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Three things are happening at the same time: the past, the future, and the now. Venus on a backtrack of Libra and Uranus rekindling Aries insist we revisit and reassess before we sign off and move on. Although both are on a replay, both also prompt a new takeaway. Don’t view the past as a block or a deterrent; let it be your springboard instead.
There is so much to report on this month! Here is a briefing:
Venus retrograde in Libra: October 31 to November 16
Venus direct in Libra: November 16 to December 2
Venus has recently begun a new 9 month phase within an 18 month cycle. This new phase has had quite kick to it, thanks to Venus in dynamic tension to the karmic axis and in opposition to Uranus.
On a revisit of Libra, Venus retrograde continues to November 16. While in this sign, Venus places more emphasis on social politics, trends, ethics, and values. Justice, diplomacy, morality, and political alliances are at issue. Its time to re-evaluate the contract, the one you made with yourself, with another, the bank, etc.
What we want in contrast to what we get; what competes in contrast to what compliments. Venus retrograde in Libra aims to make the imbalance, the enmeshment issue, and one-sided give-and-take too obvious to ignore.
An important re-evaluation process is well underway. An informing cycle, Venus is retrograde powers up the observational track. The transit is best used to gather feedback and to feel our way along the experience. It is time to look with the eyes, listen with the heart, and to receive with an open and objective mind, one that is not attached or fixated on a preferred outcome or ideal, but one that takes into consideration a more well-rounded, more encompassing perspective.
Venus has been in dynamic tension to the karmic axis since the start of September when it entered the preliminary shadow phase for its current retrograde tour. Venus is at pivotal peak with the karmic axis and Uranus at the start of November via fixed signs, and the end of November via cardinal signs. The action continues, the volatility and uncertainty does too.
Uranus retrograde revisits Aries: November 6 to March 6, 2019
November 6 is a big day, not only for USA politics, but for the stars. On this day, Uranus retrograde backs into Aries and the karmic axis completes its eighteen-month transit through Leo/Aquarius, to begin its next eighteen-month transit through the Cancer/Capricorn polarity.
November 6 to March 6, Uranus retrograde makes a third and final pass over the last couple of degrees of Aries. It has been working on this stripping process, burn it off, cut to the chase, and stoke the fire mandate for the past year and half. Uranus was at critical cross roads with the karmic axis (transiting nodes) in June of 2017 and is again for the duration of this last pass through Aries. It’s a pressure-cooker aspect, one that is meant to blast through whatever it is that is blocking progress.
Nodal Axis (true node) shift: South node in Capricorn, North node in Cancer: November 6:
Will the Democrats take over the house in the mid-term elections? Will the angry mob be re-fuelled? Will the deserving get their break?
For the next eighteen months, the karmic axis (south node in Capricorn and north node in Cancer) sets the priority on all matters to do with security and restructuring the reality baseline. It sets an optimized backdrop for the cementing of our evolving priorities and needs. This nodal transit increases the importance of the time passages, of timelines, deadlines, and finish-lines. The transit aims to help us recognize what is worn and outdated, that no longer serves a useful purpose. It is a time to confront the limitations and conditioning patterns that create artificial safeguards rather than true security, to move past the past in a way that builds a more solid foundation for the future. It is a time to authenticate what is truly needed, nourishing, and replenishing. To this end, the nodal transit takes us on a review of our relationship to external authority, i.e. parents, church and state. The next eighteen months are critical for the aging and the young, for family, home matters (real estate included) and national/homeland matters (i.e. domestic production, national safety, boundaries, population and citizenship issues, infrastructures, food production etc.) and the preservation of life on the planet (geophysical, water/aquatic, population matters, food supplies, the food chain, etc.). Saturn, ruler of the south node, and the rest of the stellar pack (most notably outer bodies Pluto, Jupiter, and Ceres) are on their way to the momentous alignment in 2020 (more on that in future writings). Time is precious. Life is precious too. There is no time to waste and much work to be done between now and then.
Jupiter in Sagittarius: November 8, 2018 -December 2, 2019:
On November 8, Jupiter begins a one-year transit of Sagittarius, its home sign. To the plus or to the minus, Jupiter, a future bound archetype, puts everything on the move and on the increase. It is an appropriate transit for all the extras that go along with the holidays. Jupiter in Sagittarius sets us on a more voracious hunt for knowledge, truth, and attainment. It can widen the gap or the distance between you and another or it, between yesterday and tomorrow. During the transit Jupiter in Sagittarius is likely to increase the number of people on the move – i.e., immigrants, the culturally marginalized or victimized, those suffering religious persecution, and those displaced via war, politics, homelessness, etc.
