The Sky This Month — November 2026

The Sky This Month · November 2026

October closed under the weight of two retrogrades — Venus in Libra and Mercury in Scorpio — and November carries that weight for its first twelve days. Then on the 13th, in a rare alignment, both inner planets station direct on the same day — Mercury in the morning, Venus that evening. The great review of October ends and forward motion returns. On and around the 15th, Mars catches Jupiter in Leo — the warmest and boldest day of the month, their first conjunction in Leo in more than a decade. On the 24th, the Full Beaver Supermoon in Gemini — the first Supermoon since January — falls in exact conjunction with Uranus. Expect the unexpected.

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A note from Steve

October closed under the weight of two retrogrades — Venus ♀ in Libra and Mercury ☿ in Scorpio — and November carries that weight for its first twelve days. Then, on the 13th, in a rare alignment, both inner planets station direct on the same day — Mercury in the morning, Venus that evening. The great review of October ends and forward motion returns.

The second half of November is Jupiter-dominated — a warm, expansive stretch. Inside it: a Scorpio New Moon on the 9th, Mars conjunct Jupiter in Leo on and around the 15th (warm and generous but shadowed by the South Node — see Steve’s Reading), the Full Beaver Supermoon conjunct Uranus on the 24th (electric and unpredictable — see the Featured Object), Sagittarius season opening on the 22nd, Mars moving into Virgo on the 25th, and three meteor showers.

1–12 November is the tail of October. 14 November onward is where November actually begins.

Profiling the planetary conditions reveals the alchemical, magical potential of each moment in time. It enables us to avoid discord — and to identify and multiply good fortune.

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Highlights at a glance

The six headline events of November — the full chronology is in Major Aspects below.

Times in Eastern Standard Time. For UK time add 5 hours; for UTC add 4 hours.

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Steve’s Reading

The sky tells two stories at once — what the planets are doing physically, and what those movements mean. Here is the month’s astrological reading, the meaning beneath the spectacle.

Retrogrades are not problems. They are review windows: the sky slows down, decisions circle rather than close, old material resurfaces, launches do not stick.

The story of November · The great release

The Venus and Mercury retrogrades of October carry into the first half of November and finally end on the 13th. Both planets station direct within hours of each other — Mercury in the morning, Venus that evening — and forward motion returns to projects, conversations, and relationships that have been held in review for weeks.

Mercury’s story is simple. After twenty days backward through Scorpio he turns forward and resumes doing what Scorpio Mercury does — digging into money, into trust, into what has been buried. By the 30th his shadow clears and the whole retrograde cycle is complete.

Venus’s story has more layers. She stationed retrograde in Scorpio — the sign where she is weakest (her detriment) — but her retrograde carried her backward into Libra, the sign where she is strongest (her domicile). She stations direct there on the 13th. For about three weeks she then walks forward through Libra in her best condition. On 4 December, she re-enters Scorpio, when her condition weakens again. Her cycle runs in four beats:

• weak-and-backward — Scorpio retrograde (3–25 October)
• strong-but-backward — Libra retrograde (25 October – 13 November)
• strong-and-forward — Libra direct (14 November to 3 December)
• weak-but-forward — Scorpio direct (from 4 December)

The third beat is the strongest Venus has been since early September. It is a real, three-week window ending on 4 December. Act inside it. Venus matters waiting for this window — relationships and reconciliations, money and contracts, aesthetic choices, questions of value — want to be handled now, not postponed into December.

1–7 November · The heart of Mercury retrograde

Sun conjunct Mercury retrograde in Scorpio — the deepest point of the review

Mercury’s retrograde cycle has a middle. Astronomically, it is the moment the Sun catches up to retrograde Mercury and they are aligned — the inferior conjunction. This happens on 4 November at 12° Scorpio, with the Sun and Mercury within range of each other from the 1st through the 7th. This is the deepest point of the retrograde — the heart of the review.

Traditionally, when Mercury is retrograde the inferior conjunction is a brief moment of insight — the mind briefly catches up to itself. Something you have been circling, misreading, or arguing with yourself about can suddenly become clear in these days. The challenge is that it happens inside the Mercury retrograde, so the clarity does not necessarily translate to action yet — you see it; you do not act on it. Take notes. Decisions you make now about what you have seen can be executed from the 13th onward, when Mercury turns direct.

