November 2023
November’s energies should lighten up considerably as Mercury, the Sun, Mars and Ceres all enter Sagittarius this month. Two other planets change signs, and 4 change direction, and the Scorpio New Moon closes the wormhole. We find ourselves feeling hopeful and looking towards the future, uncertain as it may be, preparing for the energies of 2024.
As the month opens, Saturn is in a stepping stone with Sedna, manifesting with Haumea, all at 0° of their signs. It takes courage and integrity to release the past and step into the future, but at the same time we are ready to begin the process of facing our wholeness and vastness by claiming our natural ability to create new outcomes. If we can imagine it, we can bring it into being. This configuration won’t last long, as Sedna retrogrades back into Taurus 11/23, and won’t return to Gemini until April 2024. The Saturn-Haumea aspect will last a few more weeks.
Saturn and Haumea are manifesting (trining) in water signs, suggesting that if we become aware of our emotions and what parts of us they activate, we can take responsibility for them and not let them take us over. They are but one part of us, with information to share.
Meanwhile, there are 3 personal planets in Scorpio, the Sun, Mars and Mercury, so we might be feeling the intensity of the energies. Jupiter and Uranus are in the opposite sign of Taurus; issues regarding resources, values, use of intuition and getting grounded are sure to arise. Jupiter expands and magnifies; Uranus surprises, awakens and provides sudden insights. On 11/2 the Sun-Jupiter bridge provides awareness and expanded consciousness. How can we consciously apply our knowledge? Mars leaves the via combustal on 11/4, and issues involving the body—or the planet—as well as inflamed actions lose their intensity. The Mercury-Ceres new cycle 11/4 connects with Uranus; the news, along with new ideas and connections can be surprising, even shocking, but it is sure to be transformative. By 11/7 the Sun also leaves the via combusta and we start to feel lighter. Then Mercury begins the shift into Sagittarius on 11/10, and we start looking to prepare for the end of the year. The Great Messenger is not at ease here in the sign opposite his own.
Mars makes his bridge to Uranus 11/11. Its effects can be felt in many ways: surprising actions, storms, sudden healings or revelations. On 11/13 the New Moon in Scorpio occurs, closing the wormhole that began in September. It feels so long ago! Mars and Ceres conjoin the Sun and Moon, and the Uranus bridge is part of it as well. What can we envision that will make the world, or even our communities, a better place? We have the power to make it so. Neptune manifests with this lunation; we can dream big and take steps to begin the process of bringing those dreams into reality. Remember, we also have the evolutionary N. Node (Soul Star Chakra) and Eris in a great eliminator with the New Moon, suggesting that we must choose what we envision and put it into place. It will be disruptive to the status quo—and is just what we need. Also keep in mind that all month Pluto, in the final degrees of Capricorn, resources (sextiles) the New Moon, as well as squaring, or making an intersection with, Eris, Arcturus and the nodes. The old way is dying, although putting up quite a fight, and the new way is slowly coming into being. The Neptune-Pluto resource points to the Part of Fortune in Leo: we can bring a positive scenario into manifestation if we choose to envision it and have the faith to let go of what needs to leave, without regret or attachment. We are here to do this.
The Sun catches up to Mars on 11/18 with a new cycle of consciousness regarding our actions and how our bodies feel. Remember, your body will tell you what feels right for you. The Sun goes on to meet Ceres (11/20) in a new cycle that resources Pluto; when we can take this awareness of our physicality further, we can see how right action can create powerful new scenarios that can bring benefit to everyone, including ourselves. Following that, the Sun enters Sagittarius 11/22, and our consciousness lightens and expands. On the same day, 11/22 (both master numbers) the Mars-Ceres new cycle occurs, at the master degree of Scorpio, before both planets enter Sagittarius, Mars on 11/24, and Ceres 11/25. This Sun-Mars-Ceres triple interaction occurs between 11/18-11/25. With awareness and right action we can bring something new into the world.
Let’s backtrack to Venus. Last year she led the personal planets through the energy fields, but due to her retrograde she trails the group, and is currently in Virgo. As she makes her way through that sign, she makes a bridge with Neptune 11/3; we have the capacity to use that bridge to access higher love. It takes Venus till 11/8 to enter Libra, a quality of consciousness she is still associated with. Once there, she conjoins MakeMake 11/17, a new cycle of aligning our values and hearts with the higher laws, especially the Law of Love and Oneness. Venus herself gets her turn in the via combusta, as the heart prepares for the intensity of the Scorpio energy field that she will enter next month. Yet the 11/22 bridge with Chiron will mitigate that somewhat. Thus fortified, Venus merges with the Earth Star Chakra and Arcturus 11/29, completing the new cycles made with the personal planets. We felt these connections in our bodies, experienced and thought about them; now we can ground these archetypes into our hearts and feel them in a new way.
The Great Attractor, at 14° Sagittarius, is a huge, extremely magnetic black hole in the middle of our supercluster Laniakea (whose own black hole is the Super Galactic Center at 2 Libra). It is so large it contains 3 other superclusters as well, and it pulls everything towards it, emitting extremely high frequencies. Whatever falls on the Great Attractor degree is drawn inexorably toward some of the highest consciousness possible for us to achieve. Also, at 27° Sagittarius is the Galactic Center, the black hole and creator (Source) energy at the center of our own local Milky Way galaxy. These infusions of higher consciousness can lead us to the place where we can clear lower frequencies in mind and heart, aligning with our higher Self. And so, over the next few weeks, we will be experiencing high-energy downloads whenever a planet, especially a personal one, passes over these degrees. Mercury leads the way: on 11/15 he goes out of bounds, which is fitting, as the Mercury-Great Attractor new cycle occurs on 11/19, and the Mercury-Galactic Center conjunction #1 happens 11/29. It is helpful that our mental operating systems are in uncharted territory and open to the high frequencies available. We will need time to integrate these downloads. Mercury enters his shadow period 11/25, and we prepare for a much-needed retrograde next month.
Speaking of retrogrades, 3 planets station retrograde this month: Vesta (11/2), Varuna (11/8), and Astraea on 11/16. The big news is Saturn stationing direct on 11/4, still in Pisces. For the last 4 ½ months we had a chance to reevaluate the structure of our lives, take accountability for our choices, and see what needed tweaking to strengthen our capacity to align with our inner teacher, taking responsibility for what we want to achieve. Now it’s time to bring what we’ve learned forward, bravely facing the possibilities of the year ahead.
Two very important events occur on 11/27: the Full Moon in Gemini, and the Eris-Soul Star new cycle in Aries. The fire signs are active, with Ceres and Mars resonating with the Sun in Sagittarius and the above-mentioned new cycle in Aries. There is also a Grand Manifestation (Trine) between the Sun, Varuna and Salacia in fire signs. Fire is life force energy that burns away and purifies; it’s transformational. Jupiter and Mercury influence this lunation, and Mercury manifests with the Eris-Soul Star (N. Node) new cycle. Jupiter forms an intersection between Varuna and Chariklo, so even with all this fire energy there is some grounding and stability available. We want to get to the truth, and although it can shake us up, it will prove liberating and cathartic.
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