Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas - The Week of November 25th, 2024: Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in Sagittarius

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

Episode 206 Want to make 2025 your best year yet? Check out our brand-new, limited-edition 2025 Yearbook. Filled with 300+ pages of 2025 astro readings, rituals, affirmations, and activities for all 12 signs, this beautifully crafted print resource is designed to be your go-to guide for all things astro in 2025. You can order yours at chani.com. But word to the wise: Limited means limited, so act fast. In 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 25th, 2024, asks us to double-check our creations. When Mercury stations retrograde in Sagittarius, we’re tasked with reviewing the area of our lives it’s backtracking through. A few days later, the New Moon occurs in that same sign, calling us to reconsider and recommit to our next grand adventures. Let’s get into it. This episode covers: The start of Mercury’s retrograde on Monday, November 25th The Sun’s trine to Mars on Wednesday, November 27th The New Moon in Sagittarius on Saturday, November 30th This episode was recorded on 09/30/2024. For more, check out your free daily horoscope on the homepage of the CHANI app — now on iOS and Android. The music featured in the podcast was created by Latashá.

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come 2025, because I think we're in for a lot of things. And I think a lot of things are going to change really quickly. So I will be recording them much closer to the time we are releasing them. But for now, I'm giving you the astrology in this next episode without knowing the reality. I hope some part of it still lands. And we're going to do our best to course correct as quickly as possible. I'm sending you so much love and solidarity. And I'll see you here now. Bye.

Hello and welcome. This is the astrology of the week ahead podcast. I am your host and your astrological bestie, Chani Nicholas. And we've got to talk about. the Mercury retrograde that we are now having as of Monday the 25th of November, which is the week that this podcast is talking about. If you're new here, welcome. We talk about the astrology of yes, the week ahead. And we talk about it in a way that is going to hopefully equip us with the tools we need to work through whatever astrological weather there is. Now, there's a

not only a Mercury stationing retrograde in Sagittarius this week, there's also a new moon in Sagittarius this week. Everything is happening in Sagittarius this week. So what does that mean? Well, let's talk about Saj for a minute, shall we? Sagittarius is a sign that loves to be on a mythic quest. And Mercury is the translator of whatever it touches and wherever it is. So in Sagittarius, Mercury loves to tell a tale. Mercury loves to bring us into the great beyond. It's not concerned with telling you what shoes to wear or like what time the bus comes or like any of the details of the situation. It wants to give you the big feeling. Mercury in Saj is also like boisterous and loud. It's very like foot in mouth syndrome. stationing retrograde, maybe even more so. Now, it's stationing retrograde in a very particular kind of setup.

So it's in Sagittarius, as we said. Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter. So right now, Mercury is stationing retrograde as it's sitting in an opposition from Jupiter. Mercury is in Jupiter sign, and Jupiter just so happens to be in Mercury's sign. So these two are in this like teeter-totter, situation, they're in each other's signs so they can help each other out. It's as if I was staying at your place and you were staying at my place and we could see each other, we could hear each other, we could play telephone with a can, and you were like, hey, where's the butter? And I'm like, hey, it's in that compartment. Like, I can tell you where things are in my house and you can tell me where things are in your house. We're still in a place that isn't ours. Like, maybe I don't

like the butter you've got. Maybe I don't like this. I don't feel at home here, but you can tell me where things are. And you don't feel at home in my place. You don't like my couch. You don't like my bed spread. I don't know why, but you don't. And I can tell you like where the other blankets are. So we can help each other out, but we're still in a situation where maybe we don't do our best. It's not like the best lighting for us, you know? So what does that mean for us literally? Well, in some ways, we can be glad that Mercury is in this setup because at least it's getting some assistance. And in other ways, we can be like, oh, Mercury's stationing retrograde.

So already counting and accounting and translating and information is a little wobbly. in a sign that it's in its detriment in or in its exile in or in the opposite place from what it likes to be in. Okay, well, that means that it's going to be more distracted and less able to do its job. So less able to count and account and tally, less able to translate and give information correctly. But it's in that opposition with Jupiter momentarily. So maybe there's good news. There could be good news. There could be news that's good, but it's also a little wobbly, right?

