News about money has been bringing all kinds of shocks and surprise, and a case in point was likely news you received at the new moon last month, October 19. You won’t have any more financial surprises for a long while – you now know the score. From now on, you will need to simply deal with what you discovered last month and build a strategy for moving forward.

There is no doubt that you are spending more money this month than usual, but it appears you have a plan and a purpose. This trend started last month on October 22 and will continue until December 9, and then tone down. This is good timing because you need to get as much signed, sealed, purchased, and delivered this month as is possible and plan to take it easy in December.

I say that because Mercury will be retrograde December 3 to 22, a trend that affects everyone, but you and Gemini more than most, because you both have Mercury as your ruler. You need to shop for holiday gifts in November, so start with the children on your list – they are fun to buy for, and besides, little munchkins are excited about the gifts they will receive. They have been good all year in anticipation of the coming holidays. Next, shop for the electronics you want to give the adults or teens on your list. You cannot shop when Mercury is retrograde. Don’t sign any contracts, if possible, and if you absolutely have the choice, sign at the end of the retrograde, not as you are going into it in early December.

The full moon in Taurus, 12 degrees, will light your ninth house of travel on November 3/4, so you may be returning home from a distant city, or you may be flying out to an overseas or very distant location but planning to return within days. This will be a very lucky trip for you. Neptune will be in ideal angle to the Sun and full moon, suggesting that you may be having a romantic holiday, or even be on a honeymoon.

This full moon will also be ideal for publishing or broadcasting endeavors, and for advancing higher education goals. If you need to take legal action on any goal, you can do so at this full moon and expect good results. Pluto will also offer a hand from your house of true love, another indication you might want to go on a private tiny trip for the two of you, before the holidays are upon you. Pluto will also stimulate your creativity now to a very high degree.

Always take an action related to the topics ruled by the house where the new moon falls. Do so within the week or ten days after the new moon appears, for if you do, you will capture the strength of the new moon, and this new moon can affect you positively for a full year, until the next new moon comes in Scorpio to refresh this one. This is all predicated on the fact that you must take an action within a week after the new moon arrives.

If your birthday falls on September 4, plus or minus four days, you will feel this full moon very directly. The same is true if you have the moon in Virgo at 12 degrees, or a natal planet in Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn, Pisces, or Scorpio at plus or minus five degrees.

One of your very favorite days of the month will be November 13, when Venus will align with Jupiter, a once a year event. Venus and Jupiter always meet in a different sign, and this year it’s Scorpio. This is a day to circle in red, for it’s a five-star day. Even though it’s a Monday, see if you can use it to celebrate love, or find new love. The golden beams of this day will be strong, and you will feel the energy of this lovely configuration over the weekend of November 11-12, another sensational time to travel. Again, your ability to think, speak, write, and persuade will be high, and your natural charm will get you far.

Planets are gathering in your third house of communication in anticipation of the new moon, November 18 in Scorpio 26 degrees. This will be a happy moment of the year, for Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will be now ensconced in this house, orbiting close to the Sun, to be joined by Venus and your ruler, Mercury, too. It would be such a happy time, and ideal for starting work writing a novel, screenplay, book of poems, or other topic. If you are an editor, the project might now be a big one. If you are self-employed, you may want to launch an advertising or social media campaign that you designed and approved earlier in the month – do so after November 18.

The annual meeting of Jupiter and Venus on November 13 will be your glitter day,
and both heavenly bodies will meet in your third house, a place in the chart ruling communication and travel. Your creativity will be stimulated to a high order.

If you have an idea for an app, sign the work order and get the team working on it. Do you want to launch a TV show or podcast? The new moon November 18 will open the door to opportunity. Travel is again indicated, but this time you would go a shorter distance than you seem to have taken previously. In fact, you may be buzzing around the neighborhood. You will be very busy, just the way you like things to be.

If your birthday falls on September 18, plus or minus five days, you will feel this new moon the most, and be able to take full advantage of it in a very direct way. The same is true if you have the natal moon in Virgo, Taurus, or Capricorn within five degrees of 26 degrees, or if you have a natal planet in Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn, Cancer, or Scorpio 26 degrees, also plus or minus five degrees.

