in the latter half of November, just… don’t do something you can’t come back from.

Use the categorical cheat sheet below to spot the overarching patterns across your chart’s building blocks, then scroll down to your Ascendant sign for a transit-by-transit breakdown. Below that you find the full transit deep-dive. If this month is hitting a tender nerve in your life and you want to look beyond general horoscopes, I offer both natal chart readings and personal forecasts to help you map out your specific sky with a bit more breathing room. 

A. Categorical Sheet

1. Modality

Cardinal - Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

Stop trying to force a stalemate while your resources and energy are being drained; let a partner or mediator hold the line. Allow the late-month shift to pull you out of the standoff so you can focus on sorting out your daily maintenance and physical routines.

  • Key words

    • Joint debts, Contract mediation, Daily triage

  • Key dates

    • 14/11, 22/11, 26/11

Fixed - Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius

You are taking the sky's thermal shock straight on the chin across the main pillars of your life, so do not burn down your house just to make the noise stop. Hold your tongue until the pressure finally releases into manageable financial or social tasks late in the month.

  • Key words

    • Domestic standoffs, Career ultimatums, Financial unblocking

  • Key dates

    • 09/11, 13/11, 22/11

Mutable - Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces

The first two weeks will drain you behind the scenes with tedious admin, logistical sludge, or hidden exhaustion, so pace yourself. The final week throws you onto the main stage, demanding you balance a sudden electric awakening with the commitments you have already made.

  • Key words

    • Inbox backlog, Hidden burnout, Personal launch

  • Key dates

    • 13/11, 24/11, 26/11

2. Element

Fire - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Your natural heat is currently burning without fuel, turning your usual vitality into parched, irritable friction. Wait for the final week of November to replenish your tank before you make any sweeping decisions about your future or your passions.

  • Key words

    • Physical fatigue, Creative burnout, Regaining momentum

  • Key dates

    • 16/11, 22/11, 24/11

Earth - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

The early month bakes your foundations dry and leaves you feeling brittle, so lean on your daily routines and bodily maintenance to stay grounded. Once the fever breaks, you are handed the analytical tools you need to put firm brakes on the chaos and start sorting the debris.

  • Key words

    • Brittle foundations, Routine anchors, Meticulous repairs

  • Key dates

    • 14/11, 26/11, 30/11

Air - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

You are tasked with keeping the room ventilated while everyone else is suffocating on fixed drama, so use your diplomacy to de-escalate. Just make sure you are not sacrificing your own boundaries or burning out your social battery to keep others comfortable.

  • Key words

    • Peacemaking, Social fatigue, Mental clarity

  • Key dates

    • 14/11, 24/11, 28/11

Water - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Do not let the cold, defensive swamp of early November trick you into digging a trench and stinging anyone who gets too close. Sit with the heavy emotional residue until the fire returns late in the month, thawing out the gridlock and unfreezing your momentum.

  • Key words

    • Unspoken resentment, Defensive isolation, Unfreezing assets

  • Key dates

    • 09/11, 13/11, 22/11

3. Ruling Planet

Luminaries - Cancer, Leo

Your core vitality and authority are operating under intense, depleting pressure, making everything feel like an existential drain. Drop the ego, let your local or domestic scaffolding hold you up, and wait for the late-month ignition to remind you who you are.

  • Key words

    • Drained authority, Family support, Spark returns

  • Key dates

    • 09/11, 16/11, 22/11

Mercury - Gemini, Virgo

Your nervous system is wading through toxic, stagnant mud, making every logistical delay or miscommunication feel like a personal attack. Keep your hands off the keyboard when the tension peaks mid-month, and channel that sharp mental energy into meticulous, boring repairs once the weather cools.

  • Key words

    • Administrative sludge, Unsent ultimatums, Logistical liaising

  • Key dates

    • 13/11, 24/11, 26/11

Venus - Taurus, Libra

You are carrying the structural load for the entire sky right now, forced to broker peace and provide lubrication while everyone else is snapping. You can mediate the damage, but make sure you reclaim your own autonomy and financial boundaries before the month is out.

