For the week of November 28th thru December 5th, be sure to read your Rising Sign as well:
Aries
Joseph Campbell told us that the Hero’s Journey is actually the journey that leads to realizing ourselves. It is a journey of self-discovery. When Mars is in Sagittarius, we are beckoned to embark on that journey, while exploring our own potential. You could discover this week that healing can come through understanding what our true journey and purpose is. And by being clear with ourselves as to what is or is not possible at this point. This is a week for self-acceptance, self-kindness and self-understanding. Do map out your life, your month, your week, but do so with a bit of flexibility, for there’s no telling what will be revealed over the next several weeks that could suddenly change the picture. Mercury stations direct this weekend giving us the green light to proceed with plans that had been put up on the shelf. While they were sitting there, you have been busy doing a lot of inner work that was utterly distracting you from the outer world and its plans. Things like connecting to your deepest longings, as well as your emotional and psychological needs. In this process you were trying to identify those things that feed your heart and soul. The things that you need for your own inner health and well-being. You have this inner knowing. Now you are being asked to trust it. And with that knowledge you can now proceed with those plans.
Taurus
Our hearts grow 3 sizes when Venus is in Sagittarius. Emerging from out of the depths of Scorpio, and out onto the open vistas of Sagittarius this Sunday, Venus helps you to realize all the vast possibilities that are now unfolding before us. The horizons suddenly seem to extend so much further. The wish lists become that much longer. Joyous and celebratory, Venus is asking you to fill your life with a bit of celebratory bliss. And now that both Saturn and Mercury are ending their retrogrades, this is a good time to turn your face to the future and ask yourself: What does it mean for you to pursue your bliss? What warms the cockles of your heart? What are you needing more of? What more do you have to give? What more do you want to share with others? You’ve probably been thinking about these things for some time now. Now it’s time to think practically, especially where it involves any commitments or agreements made with others. Sit down and read the fine print fully understanding the details of agreements and obligations made with others. And if making new agreements, be willing to listen and collaborate in order to create a plan that would prove to be beneficial for everyone involved without sacrificing the things that are most important to you. Such as pursuing your bliss.
Gemini
Mercury (finally) stations on Saturday, ending its retrograde phase. Following the Saturn station it can finally feel like you can proceed with any plans that had been put up on the shelf, avoided or kicked down the road. For the duration of the retrogrades we were being asked to connect with our soul’s yearnings. But there is also a practical application when we transition out of the retrogrades. For some these past few weeks may have been riven with contradictions, chaotic messaging and distraction. Now that Mercury will be direct again we will all have a greater ability to create some sort of order in our lives getting us back on track. If things need reorganizing, reorganize. If your routines got all jumbled, this will be your opportunity to create even better routines. And do pay attention to that upcoming Full Moon next Thursday. It’s in your sign, and is the last of the Super Full Moons for this year. Mercury direct is giving you the green light to proceed with plans, organize your life and get back on track. But the Full Moon will show you why you might want to. Lots of discussions will proceed as a result. This could even be something of a turning point. This Full Moon falls at 13º of Gemini and will most affect those Geminis born between the 2nd and 6th of May or who have 11-15º of Gemini Rising, but all Geminis will be sensitive to this Super Full Moon on December 4th. Which for Gemini is a time of culmination.
Cancer
Next week we have a Full Moon in Gemini. This is the last of the Super Moons for the year. Bright and illuminating, this Full Moon has the ability to shine a light into even the darkest of corners. All sorts of things can be revealed in the light of a Full Moon, especially so with this one. Even those things that were previously hidden, lost or forgotten can be reclaimed with this Moon. Even those things that were being deliberately kept from you, or that you could not see. And as a result of what is now being disclosed you are capable of seeing things in a whole new light. When we combine Mercury’s station this weekend with the Full Moon next Thursday, it could feel like you are waking up to a whole new world. Clarity comes. And you find your mind returning to what you usually associate with normal allowing you to make better and more informed decisions. And even if there are still a few lingering ghosts from the past and some loose ends that need tying up, ultimately all this is about laying the past to rest, and putting the ghosts to bed, so that you can plan for the future. Use the Full Moon in Gemini to release old fables, stuff and stories that you no longer need to hold on to. This can merely be about clearing out the closets and getting rid of the stuff you no longer need. Just know that even those outer actions are reflective of what is going on inside. You’re clearing things out, in order to make the room for better things to come in.
