Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas - The Week of November 10th, 2025: Rewinding and reviewing with Mercury and Jupiter

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

Episode 256In this podcast, New York Times best-selling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.The astrology of the week of November 10th, 2025, asks us to rewind and review. Jupiter (the planet of abundance) highlights where we’ve been growing and healing — and where we still need to level up. And Mercury (the planet of communication) backtracks over to Mars (the planet of action), stoking tensions and tricky — but necessary — conversations. Make room for thoughtful honesty and all the goodness that can come from it.This episode covers:The start of Jupiter’s retrograde on Tuesday, November 11thMercury Rx’s conjunction with Mars on Wednesday, November 12thThe Sun’s trine to Jupiter on Sunday, November 16thThis episode was recorded on 10/30/2025.For more, check out your free daily horoscope on the homepage of the CHANI app — now on iOS and Android.Want to know what Chani’s reading beyond the astro? Join her book club, The Next Chapter, to explore her favorite titles and build community around books that reckon with and reimagine the world we’re living in.P.S. If you’re looking for an astrological map, compass, and collaborator for the coming year, check out our 2026 Astro Planner. Packed with 300 pages of practical magic, it was crafted by a team of trained astrologers, which means it has everything you need to manifest your best year yet. Order yours at chani.com. But don’t snooze — it sells out every year.The music featured in the podcast was created by Latashá.

Three things about this week. One, we are reviewing the good that has been steadily growing in our life. We're reviewing it so we can understand what to keep nourishing and maybe what to let compost. Two, we are not arguing with trolls or bots. We're not doing it. Cut it out. Don't go there. Three, we're ending the week with a lot of confidence and optimism. I know. Who knew? So there's one other thing

that I want you to know. And that is that we have 12 all new sleep stories. Listen, if you've done the breakthrough course, you know how obsessed I am with good quality sleep. I don't even set an alarm personally. Since COVID, I have not set an alarm. And that's not because I should. quote unquote get up earlier than I do. It's because I believe every single moment of sleep is so deeply needed for my entire vessel, my brain, my body, my soul, everything. Like, if I don't sleep well, my brain doesn't work well, and then I am useless throughout the day. So sleep is like my number one. I listen to things before I go to sleep or as I'm going to sleep or to put me back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night as I do so often now.

especially at this age. And because of that, I know what it's like to need something to listen to. So what we did is we recorded 12 new sleep stories, all based on the 12 different zodiac signs. So I take you on a journey to the temple of each sign. And we go through the properties and the feelings and the qualities of each sign. And I hope you get the best sleep as a result. Hello and welcome. This is the Astrology of the Week Ahead podcast. I'm your host, your Astro-Besty Channie Nicholas. In this episode, we are talking about the week of November 10th. Y'all, Mercury is very retrograde. Mercury is very retrograde and Mercury and Mars are coming together. Mercury is backing up into Mars and Mars is moving forward into Mercury. The thing to remember about

Mercury is it's only as, like, jazzed as whoever it's hanging out with. Mars and Sagittarius is super jazzed. It goes forth at a great gallop. Why? Because Sagittarius is a sign whose style is to move with great confidence and bravado. Sometimes, especially when Mars is there. So Mars is doing its job, which is moving. which is creating conflict and a little chaos in the sign of Sagittarius in that kind of style.

So it's going to do it quickly. It's going to gallop forward with whatever it's doing. And that is what Mercury retrograde is picking up on. So a general theme for Mercury and Mars colliding coming together is that Mercury is going to be announcing Mars-type issues. What does Mars do? Mars does conflict. Mars is like, oh, you believe that? Well, I believe this. Cool. Let's spar. Especially in Saj,

because Sajj is a double-bodied sign. There's going to be a lot of, well, this, well, that kind of sentiments. There's not one answer. There's not like one right answer here. There's a lot of different things going on at the same time. It's a very mixed bag. So this is the thing. Mercury is retrograde. This is a good time for us to review something. This is a good time for us to go back to something we were doing before. This is a good time to be like, hold on. I never got back to you. I never closed the loop on that thing. Wait, what did you say the bill was? Hold on. What am I responsible for? How did we say this was going to work? We've got to go back and figure out what systems, what accounting, what formulas, what translations are not translating, are not working, are not correct. Because Mercury

does not great in Sagittarius in terms of clarity and facts and specificity, it's going to meander around the subjects that it's trying to fix with great gusto. So as we are backing up into understanding the things that don't work in our life, we are going to have to meet some kind of conflict or we're going to have to have some kind of hard conversation. We're going to have to say the thing that is challenging to say, or deal with the facts and the data that is hard to understand, hard to deal with something that we wish wasn't true. We are going to be declaring what it is we need, want what the truth is, what our truth is, and that might cause some kind of division in our life. But that's what clarity does. That's what truth does. If we do it