  • Key words

    • Mediating conflicts, Daily maintenance, Reclaiming boundaries

  • Key dates

    • 14/11, 24/11, 28/11

Mars - Aries, Scorpio

You are bleeding willpower into a furnace, turning your usual sharp drive into exhausting, theatrical friction. Stop trying to force a victory through sheer stubbornness; step back and wait for the month's end to hand you a scalpel so you can actually fix the problem.

  • Key words

    • Scorched earth, Exhausted willpower, Rest & routines

  • Key dates

    • 13/11, 16/11, 26/11

Jupiter - Sagittarius, Pisces

Your philosophical optimism and big-picture faith are currently bone-dry and stalled out behind closed doors. Stop trying to squeeze inspiration from a stone, lean heavily on your friends or partners for perspective, and let the late-month fire trine bring your vision back online.

  • Key words

    • Stalled plans, Peer scaffolding, Sudden optimism

  • Key dates

    • 16/11, 22/11, 28/11

Saturn - Capricorn, Aquarius

The boundaries and structures you normally rely on are cracked, brittle, and incapable of holding weight right now. Stop trying to enforce rules on people who cannot hear you, seek out wise counsel, and wait for the end of the month to apply practical sealant to the cracks.

  • Key words

    • Failing boundaries, External validation, Shared burdens

  • Key dates

    • 14/11, 26/11, 30/11

II. Horoscopes

The best way to read the horoscopes below is to look at it through the lense of your Ascendant, Sect light, and Ascendant ruler. See above categorical sheet to know the ruler of your Ascendant and then find it in your chart and read for the sign that it appears in.

  • Day Sect: Look at your Sun, if born during the day.

  • Night Sect: Look at your Moon, if born during the night.

Aries

Key words

Contractual diplomacy, creative burnout, shared debts, big-picture relief, workplace triage

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

Throughout the month, the main takeaways are to keep a cool head and let someone else do the talking for a bit. Allow yourself to slow down and do a stock inventory of what actually needs your attention. Don’t ignore those unpaid bills on the table; you’ll feel more relaxed once they’re dealt with.

Taurus

Key words

Domestic friction, contractual standoffs, daily routine anchors, financial unfreezing, focused craft

Key dates

09/11, 10/11–16/11, 13/11, 14/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11

This month invites you to look at the structural integrity of your home and partners. Things are stressful and you’ve got a lot on your plate right now. Help is coming, but not without a trial through fire. Eventually the money will come through, but make sure your paperwork is in order so nothing falls between the floorboards. You’ll eventually be able to cool down with that creative project you’ve been putting off.

Gemini

Key words

Administrative overload, workplace friction, creative sanctuary, partnership renewal, domestic boundaries

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 30/11

The first half of the month is going to test your patience with everyday admin, tedious workplace politics, and a schedule that feels like it is working against you. Do not let a bad afternoon at your desk trick you into sending an email you cannot take back. Unplug from demanding group chats when your battery runs low, make time for the hobbies that actually make you happy, and hold on until the final week of November when your relationships and personal energy get a massive second wind.

Cancer

Key words

Vocational strain, domestic elasticity, cash-flow drain, workplace relief, logistical discipline

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

​Watch your bank account during the first two weeks of the month, and hold off on throwing money at a passion project or an expensive night out just to make yourself feel better. Work is likely to feel disorganised and demanding right now, with management or clients dropping the ball on basic boundaries. Lean on your home life and family to keep your spirits flexible, and wait until the last week of November to overhaul your daily schedule.

