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November 8, 2017 Daily Almanac, With Your Daily Horoscope (see below)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017
Hebrew date is 19 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 19 Safar 1439
Mayan Tzolk'in Day is 6 Ak'b'al
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.3
Julian Day is 2458066
Today's Birthdays: Edmond Halley (1656-1742), Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), Dorothea Bate (1878-1951), Charles Demuth (1883-1935), Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922), Dorothy Day (1897-1980), Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998), Patti Page (1927-2013), Morley Safer (1931-2016), Minnie Riperton (1947-1979), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Timothy Egan (1954), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Richard Curtis (1956), Parker Posey (1968), Gretchen Mol (1972), Aaron Swartz (1986-2013).
"You reason well, and your wit is bold, but you are too prejudiced. You do not let your eyes see nor your ears hear, and that which is outside your daily life is not of account to you. Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are, that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplated by men's eyes, because they know, or think they know, some things which other men have told them. Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all, and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain. But yet we see around us every day the growth of new beliefs, which think themselves new, and which are yet but the old, which pretend to be young, like the fine ladies at the opera."
-- Bram Stoker
Planet Waves FM
In this week's edition of Planet Waves FM [ play edition here], Eric looks at yet another senseless mass murder, and consider all the theories that you won't hear about on cable news or read in most coverage, in particular. He considers violence as a struggle for identity; the distortion of eros and thanatos; and the ways people have been driven out of their bodies by electric media. And of course, it all comes down to military-grade weapons on sale at the local shopping mall.
Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase on Nov. 10 at 12:36 pm PST / 3:36 pm EST (20:36:19 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Cancer and enters Leo on Nov. 9 at 4:29 am PST / 7:29 am EST (12:29:01 UTC).
Sun Degree: 16-17 Scorpio.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
-- Mars square Chariklo at 2:20 am PST / 5:20 am EST (10:20:14 UTC).
-- Venus square Varuna at 9:53 am PST / 12:53 pm EST (17:53:18 UTC).
-- Mercury square Nessus at 11:29 am PST / 2:29 pm EST (19:28:49 UTC).
-- Chiron square Ixion at 12:47 pm PST / 3:47 pm EST (20:47:14 UTC).
-- Venus opposite Pallas at 8:07 pm PST / 11:07 pm EST (04:07:38 Nov. 9 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Nov. 8
(The Day of the Borderline) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
You will experience the deepest emotional and spiritual gifts this year by taking care of the people who mean the most to you. In our "service economy," we have lost the pleasure and indeed the honor of offering ourselves to those we consider our family. Experimenting with this will teach you everything you need to know about where you stand with them.
Written in the Planets
You may notice that you're more aware of the big picture in terms of your thought processes now. This can be quite a useful shift in perspective, especially if you've spent recent weeks extra-focused on details or in-depth investigations. Yet it can be trickier to connect the broader or longer-term view with the immediate steps that need to be taken. You might find this especially true if your awareness of some problematic emotional or sexual patterning is pushing you to address it. While that dynamic is suggested by Mercury in Sagittarius square the centaur Nessus in Pisces, another centaur aspect is also exact today: Chiron in Pisces square Ixion in Sagittarius. It's clear that you're ready to make a move toward healing some old wound; what's less clear is how you'll go about it. It's not enough simply to let the ends justify the means. Even when oriented on the big picture, the details about how you get there do matter; remember your ethics.
By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.
Daily Horoscope for November 8, 2017 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
If Today is Your Birthday
You will experience the deepest emotional and spiritual gifts this year by taking care of the people who mean the most to you. In our "service economy," we have lost the pleasure and indeed the honor of offering ourselves to those we consider our family. Experimenting with this will teach you everything you need to know about where you stand with them. You share a birthday with Bram Stoker, Minnie Riperton, and Kazuo Ishiguro.
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- A good home life and a good sex life are closely related, at least where your needs are concerned. Make your home as beautiful as you can, keep it neat and tidy, and make sure your bedroom is the lap of luxury. You'll invite not just pleasure but the emotions that make it worthwhile.
