November Sky: The Surface of Darkness with Inner Light

The Powerful Scorpio and the Shadow Goddess Lilith

At the beginning of November, the sky map is dominated by the intense, emotionally deep energy of the Scorpio sign. Currently, the Sun, Mars, and the Black Moon Lilith are traveling here. Although Mars will leave Scorpio on November 4, Venus will join from November 7, followed later by retrograde Mercury. Such a planetary cluster in one sign always acts concentratively, like X-ray light highlighting everything that has been unseen until now.

Scorpio Season is associated with the intersection of life and death, light and darkness, consciousness and the subconscious, when the veil between worlds thins, the boundary between rational and intuitive perception blurs, between mind, heart, and soul. We begin to feel more than we understand, see deeper laws, dream symbolic dreams, hear the silence between words, intuition opens, memories, the voice of ancestors, the language of signs.

Lilith in Scorpio opens even deeper layers of the subconscious. She brings to the surface emotional nakedness, unrecognized fears and shames, hidden motives, themes of control, shadows of power, sexuality, and addictions. It becomes impossible to pretend: everything that was suppressed or denied begins to express itself in relationships and inner dialogues.

Scorpio energy is associated not only with intensity but also with transformation. It is a time of personal renewal and empowerment when cosmic permission is granted to stop being pleasing and start being honest and authentic. Thus, Scorpio symbolically invites us to dive deep not to get lost in darkness but to find light within it. Let us open to the depth of the heart and the light of intuition.

 

Full Moon in Taurus – Transformation of Values

The full Moon in Taurus on November 5 will highlight the tension between the themes of the Taurus-Scorpio axis – between stability and transformation, security and risk, attachment and release. This full Moon may raise questions about material and emotional security: what do we hold as our support, what is our value system, where are we overly attached to control or fear of loss? At the same time, it is a time when the desire to cleanse, liberate, and resist may arise. Let us open to the expansiveness of the heart – it holds much more.

 

Abundance of Retrograde Movements – Slowdown or Cosmic Review?

From November 9 to November 29, Mercury will move retrograde, first in Sagittarius, and from November 19 in Scorpio. This period may cause communication disruptions, travel delays, technical issues, errors in documents, or various misunderstandings. However, at the same time, this time will be valuable for internal insight arrangement, reviewing ideas and thoughts, checking plans or activities, and sorting out various started but unfinished matters.

From November 11 and Jupiter begins its retrograde movement in Cancer until March 26, 2026. It will encourage revisiting feelings and security, family and roots, belonging and home, national traditions, and homeland themes. This period is more suitable for internal growth than external expansion.

Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune continue to move retrograde, so the whole of November can be considered a “cosmic review.” Now is not the time to rush forward or start something; it would be better to turn simply to being. Let us open the heart’s being within ourselves.

 

The Darkest Time of November (Before the Snow)

Not only in nature, as sunlight diminishes, but also in the human world, November 18-21 can become a gloomy and challenging period. The Sun’s conjunction with Lilith in Scorpio may activate a subconscious storm: resistance to power or authority structures, authorities, causing internal or external “explosions,” chaos. Symbolically, the brightest light and the darkest shadow, consciousness and instinct, unite. This may be a time of inner confrontation – between who we want to be and what still hides deeply unrecognized. At the same time, the Sun’s opposition to Uranus may cause surprises, tension, restlessness, breakthroughs of the desire to break free, anxiety about stability. Because of these aspects, we may need to summon all our courage to look at our inner reactions and allow as much life itself to flow through. There will be as much light here as we allow ourselves to acknowledge the truth and experience authenticity.

This period coincides with the waning phase of the Moon, when lunar energy decreases and tension accumulates, so we may face an emotionally turbulent week. Although the New Moon in Scorpio on November 20 will somewhat brighten the atmosphere, the New Moon will not be as typically “light and clear” a day because it forms a conjunction with the Black Moon Lilith. Thus, the period may be changeable, requiring attention, compassion, or conscious discipline. On the other hand, it can be a powerful time of liberation and energy recovery. Let us open to the infinity of heart experiences.

 

More Lightness and Inspiration

When the Sun moves into Sagittarius on November 22, the overall emotional background will begin to brighten. The intensity of Scorpio will gradually give way to inspiration, optimism, and a broader perspective. Sagittarius energy will encourage seeking meaning, direction, and faith again. In the last week of November, we will breathe after intense transformations and gradually turn to our goals and visions. Emotions seen and experienced will stabilize, and inner insights will allow planning the steps of new stages. Let us act trusting our heart’s frequency, our heart’s inspiration.

 

Wishing you light and harmony -
Astrologer Ieva