​Leo

Key words

Bodily exhaustion, domestic standoffs, local support systems, creative revival, budget discipline

Key dates

09/11, 10/11–16/11, 13/11, 14/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

​You are taking the early-November weather straight on the chin, and trying to power through household or family drama on sheer pride will only leave you flat on your back. Let your siblings, neighbours, or daily routines take some of the weight off your shoulders while your long-term plans are stalled. Once the final week of the month hits, your spark comes back in a massive way, though you will need to keep a tight grip on your debit card when friends start inviting you out to celebrate.  

​Virgo

Key words

Behind-the-scenes burnout, sibling/logistical friction, personal income buffer, career illumination, disciplined autonomy

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 30/11

​Do not let other people’s messy financial habits or a disorganised joint account stress you out this month; your own steady paycheque is your safest anchor. The first two weeks will feel like a series of irritating logistical delays and secret exhaustion, so give yourself grace if your brain feels unusually sharp-edged and tired. Hold off on signing major local contracts or having a blow-up with a relative mid-month, because by the final week of November, your home life settles down and you are back in the driver's seat.

​Libra

Key words

Personal autonomy, brittle partnerships, expensive social obligations, unblocked logistics, solitary boundaries

Key dates

09/11, 10/11–16/11, 13/11, 14/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

If you are waiting for a partner or a client to hold up their end of the bargain this month, you are going to be waiting a long time; you have to be your own anchor right now. Be very careful with your budget during the first two weeks, especially when friends or networking groups try to rope you into expensive plans you cannot actually afford. Once the last week of November arrives, the administrative logjam in your inbox clears out, provided you actually switch your phone off at night and let yourself sleep.

Scorpio

Key words

Vocational burnout, bodily defence, solitary recuperation, financial thawing, peer boundaries

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 30/11

Pushing yourself to the brink at work during the first half of the month will go straight to your physical body, so stop trying to prove you are indestructible. Your daily job routines are disorganised right now, making private downtime and proper rest non-negotiable. Protect your energy until the last week of November, when a financial bottleneck finally clears and you can draw some much-needed boundaries with demanding friends or professional groups.

Sagittarius

Key words

Crisis of faith, behind-the-scenes fatigue, community scaffolding, vitality surge, vocational precision

Key dates

09/11, 10/11–16/11, 13/11, 14/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

Do not panic if you spend the first two weeks of November feeling completely uninspired and questioning your long-term path; your battery is just flat, not broken. When your hobbies stop feeling fun and your brain is tired, let your friends take you out and remind you who you are. Everything flips in your favour on 22/11 when your energy comes roaring back, leaving you ready to handle a major relationship milestone and tighten up your professional goals at the end of the month.

Capricorn

Key words

Domestic instability, professional grace, shared debt friction, mental release, legal/academic structure

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

Your home life or family dynamics are likely to feel disorganised and testing all month, making your career and professional goals the one place where things actually make sense. Keep your wallet closed when friends or professional groups start talking about joint investments or splitting heavy expenses during the first two weeks. Once the final week of November lands, a massive weight lifts off your sleep and mental health, letting you lock in solid plans for travel, study, or legal paperwork.

Aquarius

Key words

Partnership standoffs, career pressure, logistical bottlenecks, social thawing, debt containment

Key dates

09/11, 13/11, 14/11, 16/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

The first half of November is loud, pulling you into a direct tug-of-war between a demanding partner or client and your responsibilities at work. When your daily schedule and local errands start falling apart at the seams, step back and seek advice from a teacher, a mentor, or someone outside your immediate bubble. Hold the line until the last week of the month, when your social life and creative energy open back up and you can finally get a firm grip on shared expenses.

Pisces

Key words

Workplace inflammation, ideological friction, partner financial backing, career ignition, contractual precision

Key dates

09/11, 10/11–16/11, 13/11, 14/11, 22/11, 24/11, 26/11, 28/11, 30/11

Do not let a chaotic workplace or a disorganised daily schedule talk you into abandoning your long-term goals during the first half of the month. If your personal cash flow feels tight or poorly bounded right now, lean on shared resources, a partner’s income, or an outside settlement to bridge the gap. Hang tight until the final week of November, when your career catches a massive updraft, a domestic matter reaches a clear resolution, and you can sit down to sort out the fine print of your relationships.

