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The Hudson River (brackish estuary) at Kingston Point. Far in the background is the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge, a major crossing. Photo by Eric.
Monthly Horoscope for November and Scorpio — Looking up from The Awakening
Greetings from a cool, clear upstate afternoon:
I’m happy to say that as the Sun entered Scorpio, I’m fully involved with The Awakening annual readings. This is a book-length project that I will wrap in about two months, so I’ll be writing shorter articles in service of getting these readings into your hands. And when I’m done writing, I’ll be doing the audio readings, which are an entirely fresh look at the astrology, after investing about 85,000 words writing about it.
Why all the work? Why the care and attention to detail? If nobody has said this before, astrology has the ability to mislead people, and give them ideas about themselves that are not true. Therefore, I take precautions, which include thoughtful phrasing of my words and a truly circumspect view.
Every year is special. Every year brings something unusual. However, the astrology of 2025-26 makes that of 2020 seem like a Boy Scout camping trip. For reference, I’ve been studying events back to the 15th century (and, working with Kirsti Melto, our research goes back to 1 BC, if that tells you anything).
Will that help you get a date, improve your health or build your business? I don’t know, but one gift of astrology is context. And context always helps. Without it there is no meaning. Astrology frames issues like nothing else can, seeing in all directions (12 signs) and encompassing all issues (12 houses).
Remnants of the Hutton Brickyard at Kingston Point, where many different companies made bricks to supply New York City continually from 1865 to 1980.
Where We Are At Today
I’ll have more details in the STARCAST above but here is the executive summary. We have moved past a tremendous amount of turbulent astrology in 2024, including one of the most over-the-top eclipse sets I can remember (April and October).
The world is hanging on the edge right now. There is an election that’s being presented as a sports event, with a world war percolating, an economy that goes from bubble to bubble, food prices increasing, global temperatures rising and plastic infiltrating everything we eat.
I propose the quest is to get through the day feeling as good as you can without lapsing into total denial. There is little we can do for “the world itself” but there is much we can do in our relationships, in our families and for our friends.
The Awa introduces the events of 2025 and catches up on the astrology leading to them. This eBook is the “reference reading” for The Awakening readings and is delivered now with any pre-order.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — What does it mean to ‘get a new start’? It’s about making a decision followed by changing your approach to your existence. This includes how you see yourself and see the world. Learning is the discovery that something is possible, which means possible for you. Then you would live that way. You seem be at a crux point, where you’ve had enough of something — in yourself. There’s an emotional approach that’s easy for you to slip into that leaves no room for love, for self-respect, or for something to be possible that wasn’t possible yesterday. This has something to do with resentment. Now, you might think that doesn’t apply to you. The most dependable metric here is guilt, which is resentment turned on itself. If you want to make a choice, and you feel guilty about it, that’s about resentment. You have a diversity of options for how to work this out, but you would have to want to — and you would have to choose. You’d need to not be attached to your own bitterness, or your own expectations of others. One possibility is to take a more spiritual approach, which actually means putting things in God’s hands. Another is to recognize the conditioning of your family to be, well, just like them, and in effect, not be yourself. You could also express yourself. You could say what you mean, and mean what you say at all times. You can refuse to stuff your feelings back into your body. You actually can.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — The tendency of Sagittarius to conceal its true sexual nature would seem, on the surface, to be about maintaining the appearance of integrity. You really don’t want to be known as a saucy or promiscuous person with relentless curiosity about many people. Yet the location of Scorpio in your solar chart — right before your sign — is saying that concealing yourself will not work. This is the 12th house, the place where, for everyone, their desires are swept, usually never to see the light of day (or of the night). However, having Scorpio here is just too much to contain: your passion and emotions, your drive to connect, and wanting to go deep into experimental places. You know you’re a visitor here, and showed up to have the experiences available only on Earth. Exploring your full erotic spectrum is one of them. Yet it’s difficult to get past the moralism, religiosity and BS traditionalism that have been flogged into us since childhood. But sex is not a moral issue. Controls imposed by various power authorities, from parents to the government, are not about right or wrong but rather their convenience. If you’re connected to your feelings, your curiosity and your passion, you are more difficult for people like teachers to manage. Those who live full-spectrum won’t be content with littleness, or with people telling them what to do. If you want to live boldly, let yourself out — all of you. Love yourself for doing it. Honesty is the only requirement.
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