November 2007 Astrocast

Key Events:  

New Moon  11/09/2007

Full Moon 11/24/2007

Mercury Direct 11/03/2007

Mars Retrograde 11/15/2007

Uranus Direct 11/24/2007

Other RX Planets:  None

Neptune is camped out in Aquarius, your Natural 12th House of inspiration, spirituality, institutions and transcendence.  If mention of these things makes you go ooooooh or aaaaahhhhhh, it's because these are important elements for Pisceans due to the fact that Pisces rules the Universal 12th House.  You may have your own, individual means of expressing these things, but the bottom line is that you live for experiences that take you a bit beyond the normal, humdrum existence.  You more than likely find them in your own way, whether it's climbing a mountain, a good bottle of wine, or religious fervor, but this is how you get your ya-ya's.  Neptune has been there for quite a while (we're talking roughly since 1998) so more than likely you've had quite the need for fulfillment that, for the most part, probably hasn't been filled sufficiently.  So Neptune is pushing your transcendence buttons, but the connections have been shorted out somewhere along the line because the experiences you crave have probably been few and far between. 

OK, so enter Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, who's transiting his home ground in Sagittarius, and tends to expand anything he touches.  His greatest fault tends to be to inspire too much optimism.  However, in cahoots with Neptune, he could be opening the way for you to discover something that will make a significant difference in your life.  Jupiter and Sag are both about our deepest core beliefs and expanding our experiences via travel, religion and other cultures.  Naturally, these sound like things that could easily provide some ya-ya's, even if you wouldn't quite call it transcendence, so I assume at this point I have your attention.  The House that's involved here is your Natural 10th, which comprises your community status, reputation and career.  I don't know what you do currently for a living, but it seems like if you really wanted to find fulfillment, then you should be looking to one of these Jupiter/Sag type arenas to find it.  Of course, what you do for a living is not necessarily the same as your career.  A job is how we earn our paycheck, and our career is where we want to make our contribution.  This could be something that doesn't earn you a dime, especially if you're the proverbial starving artist or musician.  Of course, what we all want to do is make our career and job the same.  Most of us don't ever achieve that, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.  Rather, it usually means we don't have the courage to make the necessary move, which is where this Jupiter - Neptune sextile comes into play.

During the first 17 days of November it would serve you well to give some serious thought to these areas and keep your ear to the ground, so to speak, for opportunities to find the direction you'd like to take with your life.  I've given you a few ideas where to look and hopefully some of it rang a responsive chord.  You may not get there this month, but if you at least identify where you want to go, it will be a very significant step forward.  Now it's up to you to make it count.

Mars and the Sun will be in trine for the first week of the month, which could have a positive effect on a few things as well.  Mars will be in Cancer and the Sun in Scorpio, both fellow Water Signs.  Mars is in your Natural 5th House, which comprises your children, creative efforts and love affairs, so you're likely to have a touch of drive and ambition toward making something happen in one of those areas.  The Sun will be highlighting your Natural 9th House of long-distance travel, religion, higher education, and legal matters.  If your birthday happens to be around February 25 - March 1, this will create a Grand Trine with your Natal Sun that should have a strong effect on your personally.  Naturally, our lives all tie together in some way or another, so all of this will undoubtedly connect somehow with that business going on simultaneously regarding finding your personal key to a satisfying existence. 

The New Moon in Scorpio on the 9th will lend some further assistance in this area if you'll let it, particularly if your birthday happens to fall between March 6 - 10.  Fellow Water Sign, Scorpio, will help you take care of business and possibly open the way for a new view of the world.  The planets seem to definitely be in your corner this month, but it's up to you to make the decisions to put them to work.

Along similar lines, be aware that on the 15th Mars will go retrograde, which will tone down his energy significantly, especially since he's not particularly at home in Cancer, anyway.  This only happens every two years and will be in effect until the end of January.  Thus, during this time, it may appear as if nothing is happening.  You probably won't have a lot of ambition, either.  However, don't be fooled into thinking all your thoughts, plans and inspiration were for naught.  Now is the time to think, plan, and lay the groundwork rather than actually move forward, so take advantage of it that way.

Mercury stations to come out of retrograde (RX) in Libra on November 2, which will help get your thoughts straight in this area, which may help with the above as well.  Libra is your Natural 8th House of sex, death & regeneration, and shared resources.  Needless to say, letting an old, useless part of you die and be regenerated could be very applicable to finding another direction for your life.  Possibly related to this area is that square between Venus and Pluto, which will be in effect between November 5 - 8.  Venus is just packing up to leave your Natural 7th House of relationships.  Before she does, she's crossing swords with Pluto, who's over there with Jupiter in Sagittarius.  Pluto is quite the zodiacal Roto-rooter and what he's likely to do here is help you do a serious, forensic analysis of one or more of your relationships.  If there is something you haven't quite learned in this area, he's likely to get your attention in some way and force the issue.  This old baggage needs to be disposed of before you can truly move on, so even if this brings up some unpleasant issues you'd prefer to avoid, it would serve you well to deal with it nonetheless or it might hold you back significantly.  If you were going to take a trip to Belize, the last thing you'd take along is all that old crap in your closet that really needs to go to the Goodwill.  Same goes for your life, so suck it up and do what needs to be done. 

Later in the month, between November 19 - 23, which also happens to be Thanksgiving week, Mars RX will square Venus.  This could cause some problems with members of the opposite sex, perhaps your children or lovers or both.  The guys are likely to be a bit passive aggressive, but this doesn't mean they agree or won't bring it up later.  At any rate, conflict is likely, so be prepared.  This could easily facilitate dealing with some of that relationship baggage noted earlier, provided you confront and solve it in an open manner.  Dispense of your natural inclination to use emotional manipulation in the situation and concentrate instead on getting it resolved versus what may appear to be "winning."  An adjustment will probably be required at a personal level to accomplish this, but it will be worth it in the long run.  Remember, if you don't do some serious changing as a result of lessons learned, you'll make the same mistakes again.

The month concludes with a Full Moon on the 24th, which occurs in Gemini, your Natural 4th House of home environment.  This could indicate the culmination of something in that area, such as a project around the house or other activity related to your household and the people in it.  Between the 25 - 28th, Venus will be trining Neptune, your Sign Ruler, which should also bring some good things your way.  This should further reinforce any lessons you internalize and help you further transform your life in a positive direction.  You have a lot of astrological help this month to make major changes that can affect your future happiness and satisfaction.  It will take thought, effort, and action on your part, but the planets are definitely trying to push you in the right direction.