A quick note before the full-month deep-dive: Your Ascendant horoscope shows which rooms of your life November’s transits are walking through, but it cannot see which natal planets you have sitting in those rooms, nor can it see which planetary time-lords are currently running your year. If you want to look at your specific chart, whether for a foundational natal reading or a personal forecast looking ahead, you can book a one-on-one consultation with me.

III. Full Overview: November

A. Aphrodite puts down her Knives for her Scales Again

(24/10 – 04/11) 

October ended on an uncomfortably loud note. Leading up to the start of November, on 24/10, the Venus Cazimi took place. Entering the heart of the Sun in Scorpio, Venus had the spotlight and clarity shone directly onto her retrograde cycle, illuminating the cold trail she left behind for Mercury’s retrograde cycle in Scorpio. The following day on 25/10, Venus stepped back outside from her detriment in cold and thorny Scorpio for some fresh air in her temperate home in Libra. We cleared the Full Moon on 26/10, ruled by Venus herself, right as Mercury just perfected another square with Pluto. The focus on our relationships has been relentless to say the least. Expect a lot of revelations, but also deliberate shedding of old patterns to make room for new growth. The atmosphere is exposed, illuminated, and undeniably bright. Brightness, however, does not always mean warmth.




“Stepping into November comes with bright fluorescent surgical lights on max. Clinical, gruesome, honest, but eventually, healing. ”

November begins in the wake of that relational friction. Sitting in the waiting room not knowing whether what you built is going to survive the operation reflects the exact pressure in the sky. Communication broken. Agreements cracked. That breakdown, however, creates room to see what can actually last. 

When planets go retrograde, we shouldn’t hide or be scared; they simply expose where the seams are ripping and tearing. What was standard practice six months ago might be completely unsustainable today. You might not agree on everything. But, really, who does? Structures sometimes have to buckle under pressure so you can see whether they possess the spine to stand the test of time. After that initial friction, early November offers a softer landing. On 04/11, we meet a supportive sextile between Venus and Jupiter. As the traditional benefics, these are the planets tasked with opening doors and offering resources. The “yes”-sayers. A sextile is an invitation rather than a guaranteed windfall. The gift is extended, but you still have to unwrap the box, try on the sweater, and decide whether it actually fits or if you need to ask for the receipt. Depending on your Ascendant, this opportunity looks different. For a Leo Ascendant it could be a sibling, childhood friend, or neighbour helping you out. Or if you have a Capricorn Ascendant, it could look like your boss offering you a bonus that helps towards paying a debt.


B. Ares Sows a Seed in Rotting Soil

(05/11 – 09/11) 

After that soft cushion into the month, we see the next week starting to clear out some debris from the previous months to then allow for the transition into the next year. On November 5th, Mars enters his pre-retrograde shadow. What that means in practice is that you should pay attention to the themes and events that take place between 05/11/2026 and 10/01/2027, as these occurrences will echo and return once Mars stations retrograde in early January. The nature of a Mars retrograde period is that of shedding, relearning one’s ability to be decisive, but also how to pick your battles strategically; in whatever part of your life Mars touches. Whenever a planet spends time being retrograde we are faced with events that may force us to redo and rethink things that are related to the planet moving back. In this case it is Mars. The planet of protection, aggression, conflict, justice and injustice, authenticity, and active action. Mars will begin his retrograde in Virgo and then move back into Leo, which means that these two sectors of your life will be connected so it is important to look at where it takes place in your own chart. Because this Mars retrograde story stretches from early November all the way into the spring of 2027, a single monthly horoscope only gives you the opening chapter. If you want to map out how Mars’s retrograde through Virgo and Leo will interact with your specific natal planets and personal timing periods over the coming months, this is an ideal time to book a personal forecast reading with me.

What could Mars Rx mean in your life?