Like the news might be a little unstable. The news might be like, can I rely on that? Now, Mercury and Jupiter just did this on the 18th of November. So from the 18th of November to the 25th of November, there is this like hype. Like, oh, is this thing good? Is it not? Can I trust it? What is it? What is it? Where am I with this? Where is this with us? What state is the world in? Is this good news? And as Mercury Station's retrograde, it's like, I don't know. I got to, I'll be back in a second. Because it's going backwards now. So we're in a pivotal moment for information. I'm recording this in the past. As I always say, I'm in September right now. I don't know what the information will need. Come late November, we'll be. be, but there's hype around it. There's excitement around it, possibly. And also, we've got to recalculate something because Mercury is going back. We've got to edit something. Mercury is going back.

We've got to go get more information. Mercury is going back. It's not going forward. It's not bad. It's just a directional pivot. Wait a minute. Hold, please. I got to go get something. Now, as Mercury departs from this opposition to Jupiter, it back. It back. backs up into a square to Saturn. Now, we're going to have that square to Saturn in December, on December 5th during the Mercury Sun conjunction, which is a Kazimi. On December 5th, we're going to get some real clarity because Saturn brings clarity. Saturn brings a hard note, hard and fast rule, like, this is what we're doing, this is what we're not doing. That's what Saturn does. And Mercury and the sun coming together brings us absolute clarity, even in Sagittarius.

So we are going to get some kind of answer around December 5th or on December 5th. That's a date that I'll be looking at. And just to say that on December 4th, Mercury will once again make this opposition to Jupiter. That's when it will be exact. Because as Mercury stations retrograde on the 25th, it's in like a loose opposition to Jupiter. It was an in. an exact one on the 18th. It's going to be on another, in another exact one on December 4th. And as it stations, retrograde, it's in opposition to Jupiter, but not exactly. So, again, it bodes well in a way because if we have to have a mercury retrograde in Saj, which we do, it's good to have it seeing the planet whose home it's in. Again, it can play like

telephone with the can and the wire. That's how close. it is, or that's how well it can witness the one who is ruling its territory or the one who kind of owns the place that it's in. And then the hype that we get to will be exact on the fourth. And we can think of the 18th of November to the 4th of December as a period of like, is it good? Is it not? What is it? Do we like it? Do we like it? Do we know? not? What's the exciting news? And who is it exciting for? And if it's exciting for me, can I trust it? And then it does seem like something on December 5th brings it down to a crystallized form that we can look at it and scrutinize it and be like, oh, this is right, this is wrong, this is what you can

trust, this is what you can't trust. That's what it looks like from my vantage point. What do I know? I'm just looking at the astrology. On Wednesday, the sun in Sagittarius, makes a trine to Mars, very much stationing retrograde. This is a moment of gathering our courage, gathering our ability to go in the direction that we need to go in, to gallop off into the great horizon. That's what Saj loves to do and fueled by Mars, even though Mars is stationing retrograde and very, very, very, very, very, very slow right now. It's still good for bolstering our confidence and bolstering our ability to go

and do the thing that we need to do, that we need to have courage to do. Then we have the new moon. So the new moon has that courage in it. That new moon has that feeling of being like emboldened by something in it. And it's also headed towards a square to Saturn. So there's also like, yes, go for it. And but there is this reality check that we've got. So is it an amazing new moon to work with?

not really because of that square from Saturn. Is it an amazing new moon that helps us to understand exactly what we can begin and what we cannot begin? Yes, we know Mercury's retrograde in SAGE. So the part of our chart that contained Sagittarius is what we're reviewing. Now, that's also the part of the chart that gets this refresh, this new moon energy. So for part of it, we can do like, I'm going to refresh my relationship to this thing. I'm going to recommit to this thing. I'm going to think about the great adventure that I want to go on. But I'm also reviewing this other thing in the same area of my life. So yes to, I don't know if I'd say beginning, but yes to a new emergence of energy in the same part of our life that we are also reviewing and going a little backwards in because I got to go get that thing. back there, metaphorically speaking. And two things can be true at the same time, right? Like I can

begin something in my work life, say, and also be deeply reviewing something and be like, oh, wow, the way I put that together doesn't work at all. Let me review that. Again, next week on December 5th, we're going to get a moment of clarity. Something is going to be crystallized for us. Something is going to be like, ah, that was the thing I wasn't seeing. So we're going to get it. But New moons, we want, you know, to be free from Saturn. We want to be in a different place than the Mercury retrograde's happening. But we don't get everything we want. We get what we get.

