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November 01, 2025
What lies beneath? As November begins with a pileup of planets in water indicators, skimming the floor is not the way in which to go. We’re being pulled again into the depths, prepared or not, as the celebrities sound the decision for reflection.
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto are already in rear-facing retrogrades as November begins
We have not one however 4 planets retrograde to get November began, with Mercury and Jupiter becoming a member of the retrograde parade by the second week of the month. Given the chaotic state of the world, we will solely hope that these cycles remind us of our shared humanity somewhat than additional dividing us—however which will really feel like an improbably tall order some days.
With the Solar delving by penetrating Scorpio till November 21, the month opens with depth, thriller, and a push to get radically sincere about what’s been simmering beneath the floor.
Scorpio guidelines transformation, and even when we will solely apply that to our private lives, each little bit of molecule-shifting helps. Whether or not you are releasing emotional baggage or rewriting a story that not serves you, the primary three weeks is usually a deep-sea dive.
What may you launch earlier than the top of 2025?
Guiding perception arrives on the Taurus full supermoon on November 5, an emotionally charged lunar carry that helps us kind out what feels secure and what’s change into stagnant.
Taurus guidelines safety, each emotional and monetary, and helps use flip concepts into tangible type. Look again to the Taurus new moon on April 27 for clues of what might come to fruition now.
Simply two days later, on November 7, rebellious Uranus retrogrades again into Taurus for its closing go to in our lifetimes
Uranus, which moved into Gemini on July 7 for the primary time since 1949, is retrograde from September 1 till February 3. On April 2026, it’ll finish an eight-year residency in Taurus (save for the transient pause this summer season and fall), and settle into Gemini till 2033.
Over the vacations, you could end up revisiting seismic shifts that first started way back to 2018. Uranus is the planet of innovation and expertise; Taurus guidelines our day-to-day lives and the fabric world. With AI coming for, properly, every part—or so we’re instructed—Uranus’ return to earth-sign Taurus will certainly remind us of its limits.
Taurus guidelines the physique, and Uranus’ return right here reminds us of our flesh-and-blood human organic wants. Earlier than humanity utterly activates itself within the identify of “progress,” November’s retrogrades may blessedly slam the brakes.
From the “farmaggedeon” disaster spawned by AI information heart land grabs, I.C.E. raids and tariffs crushing American farmers, to the federal government shutdown impacting SNAP advantages and meals help applications, to the “Huge Lovely Invoice” threatening to wipe out medical advantages for America’s poor and aged, to mounting local weather points…can the opposite planets knock some sense into this one?
We’ll see—beginning with the query of whether or not anybody will even pay attention to one another.
Communication planet Mercury turns retrograde on November 9
Did not assume 4 retrogrades had been sufficient? On November 9, Mercury backpedals by world Sagittarius earlier than slipping into secretive Scorpio on November 18. Miscommunications, tech glitches, and worldwide stress might flare up.
Layered onto all this, multicultural ambassador Jupiter additionally goes retrograde on November 11, starting a reflective journey by nurturing Most cancers till March 10.
Most cancers guidelines house and household, with a selected emphasis on girls and kids, the populations who can be hit hardest by lots of the aforementioned political happenings.
Will we hit a breaking level on the Scorpio new moon?
On November 20, the month-to-month lunar “reset button” arrives tightly conjunct retrograde Mercury and shadowy Black Moon Lilith. This new moon trio additionally types a uncommon and potent Grand Water Trine with idealist Neptune, taskmaster Saturn, and retrograde Jupiter. This configuration has the potential to be a therapeutic gateway, or an unleashing of the emotional floodgates.
Residents’ anger, fueled by the righteous outrage of Lilith, will come again house to roost (cue Jupiter retrograde in Most cancers). Hopefully it’ll invoke accountability amongst elected officers, somewhat than unleash extra wrath upon their harmless scapegoats.
Simply in time, Sagittarius season begins on November 21
Because the solar galavants into free-spirited Sag, it restores our huge image, inclusive perspective. Then, Saturn ends its retrograde on November 27, transferring ahead in Pisces for a closing lap (till February 13) earlier than departing for practically 30 years.
Whew! November is unquestionably one of many weightier months of this already heavy 12 months. The very best information could also be that we’re nearer to the end line. It’s been an extended one.
However all isn’t misplaced; If we’ve discovered something in 2025, it’s find out how to come collectively in our native communities to guard each other in unthinkable situations.
Now may be the appropriate time to invoke the phrases of Sagittarius writer and cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, “By no means doubt {that a} small group of considerate, dedicated, residents can change the world. Certainly, it’s the solely factor that ever has.”