weekly astrology forecast | November 10th to 16th, 2025 - pause before purpose, letting what slows us down show us where our real growth is taking place, old arguments, focus starts to move to career and reputation

Let's dive right in!

TUESDAY - Jupiter stations retrograde - the king turns around!

WEDNESDAY - Mercury retrograde conjuncts Mars, Third Quarter Moon in Leo

SATURDAY - Vesta enters Capricorn

On TUESDAY - Jupiter at 25 degrees Cancer TURNS AROUND

(and this is exactly opposing where Mercury and Mars meet in January 2026 - we talked about the many aspects within just a couple days in that third week of January 2026 in the last post, so maybe Jupiter's station now is a big breadcrumb on the trail ahead. We’re not done with this degree and axis - something here wants a do-over).

Now we have Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus all RETROGRADE. We missed something. When Jupiter stations retrograde, and he does every year for a couple months, an area of expansion/growth might temporarily stall. Our faith might be tested. Maybe we have missed an opportunity and need to move backward, or even sideways, to line up with it properly later. 

Circumstances conspire for us to ask ourselves - Did we grow too fast? Did we expand in the right direction? Have we confused more with better? What did we miss?

With the planet of expansion retracing his steps. We do, too. Growth turns inward. We are tending to the roots instead of the branches and the question becomes, "what do I need to feel secure and supported" and not so much "what can I build next or how can I grow this thing".

Mercury in Sag is answering to Jupiter, so Mercury retrograde gets doubly retrograde-y and TRICKY. Keep this in mind. 

Maybe this is a week to SLOW DOWN (there is alot going on next week including that New Moon in Scorpio) and catch our breath. Jupiter rules growth and stuff that just keeps growing and growing is NOT sustainable. With Jupiter retrograding in Cancer this year - our growth is maybe mostly EMOTIONAL and collectively focused on home, family, roots, security. 

Maybe whatever we have been going wide with, well - with Mercury poised for a repeat performance in Scorpio and a New Moon in Scorpio approaching - we need to go DEEP.

Jupiter is intent on giving EVERYONE an open door/lucky break - this is where (over the next few weeks) an opportunity can come back around. Luck becomes an inside job. 

Mercury will be making repeated trines to Jupiter over the next few weeks and Venus is going to trine Jupiter retrograde, too. Money. Other people's money. Relationships. The things we've merged. With Jupiter's station now opposing next January 2026's BIG energies it is clear to me we want to be intentional at this time with our natal Cancer house theme and the collective themes of - home, family, home business, family business, mother, mothering, roots, security, patriotism, real estate - to clear stuff up before the stuff we've left dangling can oppose us later. With Jupiter's retrograde making mostly smooth aspects - other than some inconjuncts/rocks and hard places - it seems more designed to support Mercury's aka maybe make it bigger, so stay INTENTIONAL. 

On WEDNESDAY Mercury backs into Mars in Sag while the Leo Moon squares the Sun

Mercury backing into Mars feels like AN OLD ARGUMENT. A medical procedure. An ACCIDENT - so slow down.

Words collide with will - information surfacing that fuels (or reopens) a conversation, decision, or maybe a conflict. Because this happens in Sagittarius, maybe the tone is idealistic, passionate or especially blunt. We all think we know-it-all. 

On the plus side - maybe there’s a sense of “Now I see why that happened.” Mercury retrograde here can deliver insight that reframes what we’ve been fighting for/about. After their meeting Mercury keeps going backward and Mars keeps pressing ahead BUT he's answering to Jupiter, who just turned around in Cancer. So, while Mars wants to move, Jupiter is pulling in the reins, too, and asking - is this action aligned with your emotional truth? 

WATER SIGN RETROGRADES ARE ABOUT EMOTIONAL RE-ALIGNMENT. 

At the same time Luna is making her final square with the Sun before next week's BIG New Moon in Scorpio. In Leo, the Moon wants to shine/play/be appreciated and NOTICED. She needs validation, visibility and warmth. But the Scorpio Sun is on a different wavelength - private, strategic, emotionally intense, protective of what’s real. Sometimes this Leo/Scorpio Moon/Sun is a relational thing - see me/love me vs PROVE IT/show depth. It creates tension/frustration. Might be a tricky day. Tomorrow the Moon in Leo will go void off a square to Uranus, so that looks potentially tricky, too, but something breaks loose. Stay intentional.

On SATURDAY - Vesta enters Capricorn, an earth sign making earthy matters more sacred. Now it is our career, reputation, position in the world, authority, our boss, what the government is doing that is going to be keeping us up at night for the next few months. In Sag she has maybe been focused on issues of meaning or possibility, but now we get down to the brass tacks - the SACRED BECOMES MEASURABLE. Responsibility, Timing, Achievement. Commitment. Father. In Cappy and answering to Saturn in Pisces, maybe Vesta is determined to show us that mastery, and the LONG GAME is a spiritual path, too. She sanctifies BOUNDARIES. Virgo is a perfectionist energy because she tends to very important things, but this isn't about being perfect. It IS about being reliable though, so keep this in mind. 

I hope something here is helpful. 

Next week looks BIG, so do whatever you need to do this week to prepare for that. 

And keep in mind all the retros - REST, RE-CHARGE, RE-ORGANIZE, REPAIR, RE-CONNECT, RE-FLECT, RE-LEASE, RE-COMMIT. 

xo all