And we're going to make the best of it. So the way to work with this week is to take note of what you're like, this might just be hype. I'm not going to hang my hat on hype. I'm not going to base my future on hype. I'm going to search for the facts. I'm going to do my due diligence. I'm going to look for the data. And I'm going to go back and find the things that are like, you know, like keeping me up at night.

Like, oh, where did I put that receipt or where did that, did I respond to that invite? Like, I'm going to double, triple check that my information is correct that I have responded to the things I need to respond to. I'm going to remember that I might be skimming over what I need to go a little deeper with. And I'm going to give myself the chance to go a little deeper with the details when I know I need to. And to assume I'm going to forget some. So that's one way we're going to work with the week. The other way we're going to work with the week is we're going to think about what limits and boundaries and structures we need to stay within in order.

order to recreate something new. So we can review and also do something new in the same area of our life once we adhere to the absolute restrictions of time, energy, talent, resources that we're working with. I'm not going to become an Olympic gold medalist ice skater by tomorrow. That's the limit of my talent. You know what I mean? I've also only got 24 hours in the day. So considering all of the resources that I've got access to, what can I renew? What can I maybe begin if I want to? And what am I reviewing? And how can my review of something or my dedication to fact checking help me to do the new beginning that I want to do? How can I bring the wisdom of one thing into the other? But it's not like a big boisterous green light go forth and do whatever kind of new moon. It's a new moon that's like, I am going to respect the boundaries. I am working within. I'm going to respect the resources that I've got. I'm not going to try to get mangoes in the wintertime when I live up north. That's not respecting

the limits that I'm in. No shade to anybody who is. But do you know what I mean? Like if I'm just relying on what I've actually got access to in a way that's sustainable, what does that mean for this situation right now? What do I have that's local and around me and not going to overextend me? Because one of the things with that Jupiter Mercury opposition as Mercury stationing retrograde, again, it's not exact this week, but it's loose and it's going to be exact next week and it was just exact last week, is that I'm going to over-extend. and I'm going to overdo. I'm going to be overly enthusiastic about something that doesn't really have a plan.

And then I'm going to get the plan. And I'm going to be like, oh, no, I overcommitted. I thought I had more than I had to work with. So the December 4th, 5th is an interesting little moment in the Mercury retrograde cycle because we're going to want to, again, over-extend or overdue or believe the hype. And then on the 5th, we're going to get a swift messenger. that says, oh no, sorry, these are the rules. This is the notice. So if we can just keep that in mind, it'll be really, really helpful. Listen to your reading this week because I talk all about where this

mercury retrograde is happening, what restrictions, what rules to stay within. And then also how to have fun with whatever the hype of the moment can be, because the hype is also important. The hype gets us excited to go do a thing that Saturn is telling us might be a little hard or that Saturn is telling us, you know, is necessary to do. And then the Sun-Trine Mars is, again, encouraging of our strength and our leadership and our go-go-go-go-edness. And then the new moon is here to help us to refresh our relationship with the area of our life that Saj falls in with the area of our chart that Saj falls in. All right, y'all. Next week, Mars stations retrograde. How are we doing? Mars stationing retrograde is one of the biggest things that could happen in a year.

Now, it happens, you know, reasonably frequently. So it's not the biggest thing that's going to happen in our lifetime. But if it's happening in a year, that's a red flag to the year. So we're ending the year with a red flag. You're welcome. It is Mars the red planet. It is in Leo, a fire sign that's very heated. That's very much about leadership. That's very much about what can be overly dramatic and overly performative if things are wonky, which, you know, a Mars stationing retrograde is wonky. And so there's a lot of ways we can think about this. One is that we want to get more familiar. with the part of our chart that contains Leo. Because that is the part of our chart where we need to shine. It is the part of our chart that our son, no matter what sign our son is in, our son rules Leo. The son rules Leo. So our personal son, our natal son, our birth chart son, rules the part of our chart that contains Leo. So if you are a Libra rising, that means that Leo by whole sign falls in your 11th house of friends and groups and associations and parties and the audience and the social