"One's relationship to change is the underlying reality that determines how one handles transits. This relationship counts for a lot now, and you would be wise to bring it to full awareness. What you're currently experiencing is the culmination of six years of nonstop and ever-increasing energy. All of that has been excellent preparation. Now, you're experiencing the actual threshold, the invocation of your new life."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- Sooner or later, most people learn the trick of seeming more confident than they really are, which serves as a kind of protection. You might take the opposite approach and be open if you're feeling insecure or in any way daunted by the presence of another person. Relax and be real.
"You possess actual creativity, actual devotion and a strong tendency to be ethical. If you don't let fear contaminate your mind, you will be able to connect these things in the form of your true vocation. If you are involved in what you consider to be your true vocation, you will have opportunities to go deeper and to bring in something that has the power to change you and change the world around you. That's the mark of truth: it's alive, it's active, it's provocative, and it compels you to establish an ongoing relationship with it."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- Mercury in your opposite sign Sagittarius is providing you with an unusual mirror into your relationships. Notice the way that people close to you relate to what happened to them as a child. Are they open, or secretive? This will help you understand something important about yourself.
"The two most significant aspects of life -- love, and work -- are coming in at full strength. You're in a moment unlike any other you've lived through, at least speaking from the viewpoint of your astrology. It's all so much that you might not be so thrilled; you may not see the opportunities in the wild mash-up of factors that are influencing your life. To begin with, I am here to remind you that you're larger than it all."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- There is a risk in having actual feelings, which is widely believed to be that you could get hurt. Yet the other risk is being drawn close to others, and being willing to relate to them in a deep and sincere way. You don't need a script. You don't need to feel safe. You need human contact.
"You are the kind of person who must become your intentions and give everything all you've got. You feel better when you do this, even if you're having to stretch a little. Being half-hearted does not suit you. You are a whole-hearted person, you want to feel that fully, and you want to be appreciated for what you do. This is the essence of self-esteem and it's currently one of the most basic elements of your astrology."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- Some things you cannot plan for; they seem to just happen. Yet you can pave the way by being open and available, and staying in a positive frame of mind. If you feel confident and secure, and remember your sense of adventure, you will invite positive experiences and people into your life.
"The more you take a proactive and creative role, the less it will feel like changes are happening to you and the more it will feel like you are working with the incoming forces to create the change that you want. Therefore, pay close attention to just what that is: know what you want to change. I suggest you work with two lists: what you want to resolve or eliminate, and what you want to create. Both will happen as part of the same process."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- You never really know how people will respond to what you say. That concern must take a back seat to your need to be yourself and say what's actually relevant. You may have to remind a loved one or close partner that their actions will get results, for good or ill -- as will yours.
"You could say that apart from all the psychological concepts attached to self-esteem, the experience you're looking for is feeling good about who you are. This is a feeling, not a concept. Rather than strive for the feeling, the thing to do is give yourself the experiences that you want; the experiences that will enrich you and help you develop into your personhood. To feel good about yourself, it's vital that you know how to express who you are, and what you feel."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- Mars in your sign is continuing to provide you with motivation and drive to do great things. Yet you must make sure you pace yourself and get enough rest. Monitor your energy output. Your emotions and your physical health are closely related all of the time, though especially right now.
"Your workplace must be not just habitable but truly supportive. You simply must like the place where you work, or you risk your mental and emotional health. Others can get by with jobs they hate, or substandard working environments; you cannot. Therefore, invest the time and energy that you need to have a place of work that supports your creativity, your health and your wellbeing."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Scorpio Birthdays 2017-18
The Help You Need To Make the Most of Your Incredible Year
"Your work has always offered me food for thought, options to consider and clarity when needed. Thank you very much for what you do and how you present it."
-- Victoria Bouet
Dear Scorpio Friend and Reader:
It seems that every day, there's a new tragedy to grapple with. If you're at all sensitive, life can feel overwhelming on an almost-daily basis. Yet you have deeper reserves than you might think; your passion is a powerful tool for transformation -- and this year, you have some extra-special help in your sign.
That would be Jupiter, which is keeping you company for the next 12 months or so, and which kicked off your solar year with a potential-filled conjunction with the Scorpio Sun. You also have company in the form of Eric Francis and your 2017-18 Birthday Reading.
The key to using Jupiter's blessings well is to use them consciously, with full intention and actual action. As you do, you'll pave the way for making the most of the other major planetary sign changes coming up: Saturn leaving Sagittarius for Capricorn; Uranus entering your relationship sign, Taurus; and Chiron leaving Pisces for Aries (a Mars-ruled sign, like yours).
