[Fate & Free Will ] Astrology for the Week of November 17 -23

This week builds toward Thursday's Scorpio New Moon, which is conjunct Mercury retrograde and indicates a revision rather than a new beginning. Confidence is high Monday, communication gets even more unreliable mid-week, and the Sun enters Sagittarius Friday bringing optimism amid continued instability.

Monday 11/17

• ☉ at 25° 06‘ Scorpio △ ♃ at 25° 06‘ Cancer | 12:07am Eastern
• ☉ at 25° 15‘ Scorpio △ ♄ at 25° 15‘ Pisces | 3:55am Eastern
• ☽ at 25° 05‘ Libra □  ♃ at 25° 05‘ Cancer | 6:51am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 6:51am - 4:44pm Eastern
• ☿ at 01° 39‘ Sagittarius ✳ ♇ at 01° 39‘ Aquarius |  3:35pm Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Scorpio  4:44pm Eastern
• ☽ at 01° 39‘ Scorpio □ ♇  at 01° 39‘ Aquarius |  8:05pm Eastern

Monday is ambitious and productive. Confidence runs high and opportunities show up as naturally as discipline and follow-through.

This is great for pursuing opportunities that felt too big before or taking on projects that require both confidence and maturity.

• Best for: Ambitious projects, asking for what you want, pursuing opportunities with confidence, work requiring sustained effort and responsibility.
• Potential Challenges: Overconfidence, taking on more than sustainable, ignoring limitations because everything feels easy.

Tuesday 11/18

• ☿ ▻ Scorpio |  10:20pm Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ♀︎ at 15° 22‘ Scorpio |  11:49pm Eastern

Tuesday what you want becomes clearer and more intense. Desire, whether for connection, pleasure, or something material, feels stronger and harder to ignore. This is good for identifying what you want without compromise, but intensity can tip into possessiveness or excess.

• Best for: Pursuing what you want, deepening connection, intensity without apology, honoring desire.
• Potential Challenges: Possessiveness, intensity that overwhelms, desire that becomes consuming, difficulty with moderation. 

Mercury retrogrades back into Scorpio at 10:20 pm eastern, making it even harder to keep things light or move past uncomfortable topics. 

Communication that was already unreliable during retrograde now gets more intense and harder to navigate. 

• Best for: Investigation, research, uncovering what was deliberately concealed.
• Potential Challenges: Inability to move past uncomfortable topics, communication that's too intense, difficulty with tact.

Wednesday 11/19

• ☿ at 29° 31‘ Scorpio ☍ ♅ at 29° 31‘ Taurus |  6:44am Eastern
• ☿ at 29° 29‘ Scorpio △ ♆ at 29° 29‘ Pisces |  7:21am Eastern
• ☽ at 25° 02‘ Scorpio  △ ♃ at 25° 02‘ Cancer | 7:23pm Eastern
• ☽ at 25° 13‘ Scorpio △ ♄ at 25° 13‘ Pisces |  7:45pm Eastern

Wednesday plans get disrupted and clarity becomes even harder to access and communication becomes vaguer and it's difficult to pin things down.

This is (somewhat) helpful for creative work or letting go of rigid thinking, but terrible for anything requiring precision or concrete details. 

• Best for: Creative revision, letting go of overly rigid plans, work that benefits from less definition, releasing what needs to dissolve.
• Potential Challenges: Increased vagueness, difficulty with concrete details, confusion about what's real, communication that dissolves rather than clarifies. 

Thursday 11/20

• Scorpio 🌑 New Moon |  2:47am Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ☉ at 28° 11‘ Scorpio 
• ☽ ☌ ☿ at 28° 25‘ Scorpio  | 2:15am Eastern
• ☉ ☌ ☿ at 28° 18‘ Scorpio | 4:23am Eastern
• ☽ at 29° 29‘ Scorpio △ ♆  at 29° 29‘ Pisces | 4:23am Eastern
• ☽ at 29° 29‘ Scorpio ☍ ♅ at 29° 29‘ Taurus | 4:24am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 4:24am - 5:25am Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Sagittarius | 5:25 am Eastern
• ☽ at 01° 41‘ Sagittarius ✳ ♇ at 01° 41‘ Aquarius | 8:52am Eastern
• ♅ at 29° 29‘ Taurus ✳ ♆ at 29° 29‘ Pisces | 9:33am Eastern

The Scorpio New Moon is conjunct Mercury retrograde, which means this isn't a shiny new beginning. To make things a little more complicated, it is opposite Uranus and trine Neptune which means plans will be shifting or interrupted, conditions are less likely to remain stable,  and details could be more fluid and unclear than you (or anyone else) may like.