Practical read for the first week: review, do not launch. Back up devices. Confirm appointments. Hold off on major decisions. Expect delays, re-reads of old emails, and conversations with people you had not spoken to in months. On the 3rd, a soft Venus (rx) sextile Jupiter opens a brief, generous window — a lucky touch amid the review — good for reconnecting with someone from the past, or for noticing what you actually appreciate about what you already have.

9 November · New Moon at 17° Scorpio

A Scorpio new moon under Mercury retrograde — review, do not launch

At 2:03 AM EST on the 9th, the Sun meets the Moon at 17° Scorpio — a New Moon in the sign of depth, of buried truth, of what happens beneath the surface. In most years, a Scorpio New Moon is one of the most powerful of the calendar — the beginning of a cycle of real, deep, honest renewal.

This year is different, in one important way: Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio at the same degree range. That gives the New Moon a strong review flavor — the themes you plant on this day are more about completing or releasing something old than starting something brand-new. Set intentions, but do not launch. The real launch window opens four days later when Mercury turns direct.

Good use of this New Moon: sit with what the first week of November has shown you (during the Sun-Mercury conjunction), notice what wants to end, write down what you want to begin — and wait until the 14th or 15th to act.

13 November · The day itself

How to handle the pivot day in practice

The astrological story of the 13th is already told above — Mercury and Venus both station direct, the great release. The practical note is this: Friday 13 November is itself a slow, heavy day. The two stations compress the clock, and both planets effectively stall before turning. Keep the schedule light. From Saturday the 14th onward, forward motion returns and you can begin what the retrogrades held back.

On and around 15 November · Mars conjunct Jupiter in Leo

The warm, bold hallmark of the month — three days after the great release

On and around 15 November, Mars catches Jupiter at approximately 24° Leo for their exact conjunction — the first time the two have met in Leo in more than a decade. Mars entered Leo on 27 September; Jupiter has been there since mid-year. Through October and into the first half of November, the two have been drawing closer in the pre-dawn eastern sky. On the mornings of the 15th and 16th they are within about 1.2° of each other, visibly tight to the naked eye low in the east-southeast about an hour before sunrise, near the star Regulus.

Astrologically, this is one of the warmest aspects of the year. Jupiter is the major benefic, dignified in Leo as a fire-sign planet in the house of the Sun. Mars is a malefic, but Leo suits his nature — bold, visible, confident, expressive. When the two meet in a fire sign, the combination is the classic astrological signature of great undertakings: new ventures, bold moves, creative declarations, acts of generosity, acts of leadership.

But there is a critical qualifier. The South Node is also in Leo this year (since 26 July 2026), and it sits as a shadow across the conjunction. The South Node is the signature of expansion that depletes rather than builds — ventures that look big but do not hold, opportunities that scatter rather than accumulate. Mars-Jupiter here is fortunate but hollow at its edges. The right use of these days is bold moves, but not excessive: generous gestures, warm reconnections, courage in a conversation, a creative declaration you can see through. The wrong use is extremely large stakes: do not sign the big contract, pour the full account, make a promise you cannot keep, or launch something you cannot course-correct. Match the warmth of the day with proportion.

The timing also matters. This conjunction falls just three days after Mercury and Venus both station direct. The 13th releases the stuck energy of October; the days on and around the 15th offer the warmest window of the whole stretch to take a modest step forward. Use them that way.

22 November · Sun enters Sagittarius

Scorpio season ends — the mood lifts into fire-sign optimism

At 2:23 AM EST on 22 November, the Sun leaves Scorpio and enters Sagittarius. After four weeks of depth, intensity, and buried-truth excavation, the mood lifts, broadens, becomes more philosophical. Sagittarius is the sign of the horizon — of travel, of the big picture, of learning, of meaning-making, of optimism and faith. The ruler is Jupiter — the major benefic, the planet of abundance, expansion, and good fortune — who continues his year-long tour of Leo — a fire sign in trine to Sagittarius, so the energy flows.

