The planet of focus in November is Mars, the god of war, virility, and savagery. Mars is the space of wildness, beyond the boundaries of human civilization. It stands in contrast to Venus, the planet of beauty, aesthetics, and norms. Mars has been a big theme already in October in our personal lives as well as on the world stage, and it appears it will continue to be center stage in November.
This month, to get in touch with Mars, we become trespassers, swamp dwellers, grumpy and unkempt. We will be unapologetic about our desires and active in pursuit. We will be strategic and sharp, cutting straight through the fat to the heart of the matter.
Mars can be helpful in this way, presenting the fuel to reach one’s goal. Because Mars is in its home sign Scorpio for most of the month, it will be extra effective. Of course, extra effectiveness, extra sharpness, extra strategy, these are great when questioned with a calm eye and accurate assessment, but dangerous if serviced to unquestioned rage or paranoia.
The lunations this month accentuate these points. The first is the Scorpio New Moon on the 12th/13th. It features the Sun, Moon, and Mars in Scorpio opposite Uranus in Taurus. This feels very unstable, as there may be ambushes and big upsets. Perhaps the upset comes from within, from the desire to throw caution to the wind. I recommend sitting a few rows back and sticking close to the exit.
In between these two lunations, we have the once in two year event on the 18th: the Mars Cazimi. While preceding this event, Mars (in opposition to Uranus) unsettles the path of action, the Cazimi moment brings Mars and the Sun together, trine Neptune, which opens the space for acceptance and forgiveness.
From November 23-25th, we see the Sun and Mars move together into Sagittarius, which means that we face a new set of struggles as they square Saturn in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces has heavily focused on scaling back on unhealthy expressions of empathy or facing the consequences of indulging in delusional behavior. It can question your inherent belief in your martyrdom or ask you to put more discipline in bridging craft and daily practice with poetic and spiritual lifeblood.
The Gemini Full moon on the 27th still heavily involves Mars. Mars here is still close to the Sun in Sagittarius and closely squared to that aforementioned Saturn in Pisces. The ruler of the lunation Mercury is square to Neptune in Pisces. This period of time culminates a lesson around information and communication, but the actual landscape may involve some mixed messages or lost memos. For some people, it may involve more a sense of rejection or loss, temporary depleted confidence or a withdrawal of emotional support.
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Horoscopes (please read for your rising sign! for some, the sun sign might also resonate or fit better!)
Scorpio
The first half of the month features a rebirth in your energy and self-image. You redefine yourself, possibly inspired by the unique and eccentric people you are engaged with. After we enter Sagittarius season, you will need to work out how to properly manage a business deal or a contract that feels slightly off. This is related to a longer process you are going through right now of refining your relationship to pleasure and creativity.
Sagittarius
This month you are tapping into your anger and your passion. The earlier half of the month, until the 20th, will see you burrow into your own space and define your energy for yourself. As you enter into the latter part of the month, you will need to emerge out of hiding and reconfront the issues and larger lessons of the period, mostly how to define and create the best home environment for yourself. You’ll need to think about you utilize empathy and the generosity of imagination you are blessed with.
Capricorn
This month, for most of the period until the 23rd, you are deeply focused on the bigger dreams and friendships in your life. This may revolve around collective work and a reconnection to the core part of yourself. However, as you reach the latter part of the month, you’ll switch gears to focus on a labor or lifestyle issue that lights up a longer-going issue of the season: how you build up boundaries in your immediate space and properly engage and communicate the dreamer within.
Aquarius
For most of this month, you may be engrossed in a writing or communication project, related to work or to some public-facing position. This will help rejuvenate your image and your conception of what you can contribute. As we enter Sagittarius season, you will switch gears to contemplate your relation to your audience and friend groups, as it grinds against your own sense of personal authorship and authenticity. The longer lesson you are learning right now is figuring out how to solidify your sense of yourself and manage your resources in a way that flows both in and out.
Pisces
This month is adventurous and exploratory. For most of it, you may be on the road or deep in the books, researching and studying. What you hit on during this period may become defining for the next two years. As we move into Sagittarius season on the 23rd, the bigger drama occurs. You will be seeing how an emphasis on work has affected your own relationship to yourself, and you’ll need to face some of your weaknesses courageously and compassionately in order to carve out your plan for the future.
Aries
Aries this month will be extra energized, especially to dive into the scary stuff. The areas that feel tender or wounded can be cut into cleanly with a scalpel, and you may be able to feel a sense of rebirth. The last week of the month, however, introduces a new theme of some possible travel or reconsideration of your locality. This time centers around a longer-going lesson around a underlying fear of being unrooted and forced afloat.
Taurus
This month for Taurus’s, I see a new partner emerging or a recommitment to some position with an existing partner. It may even be a commitment to yourself in how you approach relationships. Your own actions might be bit unusual or shocking to you. As we head into the last week of the month, you have to deal with some thornier issues in collaboration and shared resources, which may ask you to make some difficult decisions around the groups you are aligned with.
Gemini
For most of this month, Geminis will be deep in the grind. I see cleaning, polishing, and editing as core themes. Intend to set new healthy habits into stone at this time. As we enter Sagittarius season, the emphasis shifts to the various partnerships that you are involved in and how they are impacting you. You’ll have to consider what you want to do with your public image and your idea of your legacy. You may consider if you need to necessarily become a certain form of institutionalized “authority,” or how you can reconcile your own dislike for authority with the authority that is already growing within you.
Cancer
In November, you will be mostly highly equipped and effective in the realm of creativity. You can easily produce something in this time, although waves of insight from collaborators or groups may energize or slightly destabilize the process. As we enter Sagittarius season, you are switching gears to themes of health and work. It’s very important to give yourself a period of rest, so that you can do the things you really want to do and not just cover the bases of what you need to do.
Leo
This month you will mostly be dealing with building the secret homebase you deeply desire. As we shift into Sagittarius season, you will also shift into concerns around how to bridge your creativity and pleasure with an audience or collective. This will hinge into a longer lesson you’ve been working on around loosening feelings of anxiety, fear, or guilt.
Virgo
This is a good month for Virgo risings to write a lot. There will be a lot of energy to dig deep into thought and craft important communications. You may also spend a lot of intimate time with close friends, siblings, or neighbors. As you reach the end of month, a situation around home/housing might appear that requires a somber assessment about relationships or who you allow in your life.
Libra
Libras this month may be ready to get spooky with their resources and money. Whether it means to make a bigger investment in yourself or others, there is definite room to take some serious action. The last week of the month however introduces some possible travel or reconsideration of your locality. This time centers around a longer-going lesson around cleaning up and taking care of your body. Your health is a very big indicator for you to take time for yourself and most importantly, not to attach your self-worth to your work.