However, with the Sun conjunct Mercury there is temporary clarity about exactly what needs to happen going forward.

So how in the world should you think about today’s new beginning?

You probably need to revise something already in motion, reconsider what didn't work the first time, or review what needs another attempt and then be willing to adapt as you implement throughout the next month

• Best for: Reconsidering previous intentions, revising what didn't work the first time, starting again with what needs another attempt, flexible beginnings that can adapt.
• Potential Challenges: Unclear intentions, disrupted plans, starting something that shifts before it solidifies, communication about new beginnings that misleads or confuses.

Identify what topics are likely up for a revised renewal by rising sign:

• Aries Rising: Fear, inheritance, loss, death, or dealing with others' resources.
• Taurus Rising: Partnerships, marriage, contracts, legal conflicts, or open enemies.
• Gemini Rising: Work obligations, health, daily routines, employees, or pets.
• Cancer Rising: Children, romance, creative projects, hobbies, or pleasure.
• Leo Rising: Home, parents, property, foundation, or living situation.
• Virgo Rising: Siblings, neighbors, short trips, or daily communication.
• Libra Rising: Income streams, possessions, what you value, or how you earn money.
• Scorpio Rising: Physical appearance, health, identity, or how you present yourself.
• Sagittarius Rising: Hidden matters, confinement, hidden enemies, intrusive thoughts, or what's been private or secret.
• Capricorn Rising: Friendships, long-term goals, benefactors, or social networks.
• Aquarius Rising: Career, public reputation, or relationship with authority.
• Pisces Rising: Long-distance travel, advanced education, writing or publishing, religious or philosophical beliefs, or astrology.

Friday 11/21

• ☽ ☌ ♂︎ at 12° 15‘ Sagittarius | 6:12am Eastern
• ☉ at 29° 26‘ Scorpio ☍ ♅ at 29° 26‘ Taurus |  7:25am Eastern
• ☉ at 29° 28‘ Scorpio △ ♆ at 29° 28‘ Pisces |  8:05am  Eastern
• ☉ ▻ Sagittarius |  8:35pm Eastern

Friday brings disruptions followed by a shift. Plans get upended, impulsivity is increased, and there's a restlessness that may have you wanting to leave work early. 

Then the Sun enters Sagittarius at 8:35 pm eastern, bringing more confidence and optimism but less patience for constraints or details. 

• Best for: Breaking free from situations that need to end, sudden necessary changes, taking risks.
• Potential Challenges: Reckless decisions, disrupted plans, scattered focus, overconfidence, ignoring necessary details.

Saturday 11/22

• ☽ at 25° 11‘ Sagittarius □ ♄ at 25° 11‘ Pisces | 8:13am  Eastern
• ☿ at 25° 11‘ Scorpio △ ♄ at 25° 11‘ Pisces | 1:45pm Eastern
• ☽ at 29° 27‘ Sagittarius □ ♆ at 29° 27‘ Pisces | 4:47pm Eastern
•  ☽ V/C | 4:47pm - 5:52pm Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Capricorn | 5:52pm Eastern
• ☿ at 24° 56‘ Scorpio △ ♃ at 24° 56‘ Cancer | 6:37pm Eastern

Saturday your retrograde review becomes more structured and mature. Reconsidering plans with discipline and optimism is easier. This is a great time to think through your New Moon revisions.

• Best for: Serious review of commitments, reconsidering with maturity and optimism, structured revision of plans, finding opportunities during review.
• Potential Challenges: Review that becomes too heavy, excessive caution during reconsideration, overoptimism about retrograde insights. 

Sunday 11/23

• ☉ at 01° 45‘ Sagittarius ✳ ♇ at 01° 45‘ Aquarius | 2:19pm Eastern

Sunday focus and determination improve slightly. This is helpful for work that requires sustained intensity or strategic thinking. The effect is subtle but makes it easier to make progress without becoming obsessive.

• Best for: Deep work, sustained focus, strategic action, penetrating complex problems.
• Potential Challenges: Overestimating how much intensity is available, pushing harder than the subtle support warrants.

Until next time, my wish for you is curiosity that sparks discovery. - Robin💋