November: The Great Transition!!
November is a busy Cosmic that invites us into the profound work of transformation! This month our best practice is to surrender what no longer serves, and prepare for the rebirth that winter promises. November 2025 is potent, marked by multiple planetary stations and significant shifts that will reshape our trajectory through the end of the year. Here are the details by date!
Opening the Gateway: November 4th
Mars Enters Sagittarius (through December 14th) The warrior planet ignites the fire of truth-seeking and expansion. Mars in Sagittarius is the spiritual warrior, the adventurer, the one who fights for freedom and higher meaning. This transit energizes our desire to break free from limitations and pursue what lights us up. Physical activity, travel, learning, and philosophical pursuits all receive a powerful boost. Watch for impatience and overconfidence—Mars here can be so focused on the distant horizon that it misses what’s right in front of it.
Mars Opposes Uranus at 0° Gemini/Sagittarius
On the very same day Mars enters Sagittarius, it immediately opposes Uranus at the critical zero degree—the most potent point of initiation. This is lightning-strike energy: sudden, liberating, potentially volatile. Expect the unexpected! Breakthroughs and breakdowns can occur simultaneously. This aspect demands freedom and authentic expression, and it won’t wait for permission. The key is to channel this electric energy consciously—toward innovation and positive change rather than impulsive rebellion. This opposition sets the tone for Mars’s entire journey through Sagittarius. This is also election day! Be careful at the polls.
Uranus Re-Enters Taurus: November 7th (through April 25, 2026)
Uranus settles into Taurus for its final passage through this sign. This is the last chapter of a revolutionary transit that began in 2018—one that has fundamentally disrupted our relationship with the material world, our values, money, resources, and the Earth herself.
Uranus in Taurus has brought us cryptocurrency’s maturation, climate awakening, revolutionary changes in how we work and what we value. Now, in these final months, we’re called to integrate the innovations and anchor the changes. On a personal level, notice where you’ve been called to revolutionize your relationship with security, finances, pleasure, and your physical body. This final transit through April 2026 is your opportunity to stabilize the breakthrough insights you’ve gained.
Mercury Stations Retrograde: November 9th at 6° Sagittarius
(Retrograde until November 29th)
The Review of Truth
Mercury begins its retrograde journey in Sagittarius, asking us to review our beliefs, philosophies, and the stories we tell ourselves about life. This isn’t a time for pushing forward with new ideas or signing major contracts (the usual Mercury retrograde cautions apply), but rather for revisiting old wisdom, reviewing educational plans, and reconsidering what we think we know.
The interesting twist: Mercury will retrograde back into Scorpio on November 19th, asking us to dig beneath our philosophical stance into the psychological and emotional roots of our beliefs. Why do we believe what we believe? What hidden motivations or past wounds inform our worldview? This is deep investigative work.
Mercury Re-enters Scorpio (November 19th – December 11th) When Mercury slips back into Scorpio mid-retrograde, conversations and thoughts turn more intense, probing, and psychologically oriented. Research, depth work, and therapeutic processes are favored. This is excellent energy for uncovering hidden information or getting to the bottom of mysteries.
Mercury Stations Direct: November 29th at 20° Scorpio By month’s end, Mercury stations direct, having excavated important truths and psychological insights. As December begins, we’ll start to integrate these revelations and communicate them more clearly.
Jupiter Stations Retrograde: November 11th at 25° Cancer
The Great Benefic Turns Inward (Retrograde until March 10, 2026)
Jupiter, planet of expansion, wisdom, and abundance, begins its retrograde journey in nurturing Cancer. This is not a reversal of fortune, but an invitation to inner growth. Jupiter retrograde asks us to review where we’ve been seeking growth in our lives and whether our expansion has been authentic or inflated.
At 25° Cancer, Jupiter stations at a degree of deep emotional maturity. This retrograde period invites us to:
- Reassess what truly makes us feel emotionally fulfilled
- Review family patterns and ancestral wisdom
- Reconsider our relationship with home, belonging, and nurturing
- Examine whether we’re giving ourselves the care we so readily offer others
Jupiter in Cancer wants us to grow our capacity for emotional intelligence, but the retrograde asks: Have we been bypassing difficult feelings with forced positivity? Are we truly connected to our needs? This is a period of internal emotional expansion—wisdom gained through feeling, not just thinking.
Scorpio New Moon: November 19th at 28°
The New Moon in Scorpio arrives at the critical 28th degree—one of the most potent, transformative degrees of the zodiac. This is deep magic. Twenty-eight degrees of Scorpio carries the energy of death and rebirth, of complete surrender to transformation. This is the phoenix moment.