Sagittarius season is a natural time for pulling back from the detail and asking the larger questions: what is this all adding up to? what matters? where am I going? what do I actually believe? It is also a traditionally fortunate time for travel, publishing, study, and anything that involves crossing a horizon — physical or intellectual. Scorpio asks what is hidden; Sagittarius asks what is possible.

Hercules’ 12 labors are the signs of the zodiac and Hercules is the Sun.

24 November · Full Beaver Supermoon in Gemini

The headline event of the month — a Supermoon conjunct Uranus

This is the single most consequential event of November and sits apart as this month’s Featured Object (full detail below). In short: the Full Moon falls at 2°20′ Gemini in exact conjunction with Uranus, on the Sagittarius–Gemini axis of ideas and communication. It is a Supermoon (the first since January) and one of the most electric lunations in the calendar. Keep the 23rd–25th flexible; expect the unexpected.

25 November · Mars enters Virgo

Leo’s bold stage closes; Virgo’s quiet workshop opens

At 6:37 PM EST on 25 November, Mars leaves Leo after a two-month residency — a long, warm stretch alongside Jupiter — and moves into Virgo. The scene changes. Leo’s Mars has been bold, visible, confident, expressive — the stage, the audience, the broad gesture. Virgo’s Mars is the quiet workshop: attention to the material in hand, patience with detail, satisfaction in work well made. If Leo asks "what do I want to be seen doing?", Virgo asks "what actually needs to be done, and how?"

Mars works well in Virgo — he is not at home or exalted, but Virgo’s attention to the material and willingness to iterate suits a martial energy that wants to improve things. For the last days of November and well into December, real craft becomes possible. Projects that have been bold-stroke under Mars in Leo can now be refined, tightened, finished properly.

Taurids & Leonids · Three meteor showers this month

Taurid fireballs on the 5th and 12th, then the Leonids under near-dark skies on the 17th–18th

The Southern Taurids peak on the night of 5 November — modest in count (around 5 meteors/hour) but famous for producing bright, slow fireballs that can light up a stretch of sky. The waning crescent Moon rises after midnight, so the best viewing window is the evening of the 5th into the small hours. The Northern Taurids peak a week later, on the night of 12 November, at a similar modest rate but under a waxing crescent Moon that sets early. Both showers appear to stream from a single point in the constellation Taurus — the radiant, the apparent origin of the meteors — which rises in the east after sunset and sits high overhead by midnight.

The headline shower of the month is the Leonids, peaking on the night of 17–18 November under nearly ideal conditions: the Moon is a 6%-illuminated waxing crescent that sets early, leaving the rest of the night dark. Expect around 15 meteors per hour from a dark site, with the radiant — the point in Leo from which the meteors appear to stream — rising in the east around midnight and climbing highest just before dawn. The pre-dawn hours — 2 AM to sunrise — are the best window.

Three showers in one month, each with its own window.
The Taurid fireballs after sunset, the Leonids before dawn —
November skies are generous. Dress warmly. Look up.

The month week by week

A planner’s view of the month — what each week asks of you.

Major aspects — chronological

The complete sequence of significant planetary aspects through the month, with exact degrees and signs.

Glyph key: ☊ conjunction · ☍ opposition · □ square · △ trine · ☉☉ sextile
☉ Sun · ☽ Moon · ☿ Mercury · ♀ Venus · ♂ Mars · ♃ Jupiter · ♄ Saturn · ♅ Uranus · ♆ Neptune · ♇ Pluto

The wider sky

The headline event of the wider sky this month is the Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Leo on and around the 15th — their first meeting in Leo in more than a decade. See Steve’s Reading above for the full treatment.

With Pluto having stationed direct in mid-October, the outer-planet picture for November is three retrograde, one direct. Saturn continues retrograde all month in mid-degrees of Aries (still in his fall) — slowing toward his direct station in early December. Neptune remains retrograde in early Aries; Uranus remains retrograde in late Gemini — exactly where the Full Beaver Supermoon lands on the 24th.

