November 2011 AstroInfluences

Monthly column highlighting this month's Astro InformationHappy Birthday Scorpio and Sagittarius

WELCOME TO THE WILD HATTERS RIDE Solar eclipse, Mercury retrograde and planets moving FORWARD calling us to healing and compassionate action

WE begin this month using the energy of November’s gemstone which is the Aquamarine or Beryl.  Power colors great for us to be using now are  those passionate and Deep Reds and oranges of Passion and creativity.
November is the 11th month in a number 4 year making the energy this month 15 or 6 which is the number of love, service, compassion and opening to your destiny.

Planets are actors and the planets highlighted during this time are Jupiter which as it moves backwards in Taurus until December 25th, seems to be asking us, can we Believe (Jupiter) that our economy and our world will survive and we can still remain spiritual beings interested in the planet and each other?
Jupiter will remain in Taurus until next June when it enters Gemini, meanwhile many of your issues you will be dealing with shall be about Materialism, what you have, how much you need, and FAITH that we will be provided with what we need, or you can always fall into the Lack and fear mode, my advice since Jupiter supersizes the sign it is in, maybe our lesson now is  to BELIEVE and know that all we need is here we maybe just need to think of some new ways to manifest what is here.
The other main theme to me now is the asteroid Ceres (nurturing our planet in the sign of Pisces) on the 6th moving forward, saying, lets get going with this… added to Neptune moving direct on the 9th at 28 Aquarius  and Chiron on the 10th of this month at 0 degrees of Pisces .
We are surely being asked to look at some : Neptune in Aquarius issues of the GOOD of the all, and Chiron in Pisces, can we heal the world:    Adding to the very intense energy in what is normally a bit of pull back time of the year is..  Mercury moving retrograde in the sign of our OWN truth Sagittarius and not moving direct until  December 13th.
Retrograde planets kind of take a vacation and when they move direct, wow…we now get the full force, thus you may under stand the Wild hatters ride statement above.  Much of this time is about trying to move within ourselves and find our own truth.
SUN IN Scorpio until the 22nd when the Light (the sun) moves to Fiery Sagittarius and we are asked even more powerfully to go inwards and find some of these answers without our own souls.  The mind seems a bit kind of out of it this month and you may find emotions and FEELINGS, intuition and voices of spirit much more satisfying than trying to sit down and Figure it out
This magical energy of Intuition, vision and illusion (Neptune) and  (Chiron)  Bringing in our Dreams and intuition into the  of healing ourselves and the world is going to be your overwhelming motivator for the next couple of years.  So, the question  is can you just sit quietly and ask.  (AM I OK?)  and you will HEAR yes you are ok.  Then if we can turn off the monkey mind and the chatter we are going to have a wonderful ride this month.
How we encounter this energy and use it is to BELIEVE and begin to create a new reality within our minds, and then open our hearts to the recognition that we are truly one and all in this together and we are ok.  We need to recognize that we can heal and there are others who will need our help and others who we will receive assistance from and be willing to open to this next step for ourselves and the planet.   We must stop looking at those outside of self as others and recognize our connections.
The sun shining in the sign of Powerful and emotionally connected Scorpio until the 22nd  is asking us to encounter the passions within ourselves and says that only by really feeling what is happening within our selves can we change external circumstances in our lives.  The theme of Scorpio is  “I CREATE WITH FEELINGS”  and this fixed water sign is symbolized by the Scorpion, the eagle and the Phoenix.   SO we all are encountering the resourceful and powerful energy of recreating ourselves if we are willing to do the work.
WE also have a strong energy of REVIEWING our lives, options and a strong need to now really get to work Manifesting our dreams into reality with the full moon, releasing time on the 10th of November.  This full moon  is in the fixed signs of Scorpio and Taurus and asks us to look at how we feel and what are we holding onto (fixed on) which is hurting us and to eliminate it over the next 2 weeks.  the 18 degrees full moon indicates a 9 of endings to me