It would mean that you have to rethink and redo how you approach conflict and elements in your life that set you apart from others. You will most likely be asked to return to things that you have been putting off. This transit predominantly takes place across Leo III and Virgo I. This brings in the imagery of the Tarot cards 7 of Wands and 8 of Pentacles, speaking to the themes of reiterating how you show up for yourself and how you stand your ground when your skills are being challenged. The lesson here is to learn how to hone the martian ability to work hard and to protect your stance and station. You have worked hard to get where you are but don’t let your pride get the best of you even though you know what your skills are.

On the following Monday, 09/11, we encounter the month’s first lunation, a New Moon in Scorpio. The Moon does not enjoy being in Scorpio, where she finds her traditional fall. The Moon wants to be able to move through her ebbs and flows without feeling weighted down by emotional baggage. In Scorpio, the Moon forces us to sit with the compost and actually confront what we would rather look away from; actually confront what we don’t want to look at or see. And because it is a New Moon, we are confronted with what is no longer healthy to keep to then be able to start a new cycle for the coming month.

“Is there anything that you feel has been overstaying its welcome but you have struggled to let go of?”

 The Full Moon that happened at the end of October took place in the 12th part of Gemini but this lunation will take place in the 12th part of Taurus. What this means is that these parts of your chart will be activated for the period of the lunation. Let’s say you have your Ascendant in Pisces, that means that the New Moon would take place in your 9th house but the 12th part would take place in your 3rd house. So, by blending the significations of these two places in your chart, you can get a sense of what that looks like for you. In this instance, for our Pisces Ascendant individual, this could be dealing with a legal matter involving your siblings that has been festering, or perhaps there has been some sort of conflict with your neighbour about politics that reached a tipping point recently. For some people it is about cutting things out to allow for other things to grow. Scorpio tells us that we need to cut and throw away the things that are rotting, the 12P tells us that it’s because seeds can’t reach the soil if it’s covered in too much debris. Because the New Moon is ruled by Mars in Leo, your Leo house adds an extra layer, revealing where the initial spark for this clean-up originated. Going back to our Pisces Asc individual, this would stem from the 6th house of work, routines, and health, so it could come from a conflict at work or a health issue that you have been dealing with that has inflamed a sibling relationship contributing to some belief or religious disputes that need to be acknowledged. Blending whole-sign houses with 12th-parts and dispositor trees is where astrology stops speaking in generalities and starts describing your actual life. If you want to look beneath the surface of your chart and see how these finer technical layers are wired into your natal placements, you can book a foundational natal reading with me. 

C. Aphrodite Extends an Olive Branch to an Exhausted Ares & Zeus

(10/11 – 16/11) 

Following that cleansing lunation, on 10/11, we move onto a few resolutions. Venus and Mars form a supporting sextile; this can show up as a sort of olive branch where someone may extend an opportunity for resolving a conflict. But the thing about sextiles is that they show opportunities that still require you to take a step towards that resolution. This sextile is asking you to put in the effort to make it happen, you might be handed a gift but you still need to accept it and utilise it. 

The sextile is shortly followed by the almost simultaneous direct stations of both Mercury on 13/11 and Venus on 14/11. At this moment Venus is back in Libra and Mercury is in early Scorpio. We have a rather mixed bag at this point with a triple conjunction between the South Node, Jupiter, and Mars while also receiving a sextile from stationary Venus. On 16/11, Mars perfects his conjunction with Jupiter and the South Node while receiving a sextile from stationary Venus. The following breakdown maps out the moving parts before we look at what this tension looks like in practice: 

