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November 18, 2017 Daily Almanac, With Your Daily Horoscope (see below)
Today is Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017
Hebrew date is 29 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 29 Safar 1439
Mayan Tzolk'in Day is 3 B'en
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.13
Julian Day is 2458076
Today's Birthdays: Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), Asa Gray (1810-1888), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Frances Marion (1888-1973), Howard Thurman (1899-1981), Imogene Coca (1908-2001), Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), Beebe Steven Lynk (1917-1948), Alan Shepard (1923-1998), Sheila Jordan (1928), Margaret Atwood (1939), James Welch (1940-2003), Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), Alan Moore (1953), Romany Malco (1968), Owen Wilson (1968), Duncan Sheik (1969), Mike Epps (1970), Chloe Sevigny (1974), Maggie Stiefvater (1981).
"As for my birth month, a detail of much interest to poets, obsessed as they are with symbolic systems of all kinds: I was not pleased, during my childhood, to have been born in November, as there wasn't much inspiration for birthday party motifs. February children got hearts, May ones flowers, but what was there for me? A cake surrounded by withered leaves? November was a drab, dark and wet month, lacking even snow; its only noteworthy festival was Remembrance Day. But in adult life I discovered that November was, astrologically speaking, the month of sex, death and regeneration, and that November First was the Day of the Dead. It still wouldn't have been much good for birthday parties, but it was just fine for poetry, which tends to revolve a good deal around sex and death, with regeneration optional."
-- Margaret Atwood
Amanda Painter | Regeneration, Healing and the Scorpio New Moon
The current spotlight on the lopsided sexual power dynamic in Western culture (especially in the U.S.) is overdue, though that does not make it any easier for many people. Amanda Painter suggests that with a New Moon in Scorpio making interesting aspects, it seems the cosmos is asking us to consider where we go from here with the need for healing and regeneration.
Moon Phase: Moon is in Balsamic (waning crescent) phase and enters New phase today 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).
Corresponding New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Scorpio and enters Sagittarius today at 10:59 am PST / 1:59 pm EST (18:58:56 UTC).
Sun Degree: 27-28 Scorpio.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Sagittarius at 10:59 am PST / 1:59 pm EST (18:58:56 UTC).
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
-- Mars trine Asbolus at 1:25 am PST / 4:25 am EST (09:25:17 UTC).
-- Sun opposite Sedna at 1:29 am PST / 4:29 am EST (09:28:52 UTC).
-- Vesta square Varuna at 7:45 pm PST / 10:45 pm EST (03:45:39 Nov. 19 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Nov. 18
(The Day of Temperament) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
There's no better symbol of a beginning than a magnificent New Moon on your birth anniversary, and that's what you have. In many ways this year, your commitment to work, and your devotion to your health, are the central purposes and organizing principles that you will live by. From that strong and dependable purpose, love will find its way.
Written in the Planets
If you're feeling overextended emotionally or psychically, consider bringing yourself back into yourself today. With the Scorpio New Moon, the astrological tides ebb to a natural turning point before ever so gradually flowing back outward again. You may be finding you have a lot to process, and that's often easier to do if you dive below the choppy surface for a while. This New Moon comes with explicit symbols of regeneration and strong links to the sea. Letting yourself feel deeply can be a very important form of self-care, allowing you to resurface with the kind of understanding that comes through healing what you've discovered.
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 18, 2017 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
If Today is Your Birthday
There's no better symbol of a beginning than a magnificent New Moon on your birth anniversary, and that's what you have. In many ways this year, your commitment to work, and your devotion to your health, are the central purposes and organizing principles that you will live by. From that strong and dependable purpose, love will find its way. You share a birthday with Howard Thurman, Sheila Jordan, and Margaret Atwood.
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- Today's New Moon is an invitation to renew your commitment to someone you care deeply about. One of the hallmarks of modern love is to hold back as much as you can and still get what you want. I suggest you take the opposite approach, and offer yourself fully, in mind, body and spirit.
"One gift you get from Pluto in Capricorn is the ability to align your goals with the rapidly changing conditions of the world. You are in an excellent position to take advantage of the shifting, quaking and shaking state of society. This of course requires being present and not being afraid when things get really real. You can and must look for the opportunities presented by change."
-- 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 now.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- Today's Moon-Sun conjunction in your relationship house -- also called the Scorpio New Moon -- is a sign of beautiful things to come in your most intimate life. Yet you can take nothing for granted; you must be aware, sensitive and generous of spirit. Nothing is free, though that's a small price.
"If you ever feel lost or misguided, come back to purpose, which you will know when you feel it. Experiment all you need to. The more you experiment with bringing purpose and meaning to the surface of your consciousness, and consider them carefully, the more strength you will have; the more persistence; and more motivation and energy."
-- 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 now.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- You must take care of yourself, which means being focused on how you feel, and choosing what response is appropriate. Rather than driving yourself like a machine until you collapse, pace yourself; negotiate schedules and deadlines as necessary; and get the food, rest and loving that you need.
"The dualism of Gemini is well known; you can live in a world of relative truth, which might work for you -- though consider how it works for those you influence. Pisces is the place in the zodiac where opposites are integrated and resolved, and for you this happens through your most meaningful work."
-- 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 now.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today's New Moon takes place in one the most beautiful angles of your solar chart -- the 5th house of passion, creativity, pleasure and taking the risks necessary to these things. The wheel is turning, and you are on for the ride. Let this be the start of a new season in your life.
"Living in peace with your desire is one commitment to make to yourself. As you do this, it will have an influence on your relationships. This is to say, as you raise your energy and commit to being real with what you want, others will take notice. Ultimately the result will be living in your body rather than in your head."