Abundance comes in all sizes and packages when Jupiter transits Sagittarius. Yes, Jupiter brings good things too. After all, Jupiter is the planet of pleasure seeking, adventure seeking, sports, travel, and enjoyments. Write a book, tell a story, broadcast, perform, put it out there, go exploring. By all means, let’s play more, let’s laugh more, let’s love more.
Mars in Pisces: November 15 to December 31
Due to a retrograde cycle (end of June through end of August), Mars has been on an especially long tour of Aquarius (since the middle of May). The transit has kept social and personal life matters on shake not stir. Mars in Aquarius has been keeping it edgy, stressful, and uncertain. It’s also an opportunity transit. Hopefully, you have had a breakthrough or few along the way. Over the first two weeks of the month, Venus retrograde and Mars are aligned by trine aspect (at peak on November 9) which makes for better ease regarding relationships, communications, social life, and general activities.
Mars in Pisces, starting November 15 can an ease up or diffusing influence regarding recent stress or pressure. If clarity eludes you, take a pause. Noting that Mercury turns retrograde the next day, it’s a good time to ease up and go with the flow, to play up the romance, to dream a little more and to worry a little less. Catch up on sleep but don’t fall asleep on the job (catch my drift?). Mars is a good transit for drinking it all in, but know susceptibility is increased. You can easily be talked into more than is wise (by another, by yourself.) Keep tabs on consumption of alcohol and drugs.
Mercury in Sagittarius: October 30 – December 28, 2018:
Mercury Retrograde: November 16 to December 6: (in Scorpio, Dec 1 to 12)
November opens with Mercury freshly into Sagittarius. On November 16, the day that Venus retrograde ends, Mercury retrograde begins. The transit is a good one for pulling back from the overspending or activity overdrive. Both Mars in Pisces and Mercury retrograde are good for taking time out to replenish spiritually or physically. Both transits are also good for avoiding the holiday shopping hype. Aim for quality over quantity regarding everything you do. Noting also that it is cold and flu season, rain or snow season and holiday overindulge time, know both these transits can extract a toll. Pump up your immune system, make sure to travel safe, give yourself plenty of time to get the job done or to your destination, keep extra provisions on hand, and keep safety in mind always. If you don’t get all your Christmas shopping or plans done early, know Mercury retrograde will be out of the way by December 6.
The sun enters Sagittarius on November 22, the USA Thanksgiving. Overall it should run smooth, but a full moon (0 Gemini) ends the day. November 23 can be a “too much”, all over the map, or lose track of it type of day. Plans, good intentions, or communication can get messed up. Do not drink/smoke up and drive. November 24, Neptune stations direct, ending a five-month retrograde cycle.
The month ends as it began, with Venus in opposition to Uranus keeping the action going strong.
AstroLink November 2018
November 7: New Moon in Scorpio, 8:02 am (15:11 Scorpio)
November 22: Full Moon in Sagittarius, 9:39 pm (0:52 Gemini)
(American Thanksgiving)
November 4: Daylight Saving Time ends:
November 6: True North Node into Cancer; South Node into Capricorn 11:09 am
November 6: Uranus retrograde revisits Aries: 10:50 am
November 8: Jupiter enters Sagittarius: 4:38 am
November 11: Ceres enters Scorpio: 1:34 pm
November 15: Mars enters Pisces: 2:21 pm
November 16: Venus in Libra stations direct: 2:50 am
November 16: Mercury in Sagittarius stations retrograde: 5:33 pm
November 22: Sun enters Sagittarius: 1:02 am
November 24: Neptune in Pisces stations direct: 5:09 pm
November 30: Pallas into Libra: 6:12 pm
Please note: All times listed are Pacific Time, please check your local time.
Dates to watch: November 6, 8, 9,15, 16, 19, 22, 24, 25 – 27, 29, 30
Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating the holiday!
ARIES March 19/20 – April 19
Expect to reconnect. Venus has just back out of Scorpio and will finish the retrograde cycle in Libra on November 16. It is a time to look and listen with greater objectivity. There’s folly in tunnel vision. Get fear out of the way, put good effort forward, and stay open for business. If you keep driving without looking to the left and the right, you could end up someplace you don’t want to be.