Header 1 Individual +Jupiter +Mars +Venus (sextile)
South Node Detachment
Decrease
Draining
Subtraction
Renunciation of material craving
A decrease in expansiveness
Draining peace
Subtracting faith
Renunciation of the teacher
Draining warmth
Decrease in conflict
Draining heat
Renunciating aggression
Detaching from integrity
Offering love to detachment
Understanding the decrease Love the renunciated
Unifying the things that are draining
Jupiter Tempering Expansive
Jovial
Nurturing
Teachers
Peaceful
Faith & Belief
Warm & Moist
- - -
Mars Heating up
Conflict prone
Inflammatory
Integrity
Aggressive
Protective
Action
Explosive
Hot & Dry
Excessive heat
Fighting for one's beliefs
Teaching inflammatory beliefs
Protecting one’s desire to be nurtured
Acting upon one’s beliefs
- -
Venus (Sextile) Attractive
Sweet
Romantic
Unifying
Understanding
Lover
Cool & Moist
Forgiving
Generous
Popular
Loving the teacher
Nurturing the love
Conducive to life
Sexiness
Offering an olive branch in a conflict
Showing love to the aggressor
Understanding the inflammatory person
Cooling down excessive heat
-

What would this look like practically speaking?

It tells me that there is a lot of attention on a conflict that doesn’t seem to lead anywhere. We have these strong desires for integrity and authenticity, but our boundaries seem to be failing us at the same time. There appears to be a clear sequence before we hit a wall: we feel the happiness and desire for peace being drained out of the room, together with the warmth we require to rise to the occasion where it matters. A conflict or desire for a clean break builds until we are hit with the drain of integrity needed to stay true to that desire.

Consider a battlefield surgeon who has lost faith in themselves to the point that they forget to swap to a new, sharper scalpel. Mars’ preferred domain is the nocturnal sign, Scorpio. When the Sun transits Scorpio, we are forced to face what can no longer be kept without poisoning ourselves in the process. Can you hold on to the toxicity while also remaining authentic? The Scorpio placement shows where you want to stay true to yourself but struggle to believe in yourself enough to do so, held back by the past you are clinging to as the Sun moves through the sign.

Meanwhile, Saturn finds his fall in Aries. A fallen Saturn speaks to where we cannot simply skip to having structure and boundaries. Libra, while ruled by Venus and aiming for peace, hosts Saturn’s exaltation.  It tells us that peace cannot exist without the dry, cold conversations about boundaries and balance in relationships. The Aries part of your chart therefore reveals where your boundaries and structures fail when attempting to raise peace and love to a higher standard. There is an overwhelming desire to reach peace and stay connected, yet we reach a point where we desperately want to cut off dead weight, but all we have is that dull knife.

Mars represents excess heat and everything sharp; through his rulership of Scorpio, he is tasked with purifying whatever is toxic in our system. On a battlefield, when cut, you must disinfect and cauterise the wound to prevent infection and close it. But what happens when you try lighting a fire with rusty steel to disinfect a dull knife riddled with toxins? You focus so heavily on lighting the fire that you forget you are bleeding out. Because Venus has just stationed direct in her home sign, Libra, we are called to consider outside support from an objective third party, express our issue clearly, and accept the provided perspective. With Saturn in Aries thrown into the mix, the third party could be someone who understands the dilemma more on a personal level themselves but is able to remain separated themselves.

This configuration shows heat being drained because someone left the door wide open while the heating runs on maximum. Don’t try to force the door shut alone. It is okay to ask for help to close it. When your energy feels so spent that you physically have nothing left to give, choose to nurture connections with decisive integrity, even if it feels scarce.

The bottom line is that right now, clean breaks cannot be made cleanly. They risk turning ugly and causing long-term harm, nor will goodwill alone suffice. You must lend that energy back to Venus, who stands firm and empowered in her home sign of Libra, and recognise where your boundaries are falling short despite Saturn’s fall. This isn't about forcing compliance, but about being honest, fair, and gracefully accepting reality to move forward in honour of both parties. Where imbalances exist in relationships, lean on Venus in Libra, represented by the scales that demand objective balance. Venus in Libra paired with Saturn in Aries reminds us that despite past events, enforcing personal boundaries is essential, but impossible without expressing them in a cool-tempered, constructive way. Look the other person in the eye as an adult and an equal. It may hurt initially, but eventually the wound will heal, revealing what integrity truly means to you.