23 degrees of Aquarius says, IMAGINE and BELIEVE and heal, and what you are looking for is coming very soon.  My theme with people is that you cannot usually FEAR unless you are thinking of something you do not want to happen and why would you do that
The really big news is something that for some of you may be a bit difficult to understand but Mars the planet of action, and passion, war and energy normally remains in a sign for 1 and 1/2 months.  Mars enters the sign of Virgo on the 10th of November not to leave this sign until  July 3rd 2012.  What this means to me is that we need to move from the lower vibration of Virgo  (all signs have high vibrations and low ones, e mail and I will send you the list)  The higher vibration of Virgo is healing, and wholeness. the lower can be fear and nitty picky or largely this sign can tend to self criticize until it moves into a paralyzed or victimization state.  With Mars, action, retrograde in this sign we are all given the opportunity where Virgo is in our charts to CREATE WHOLENESS:
After the 22nd  when the sun moves to Sagittarius the energy shifts to a lighter and more free theme.   Sagittarius is FIRE and mutable in nature and when planets enter this sign often we lighten up and are more open to new options.

The Colors of Sagittarius are Purple and deep colors of blues.  Keywords for this time are freedom-loving, truth, optimistic, aspiring to higher awareness and can also be a bit dogmatic in a belief that there is only one truth.
Topaz is a wonderful stone to connect you to this powerful time of intensity and knowing your own truth..  Topaz is worn to radiate the gift of light that dispels the darkness and ignorance.  The topaz is said to calm anger in the wearer and light a path through the darkness.   I see Golden or lighter citrine as the poor mans Topaz and it works well also
Dark of the moon magical intention  dates are the 22nd which carries some very POWERFUL energy of healing and intuition, the 23rd  with not quite such an easy energy as Mercury moves retrograde in Sagittarius and the Moon is in Scorpio on these days.
On the 24th at 10:10pm PDT we have a NEW MOON SOLAR ECLIPSE at 3 degrees of Sagittarius   The Sabian symbol for this is (2 men playing chess) what this means is that since Eclipses set up a vibrational energy which lasts 6 months.  We shall be watching negotiations and some game playing for the next 6 months.   Recognize that this is a rather peaceful degree, and maybe one which the universe is delivering us to show us what really is going on in world events, finances, and politics.
This new moon  SOLAR ECLIPSE seed planting time happens and  Now energy begins to INCREASE as the moon grows larger in the night sky and we are connected more powerfully to inner knowing, guides and angels.
Use Kindness and understanding with self and others this month.  You are in charge, you can  control this energy and turn it to hope, and joy and love, rather than your fears, or anger controlling you.   I see huge transformations for us all during this month.
Saturn  now in the sign of Libra (relationships and balance) and Uranus (in Aries asking us to BE TRUE TO self and make our changes inwards, so that we can bring our gifts to the world: Squaring Pluto in Capricorn which is calling for DEEP SYSTEMIC changes in our political and world system will be with us for many years.
Nothing will be built in a day, but  lets create our new future with out  dreams and  by imagination and vision)   , so SEE< feel and KNOW what you desire to happen, and then, with EARTH energy we do have to do some work to make it happen don’t we?  I believe in magical thinking and also rolling up our sleeves for 2012 and elections and world changes which will set our future in motion and create the world we will be needing to live with for the next many years.
I see many changes to the world and to ourselves happening by first Going inwards and healing the past in order to have a healthy future is the only answer for how to make any of this work.   Stop…take a look in the mirror Please and begin there…
And if you are not willing to transform, which seems to be the word of the month, how about we think about reviewing how we are feeling about our lives and see what needs transforming?   and For other articles pertaining to the planets shifting, and more, please visit my website at

http;//www.carolbarbeau.com  Namaste

Carol Barbeau   carolastro@carolbarbeau.com  carolastro@carolbarbeau.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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