Uranus revisits Aries from Nov 6 through March 6, 2019. You will feel this transit the strongest if you are born April 16 to 19. Uranus has been transiting these last few degrees of Aries since 2017. This last pass can be your opportunity to finally stop wrestling with it, to cut to the chase with better effectiveness, and to get the next chapter fully launched.
Venus retrograde in Libra puts the attention on specific and key relationships, personal, social, professional. Venus in Libra in opposition to Uranus in Aries can see you make an important breakthrough with a key someone or something.
Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting Nov 8, is a future bound transit. Expect to get good/better mileage out of this transit. Potentials and opportunity are on the increase. Jupiter can boost physical activity, confidence, satisfaction and happiness quotient. The year ahead is a time to travel more, meet with the world more (via teaching, publishing, performing, or marketing), enrich your knowledge base (via formal education or in the school of life) and/or enrich your spiritual life.
Mercury in Sagittarius retrograde begins the same day Venus retrograde ends. There’s further to go, more to include, to weigh, and to work through. Give yourself longer, give it longer too.
TAURUS April 19 – May 20
Your November transit takeaway can be quite different depending on whether you are born at the beginning or end of Taurus. If you are born on or near April 19/20, you can feel the high stress or upending influence of Uranus over your sun, especially through November 6. If you are born near May 17 to 20, you can be poised for a big step or move. Jupiter’s opposition to Juno puts a karmic contract into play in some significant way.
Venus retrograde in Libra puts added emphasis on the pending pile, especially regarding health, healing, work, and repairs of all kinds. At the job or regarding your personal life, are you overly reliant on another or they on you? Contracts, karmic and actual, are up for review and renewal. Venus retrograde puts more focus on partnership imbalances and enmeshment issues. Improvement is the aim and to the plus, Venus trine Mars on November 9 suggests the ability to do just that. Venus/Mars sets a good backdrop to open-up, discuss, share, and team-up.
Jupiter in Sagittarius puts more of everything on the increase. To the minus it can increase your debt, make you feel more taxed by circumstance or by conflicted emotions. Widening the divide, Jupiter can make you aware that you are rapidly outgrowing your past, your present, or your relationship. On the plus side, Jupiter can increase your financial coffers and/or make you feel lighter, happier, and/or freer.
Mercury retrograde, starting November 16, can launch an important rethink. Personally, emotionally, materially, health-wise – are you heading in the direction you expected? Despite the end of Venus retrograde, November 12 to 20 clarity can allude you. Mercury/Neptune can be great for conjuring, letting go, sharing thoughts and feelings, or for activities related to the upcoming holidays. On the other hand, you could find you are particularly vulnerable, susceptible, lost, uncertain, or exposed.
Mars in Pisces (starting November 15) and the end of Neptune retrograde (starting November 24) can make you easier going and the going easier on you too. Relax, but stay alert…always.
Uranus on a backtrack of Aries can stir up buried or unresolved emotions. While Uranus can be a chaffing or edgy influence, it is positive when it doesn’t allow you to fall asleep at the wheel. See it as positive motivation. Uranus also energizes potentials that have not yet seen the light of day.
Jupiter in Sagittarius puts more of everything on the increase. To the minus it can increase your debt, make you feel more taxed by circumstance or by conflicted emotions. Widening the divide, Jupiter can make you aware that you are rapidly outgrowing your past, your present, or your relationship. On the plus side, Jupiter can increase your financial coffers and/or make you feel lighter, happier, and/or freer.
Mercury retrograde, starting November 16, can launch an important rethink. Personally, emotionally, materially, health-wise – are you heading in the direction you expected? Despite the end of Venus retrograde, November 12 to 20 clarity can allude you. Mercury/Neptune can be great for conjuring, letting go, sharing thoughts and feelings, or for activities related to the upcoming holidays. On the other hand, you could find you are particularly vulnerable, susceptible, lost, uncertain, or exposed.
Mars in Pisces (starting November 15) and the end of Neptune retrograde (starting November 24) can make you easier going and the going easier on you too. Relax, but stay alert…always.
GEMINI May 20 – June 20
Expect to keep well on the go regarding activities, plans, and communication tracks. Venus on a revisit of Libra and Uranus on a backtrack of Aries (starting November 6) revs up the social side of life. Both can rekindle your interest level, your passion and creativity. A fresh spark could like regarding love or matters dear to the heart. Perhaps you’ll resume something that had been put aside for one reason or another.
Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting November 8, loans wings to prospects, ambitions, or relationships that offer up something of value and merit. You can use this transit to expand your knowledge base and experience, to grow your social contacts or your business, to move yourself, your career and your life in a new direction.
Mars exits Aquarius for Pisces on November 15. Encompassing the holidays, expect to be more fully immersed in the day to day happenings. You can easily lose track of time. This Mars transit is exposing. It can give more shape and form to potentials. It can be a time to let go of “should”, to surrender to the process, to allow time to do its thing. Loss makes room for fresh growth.
As is typical of Mercury retrograde (November 16 to December 6), expect to reconnect with folks, revise plans, or to revisit issues. You may question more, but it serves you to check in with yourself and to make sure you get the message straight regarding others too. Mercury is useful for doing exactly that.
CANCER June 20 – July 22
Rising costs are simply the everyday reality. The emotional can add up too. Venus on a backtrack of Libra calls for more investment- regarding not only a financial outlay, but time and heart. Is the extra worth it? Yes, it is, especially when comes to spending more time on the look and see, and on weighing pros and cons. Thoughts, plans, feelings, priorities and needs can change. Can you count on the sale or on others coming through for you? The reliability factor is up for question. Venus retrograde in Libra puts important contracts on the front burner, actual and karmic.
To pay up front means different things in different situations. The intended goal the same though. Aim to give the here and now your all. You’ll set yourself up for significant gain for the near goal post and, (perhaps more importantly,) for the long term.
You’ve been working to make big change for awhile now. Uranus on a backtrack and a final pass of Aries, starting November 6, can speed things up. Circumstances may force your hand. Some things you can’t push, but where you can, put your all into the necessary change. The sooner you get with the program, the sooner you’ll move to safer, more solid ground.
Also launching on November 6, the karmic axis begins an eighteen-month transit through the Cancer/Capricorn polarity. If you are born July 20 to 22, you get the full impact of Uranus at the crossroads with the nodes (the karmic axis). You could feel triggered, or that circumstances are hotwired, that you are on a major time crunch, or that you are soon to make a breakthrough. One way or another, Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting November 8, will put you to work. It’s a favourable transit for a job search or for getting a move on with projects, ambitions, studies, relocation or health upgrades. Don’t take anything for granted though. Don’t spend it all in one place, race too far ahead, or assume things will go according to Hoyle. Play it safe with vehicles, equipment, information and health. Mercury in Sagittarius travels retrograde from November 16 to December 6. You could find yourself with more on your plate or less on your plate than you feel comfortable with.
Despite all, Mars in Pisces, starting on November 15, is a good transit for going with the flow and easing your way along. It can stir up fresh potentials and help you to entertain more possibilities and options. It’s a good transit for creativity, fresh inspiration, romance, spiritual replenishment, and volunteer work.
LEO July 22 – August 22
For the past 18 months, the karmic axis has been featuring your sign (north node in Leo, south node in Aquarius). Whether you have experienced it as a collision course or a raise-your-game experiential track, the brighter the light shines, the better the viewing and the opportunity. The process has intended to “lift and separate”, to spark a fresh perspective and greater objectivity.
Venus (by retrograde at month’s start and by direct motion at month’s end) and Uranus (on a sign change as of November 6) place you at a major intersection along the evolutionary timeline. There’s the outer world, the inner world, and what comes between them both – namely your creative process/the choices you make.
Helping you to gain objectivity and sparking creative initiative, Mars in Aquarius is well aligned with Venus through the first 10 day of the month. Venus/Mars keep communication and social tracks on the upbeat.
On a backtrack of Aries from November 6 to March 10, 2019, Uranus is working the kinks out of the system for that which it launched in the spring of 2017. At the bigger picture level, this transit aims to accelerate personal reinvention, to set you free, mind, body, and soul. If you don’t have anything to replace the void, you will soon enough. Uranus keeps the moment to moment on a lively, anything goes track.
As of November 6, the karmic axis switches to the Cancer/Capricorn track. For the next eighteen months, they’ll move you through a process of adapting, improving, incorporating, restructuring, and re-prioritization.
Starting November 8, Jupiter’s one-year tour through Sagittarius sets you on a significant growth curve. The transit can boost your confidence, creativity, intuition, and opportunity. It can make you feel happier, freer, more engaged and in love with life, with another, with yourself. Go seek and you just might find. It’s a great transit for increasing your knowledge, life experience, happiness quotient, notoriety, or success ratio. Want to publish, perform, travel, relocate, or win the game? The adventure called life has your name written all over it.
