November 2025 Astrology

November is the year's wrap-up. This month calls for surrender, trust and release. The dominant Water element will help us trust the unfolding of events, even if we cannot yet understand or explain them rationally. November is a great time to get inspired and create, to express in other ways than words. Expressing emotions should be easier than usual and better received if shared publicly. It's also a good time to work with and reinforce our intuition, for it will be our guiding voice throughout the month, more so than our rational mind.

November is the month of retrogrades! With five planets out of nine in retrograde (Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune), and the dominant element being Water, the past becomes the main subject this month. We're still in a collective Year 9 and in the Year of the Snake, which call for massive transformation, release, clearing, shedding, karma rebalancing and endings before starting anew in 2026.

With Uranus retrograding back into Taurus, the outer planets (Saturn, Uranus & Neptune) are now back into their previous signs. We may be reliving situations that happened in 2023-2024 or in the beginning of 2025. It feels like there's unfinished business, lessons that were left half-learned, but which we get to approach with renewed perspective and consolidated experience. The outer planets' last dip into their previous signs asks us to master the energy of those signs once and for all, and to close the chapter: the grand finale to the saga before they fully enter new signs in 2026.

This month, expect flashbacks, reviews, revisiting past situations, old lessons/scenarios repeating themselves, people from the past resurfacing, past pain coming to the surface to be alchemised into strength. The past is not here to haunt us, but to allow us to grow, move forward with more clarity & determination, and provide inspiration for future endeavors.

We are in Scorpio season after all, the sign of death, rebirth and transformation. Which parts of yourself are you laying down to rest? Which old identities are you ready to bury? What are you ready to leave behind?

I know that all this sounds familiar, as if the whole year has been like this, but rest assured: November will be nothing like the watery purge we went through last winter and in July, because, not only have we been through the cesspool more than twice already this year (we know the drill by now, right?), but we have a beautiful grand water trine happening all month! Things are not happening to us, but for us, with us. We shall not be swept by the current this time, for we've learned to establish stable foundations and now have a stronger navigation system.

A grand trine is a pyramid-shaped aspect between planets in the same element, Water in this case. It suggests a harmonious flow of energy & easy communication between the planets involved. It's depicted by long blue lines in the chart.

Jupiter, Saturn & Naptune hold the divine frequency of stable, harmonious flow of energy. This grand trine suggests a balance of Jupiterian growth/expansiveness and Saturnian contained/consolidated structure. Neptune adds the divine touch to the flow, the guiding voice that asks us to surrender to the events that contribute to our transformation, because "they're happening for a reason".

All personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus & Mars) will be activating this grand water trine throughout the month. Each in turn, they will receive baptism from the guardians of this world (Jupiter & Saturn). Our path or purpose may not be clear at this time, we might feel lost or in-between worlds, but one thing is certain: rivers always reach the sea & all roads lead to God, one way or another.

This month's harsh aspects (red lines) to Uranus & Pluto add a touch of challenge and redirection in order for us to access the most aligned timeline, especially when it comes to relationships, desires, possessions (Venus contacts) and personal purpose/mission (Sun/Mars contacts). These harsh aspects in fixed signs (Scorpio, Aquarius & Taurus) are here to finally shake us out of immovable situations, lift blockages and allow change to come in. We might feel resistance, reluctance and fear, but that's simply the ego clinging to the comfort zone it has created over the years to protect its current identity.

Wishing you a blessed November & a happy flowing down the river of change!

Warm hugs,

Alexandra