Leo
Six months ago, with the New Moon in Gemini, you were being asked to cast your dreams into space. That was your wishing Moon. Now with the Full Moon in Gemini, you might be aware of at least one of these hopes and dreams having found some sort of purchase in your life. This is all the more so now that Mercury is finally stationing direct. In the days leading up to the station of Mercury this weekend, we find our minds returning to what we usually think of as a normal state. Awareness returns. Pieces of our life begin to come together. This sort of clarity can be really helpful for navigating the usual twists and turns, and maybe even a few surprises that may be awaiting us over the next few weeks. Pay attention to whatever rewards or accolades are being placed in your lap. Like a strobe light shining a beam over the proceedings, it can even feel as if a door is opening out on to the rest of your life. During the past several weeks of the retrograde phase of Mercury you had been connecting more deeply with your own personal needs. And because of what you learned about yourself, you may find yourself now wanting to reassess some of your hopes and aspirations for the future. But before you do so, you are going to have to finish off some old projects. Bring things to completion. You will want to do this good work, in order for all the good things to have room enough to come in. Plans that were seeded in the heart of the Mercury retrograde, are now getting ready to be put into application.
Virgo
It is not unusual at this time of year, when we have the Full Moon in Gemini, to find Virgo standing, somewhat reluctantly so, in the spotlight. This is when you are more likely to receive accolades, attention and even rewards. Full Moons are like culminations for all that you have been working on for the past 6 months and even before. Loose ends are tied up, events are brought to some sort of conclusion, and you see the ramifications of all that you had been working on now unfolding. This year the Full Moon in Gemini is preceded by Mercury’s station this weekend, which finally ends its retrograde phase. And thankfully so! For now that Mercury will be direct again we are able to proceed with our plans and the ability to plot out our future. All the stuff that had been put up on the shelf, is now ready to be put into place. Perhaps even boldly and confidently so. This has been something of a crazy and unpredictable retrograde ride, and even now there’s no telling what will be waiting around the next corner. Do not allow this to deter you. You are being given a green light. And this is about putting the pieces of your life as well as your mind together again. With all the changes over the several months you may not be able to resume your life as it once was, but you are being given the opportunity to finally establish some sort of new normal.
Libra
Venus emerges from the emotional depths of Scorpio and out into the exhilarating and celebratory possibilities of the sign of Sagittarius this weekend. This is the place where we see hope and faith being restored. This is also when Libra really starts to lean into the season. Gatherings ensue. Libra finds their social calendars filling up as we step into the season of lights, festivity and joyous collaboration. There’s a generosity of heart that comes this time of year. Generosity, joy and celebration, what more could a Libra want? Accompanied by the station of Mercury and an illuminating Full Moon next week, you will find your face turned toward the future with a lighter heart. The Full Moon in Gemini is usually a Moon of clarity and understanding for Libra. It ties everything together with a large bow, allowing you to see things in a new light. The retrograde phase of Mercury made you aware of a number of things that you may not have fully realized before. It was showing you what needed to be released in order to be able to move forward again. There is a great deal of information flowing through the air waves with the Full Moon next Thursday. See if you can extract all the necessary information that is required to make all the right decisions at the right times. And now that Mercury is giving us the green light, things might actually begin to make some sort of sense.
Scorpio
During the retrograde phase of Mercury, you may have found yourself hard pressed to hold yourself back from making important decisions. There was something of a rushed feeling with this retrograde. But now that it is stationing, and ending its retrograde phase this weekend, it will also allow you the opportunity to adjust to any changes that were made over the past several weeks. This may require a few new adjustments over the next few weeks, but it feels a little different. Part of that is because the Full Moon in Gemini next week, is a time of culmination and fruition, in which you see many of your plans beginning to more fully ripen. Between the chaos and the distractions that accompanied the retrograde phase of Mercury you were also getting some personal insights into your own nature. Insights that could be valuable tools for creating some sort of deep healing. This is no small feat. But one thing that can come out of all this is a greater sense of your own worth, and how well you are valued by others. Don’t be surprised if all sorts of feelings come to the surface in the light of the Super Full Moon next Thursday. Nothing remains hidden for long with the Full Moon in Gemini. As a result secrets can be revealed and questions finally answered. And now that Mercury will be stationing direct this weekend, you could even see some sort of plan beginning to unfold.