Having said all that, please note that Mercury in Sagittarius takes a retrograde tour from November 16 to December 6. Encompassing the USA Thanksgiving and the start of Christmas shopping, the transit can make you feel overly stretched, overloaded or overspent and in need of reining it in more. Even though you may aim to stay a good step ahead, once the retrograde cycle happens, you may feel you simply can’t keep up to speed, that time is moving too fast or that you simply aren’t ready to take it all on. The best advice for Mercury retrograde is to not race too far or project too far ahead. Ask more questions, get a second opinion, double check everything. It is wise to have plan B, a back out plan, a bigger cushion, or added insurance.
VIRGO August 22 – September 22
Are your expectations being met? Are you getting what you wanted out of it? Venus retrograde in Libra takes you on a revisit of financial and emotional investments. More importantly it powers up the voice of your heart. Your job is to listen up rather than to over-ride it. More and better is entirely within range.
Look to Uranus on a backtrack of Aries starting November 6 to keep a spark well lit. The transit keeps you well supplied with fresh fuel (i.e. motivation or cause.) For the first half of the month, Mars in Aquarius also keeps you on the go, mind, body, and soul. You should feel you are finally able to see some progress regarding the work and the working it out, that you are gaining a more objective/fresher perspective regarding where you have been, where you are now, and where you are heading to.
Mars in Pisces, starting November 15 exposes you to more. You can be highly influenced or affected by everything and everyone around you. While Mars in Pisces helps you to blend in, the transit can also see you get lost or easily overwhelmed. Know that you are especially susceptible and easily swayed. Pump up on vitamins. Keep safety and security in mind. Protect your data, your valuables, your heart, your health. Don’t divulge all your secrets!
Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting November 8 launches a personal growth and new living-with- yourself chapter. There can be big change regarding your home and family life. The transit can get you out of the house and on the road more. A new address is entirely possible. You could move, to a new neighbourhood or across the country. The transit can increase your bottom line expenses or increase the cost of your property. Explore a new career trajectory or study track. Jupiter can also prompt a revival of a spiritual quest/practice.
Ideal for the holidays, Mercury retrograde, starting November 16, can see you reconnect with folks and family who live a long distance away or that you haven’t spent much time with recently. The past is an attention getter, whether it catches up with you physically or via memories. As is typical of Mercury retrograde, unexpected repairs or expenses, the flu or some other health backtrack could get the better of you.
LIBRA September 22 - October 22
Venus revisit Libra through December 2. The transit gives you extra time to sort yourself out, to move through an important strip it down and re-assessment process. Venus can shift you or it from one extreme to another. Important decisions are pending. At peak at both the month’s start and the month’s end, Venus has been positioned at the crossroads since the start of September. The month ahead marks a finishing up and a launch it/staging phase. As of last the inferior conjunction on Oct 26, Venus has made the switch from revisiting the past to reworking it by adding something new to the mix.
Through November 15, Mars in Aquarius compliments Venus’ mandate. Along with Uranus on a backtrack of Aries, expect to stay active and on the go. Mars and Uranus put you out there again. Venus and Mars enhance your social life, communication tracks, and people connections. They can boost your love life and your earning prospects too.
Uranus retrograde in Aries makes for never a dull moment. Prospects, potentials, and people continue to keep it interesting, perhaps edgy too. Although stress and guesswork stay in the mix, now through March, Uranus can help you to cut to the chase with better detachment, objectivity, and precision.
One way or another, Jupiter’s one-year tour through Sagittarius (starting November 8) will also get you and keep you mobilized. Watch for more substantial downloads, more inspiration, great insight, stronger intuition. Jupiter loans you a better ability to envision it and to put it into action.
Do you have enough to go on? Are you getting the message? Are they? Is there more for you to say, learn, or gain? What about trust and truth? Mercury in Sagittarius retrograde can take you through another questioning or soul-searching phase. Appropriate for the season, while Mercury tours retrograde expect to reconnect with folks you haven’t seen for awhile. There can be important news, things to discuss, or something to revisit with key someone (a sibling, relative, friend, teacher, agent, advisor, etc.).