-- 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 now.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- Today's New Moon seems custom-designed to remind you how good your life is. Even if you don't feel that way, see if you can shift your orientation and appreciate the many benefits of experience that you have. Do something to make another person's life better. That will enhance yours.
"If you consider yourself to be at the center of your social circle, or an integral part of your community, the changes you make in your own life constitute a form of leadership for the people around you. You can count on the fact that the people who look up to you are waiting for your initiative."
-- 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 now.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- Today's New Moon takes place in the mind-over-matter angle of your solar chart. But this looks more like perfecting the alchemy between your emotions and your thoughts. For as precise as you like to be, you're often guided by your sometimes-inaccurate gut responses; now you can get that into balance.
"The universe is not usually embraced all at once, nor is your place in the universe. Rather, you engage with it in momentary interactions, and you make it with everything you make, everyone you speak to, everyone and everything you touch. Imagine that in each of those contacts, you weave existence, and give life to the world."
-- 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 now.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- Resolve to be your own financial foundation. For a long time you've worked to stand on your own feet emotionally, and to distinguish yourself from your family. Now, take that spirit of independence and get it printed on your checks. Your money is your freedom and an important source of your power.
"Trust yourself, and trust your body, if you embody what I call the thresholder: one whose role is to bring others to the edge. You can only take them to the edge; they must cross over themselves. Others can only take you to the edge; you must cross over it yourself, and see who welcomes you on the other side of the journey."
-- 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 now.
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I recently did the astrology portions of the Scorpio reading. That reading is ready for instant access.
While I was working, I had a feeling I often get doing these readings: this is information I would want to know were I interested in astrology, if it was available. I would want to know about this, if only I had an astrologer I was fairly sure had a clue what was happening. [Listen to audio preview here.]
Over the next year or so, three critical planets will change signs: Saturn, Chiron and Uranus. (Chiron is often thought to be a morph of Saturn and Uranus, so that's pretty cool.) Saturn will ingress Capricorn at the end of the year, then next year, Chiron will enter Aries and Uranus will enter Taurus. Plus, several important minor planets will change signs.
What you get with my birthday (and annual) readings is astrology that's too complex to put into the horoscope column, but too personal to say much about in my articles. Using a very old technique called whole-sign houses, I am able to cast an actual chart and read that chart just like I would if you were sitting here.
For just $44, you get a reading that comes very close to a personal reading, containing much that a competent astrologer would say -- if they understood both the classical and modern astrology. This is the thing.
So much of what's happening now compels an understanding of contemporary developments in astrology. A minor planet that was discovered in 1999, and named a few weeks ago, fills in a missing piece of the puzzle in the current astrology. You can read about that here.
This reading, and my approach to by-sign readings, fills in a vast middle ground in astrology: we have horoscope columns (most of them irrelevant), we have blogs and newsletters (most of them speculative) and we have "prepared reports," drawn from a database by your birthdate, which if you were lucky were written fewer than 15 years ago.
The reading I'm offering now was done today, based on research I've been doing with my team all week and weekend -- and supported by my decades of work, writing, research and presenting in the astrology field.
I've included a graphic of the chart so you can see how sophisticated my approach is. In my presentation, though, I am speaking directly to you, in everyday language. You won't need a Ph.D. in astrology to understand this: you just need to be curious about yourself. You may appreciate the fact that I am direct and honest about relationships, sexuality and the social constructs that influence them -- a topic of vast importance today, and of interest to you. I cover much more than that, however.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- Today's New Moon in your sign is opening the way to both healing and a more pleasurable and creative life. These are closely related. Most people would be happier if they had access to their personal gifts, or were able to relax and have a good time. The opposite of depression is expression.
"Make some peace with what you really feel beneath the surface tension of appearances. The reason that staying superficial is so popular is because it negates feeling. Yet every facet of your astrology is saying it's essential to go deep -- and that depth is essential in feeling good about who you are, and discovering who you are."
-- 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 now.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- Today's New Moon occurs in the most sensitive angle of your solar chart, where you're revealed as an emotional and sensitive person. How do you relate to your needs and desires? What are your deepest fears? What is your dearest dream? Those are questions your astrology is now describing.
"You might think of Saturn as the one missing and necessary ingredient in Sagittarius. It's not an easy mix. It is, however, a imperative one, if you want to get anything done; if you want to claim your full personhood. To live free means to take up responsibility for your destiny."
-- 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 now.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- Something you experience or learn today has the power to change your perspective. Rare as they are, when these things happen, people often forget as fast as the idea or experience came on. You must notice and you must remember, and be a worthy teacher of a valuable insight that you gain.
"The thing is, your future self is not as easy to perceive as your past self. Every transit I've described adds up to you developing in ways that you simply cannot predict, and which therefore amount to a daunting unknown. In order to face who you are becoming, you must face that unknown."
-- 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 now.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Today's events may be the start of an entirely new phase of your career or professional life. Certainly, all the ingredients are assembled in the same place. Yet it will help considerably if you take a lighthearted approach to what you want to accomplish. You have the serious thing down pat.
"The fantasy is simple; you're in control. The reality is more complex; feelings are involved. I recommend trying anything that you're bringing out of fantasy at least three times before you make up your mind. Gradually work your way into it. Build your courage. Find the right people and persist in your experiment. Let curiosity drive you."
-- 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 now.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today's Moon-Sun conjunction in your fellow water sign Scorpio is a reminder that the world is not just your oyster, but a whole ocean for you to explore. Muster up your boldest sense of adventure, and resolve to do something you've never done: something big, which will change your life, and the world.
"There really is no mission, career or vocation: there is you, becoming who you are. I feel like I keep saying this, though this notion keeps coming up in your astrology. You're not really changing; rather, your inner essence is emerging in a way that is both unstoppable and undeniable. And this you can express as mission."
-- 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 now.
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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