life. So that means that wherever your son is, if you're a Libre rising, your son in order to feel like you are alive and vibrant and well and doing your thing, no matter where your son is, even if it's in the eighth house or 12th house, you've got to, it pulls in. I was going to say you have to, but it already does it. It pulls in the 11th house. So it pulls in. It pulls in. It pulls in. themes of friendship. It pulls in themes of needing to shine your light in social situations. It doesn't mean that you are an extrovert. It just means that that is part of how you live out your son, live out the ways in which you lead, live out your purpose, if you will. So the part of your trait that contains Leo is also so personal to you because it's the place

that your son rules. And even if you feel like you're not good at it, whatever that house is. I'm telling you, developing your relationship to it will help you feel more vibrant. I promise, I promise, I promise. So how do you find out the house that Leo is in for you? You can go to the Channy app. If you're already in the app listening to this, you can just pull up your chart and we print the sign, the name of the sign. And you can see the little number that's there on the inside of the wheel. So the name of the sign will be on the outside of the wheel. The number of the house will be on the inside of the wheel. And just see where Leo is in your chart. That's the area of your life that will help you to feel vibrant and alive if you unpack your

relationship to it and the meaning of it. And you can go and read your Mars in Leo horoscope, either on channing.com or in the app under the current sky section of the app under the weekly tab. And that will tell you that will help to teach you what it means to have Leo in this part of your chart. As we go through December, Mars retrograding through December, and even just now, like November and December, Mars is in Leo. It's trying to teach you something about this. So it's trying to teach you something about your leadership. So if you do have the Chani app, I want you to do two things. I want you to read your Mars and Leo horoscope.

And then I also want you to read the description of your son in the chart section of the app under the Me tab. Go and reread the description of your son because it will pull in the meaning of the house that contains Leo in your chart. Just trust me. Go read your sun sign description with this in mind. with the house in your chart that contains Leo in mind. And start to see how the horoscope for Mars and Leo and the description of your son are crossing over. There's a Venn diagram there.

And it can help you to understand like, oh, this is what I'm supposed to be learning right now. The Mars retrograde is signaling something challenging, yes. But the challenge is necessary. The challenge is an invitation for you. you and for me and for we to be like, I'm going to deepen my relationship to my son, to my power, to my agency, to my leadership through this Mars retrograde because it's retrograding through the part of my chart that my son has rulership over. So I need to know this in order to feel

shiny and new and able to do the thing that I'm here to do. I'm here to do. I'm here to be more me. And that's what this Mars retrograde can teach us, because it's digging in to the part of our chart that our sun rules. And this is important for us. And we need to do this now because the skies say so. Right? It's just the reflection. As above, so below.

If that's what's happening above, that must be what we need now. So let us deepen our relationship to the part of our chart that contains Leo to Mars, to our courage, to our strategy, to our ability to be like, okay, it's tough, but I'm just going to keep moving through it a little at a time. I'm going to keep going, even if I need to rest. That's still part of keeping going. Y'all, thank you so much for leaving us reviews in the App Store. It's like telling your bestie about the app, but it's public and everybody can see it so, so, so, so, so helpful for us. I wanted to leave you with this review. It's called Accompaniment. When I first got introduced to Chani's app, I was mildly curious and knew nothing about

astrology. My birth chart was a huge surprise. I am a cancer rising. At first, I found it hard to embrace my readings that are very much feeling and people-oriented, but it has truly changed how I see and do me now. Signing up for the premium version feels like I am accompanied by a trusted friend. And who wouldn't want a sage advisor with a great sense of humor and graphics that blow my mind when it comes to the small and big decisions in life? It's been a more than worthwhile investment for sure. Thank you, Chani and team for doing what you do. All right, y'all. Come back. We will talk about Mars stationing retrograde. And of course, you can put this together.

This first part of December is Mercury retrograde times Mars retrograde. A collab. Nobody wants, but I guess we need because of everything I just said. We must need this now. And two retrogrades happening in fire science is saying it's going to be loud and obvious and it's going to be demonstrative, performative. It's going to be in our face. We're going to know what this is about.

So come back. We'll talk about it. I am sending you so much love, so many blessings. Also, follow me on social. We'll be talking about this, you know, moment by moment. Instagram stories, Instagram posts, and, of course, on TikTok. I'm at Chani Nicholas. And the app account on Instagram is chani.com.

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