As your environment shifts, you'll need to adjust how you interact with it. Whether that means channeling your energy and emotions into your relationships, your home, your creative risk-taking or some other facet of life, you'll want to do so as productively and with as little wasted effort as possible. And you can.
Eric designs these readings to combine the best of his motivational life-coaching skills; the best of his therapy training; and the most down-to-Earth, practical, jargon-free astrological insights you'll find anywhere on the internet. This means the 2017-18 Scorpio Birthday Reading makes the perfect gift for your Scorpio Sun, Moon or rising sign loved ones.
You'll get two segments of astrology, a tarot reading for the year, and an extended description of your sign. Best of all, you can listen as many times as you'd like -- whenever you need a pick-me-up or some new insights throughout the year.
"The Scorpio reading described my life right now and was much needed! Thank you!"
-- Columba Genubath
How will you use the blessings of Jupiter in your sign this year, Scorpio?
Yours & truly,
Amanda Painter
P.S. If you'd like to secure your full reading at the lowest possible price of $33, you'll want to pre-order the 2017-18 Scorpio Birthday Reading here. And you'll want to do it soon: the price will increase as publication nears, and then will increase again upon publication of the full reading.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- This is an extraordinary moment, as Venus is making a conjunction to Jupiter in your sign. This will last for a few days, and you must make the most of it. What do you want to do, that might have seemed impossible in the past? Who do you want to become? Pour yourself into your desire.
"You must gather with people who share common values with you. You can no longer afford to invest your precious time and psychic energy with people who do not embody the highest vibration of what you desire, and know to be true. You will feel better about yourself when you can speak openly about what you value the most, and spend time with those who share your spiritual goals and your purpose for living."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- Mercury in your sign is making you hyper-aware, which may include noticing some things you would rather not deal with. Yet you experience them whether you're conscious of it or not. The time to make changes is when your awareness is at a peak. Focus your mind and study your options.
"To succeed, your work plan must have metes and bounds. You must choose the things you need to accomplish within a specific timeframe, and these choices must be prioritized. This does not mean that you will follow your plans exactly, and you'll very likely alter your priorities as you proceed. Yet it's essential to start with some organized scheme, so that you have an overview, and you have a first draft to revise."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- A powerful conjunction is taking shape in your chart -- the alignment of Juno, an asteroid all astrologers are familiar with, and Pluto, the planet of growth and change. This means that your views of relationship are going through a radical transformation -- the deeper, the better.
"You are someone who is more connected to the wider flow of the human experience than you might otherwise be. Even if you're not an official leader, or into politics, you are connected (often rather consciously) to aspects of life that extend far beyond yourself. This connection sometimes comes bursting into your life when you're not vaguely interested. Sometimes you feel it as a direct calling, and you may or may not know what to do with that."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- By all rights, things should be going brilliantly for you on the professional front. Yet you will need to keep your hands busy and your mind alert. The kind of astrology you have going for you, you could easily take for granted. It's a blessing and an opportunity you must make the most of.
"Within the morphogenetic fields of your sign is an inbred rebelliousness of mind. This comes with the refusal to accept patterns imposed by others; the capacity to hybridize one's views and have original positions on social and political issues; which in turn leads to a kind of eccentricity that is very much a quality of your nature. So too is a distinct inventiveness, if you can keep your mind awake, alert and young."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Your world is becoming a bigger place. You are ready to stretch and grow, and to face the future with a sense of adventure. The one thing you need to be bold about is being visible. Contrary to astrological lore, Pisces does not like to hide under a rock. That's a good thing right now.
"After many adventures, misadventures, developments, challenges and crises, you've integrated the many seemingly separate facets of who you were into someone who you now most distinctly are. I suggest you make a study of this gradual transformation that's taken over your life, and which is nearly complete. Feel the ways in which you've worked out problems that seemed to have no solution. Notice how your confidence level has increased."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order that here.
Monthly Horoscopes and Publishing Schedule Notes
Your extended monthly horoscopes for
November were published on Thursday, Oct. 26. We published your extended monthly horoscopes for October on Thursday, Sept. 21. Please note: we normally publish the extended monthly horoscope on the first Friday after the Sun has entered a new sign.
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