with kindness, and I think clarity is kindness. I think without clarity, without truth, we cannot actually be kind. We're just kind of manipulating each other and hoping we'll get away with everything. So this is like, okay, I have to say this thing. It's going to separate us or it's going to separate me from these people or me from this situation. But that's the reality. That's the truth. So can I deal with that? And then there's this other thing where it's like, we might be going back to something. We might have to be reviewing something. And whatever we're talking about, we should lead with a lot of passion. But if people seem already agitated and irate, let our passion fuel something that can be remedial

to that. What I'm saying is this. On Wednesday, everyone might be so agitated. They don't even care about what you're talking about. On Wednesday, we might just be like kind of up to here. We might have had it. That's what happens midweek. That's like the major point of focus for the week. But it's sandwiched with some really lovely marks. On one hand, on Tuesday, there is a mark of nurturance and care

of reviewing the things that we want to grow in our life. Jupiter stations retrograde. This is not a big deal. It's not a big deal for Jupiter to be retrograde because basically Jupiter is retrograde half the year always. So it being retrograde isn't a big deal. But what happens when it stations retrograde is that it pulls focus. So the weak-ish that it stations retrograde, there's going to be a focus on Jupiter and Cancer themes. Like feeding people, like making sure people have food. If that's food stamps, then that's food stamps. What are we doing to make sure people are fed and nourished and have the nutrients they need. What are we doing en masse as a collective, no matter what the powers that be are doing,

what are we doing on mass as a collective to make sure that mutual aid is a part of our everyday life? How am I making sure that my neighbors down the street, across the street, beside me, across town, have what they need? That's how we build a really strong society. that's how we build a really strong community. That's how we build a really strong framework. Because if we are all fed and we all feel like we're cared for, we're going to want to feed and care for those that aren't that are right beside us.

It is something that, you know, is its own positive feedback loop. So because part of Jupiter and cancer significations are about uprisings and are about people coming together and being like, hey, this needs to happen. And because there's possibly some stories out there about people, governments not feeding their people or interrupting how people get fed, maybe administering subsidies to giant food corporations, but not feeding its people, not making sure that its people are being fed, things like that. I wonder if this week kind of coalesces is a week we coalesce. We gather around something to do with how people are being nourished, fed. It also has a lot to do with reproduction, folks that are pregnant, folks that do give birth.

There's a focus here on cancer themes, right? Cancer is about nourishment and feeding and what is gestating because Jupiter is exalted there. It is a good signature. but I think, you know, having lived out half of the year, what we've seen that's positive that is connected to this signature is, again, people uprising, people pouring onto the streets and being like, you cannot take my neighbors, you cannot abduct and and kidnap and and disappear people. These are my neighbors. This is my community. And we've seen that across. the United States. We've seen uprisings like, you know, saying that we will not have kings, really across the world. So there is a lot of outpouring and there's a lot of uprising that has been happening in the year 2025. Who knew? The stars did. The planets did. But because Jupiter stationing retrograde, I think collectively for all of us to be thinking about like, okay, what are some real next steps here? If we are in a situation collectively that is untenable

and where people are suffering, then why would I invest in the holiday season in like normal every day? Like everything's fine, capitalism. Why wouldn't I instead invest in things that are actually trying to generate community wealth and well-being? For example, it's going to be like a different type of holiday season, I think. Okay, for you personally, Jupiter stationing retrograde signals a moment for you to be like, okay, how have I grown this year with Jupiter and cancer? Where is cancer in your chart? I need you to go listen to your reading. I need you to go read, reread your Jupiter and Cancer horoscope. I need you to understand where Jupiter is in your chart and how it's trying to encourage you to grow, how it's trying to foster. How it's trying to foster.

a kind of nourishment and sustenance in your life. The other day, we were talking, my wife and I were talking, and I was like, you know, I don't know how Jupiter and Cancer really helped me. And she was like, oh, really? And I was like, yeah, I don't know, I guess. And I was, you know, talking about the last time Jupiter was in cancer and what happened for me. And she was like, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. And eventually I was like, what do you think? Because when she does that, I always know she's got something. She's got something up her sleeve. She knows something I don't, which is most of the time.