Jupiter continues his year-long tour of Leo — direct and moving forward, a warm and generous influence all month. He loses Mars as his Leo partner on 25 November when Mars moves into Virgo, but Jupiter in Leo remains a steady source of warmth, generosity, and faith throughout the month and beyond.

Mercury and Venus direct on the 13th. The great release.
Jupiter steady in Leo. Mars into Virgo on the 25th —
November is when the sky starts moving again.

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Featured object · The Full Beaver Supermoon

Tuesday 24 November 2026 · 2°20′ Gemini · conjunct Uranus · the first Supermoon since January

A Full Moon is the moment the Sun and Moon stand opposite each other across the sky — the whole lunar disc lit from behind by the Sun, visible from sunset to sunrise. A Supermoon is a Full Moon that occurs within a day or two of perigee, the Moon’s closest point to Earth: she appears about 6.5% larger and 13.5% brighter than an average Full Moon. The November 2026 Beaver Supermoon is the first Supermoon since January, and the first of three consecutive Supermoons (November, December, and January 2027).

Astrologically, this is one of the most consequential Full Moons of the year. It falls on the Sagittarius–Gemini axis — the axis of ideas, communication, learning, meaning, and movement — with the Sun in Sagittarius and the Moon at the earliest degrees of Gemini. But the critical fact is that the Moon lands in exact conjunction with Uranus, also at 2° Gemini. Uranus is the planet of sudden change, awakening, surprise, independence, and breakthrough. Full Moon conjunct Uranus is one of the most electric lunations in the calendar.

A piece of news you did not see coming.
A truth you had been avoiding becomes unavoidable.
Uranus does not warn — he liberates in the moment.

Full Moons are themselves peak-and-release moments: whatever has been building through the lunar month culminates here, and often resolves — either by completing or by being seen clearly for the first time. Uranus adds suddenness, surprise, and liberation to that natural lunar climax. Expect: unexpected news, truths that break open, rapid changes of mind, flashes of insight, sudden departures or arrivals. The gift is breakthrough; the cost is disruption. Both come packaged together.

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Planets

The sign positions below use the tropical zodiac, the standard for Western astrology. For sky-watching, the actual constellation a planet appears against will differ by about 24° because of the precession of the equinoxes. Trust the direction (east, south, west) and the time of night more than the sign label.

Mercury ☿

In Scorpio all month. Invisible for the first two weeks — lost in the Sun’s glare during the inferior conjunction — then emerging as a morning star in the eastern pre-dawn sky by late month.

Venus ♀

In Libra all month. Not visible for the first half — she is in her "underworld" phase between the Sun and Earth. By the last week of November she emerges low in the eastern morning sky as a bright morning star — magnitude −4.4, unmistakable in the pre-dawn east.

Mars ♂

In Leo through the 24th, then Virgo. A pre-dawn planet, closing on Jupiter through the first half of the month and meeting him in exact conjunction on the mornings of the 15th and 16th — a visibly tight pairing low in the east-southeast about an hour before sunrise, near the star Regulus. The naked-eye highlight of November.

Jupiter ♃

A morning planet in Leo. Meets Mars in close conjunction on and around the 15th — a bold, honey-coloured pairing in the pre-dawn eastern sky, highest just before sunrise. Rising earlier each night and brightening steadily as he approaches his opposition to the Sun in February 2027.

Saturn ♄

In Aries. Look up at the southern sky around 8–9 PM — Saturn appears as a steady, honey-coloured point of light brighter than any nearby star. Through even a small telescope, the rings show wide open; through binoculars he appears as a tiny oval.

Uranus ♅

In late Gemini, up almost all night. The sight to catch is the Full Beaver Supermoon meeting Uranus on the 24th. At magnitude 5.7 he is a binocular target in dark skies.

Neptune ♆

In early Aries, up most of the night. Still an excellent month for finding him — just past September’s opposition and still well placed. Faint (magnitude 7.7); binoculars or a small scope.

Pluto ♇

In early Aquarius. Below the horizon for most of the night in the northern hemisphere; a late-evening target for large telescopes only.

Moon phases ☽

Isis’ story is that of the Moon’s monthly journey through the zodiac.

Best nights to observe the heavens

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