“What is a boundary you have allowed to deteriorate in recent times?”

D. Hermes stations direct into a conflict with Hades

(13/11 – 14/11) 

Up until now, with all this talk about unity, seeing each other eye-to-eye, treating each other like an equal, and having a true discussion, we cannot neglect that Mercury stations direct, followed by Venus’s station. Mercury is the planet of communication, trade, information, and agreements. If Venus shows the agreement, Mercury shows how it is worded. Mercury stations direct into a square with Pluto, the god of the underworld, destruction, making small things big, and big things small. With Mercury in Scorpio, a Mars-ruled, nocturnal sign, we see a desire to sever things with our words. With Pluto thrown into the mix the conversation turns nuclear. Mercury speaks the words of fission while Venus asks us to responsibly choose fusion. But can they see each other? No, they are in adjacent signs; Venus can see Pluto, however. The triple conjunction between Mars, the SN, and Jupiter can see Pluto and Mercury too. While this might not be a tight degree-based T-square, we see the tension via sign still. The Mars triple conjunction is screaming for heat while Pluto on the opposite end wants to drop the heavy structural integrity failings on the table, leaving Mercury at the apex of this opposition getting disposed by that drained Mars, so close to saying the infectious, sever-prone ultimatum, but… stops. Decides it’s not worth it. Decides it’s better to move on. Decides it’s better to stop while you can. 

Saturn in Aries rules said Pluto in Aquarius, telling us that at the root of the blow-up would be the disintegration of boundaries and healthy structures.

“During this time, we must make sure to not sever things too hastily as they might inadvertently blow up in our faces.”

Is there a silver-lining to this? Well, Mercury never perfects the square with Pluto, so it is a sense of getting so close to saying the toxic thing, but stopping yourself and moving on. At the very least, employ that restraint. Mercury will stand still for a while, meaning that the talk you feel the need to have will stall for a while before moving forward.

Venus still makes the sextile to the planets in Leo and the sign-based trine to Pluto. Our words might be toxic, but our desire for peace needs to come before the intensity of saying the severing truth. The truth can hurt, but it doesn’t need to leave a toxic wasteland. 

“Don’t be the reason there is a crater in your life that can’t heal.”

E. Apollo Rekindles Zeus’s Hearth

(18/11 – 22/11) 

As we move on to the second half of the month, we encounter a sharp turn as the Sun enters Sagittarius. We move from a squaring, harsh configuration where there is tense reception from the Sun in Scorpio to the Leo planets, to an easier, more flowing configuration of a trine from Sun in Sagittarius to the Leo planets. This is almost like an emotional whiplash, but in a better way than before. The Sun moves from a mutual reception with Mars in Leo to a mutual reception with Jupiter in Leo; imagine surviving a gruelling, boundary-setting debate, and then heading straight out to meet good friends. The focus shifts from the intense drive to be authentic and to hold on to integrity in a conflict to being authentic and holding integrity in your beliefs and how you show up in the world.

With so much fixed energy in the sky with the only support being newly stationed Venus in cardinal Libra, a bit of mutable fire is welcomed. That’s a lot of astrological terminology in a row. What this means more concretely is that you probably experience a “sunshine after the storm” phenomenon. All those fixed planets (Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius), while showing great staying power, do speak to how things are stagnant and immovable. A lot of forces refuse to budge, pulling you in several different directions at once. With the only functional, supportive planet sitting in a movable sign, Libra, we are finally able to start fresh conversations, craft new agreements, and open genuine discussions. Saturn in Aries, another movable sign, forms a whole-sign trine to the Leo sector, but is fallen and retrograde. Because of this, there is support from the Aries sector but coming from a burnt out friend or companion with a lot of wisdom, but not taken seriously due to them possibly appearing too young, too immature, or too inexperienced to know, despite still providing support from a further distance. 

