Note:  the dates in this forecast are for Pacific to Eastern time.  

Unless I provide a specific timeframe, we’ll feel the energies 24-72 hours before the date I mention (the date when the planetary alignment is exact).  

They’ll gain strength as they approach, and linger for 24–48 hours after, gradually fading with each passing hour.

💫 Executive Summary

Yes, Mercury is still retrograde, but this is yet another week when we have multiple Grand Trines in Water in the skies!  Remember, Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer are aligned in an extended trine throughout November.  And the planets in Scorpio set it off like fireworks, week after week! 

This week, it's the Sun and Mercury, but it's the New Moon in Scorpio that steals the show. It's a Cazimi Moon - a very powerful New Moon to start with.  But, it makes such auspicious planetary alignments!  Don't forget to set your intentions (if you are new to intention -setting with the New Moon, read on...)

Retrograde Mercury repeats some of the planetary alignments it made in October.  If you need to revisit a contract, follow up on a presentation, re-write a proposal, or do some major and productive editing, this is your week!

To make the most of this week's energies: 

• Carve out some time to rest and recharge on Monday and Tuesday.  The Moon is Balsamic - it's an inauspicious time for new beginnings.  And if you feel like you need to stay busy, declutter! 
  
  
• Monday is also a fantastic day for a coaching or counselling session, journaling, or doing some shadow work.  There are many ways to do it, but astrologically, you'd be pondering tense aspects in your natal chart, such squares, oppositions and conjunctions.  Not sure how to do this on your own? Book a Shadow Reading with me! 
  
  
• Don't forget to set your intentions on a super auspicious New Moon in Scorpio, on Wednesday or Thursday (depending on your time zone).
  
  
• Friday and Saturday offer an opportunity to renegotiate contracts and revisit important conversations. 
  
  
• And Sunday is great for projecting a powerful presence.  

If Your Birthday Is This Week:

Lucky you!!!! This week's auspicious - and rare - Grand Trines in water will get locked in your Solar Return chart, colouring your 12 months ahead.  It's a year of opportunities that can bring solid, long-term results. 

And, if your birthday is around the New Moon, it's also your New Moon year - a year of new beginnings. 

Don't forget to order your Solar Return reading, to learn more about this super-auspicious planetary alignment and what it means for you this year. 

If You're Working with the Lunar Cycle for Manifestation... 

Key Astro-Happenings This Week: 

🌘 November 16, 10:47 p.m. to November 19 , 10:47 p.m. PST:  Balsamic Moon.

There is just a tiny little sliver of the Moon left in the sky... not enough power to help your new and important undertakings to take off the ground. 

Best for:

• Tying loose ends
• Decluttering
• Recharging.
  

Create some energetic space in your life and your home, to welcome new beginnings on the upcoming New Moon.

Avoid: 

• Initiating important undertakings - Balsamic Moon is inauspicious for new beginnings. 

Some food for thought, by Justin Welsh:  "Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly, and live quietly in a world designed to prevent all four". 

✨ November 17: Mercury Rx Sextile Pluto

This week, Mercury is repeating some of the planetary aspects it made just a couple of weeks ago, while direct.

Best for:

• Shadow work
• Coaching or counselling sessions
• Revisiting communication from the week of October 27, especially if you needed to persuade someone. You may now have another chance.

Avoid:

• Manipulative people and behaviours.

✨ November 18: Mercury Retrogrades Into Scorpio

Mercury is still in retrograde this week, but, every Mercury Rx is a fantastic time to reflect, replan, revisit (old matters), and recharge mentally.

And now that Mercury is backing up in Scorpio, it's an excellent time to reflect on where you're playing small, and what's keeping you back.  

🌑  November 19:  New Moon in Scorpio at 10:47 p.m. PST

This New Moon is part of an incredibly powerful planetary configuration!  Venus, the Sun, the Moon and Retrograde Mercury are all in Scorpio, forming a Grand Trine with Jupiter in Cancer and Saturn in Pisces.

But, there is more - the Scorpio planets are in the opposition to the planet of shake-ups and freedom, Uranus. 

Not only that - it's a super-powerful Cazimi Moon.  Don't miss! 

Best for:

• Setting intentions for deep emotional healing, resilience in crisis, passion, determination, and debt-free life.
• Asking the Universe to connect you with your super-power (we all have at least one, and you can see them in your natal chart, in case you're not sure what yours is).

Avoid:

• Launching new ventures.  The New Moon is for planting seeds, not for new beginnings.  

✨ November 20:  Uranus Sextile Neptune 

Uranus and Neptune, both retrograde, align in a sextile again.  It's part of a Minor Triangle (also known as a minor Grand Trine) - an amazing and very rare planetary alignment that started in June 2025 and will stay with us, on and off, until 2029!

This is a big planetary energy, affecting us as the collective.

And,  this month, the energy is enhanced by the Saturn-Jupiter trine, and the New Moon in Scorpio sets off all this planetary goodness.  Matters that were initiated earlier this year but are not working as envisioned can now be revisited and revised.

I sure hope there will be some positive developments on the global scheme, in the next 4 weeks. 

To learn more about the Minor Triangle - a big and beneficial energy signature of the second half of 2025 - read this post. 

✨November 21:  The Sun in Scorpio Trine Neptune and Opposite Uranus;  the Sun enters Sagittarius at 5:35 p.m. PST.

✨ Mercury Forms a Grand Trine with Saturn and Jupiter! 

Told you! There are Grand Trines galore in the skies this month.  And how lovely is that. 

Best for:

• Renegotiating contracts
• Revisiting important conversations
  

Avoid: 

• Signing NEW contracts.  Mercury is still retrograde...

✨ The Sun Sextile Pluto 

A very powerful energy:

Best for:

• Doing shadow work (remember, Mercury is still retrograde)
  

Avoid: 

• Getting sucked into power games.

🕰️ Moon Void of Course

Avoid starting anything new you want to succeed during these windows:

• November 17, 3:51 a.m. to 1:44 p.m. PST
  
• November 20, 1:24 a.m. to 2:26 a.m. PST
  
• November 22, 1:48 p.m. to 2:53 p.m. PST
  
  

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