SCORPIO October 22 - November 21
Venus retrograde has just backed out of Scorpio, but she’ll visited your sign again in December. For the month ahead, Venus in Libra takes you through a rich get-back-in-touch with yourself cycle. Retrograde or direct (as of November 16) Venus in Libra is resources rich transit for your sign. It is wonderful transit for exploring creativity and potentials of all kinds. Romance can be on the roster for some, for others that ultimate other potential lies in your relationship to the divine.
Are you working your way through a major transition? There is great value in letting go and putting palms open and up. Surrender to the process of being here now, and of being you now (rather than being the you of the past.) Some of what you have held on to or cherished is not meant to be carried forward. Clear the space so that there is enough room for this next chapter to grow and bloom on you.
Uranus on a backtrack of Aries, beginning November 6 (through March) also serves this purpose. It’s been working on the program since the spring of 2017. You’ll see a faster forward as the year finishes out and the new one begins. Both Venus and Uranus are on completion tracks but also actively sprouting new seeds.
Mercury in Sagittarius takes a retrograde tour from November 16 to December 6. A check-in is fine, but don’t get overly carried away with second-guessing. The transit is a good one for pulling back, time out, regrouping, travel, a temporary interlude, and/or for revisiting something or someone. More time to figure it out, to get your bearing straight, and/or more investment (financial or emotional) may be required. Life, it is a process!
SAGITTARIUS November 21 – December 21
November opens with Mercury fresh at it in Sagittarius. It’s not the only planet putting you/it on go. Venus on a revisit to Libra (to December 2) and Uranus on a revisit of Aries, starting November 6, are also aiming to boost your game and put you back in action. Venus retrograde in Libra can put you back in touch with someone or something. Too, the transit can see you re-engage or rethink an involvement (with another or with a group), rethink or renew a contract, or rethink an investment (money, time or heart). Venus retrograde in Libra can give you second chance. It can give you an opportunity to go back to it, to revise it and improve it.
While both Venus and Uranus are on a replay track, they are also both on revamp it/upgrade it tracks. You’ll find an opportunity to rebuild on a success, to take that good thing and make it better yet, or it will be time to cross it off the list and to aim for something new or next.
Also, on November 6, the karmic axis advances to Cancer/Capricorn. For the next eighteen months, the south node in Capricorn/north node in Cancer puts added emphasis on parents and parenting, home, professional development, long term goals/prospects, immediate needs, emotional and material security, responsibilities (the ones you’ve chosen, the ones that have been forced on you) and better caretaking at all levels. The end of November marks another strike-flint checkpoint along destiny’s timeline.
Mars leaves Aquarius for Pisces on November 15. On November 16, Venus ends her retrograde cycle, but Mercury in Sagittarius begins retrograde. The transit can see you with more questions than answers. Something you thought was out of the way, gone, or done could return for another go around. You could find yourself questioning yourself more or losing ground instead of gaining it. A check-in with yourself is always wise but try not to over-do second-guessing or to give in to regret. You are where you are now, and that is the best place to start. Everything happens for a reason.
CAPRICORN December 21 - January 20
Are you married to your work? Carrying too many rocks uphill? How close to the goal post are you? Are you forcing yourself to keep going? It is time to reassess your priorities. What do you want to achieve? Something you thought was done, may be up for another go around. As is typical of all retrograde cycles, one way or another Venus retrograde (to November 16) and Mercury retrograde (starting November 16) will get you reconnected.
Venus retrograde in Libra puts the spotlight on the imbalances of life. You may question if the reward justifies the expense or effort (or whether it will ever do so.) Venus also spotlights contract renewals, karmic and actual. There can be debts to pay and/or debts to call in. On the plus side, Venus can see you gain more respect. Your social profile or professional reputation can gain more traction. Folks can look to you for your expertise or advice, or your friendship and support.
As of November 6, the karmic axis begins an eighteen-month transit through Capricorn (south node) and Cancer (north node). Its an activation and staging cycle. The optimum conditions are set for you to take it to the next level. The eclipses run along this karmic axis, so know you are poised for some major karmic recall and threshold crossing, especially regarding moving past the past.
Both Venus and Uranus have been in dynamic aspect to the karmic axis for the past several months. Both are giving you another opportunity to revisit, rework, and surpass whatever blocks have inhibited your evolutionary progress. As the nodes and the eclipses make their way through your sign, it is important to not to override or resist the growing reality but to let inform and instruct you.
Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting November 8, launches a transitional and preparatory stage for your next life chapter which will be fully up and running by the time Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto conjoin in Capricorn in 2020. For the year ahead, Jupiter will put a greater distance between what was and what lies ahead. Jupiter in Sagittarius sets future potentials onto a growth track.