Once the Sun enters Sagittarius, a candle is lit, a flicker of potential to hope. Not forceful, but agentic, optimistic, holding faith. Sagittarius is a double-bodied sign, capable of expanding one’s perspectives and of helping us transition out of fixity towards wider horizons. The Sun gains triplicity dignity in the fire signs and there is something interesting that occurs where the Sun remains in a mutual reception but instead of it being between the Sun and Mars it is now between the Sun and Jupiter. This is a massive shift from one’s will and aggression being intertwined and now we see an easier flow between one’s will and faith. The Sun and Jupiter are both of the day sect. They are friends and they agree with each other more. This could come through a friend or one’s community coming in to support and remind you of what you believe in. This speaks to a time to reconnect with like-minded people. Jupiter remains in Leo, representing our beliefs, network, and peace, which means that they remain fixed from before. But with the Sun in a more agile sign, we feel a sense of weight lifted and we begin gaining the ability to move out of that purification process. Our beliefs might not have changed, but they are now coupled with a greater ability to move away from the heavy conflicts from days earlier. This shift supports the willpower we felt was compromised before, and the crumbling boundaries we have been experiencing. 

F. Apollo Shoots his Sparking Arrow into Artemis’ Electric Sky

(24/11 – 30/11) 

The final week of November opens with a Full Moon in Gemini, whose next aspect will be to Uranus. This could either be a rather volatile or a rather exciting Full Moon. The Moon governs the night and is instinctual, bodily, and she moves through the whole zodiac in roughly a month, just under 27 days and 8 hours to be exact. In roughly a month, she is able to communicate to every single planet, and her being so close to Earth, she is able to transmit the light of all other planets as she travels the zodiac. Leading up to the Full Moon, she had just formed an opposition to Mercury; a square to the SN, then Jupiter, then Mars; then a sextile to Neptune, all before going full. That is a lot of cleaning up and stabilising the exalted Moon had to go through before going full in Gemini, where she is peregrine and runs a bit wild. What this means is that amidst the wounding, the loss of belief, the drain we have been experiencing in Leo, the Moon comes in and provides us with some grounding and puts the brakes on the madness. Taurus is a stable, nurturing, and calm sign. The Moon feels grounded and like she can move through the heaviness with a stable ground under her feet. Then before we know it, a sudden surge of electricity, an airborne change, the air lightens and all of a sudden we… look up again. Think of early fireworks. Explosive, sudden, celebratory, a rocket launches into the sky, explodes, and scatters into 1,000,001 colours in the air. 

Looking at the imagery of what is going on, the Sun in Sagittarius, a fire sign and the archer, shining his light onto the Moon in Gemini, an air sign representing multiplicity and scatteredness, supports that feeling of a beautiful explosion.

There is a degree-based double configuration at this point involving a reignition of the Barbault’s basket degrees during the Gemini Full Moon connecting Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto into the mix, while simultaneously forming a degree-based T-square with Mars. Barbault’s basket and the T-square speak to how the world keeps on moving on; sometimes we just have to put conflicts on hold, step outside, and look out into the world for a bit. 

The month ends softly on 28/11 with Venus perfecting her sextile to Jupiter. This time, Jupiter is slower than Venus. Venus is supporting Jupiter. The exhausting support Venus provided earlier in the month is now being repaid in fairness, supporting you after what tumultuously transpired two weeks prior. Think of a friend who should have been with you during the heavy talk earlier but you were the one who had to coordinate everything to make sure it actually happens. This time, there might be a friend, a partner, or someone close offering to take you out to take your mind off things. Going into the final days of November, you can see a flicker of hope; consider accepting that invite your friend extended. And the month ends, 30/11, with the Sun perfecting his trine to Saturn, and Mercury clearing their retrograde degrees. Communication and agreements are able to move forward out of the swamp they were trudging through before; we end the month with a clearer idea of what boundaries are actually strong enough to stand the test of time.

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