And she was like, well, as soon as Jupiter went into cancer, you did that, da, da, da, da, and she listed this whole thing out for me. She like clearly articulated all of the things in my life that have catapulted me into like a new type of life. She was like, you literally changed your whole. whole life or your whole life shifted and opened up in all of these ways. She listed all of these things exactly when Jupiter entered cancer. And I was like, oh yeah. So all that to say, you might not remember or have a perspective on yourself in your life. So if you need a little

extra help, I hope you have somebody as wise as my wife is in your life that can reflect to you, a therapist, a teacher, your bestie, your cousin, whoever is like close to you and knows you and tracks you, go to them and be like, okay, since June, do you know anything in my life that has helped me or has been better, has been a positive kind of mark? Like what has happened since June that has given me hope or that has helped me to flourish or helped me to experience life in a way that has been really positive for me? And again, if you know the part of your chart that Jupiter is in right now, that Jupiter is transiting through right now. It will help you tremendously because the house that it's in will describe the area of life that you've been going through this

growth-enhancing signature with. And it can be, again, very helpful to get some outside perspective on what has been happening internally. Because even when you're an astrologer and you talk about it all day long to everyone, you still miss how it has. happens in your own life. Like here I am being ungrateful for the ways in which Jupiter's transit through cancer has monumentally shifted myself, my life, my happiness meter is like through the charts. Like, you know, life is still hard and the world is still a garbage dumpster nightmare fire. But I have so much more joy and so many more blessings in my life and so much has opened up to me literally since June. Like June is a literal marker of like, oh yeah, that a lot has

come to pass, come to bear fruit. It's been really good. So I'm really glad I got that perspective because it helped me kind of like straighten up and straighten up maybe isn't the right. It helped me be more aware of the gifts that I have, of the abundance in my life. We're grateful, honestly, and to be grateful for the specificity of this Jupiter transit. Okay, so that happens Tuesday, but it's really like a whole vibe for really like the months of November because Jupiter's slowing down, stationing retrograde. And now it's going to backtrack in the part of your tribe that contains cancer. So we're going to review, okay, what is grown?

Do we like this growth? Where did it get like overgrown? Like where do we need to maybe like cut it back, trim it? Or I don't need to water that so much. Or maybe that's a little too much. fertilizer. Like, I just need to chill out in this area of my life, but I could start watering over here. I could start growing over here. Or what do I want to do with this growth? This is a good time to start reviewing. Jupiter's going to be retrograde now for many months to come. It won't

station direct until mid-March of 2026. So it's a long review. We're not going to review things every single day, but this is a general theme of like, okay, go back a little, let me review things, how do we want to reorient so that the growth is happening along the lines of what feels like, yes, let's grow this. This is the thing that I want to grow. And then on Sunday, the sun makes a trine to Jupiter. And Sunday is ruled by the sun. The sun rules Sunday.

Sun, Sunday. So it's just this really nice confidence boosting, mood lifting kind of signature. It's super quick. It is not long lasting. Enjoy the delights of Sunday. The sun is still in Scorpio. It'll shift into Saj next week. So enjoy the depth. Enjoy the mystery. Enjoy the intensity, but also enjoy whatever is nourishing right now. The sun always trans Jupiter when Jupiter stations retrograde. It's just the natural kind of setup of things. So it's also just a

signal that Jupiter is stationing. And it is, again, something that feels like a mood boosting lift. Now we're going to move into our Ask Me Anything of which I have a question that one of you recorded. Thank you so much. You can record your question in the app. Okay, Astro Bestie, what do you want to know? Hey, Chani, thank you so much for your podcast. I've learned so much from you. You've talked a lot about the importance of the planet that rules the sign of your

ascendant in your birth chart and in the overall arc of your life. But can you talk more about the importance or lack of importance of your charts? rulers transits through the houses in your chart. Thank you so much. Okay, I think what this question is asking, I think it's saying, okay, for example, I'm a Gemini rising. Mercury rules my ascendant. Mercury rules my rising sign. Mercury is the planet that steers the direction of my life. Mercury, if I'm a Gemini or a Virgo rising, becomes so, so, so important in my chart. Why? Because it steers the direction of my life. So I want to know what house and what sign Mercury is in because the house that it's in is a part of the world, a part of my life that I need to venture into in order

to feel like I am living a life of purpose. It is a shortcut. It is a hack. It is like if you're confused, go read about the ruler of your ascendant in the Chiani app. Find out where it is, what area of life it's in. It will tell you so much about where you need to go, how you need to get there and what will bring you a sense of meaning and purpose and honestly joy in your life. So there's that piece of it. And this question I think is saying, okay, so if Mercury is the steers person of my life, if it steers the ship of my life, then does it matter where it is in the sky at any given time? Yes and no. A of all, if your ruling planet is Mercury or the moon or the sun, those planets or luminaries move really quickly. Sometimes Venus moves really quickly,