With Mercury retrograde also in Scorpio at this time, this New Moon invites profound intention-setting around:
- What you’re ready to release completely
- What psychological patterns need to die
- Where you’re called to merge more deeply with life
- How you’re embracing your own power and authenticity
This is not surface-level manifestation work. This is soul-level transformation. Plant seeds in the dark fertile soil of the unknown. Trust the death-rebirth cycle.
Sun Enters Sagittarius: November 21st
The Light Returns to Adventure
As the Sun moves into Sagittarius, we shift from Scorpio’s inward depths to Sagittarius’s expansive quest for meaning. This is the breath of fresh air after the intensity, the return of optimism and faith. Sagittarius season invites us to explore, learn, teach, travel (physically or mentally), and connect with the bigger picture of our lives.
The Sun will illuminate what Mars has been pioneering since November 4th, bringing consciousness and clarity to our quest for truth and freedom. This is the season of the seeker, the philosopher, the adventurer.
Saturn Stations Direct: November 27th at 25° Pisces
The Lord of Karma Moves Forward
After months of internal review, Saturn stations direct at 25° Pisces, the same degree where Jupiter stationed retrograde earlier in the month. This is cosmically significant—both social planets changing direction at 25 degrees creates a powerful portal for integrating spiritual lessons (Pisces) with emotional wisdom (Cancer).
Saturn in Pisces has been asking us to give structure to our spiritual lives, to take responsibility for our dreams, and to mature our relationship with surrender and faith. The retrograde period since June offered time to review where we needed stronger boundaries around our sensitivity, where we are martyring ourselves, or where we were avoiding concrete steps in service of our ideals.
Now, as Saturn moves direct, we’re ready to implement what we’ve learned. The spiritual has been tested and refined; now it’s time to build something real with it. This station supports taking practical steps toward mystical goals and creating sustainable structures for compassionate service.
Mercury Stations Direct: November 29th at 20° Scorpio
Clarity Emerges from the Depths
As mentioned earlier, Mercury completes its retrograde journey, having pulled us through Sagittarius’s beliefs into Scorpio’s psychological depths. By the time Mercury stations direct, we’ve uncovered important truths about our motivations, desires, and shadow material.
The direct station brings relief—the fog lifts, communications clarify, technology behaves, travel plans stabilize. But more importantly, we’re now ready to speak the truths we’ve discovered. As Mercury moves forward and eventually re-enters Sagittarius in December, we’ll be able to share our findings with greater wisdom and authenticity.
Venus Enters Sagittarius: November 30th through December 24th
Love Seeks Adventure!
As November closes, Venus follows the Sun and Mars into Sagittarius, bringing warmth, generosity, and enthusiasm to our relationships. After Venus’s intense journey through Scorpio, this is a welcome lightening of energy. Venus in Sagittarius seeks freedom, adventure, and expansiveness in love. Relationships need room to breathe and grow. We’re attracted to people who expand our worldview, who are authentic and honest, who make us laugh and inspire us to grow.
This transit is wonderful for cultural exchange, travel with loved ones, learning together, and bringing more fun and spontaneity into relationships. Just watch for the shadow side: avoiding emotional depth in favor of constant distraction, or confusing freedom with distance.
Navigating November’s Intensity
November 2025 asks a lot of us. With multiple planets stationing (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn), significant ingresses, and powerful lunations, this is a month of major recalibration. Best practice in working with these energies:
- Expect the Unexpected (Mars-Uranus) Early November’s Mars-Uranus opposition sets an unpredictable tone. Build flexibility into your plans. Welcome surprises as opportunities for growth. Channel restless energy into constructive action.
- Go Deep Before You Expand (Mercury Retrograde) Mercury’s retrograde from Sagittarius back into Scorpio reminds us that true wisdom comes from psychological honesty. Before you share your grand philosophy, make sure you’ve examined your underlying motivations.
- Honor the Internal Work (Jupiter and Saturn Retrograde) With both social planets retrograde, this isn’t the time for external expansion—it’s the time for internal growth. Jupiter and Saturn retrograde ask us to review, refine, and mature our approach to growth (Jupiter) and responsibility (Saturn).
- Trust the Transformation (Scorpio New Moon) The Scorpio New Moon at 28° is one of the most transformative lunations of the year. Don’t fight the death-rebirth process. What needs to fall away is making space for something more authentic.
- Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon (Sagittarius Emphasis) As Sun, Mars, and eventually Venus move through Sagittarius, maintain faith in the journey. Even when the path is unclear, trust that you’re being guided toward truth and expansion.
November’s Invitation: Embrace the unknown. Trust the process of death and rebirth. Review your beliefs and values. Allow yourself to be transformed. And through it all, keep the faith that you’re being guided toward your highest truth.
Stay Inspired….Connected…Empowered
Peace and Blessings
Shelley
