Today is Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. This is going to be an interesting week. Yes, we said that last week, and the week before and the week before. Once again it’s true. It’s an especially interesting week for a holiday where many families get together — it may be the kickoff of the Occupy Your Family of Origin movement. The astrology is so in your face this week that someone, somewhere is going to stroll up to their parents’ television blaring out FOX News and turn the thing off, or switch it to MSNBC. Under this astrology even the turkeys could rise from the dead and stage a revolt.
Three things happen this week, or you could say three clusters of things.
First and most immediately, the Sun enters Sagittarius. The change from Scorpio to Sagittarius is one of the most palpable of the lot, when the sign of emotional fixity bursts into the sign of cosmic fire. The Sun slips into its new sign making a trine to Uranus in Aries, opening the flow of energy and joining many other planets in Sagittarius — especially Venus conjunct the Galactic Core. The Moon is conjunct Saturn at the time of the Sun’s ingress. That’s the grounding piece. So much of this chart is about impetuous fire or an unusual cosmic light pouring through the parted clouds. But the Moon conjunct Saturn in an air sign is mental ballast, providing reference points and clarity.
Mercury goes retrograde on Thanksgiving Day. Mercury being the planet of conversation, merchants and Tourette’s Syndrome, you just may find yourself saying things you thought you would regret but which leave you feeling somehow ecstatic once you say them. Easily, a million people could come out to their families this holiday. You might find yourself saying literally anything.