too. So Mercury is going to like zip through things. But you might notice that Mercury retrogrades are, and they happen regularly three, if not four times a year, that Mercury retrogrades are specifically important periods for you. Not bad, not good, just like times where you go deep with something. And yes, when Mercury comes back into your first house or back into the signs that it does well in, it will feel good for you. Now, for people who have like Capricorn or Aquarius rising, Saturn's the ruler of your ascendant. And whatever it's doing, yeah, is important. Wherever it's transiting in your chart is important. And because those transits take longer, it's going to be a slower reveal. The main thing I'm concerned with is when planets transit the ruler of your

ascendant. So say you have Gemini or Virgo rising. I want to know what planets are transiting your Mercury. So what planets out in the sky right now are at the same point or at a point in the sky that's in a relationship aspect to your Mercury. So is Jupiter trining your Mercury right now? That would be a really significant boost for you. That would be important. Is Saturn conjunct your Mercury right now? That would be really important. I want to know when planets are transiting. the most important planets in your chart, especially when they're transiting the ruler of your ascendant. Why? Because that is the planet that steers the direction of your life. So if Saturn is conjunct the steers person, Saturn, the planet that feels hefty and heavy and like an obstacle,

this might be a moment where you feel like really held in place and you're like, what is going on? Like Saturn's opposing your moon and you're a cancer rising. Like that is an important moment for you. it's going to feel more intense than if you weren't a cancer rising, most likely. And then if like an outer planet like Uranus is like square your Mars and you are a Scorpio rising or an Ares rising, that is going to feel like there's a big change that's happening to the course of your life or to your life direction. It doesn't mean you go in a totally radically different direction, although maybe. But it means that there's something happening with the steers,

person of your vehicle of your life. Like, say you're driving a car and all of a sudden somebody that's sitting right next to you blast like the loudest, most disturbing music possible. That's going to like change the way you're driving the car. It might even get you to like jolt around a little bit. That's what a transit is like to the planet that steers the helm that's at this, that's at the helm that's the steers person of your chart of your life. The planet that rules your ascendant is driving your life forward. So we want to know where it's going. But we want to know what planets are momentarily impacting it.

Because if it's like, you know, Neptune, is it intoxicating the steers person? Is it like, is there fog all of a sudden? Is it confusing you? Is it, if it's Venus, it'll be quick, most likely, unless Venus is retrograde? But is it bringing you somebody is like somebody coming into the front seat that's like, hey, you're doing amazing. I love what you're wearing. You smell good.

Like, that's every planet has its own vibe. So I want to know the planets that are impacting the ruler of your ascendant. And you can find that out really quickly by going to the Chani app and looking in the transit section and just scanning it and being like, okay, Venus rules my rising sign rules my ascendant. So is anything connected to my Venus right now? is anything transiting my Venus right now? And then if you find something, you'll be like, okay, that planet, the nature of that planet is impacting the ways in which my life is being driven forward or the ways in which I'm driving my life forward or the ways in which I'm finding this path, right? Like it colors the ways in which the road appears or the environment,

the weather, say. Okay, I hope that's helpful. And yes, it matters where that planet is as it's transiting through things. You might notice more or less that you do well when your planet out there is doing well, kind of divorced from how it's doing in your chart or what it's doing in your chart. But and also, again, cancer risings, Leo risings. And a lot of times Virgo and Gemini risings, those planets or those luminaries, they just move so fast. So like a cancer rising person, like the moon changes signs every two and a half days. So it's like it's kind of too much to keep up with. So it's not the best general rule, but you will hear me say in the readings, like if you're cancer rising and there's eclipses going on, chances are that's a big deal for

everybody. But, you know, the moon is, it's a lunar eclipse. Like, that might be an extra big deal. Or every full moon might be an extra big deal for you as a cancer rising because you're just kind of like tuned in to that kind of thing anyways. Okay, I hope that's helpful. please go to the app, go to the little menu thing, click on it and follow the directions and leave me a little voice memo, please, and thank you for doing it. Okay, y'all, that's it. Come back next week because if this week lands or ends on a confident vibe, next week is total chaos. Next week, there's a new moon in Scorpio, which I love. It's always a little extra intense, a new moon and Scorpio. But and also, there is a opposition with Uranus between the sun and Mercury and the moon and Uranus. So it is a shock

and awe kind of week. It is an awakening. There's also a Mercury Kazimi. So there is a very, very poignant, loud, maybe even rude truth that comes to light next week, it's going to be very obvious whatever it is we haven't been listening to or we need to listen to or whatever kind of secrets get revealed. It kind of feels like that next week, which I don't even know if I want to know any more secrets, but here we are. Here we go. Here we go. We'll go there together. All right. I'm sending you so much love. So many blessings. Thanks for joining. Bye for now.