Mercury in Sagittarius turns retrograde on November 16. To soul search or review is productive. Second guessing does nothing for you. Mercury retrograde is ideal for a temporary project or involvement, for a getaway and for everything to do with holidays.
AQUARIUS January 20 – February 18/19
Beginning and ending the month, Venus/Uranus are on a flint strike with each other (opposition) and the karmic axis (square), but they are up to something different at each meet up. Still, the project is the same – there’s something to be confronted and something to be gained.
On a revisit of Libra through December 2, Venus retrograde can keep you searching for the bigger prize or the bigger answers. It can find you questioning if there is more to be gained, or whether you have bought into an inflated projection. Thinking, plans, involvements, marketing, interests, and activities can switch from one target or extreme to another. To the plus, Venus retrograde on a backtrack of Libra can boost your social life or see your public popularity grow.
Uranus is on a third and final pass (November 6 through March 6, 2019) through the last couple of degrees of Aries. In effect since 2017, this cut to the chase/bring it up to speed/reinvent the wheel transit has been introducing you a new reality. It is still a work in progress, but you’ve come along way now. Expect the pace to pick up better speed soon.
As of November 6, the karmic axis leaves Leo/Aquarius, for Cancer/Capricorn. Don’t expect it to be off the hook though. The switch pushes you a next level with the incomplete – i.e. a repair, a rebuild-it or reprioritize-it process, and with healing at all levels (karmic included.) You’ll feel a sense of time on the move. A long chapter of your life coming to an end and a new one in an intensified development phase.
Mars has been on a very long fuel up through Aquarius. Over the first two weeks of November, Mars, Venus retrograde, and Ceres in Libra are running along a smooth communication track. Together they keep mental and physical active. You should find you can come up with fresh ideas and angles quite readily. Too, that you can get yourself up and running without too much push or shove. Jupiter in Sagittarius, starting November 8 also sets you onto an upswing.
Mars enters Pisces on November 15. November 16, Venus retrograde ends and Mercury in Sagittarius begins retrograde. As is typical of Mercury retrograde, expect to reconnect with folks, to revisit a conversation or some other unfinished matter. A change of plans, mind, or involvement is also likely. Ease up on the throttle November 15, 16 especially and give yourself as much latitude as possible to allow for the stars to sort themselves out.
PISCES February 18/19 to March 19/20
High expectations? Financially or emotionally, you may find it difficult to cash in while Venus in Libra tours retrograde. It is important not to over-ride what you feel, hear, or witness. It is also important not to over-compensate or let reactive emotions get the better of you. Breathe and you are likely to see that things work out just fine, perhaps even better than anticipated.
Venus is in good shape with Mars in Aquarius through the second weekend of the month. Together they keep communication tracks, social life, and opportunity on a smooth-running track.
November 6, Uranus retrograde backs into Aries and the karmic axis switches to Cancer/Capricorn (north node/south node). Both infuse new life into what is already on the go. At any moment you could make a breakthrough and/or see a major turnaround. Uranus can speed up the process, springboard you, spark a change of heart, mind, or lifestyle.
Mercury, freshly into Sagittarius, will travel retrograde from November 16 to December 6. Don’t plan or project too far forward, don’t assume expectations will be met or that folks are going to follow your lead. Ask more questions, allow more time for answers and clarity. More discussion, negotiation, or another check-in is wise.
Jupiter treks into Sagittarius as of November 8. The transit adds more weight/more tangibility to prospects and potentials. As Jupiter moves along, you’ll get a much better feel for what’s coming down the pipe next. This Jupiter transit is an excellent one for building/expanding your career, developing more expertise or products, building your reputation and fame, for educational pursuits, relocation, and for enjoying your freedom. It also lays the cornerstones for the future.
Have you been waiting (or perhaps chomping at the bit) to get launched? After a five-month dalliance in Aquarius, Mars finally moves into Pisces. From November 15 to December 31, Mars will put a tiger in your tank. You should feel this transit as a good refuel. Whether you are looking to enjoy them or escape them, the transit is well timed for the holidays.
Rose on Guiding Stars EA Radio
Audio of Rose’s appearance on Kristin Fontana’s Guiding Stars Evolutionary Astrology radio show, broadcast on Wednesday’s at 10 AM Pacific, 1 PM Eastern on www.healthylife.net