Over the past three years, something about your home or family situation (possibly involving a parent) has been worrisome or burdensome. You are at the end of a long and challenging period. You learned a great deal, and your parent is impressed and grateful for how you handled all that life threw your way since December 2014. You will see this situation thaw noticeably after next month, when Saturn finally departs this portion of your chart. Saturn brings life lessons, so you may have purchased a house (or rented your first apartment if you are young). Or, you may have learned how to best care for a parent you love and who desperately needed your care. For whatever reason, life improves now – perhaps other members of your family will help you out, or if the mortgage was high and you struggled to keep up, you will get a hefty raise that makes all the difference. For whatever reason, life will get freer, lighter, and brighter, just when you thought that was not possible.

Summary

As a Virgo, you are known to have exceptional communication skills, as writer, editor, translator, researcher, Internet code engineer, or speaker, and this month you will see that those skills will be in hot demand. You may assume your abilities are nothing special, but you will soon see that you stand out, and that honing them will lead to long-term job security. The full moon will bring one such communication project to a finish within four days of November 4. You may sell a manuscript to your publisher, or hand in an important paper, possibly your thesis, to your professor. The full moon of November 3/4 will be very favorable to you, for it falls in Taurus, a compatible earth sign like your Virgo Sun.

This full moon of November 3/ 4 will be beautifully oriented to Neptune, so your work would likely be described as highly creative and beautifully, lyrically expressed. It may be a body of poems or your work on a screenplay, for your words appear to be very cinematic, moving, and poetic in style. Pluto’s involvement also points to a project that can transform those who read or view your work to another time or place. The events of this full moon can become a jewel in your crown. Publishers and broadcasters will be impressed, and now your work may come to the attention of people abroad.

This month also brings the annual event of Jupiter aligned to Venus on November 13, and both heavenly bodies will meet in Scorpio your third house, a place in the chart ruling all the areas discussed, communication and travel. Again, your creativity will be stimulated to a high order, so by all means, think about the type of projects you’d like most to be given. If you need to brush up your work by taking a class in creative writing, as one example, you can, for the ninth house, so lit up, also rules campus study. January would be an ideal time to start your class.

If you want to travel a short distance before the winter holidays arrive, you will have an option now to do so. For the most fun, leave town over the weekend of November 11-12, and if you have a vacation day coming, include Monday, November 13. Your trip will be heavenly, and if you have a partner, enchantingly romantic. Adding extra sweetness to this entire long weekend will be the transiting moon in Virgo, allowing you to get things precisely “perfect” – a Virgo word if there ever was one.

The accent on communication will ratchet up another notch in the days following the new moon, November 18. It appears your past performance has earned you the chance to tackle more important projects that will also rely on your grace and skill with words. You may be working on a novel or screenplay, and if so, either would have your trademark style. Or, it may be that your work will have to do with a legal, law-and-order case or a research documentary project, due to the predominance of Pluto at the new moon. Your stars show you have the versatility to work in either area.

You can shine now in all sorts of communication projects, including speaking engagements or publicity on TV, so pick your project and give it all you have to give. You don’t have to rush – your new projects might take you weeks, months or even a full year to complete, but the entire time, you will have Jupiter, the good fortune planet, at your side, guiding your project to success until November 2018, a year from now. Take whatever time the project dictates, for this project may earn you an award, greater income, and a higher level of respect in your industry. You are entering a glorious time to simply be you.

One last word: Mercury rules Virgo, and Mercury will slow down and go out of phase in retrograde motion from December 3 to 22. Shop now for all the things you need, and hand in all key manuscripts now, rather than in December. You may overlook a typo or misspelling that spell check won’t catch, so have a second pair of eyes have a look at any key work you hand in this month to avoid redo’s next month.

Venus in Scorpio is very compatible with your Sun in Virgo, so your allure will be high. You can shop for new things and see about improving and modernizing your appearance.