Sagittarius
Astrologically, birthdays, which is also when the Sun returns to the sign it was when you were born, is a new beginning each year. It is a birthday reboot for the year. But when a Full Moon falls on or near your birthday, any new starts that you may be planning may require you to first tie up some of the loose ends from the prior year. Kind of like bringing the previous birthday year to some sort of completion and closure before you can then proceed. This can be a good thing. Like ending a dry spell in your life, which can then open up new doors. The coming Full Moon next Thursday will be felt and recognized by all Sagittarius-kind but those born on or around the 4th of December, or who have 11-15º of Sagittarius Rising will be most sensitive to this Super Full Moon in Gemini, which also serves as something of an important turning point in all our lives. Full Moons are also illuminating. People profess their true feelings, things previously hidden can come to light. This could be all the more so now that Mercury is stationing this weekend in the sign of Scorpio, finally ending its retrograde. The station of Mercury just doubles down on the feeling of needing to tie up some loose ends before you can proceed. Mercury will re-enter your sign on the 12th of December, so you have plenty of time to do so. Just know that by doing this good work now, you are making room for ever better things to come in.
Capricorn
The days leading up to a Mercury station, such as we are having this weekend is often preceded by a subtle shift in perception. It’s the sort of change that makes you feel as if you are being realigned with a more normal state of mind: a bit less introspective; more in the present, less in the past; accompanied by a state of sudden clarity and understanding. Over the past several weeks you were reassessing and recalibrating all the things, trying to bring your aspirations more in alignment for who you are now, and where you are. Mercury has been trying to connect you with your most heart-felt hopes and dreams, both past and present, in order to be able to reset and reassess these aspirations. Interspersed with that, there may have been moments in which certain things were coming to light, sudden awarenesses. These may have been testing your resolve to stay on a certain track. Just know that you were needing to do this work in order to process and assimilate the experiences of the past, and take what is important with you into the future. You were touching base with yourself, knowing that the things that your younger self may have longed for at one time, may no longer be valid for who you are now. So in the process of revisiting old dreams, you were being brought full circle into the present, in order to confirm who you are at your core essence, and who you now wish to aspire to be.
Aquarius
Mercury will station this weekend finally ending its retrograde phase. And as it does so it is as if you are being given the green light to proceed with any plans for the future that you had been toying with in your head. During the last several weeks certain things may have come to light, changing your current circumstances. Making you aware of things that seem to change the picture. This may be due to a recent change that already occurred, but it could just as well be about changes that you’ve been wanting to make. In this way the retrograde phase of Mercury was something of an inner adjustment period to whatever changes were, or that you are planning to make. In the days leading up to the station on Saturday you may already see your mind shifting to your present circumstances with a certain element of clarity and understanding. Rest assured that everything that you have experienced in your life was preparing you for this moment in time. You are ready for the discussions and decisions that are needing to be made. Know that you’ve got this. For some Aquarians Mercury stationing direct in Scorpio could hold the promise for some sort of change in your job, your position, your status, or some other hat that you wear. This is when the process would be more likely to proceed. And if that is the case, know that you have earned it. Therefore dare to look forward to the future with a sense of optimism and a happy heart, knowing that your future security is beginning to take hold.
Pisces
Mercury stations on November 29th finally ending its retrograde phase. Tagging immediately on to the Saturn station the day before we are all being given the green light to finally follow through with any plans that had been put on the back burner of our lives. But there is an even deeper significance here, as we are also feeling like we are needing to finally tie up some of the loose ends of our lives, so that we can then proceed. If that is the case for you, what loose ends would you like to tie up? What would your plan look like? What dreams have you put aside in order to take care of business or to fulfill promises and obligations? Take some time out this week to reconnect with your own dreams for the future. There is a reminder here, that these are your dreams. They may not be what others are telling you they should be. This coming week ends with the last of the Super Full Moons on December 4th. And this one is special in that it occurs at the midpoint between the two Lunar Eclipses that have been trying to get you to do all of this important work of connecting with your story. The story that has something to do with your true destiny and your whole purpose of being here. The Gemini Full Moon will be especially significant for those Pisces people born between March 2nd and the 6th, or who have 11-16º of Pisces Rising, but all Pisces-kind should pay attention to the Super Moon in Gemini next Thursday which tells the story of your heart and soul, and the journey that has now brought you to this place in time.